How to Get Free Mobile Applications

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Do you need free mobile applications? Create them online by yourself! It is fast, easy and interesting! Just use our online service OwnMIDlet.com.

Overview

There are a few platforms for mobile applications (for example, iPhone, Android, Java Mobile Edition (J2ME) or MIDlets). This article describes how to create your own mobile applications for Java Mobile Edition (J2ME). They may be lunched on many mobile device/phone models (for example, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Blackberry, BenQ-Siemens, LG).

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Task for the Example

This is a real example. You have mobile banking for your credit card. You may obtain balance information by sending SMS "Balance.I2345" to "777888" short phone number. Furthermore, you can retrieve recent transaction information by sending SMS "History.I2345" to "777888".

It is really simple. But you must write the SMS texts and the phone number in your mobile phone whenever you need to get this information. Let's create a mobile application for sending these SMS's.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1. Create an account on OwnMIDlet.com

If you do not have an OwnMIDlet.com account, please create one. It is easy, fast and free. Click the Free Registration tab at the top of our website. Fill out the registration form, then click the Submit button.

If you already have the OwnMIDlet.com account, then login to our website.

Step 2. Create a New Project

Click the Projects tab at the top of the website.

Click the Create New Project button.

Enter the project name and click the Create Project button. I entered the name as My Mobile Banking in this example.

Step 3. Edit Project Properties

Click the Properties tab and edit the project properties.

In this example, I set the File name as My-Mobile-Banking (the file name should not contain spaces). Also I entered the Vendor name as Mike. I did not change any other fields.

Click the Save Changes button to end the editing of the project properties.

Step 4. Create a New Page

Click the Create New Page button on the Pages tab and enter the page name. Then click the Create Page button.

I entered the Page name as First Page. But the page name does not matter here because the project has only one page. So the page name is displayed nowhere.

Step 5. Add MY BALANCE command

After the first page was created you can see the page editor.

Click the Create Top Item button.

Then click the SMS tab and fill out the form for the MY BALANCE command.

In this case, I set the title of the command as My Balance, the phone number as 777888 and the message text as Balance.I2345. After entering data click the Create Item button.

Now you can see the page editor like this.

Step 6. Add MY HISTORY command

Click the Create Next Item command, select the SMS tab and fill out the form for the MY HISTIRY command.

Click the Create Item button.

Now you can see the page editor like this.

Step 7. Add some text

You can add some extra information in this mobile application. Click the Create Next Item in the last item on the page editor and enter your additional information.

Do not enter any secure information here (like credit card numbers or PIN codes). You may have some problems if you lose your mobile phone or somebody hacks your account on the website. Click the Create Item button to save the text.

Now the page editor looks like this.

Step 8. Build the Project

You have to build the project before you will be able to download your mobile application to your device. To do this, click the Build tab.

Click the Build Project button and wait a few seconds.

Now you have links to complete JAR and JAD files. You can download these files to your PC from here. But if you want to download complete application directly to your mobile device/phone then do the next step.

Step 9. Download your mobile application to your device/phone by WAP

You may download your mobile application to your mobile device by WAP. Click the Downalod to Device tab.

And click Get MIDlet ID button.

After that, take your mobile device and run a web browser. Go to the http://wap.ownmidlet.com wap-site.

Enter the MIDlet ID field and select the Download command.

Follow the instructions on your mobile device. As result your mobile application will be installed on your mobile device/phone.

Run and Use the Application

Run the application.

Use Up and Down buttons to navigate through the links. Use View command to activate a selected link.

That's all. Now you have your own free mobile application for mobile banking. In the same way, you can create your other applications.

If you want to test the application from this example you can download one by the links below.
My-Mobile-Banking.jar
My-Mobile-Banking.jad

If you have any questions of if you see any mistakes, please feel free to contact us.

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