Hi All
WindowsMobile
There is a new WM6 version of RunSat available at http://www.runsaturday.com/runsat/release/runsat_1_1_7.CAB – this includes:
- some small fixes along the way
- some additional languages thanks to GeoGeo and Andrea for Greek and Italian!
If I don’t hear of any problems, then I will update AppToDate soon.
I’d still like to do a big new revision of the 6.5 app – but time is against me at present – sorry.
Android
I’ve been working hard on Android – amazingly, the WP7 release was actually a by-product of that work.
I’m now waiting for a product to be released – MonoDroid – currently this product is in “Preview”. As soon as this product hits “Beta” then I will be able to release some code 
Bada
The Bada release seems to be working well.
The only problems I know of are all on Vodafone crippled devices – sorry :/
I have one fix for very long activity uploads – I’m fighting the Samsung App Store to get this released.
That’s all for now – hope you have fun running, cycling, skating, whatever!
Stuart
January 1st, 2011 on 10:31 am
I would love to test the MonoDroid ? app! (Alfa or Beta).
Possible?
January 3rd, 2011 on 6:56 pm
Thanks RL – as soon as I have something I’m allowed to distribute then I’ll be in touch
January 5th, 2011 on 12:50 pm
Hi,
I’ve downloaded your app but it does not work on samsung wave s8500 with sfr in france.
The only thing i get in my screen is waiting for gps fix. Apparantly the app doesn’t locate the gps-module and cannot find teh satellites.
Hope you can do something.
many thanks
jos
January 5th, 2011 on 12:55 pm
Hi Jos
Can you get a good GPS signal with other apps like “GPS Status”? RunSat needs accuracy of at least 100m in order to track your distance.
I’ve heard some problems about early vodafone Wave’s – but nothing about sfr – your the first
Will try to help
Stuart
January 9th, 2011 on 1:08 pm
WM6.5 1.1.7 version worked 100% this morning on my first jog in two months. When I looked back in my diary and checked the map, the software was so accurate I could see the exact points where I had crossed roads and what side of the road I was running on at the time. My deceased Garmin watch couldn’t do this as good – very pleased with the results. I’m using the HTC Touch 2 and a trial copy of Pocket Shield to stop me pressing the screen. It would still be nice to lock the screen within Runsat though
January 19th, 2011 on 9:20 pm
Hi Michael,
The requested function of locking screen is basically there.
You add the backlight dim option in the menu’s. When you start a route you can then touch the light buld icon which switch off the screen and Runsat will then just run in the background without the screen working. To check progress just push the power button and the screen comes back to life again.
January 24th, 2011 on 11:39 pm
I can see what you are saying, but when I had my Garmin watch I would check my pace on the fly.
January 25th, 2011 on 11:26 pm
Your Garmin watch could not tell you out loud your pace every km. No need to check.
February 9th, 2011 on 5:43 pm
Hello ..
whith samsung waves 8500 by sfr(france) is does not work .. no gps .. sfr tell me that is not concerning us ??
can you help me ?
February 10th, 2011 on 11:24 am
Does GPS work on a simple app like GPS Status? Do you get good acccuracy/distance reported?
February 10th, 2011 on 12:59 pm
Hello
yes GPS status is OK .
Lionel
February 10th, 2011 on 1:16 pm
So if you use the “GPS Status” app, then what accuracy is it reporting?
February 10th, 2011 on 9:15 pm
with “gps status ” 6.00m
July 26th, 2011 on 10:30 am
Is there a way not to dim backlight after a few seconds. For example when I’m on a bicycle I must always tap on the screen to see the screen for a few seconds. Of course if it’s dark outside there is always enough backlight to read the screen, the problem is in bright sunlight. The phone is Samsung Omnia II (i8000).
July 26th, 2011 on 10:56 am
I’ve got an Omnia II also – and the screen seems impossible to see in daylight regardless of the brightness
What theme settings are you using to see the screen? I’ve found black text on white helps a little – but it’s still such a hard screen to see (and white background also hurts the battery with OLED)
July 27th, 2011 on 6:01 am
It’s hard to read in sunlight, especially with sunglasses, but not impossible. If the brightness would stay at max and not dim after few seconds that would be great. I have set black background and white text to save the battery power. It would help if the lines of the speedometer would be bigger. Default brightness on the phone is set to auto, so in sunlight it should be max.
July 27th, 2011 on 6:40 am
Solved, I’ve set backlight to “Always turn on” in General Settings -> Power -> Battery Power, but I still had to keep “Turn on backlight” checked because the backlight would stay dimmed when turning on the device with lock screen.
July 27th, 2011 on 9:25 am
Thanks for the good news – I’ll try tweaking my phone too. The news on the battery life is it could save you 50% or more of your screen’s power – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oled
August 5th, 2011 on 9:56 am
Hi Stuart,
any news on the android version? im thinking of swapping my smartphone from wm6.5 to android and would be keen to still use your app. Im a developer so could provide good feedback for a preview version if that helps?
Cheers
Tim
August 9th, 2011 on 6:57 am
Hi Tim
All sorts of things happened… including the company that bought monodroid sacking everyone… and then it coming back to life again in a new company.
However, sadly at the moment, I just haven’t had time to get the android app out. If you do switch to droid, you can use the MyTracks app and email your tracks into runsat.
Sorry it’s not better news!
Stuart
November 2nd, 2011 on 3:41 pm
I LOVE this App!!!
But is it possible to reduce the GPS polling interval(for example 1 minute) to save batterypower?
November 2nd, 2011 on 3:45 pm
Not currently – no.
Which platform are you on?
November 3rd, 2011 on 1:36 pm
Windows Mobile 6.5 on HTC HD2
November 5th, 2011 on 1:25 pm
Frank – for WinMo if you really want to eek out battery life, then maybe try the GCC – it definitely has functionality to drop the polling interval down to every minute (or more), but that code doesn’t fit quite so well in the current more running-friendly navmi – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424423