Hi!

I am planning to develop a pixel drawing software for the SonyEricsson P800 phone, and I would like to know if there is anybody else interested in such a project? ie. would be there people who would use it? And if yes, what features would you want in it?

The SE p800 (and p9x0) has a stylus, and you can use it like a pencil, draw directly on the screen.
On most of the phones the only possible input is the keyboard, ... and using only the keyboard to draw... well... I don't think that would be usefull.
And with Java (J2me) the problem is if the program cannot access the filesystem. So even if you make your drawing, you can save it internally, only accessible to that application. The only option to get the drawing out of the app would be to upload it to a server... but then you need to pay GPRS access.

Btw, if you have a Motorola A925 or A1000 phone, then probably you can use the P800, because it has the same OS.

Hi!

I made today a linux/windows version also, to see the functionality of the program... which is of course very small right now (but you can already load/save and draw pixels) So now those of you can also check out the program who doesn't have a P800 or other uiq phone. (maybe you will buy one soon ;-)

So here's the link: pixy-pc-0.2.zip

And a few words about the progress and possible features:
- right now you can edit the palette, draw pixel by pixel, load and save the image in a proprietary format (but no file browsing)
- very soon I will add a normal file load/save dialog, with file browsing (I just need to write the proper controls/widgets)
- png import/export will be added also very soon (I use proprietary format, since in the future I might add support for layers, or animation, etc)
- new tools and inks will be added. The idea is to make something similar like the autodesk animator: you had a series of tools (draw, line, rect, fill) and a series of inks (opaque, soften, hgrad, add, xor, ...), and you could combine it.

But of course I'm open to any new idea ;-) So if you have a feature request, just let me know.

I did the simpler interface, because
 - the focus is (well, will be) on the functionality of the program
 - I don't want to waste system resources (the p800 has a 156MHz processor)
 - I have to write all the controls/widgets :-)

But on the second tought a little bit of improvement could be usefull... I already did some changes, and as soon as I make some progress with the functionality, I will post a new version.

Btw, the viewport is strange because the emulation layer I use in the pc version draws the screen twice, with 1:1 and with 1:2 zoom (because the p800 has a 208x320 resolution, which is quite small)

My original intention was to amke a cell phone version only, because for PC there are soooo many programs to use (example GIMP). But if there will be request, I will think about making a normal windows/linux version. Anyway, I'm working on the normal file browser. If I can finish it today, I will post a new version, with a nicer interface.

... and updated again ...

Don't worry, I won't have time for this project for a week or so :-)

I also made a small site with screenshots: http://www.saxoft.com/pixy.html
You can download both the symbian and the linux/windows versions.