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[10 Apr 2011 | No Comment | ]

Hello World,
I have to firstly apologise for the lack of updates on Torrent Remote. I’ve been developing a few other sideprojects as well as starting a full time job; getting settled in I now have some time to code Torrent Remote again. I have to thank everyone for their support and feedback over the past few months, it’s been great!
I’ve got a new engine planned to handle a few of the more larger scale problems I had as well as a re-worked interface and new features.
If you do have any …

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[5 Jan 2011 | 10 Comments | ]

Hello World,
Yesterday I posted an application for a shortcut to the Wifi Settings page as a request I got from Judge; as another request here are three more!
Connection Manager
An aggregation of all the Setting Applications specifically related to Connections. This one will see a further update in the future to mimic closer the real Settings Application with the “turned off/on” related statuses under each button. Download the XAP here.

Bluetooth Shortcut
A replica of the Wifi Shortcut yet instead launches the Bluetooth Application. Download the XAP here.
Flight Mode Shortcut
A replica of …

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[3 Jan 2011 | 20 Comments | ]

Hello World,
This has been my second request now for a shortcut application and this time it is for quickly opening the Wifi Settings menu (thanks Judge!). Using the app you are able to quickly open the Wifi Settings menu to turn Wifi on and off and connect to a network. I have to give 99% of credit towards RustyGrom whose fair amount of code I reused to re-create this application.
For the icon I took the standard settings icon from the Microsoft Icon Pack. If anyone is willing to create a …

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[24 Dec 2010 | One Comment | ]

Hello World,
As a follow up to my New SMS Shortcut app @Ramontrotman and @TheDavidk from Mobility Digest asked for the same type of shortcut yet used for launching a New Email. I was a bit late on my delivery times but here it is. New Email is a simple and small application (about eight lines of code in the Source File, excluding the references) that serves as a shortcut for opening a new email message.
You can download the XAP of New Email Here. At current I will hold off putting …

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[21 Dec 2010 | 16 Comments | ]

Hello World,
One of my very minor issues with Windows Phone 7 is that opening a new SMS takes too many clicks; to solve this I have made a small application – New SMS. With one click of the home tile or app button it will launch a new SMS. I have also titled the application “Add New SMS” in the Applications List (Right swipe) so it generally sits very close to the top.
Download:
Surprisingly the application has been having a strange time making it into the marketplace so until then (I …