Thomas Bailey

I have been working at Sony Ericsson for around 4 years in a few different roles but most recently moving between various special projects. I like the Google "20 percent time" philosophy so usually try to have a number of side activities on-going which most recently has been Sony Ericsson Labs.

I have written something of the motivation behind Sony Ericsson Labs but the underlying theme is about being more open and joining the conversation.

If you have comments on Sony Ericsson Labs please use the project page to let us know what you think.

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October 23, 2009 - 13:17
Thomas Bailey
Sony Ericsson Labs
Utilities
Capuchin Translator

Long overdue update.. busy working on new products ;)

Capuchin Translator is lightweight application that uses the Google Language API which I have been using on recent travels. It lets you easily translate between 42~ different languages with all the work being done server-side. It is a useful example of using Capuchin to simply wrap a web API.

In addition to providing an AJAX based API, the Google Language API is also available as RESTful service which you can access directly @
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#fonje

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August 17, 2009 - 13:01
Thomas Bailey
Sony Ericsson Labs
Utilities
Stand-by apps (aka active wallpapers)

One of Sony Ericssons best kept secrets..

Since JP-7 phones you can set a Java ME application as your wallpaper or "stand-by" screen. This is the screen you typically see when your phone is idle.

Any Java ME application can be set as a stand-by app but since it is running as a wallpaper it needs to start quickly, do something fast and require no interaction.
You can try it yourself by simply adding the line "SEMC-StandbyApplication: Y" to the JAD file and installing the application.

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July 7, 2009 - 09:41
Thomas Bailey
Sony Ericsson Labs
Utilities
Introduction of Ericsson Labs apps

We have now included Guidu from the mothership at Ericsson Labs. Its a multi-network Twitter and Fire Eagle client that includes location information. You can also follow your friends updates across the two social networks.

The mapping data makes uses of the recently launched Mobile Maps API.

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