Favorite Gadgets: November 2010

Architectural elements involved in the XML-RPC.

Image via WikipediaHere is another option for communicating DataSet with WCF web services.

So I spent some time searching on the internet for a solution. But nobody had found any solution. Therefore, I started this little project. At the moment, it's only a one way communication from server to the client. But I think it should be easy to extend the solution to transfer the data from Silverlight back into a (untyped) dataset.

Dataset Surrogate for Silverlight - CodeProject

Image via WikipediaHere is an interesting trick to pass Dataset from a WCF web services, convert it to XML and pass that!

Peter's Tips & Tricks: Passing DataSet to a WCF Method

Here is an interesting app!

Barcode Scanner by ZXing Team can scan a variety of barcodes on books, products, and shipping labels. Users simply open the application and scan a barcode. Barcode Scanner then gives the option to search the scanned barcode via a "Product Search," "Web Search," or "Shopper Search," all of which are powered by Google.

Barcode Scanner Review | Android Shopping App - PCWorld

Toddler Lock turns your phone into a toy for children that teaches shapes and colors and locks all other phone functions.

Toddler Lock Arcade and Action App - PCWorld

GTasks is a great app for connecting your Android phone to your desktop PC Google applications.

GTasks Review | Android Productivity App - PCWorld

PCWorld has a great post that gives 22 great Apps for Android. I like many of these and I'm going to highlight them. I'm going to download these. Get your QR codes Reader handy. I suggest Beetagg.

The 22 Best Android Apps - PCWorld

This app is about $5 and it turns your phone into a scanner!

DocScanner 1.61 on Android | DocScanner

Image via WikipediaWant to know something I miss from VB6? Control Arrays. Here is an article about how to pull this out with buttons in VB.Net and C#

Easy code to create Button Array - CodeProject

An article showing how to create a race game using the powerful WPF capabilities

WPF Grand Prix - CodeProject

This interesting! The chance to run Android on an iPad and an iPhone!!!!

Android OS on iPad and on iPhone 4 soon via OpeniBoot | Hello Android

Ultimath is an app for Android that allows you to get answers to tricky math problems. This app offers a slick, simple interface that will get you solving problems in no time.
Some Ultimath functions include:

Area Volume Circumference/Perimeter Quadratic Formula Temperature Conversion Number Converter
and a few more.