Name
Tickstock
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Description
* TickStock is a sample application that demonstrates:
*
* - mainly, how to detect and handle incoming call interruption
* - how to detect if device is using EvDO connection
* - downloading data while keeping UI responsive
* - implementing [background] HTTP request as a state machine
*
* The application connects to Yahoo! Finance website and download
* the HTTP content until it finds the latest price of the queried
* stock.
* The requested stocks are Palm, Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, and Intel.
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Builds with
This project can be built using CodeWarrior 9 and
GCC command line (Please use GCC_makefile to build).
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Devices
This sample app should run on all Treo and Centro devices.
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How to run
* Once you tap on "Refresh" button, the application will open NetLib and establish socket
* connections to retrieve stock data. It might take several seconds to see "Connecting" prompt
* window after tapping on "Refresh".
* You can also choose "Auto-update every 15 minutes" to enable the application to set a 15 minutes
* timer to go online and retrieve data.
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