Re: FIFA World Cup App ?
 

Haha, I think the legal way is the better way ;)

But you may want to ask Magnuslu if he is willing to change the data source and you can contact futbol24 if they want to support Magnuslu and let him access their data. There might be a chance as there is an iPhone app already...

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Here i have samples of what we need, which i have on my Web Site wich i made for N900:

For Live Score:
http://www.boat59.com/soccer/shot2.png
For dropping odds:
http://www.boat59.com/soccer/shot1.png

Thats what i need for my N900 as aplication.

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Any chance to get the FIFA app ported to Maemo 4?

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Yes! I'm just uploading a Diablo version to Extras-Devel so hopefully it should be there soon. Only install it if you see version 0.0.4. That one should not have any PR1.2/Qt4.6 issues as the Fremantle version has, so it should be OK. Let me know how if and how it works. If it looks very different from the Fremantle version, please upload some screenshots. I have no way of testing Diablo.

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I love you.

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Thanks everyone for the overwhelming response! I read every single comment and will plan future releases around them. Forgive me for not replying to every single one of them... I want to spend more time on the app :). Some comments though:

I want the app to be sports-generic. I'm (almost) as big an ice-hockey fan as a football fan. So far, I have found no data source for other sports (well, haven't really looked either...), so it might become a football only app anyway...

The choice of 'live' data provider hinges on two factors:
1. Legality of use. I know there are loads of places where I could parse information such as 'live scores', but if they don't explicitly allow me to use it, I won't.
2. Cost of making use of it (at the moment, I only consider free sources, but that can change in the future). The ones I have contacted charge EUR750 a month and up.
There are four ways around that.
A) Find a way to get 'live scores' from SoccerDB. I know the data is there...
B) turn this into a paid app (that'll be my last option, the way I look at it now. Maybe only pay for a 'live score' version of it?),
C) Find other means of funding the data feed (e.g., ad links, but I seriously doubt I could ever get close to the amounts necessary).
D) Someone makes a huge donation :)

As for the issues with the app, I think I have to pay some serious attention to the 'auto-shutdown' issue. Without solving that, it will never get acceptance by the larger community and no feature I add will ever outweigh that... The problem I have resolving it is that it happens when the app is doing absolutely nothing, so I assume it is some resource issue... I have some (small) hope that it is due to PR1.1/Qt4.5, so maybe it will be solved all by itself with PR1.2, but I'll look into it anyway.

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Great, so now you have fourteen favourite apps :D

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I've seen iFooty for the iPhone. It uses soccerway as data source. More importantly, it costs $1.99 (I think) and probably has 1,000,000+ users... :(

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It looks really nice on Diablo (N81).
Great graphics and it appears as if all options are working.

BUT It seems to crash after just 20-30 secs or so. No error message. It just shuts down.

Also, if selecting 'Import Event' the window that appear now can't be closed (it's just a ? - no X or 'Close' option).

Anyway, the shutting down after 30 secs or so is of course the most serious, initial bug.

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Happy to hear that!

Bummer... That's the same issue we are seeing in Fremantle. I'm trying a few things here...

Yeah. That's Maemo 5 style. Here you just tap outside the window and it will close. Anyway, at the moment there is no reason to go to Import Event as the db that comes with the installation comes with all the necessary data.