Live Anywhere app
For the past couple of months I've been writing a small application for Windows Mobile to do some of the Live Anywhere functionality the Xbox division announced a while ago. It's far from perfect, but it goes a little beyond the average gamercard functionality by showing the extended profile, and all of the played games we have on record. The application uses a lightweight SOAP interface I have setup with majornelson.com to grab all sorts of fun data about any given gamertag. This API is also going to pave the way for some tools I'll be adding in the future allowing people to display extended gamercard and presence data on their own website, or even use it to build their own applications.
If you want to give it a try download and extract the zip file, and throw the three files onto your Windows Mobile device. I've included the .NET Compact Framework v3.5 (the version that runs on my phone), the application (just a straight .exe right now), and a certificate chain (in case your security config requires running only signed and trusted applications). So feel free to try it out and if you want to give some feedback or suggest features I'm all ears. I've also got some screenshots on Flickr if you want to give it a look.
Here are some of the known issuses with the app:
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You might have a different processor than I do in your phone, and as such might need a different .NET CF install file than I have included in the zip file
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I haven’t made a CAB installation file yet, so you’ll have to browse to where you saved it for now
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I’ve included the certificate chain I used to sign the app with, just in case the security configuration on your phone doesn’t allow running unsigned applications; however, your security configuration might also prevent you from installing certificates to be trusted publishers
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Currently I’m displaying some of the labels on the page to demonstrate the visual layout, and for a few debugging purposes; in the final version you won’t see anything until loading all Gamertag-related data is finished
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I did my best to make this easy to use without a touch screen, but you may encounter some usability issues
Enjoy!