Yanko Andreev Concepts Series www.1800pocketpc.com
01
Skype Concept
01: Skype Concept
My first concept for the site is a long time awaited Skype app for Windows Phone. Now the Skype is no more concept, but I still believe this one is better. You can see the basic view concept for Skype app for Windows Phone, based on current releases for other mobile OS. It has a simple and convenience UI with metro style for great user experience. In the future (end of June 2012) I have plans to extended the idea of Skype communication and develop the Skype interface with skin support and deep Windows Phone integration based on the Apollo rumours.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
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Metro Explorer
Skype concept
02: Metro Explorer Concept The Internet has changed. Today one of the most used application is the browser – most of people spend more time browsing the web than any other activity on their PC. And these people need a new browser experience. On top of it is the website and his content, and then it’s browser user interface. With a new, smart UI, you can focus on the websites you love with a clean look that integrates seamlessly with your Windows Phone or tablet. This is a Metro Internet Explorer. Build on the base of Windows Internet Explorer, this concept is to make sure that the number of activities that customers do, is as compelling an experience as the native applications installed on their phones or tablets. In designing Metro Explorer, I have optimized the browsing experience for touch phones and tablets user. The increase in social-networking usage, the proliferation of video on the web, and the increasing number of rich web and mobile applications connecting and engaging users online have made people come to expect more from their online experience. So, Metro Explorer comes with a new smart interface – it is there, when needed. The basic back and forward navigation buttons are on thumbs’s place – natural and quick navigation on bottom. As a modern browser, Metro explorer will support add-ons, flash, html5, tabbed browsing, gestures, multi-touch Pinch Zoom, Speed Dial, User Agent and many settings.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
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My Library - bookreader concept
03: My Library - bookreader concept
My Library is a great way to read books and magazines right on your Windows Phone. The application supports buying and downloading books and magazines from several books stores like Google e-book store, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Random House and others. Alternately, you can download books manually and put them into the Books catalog of your device. My Library supports epub, oeb, pdf and fb2 file formats. The application is fast and highly customizable, for best reading in day and night. Reading on your Windows Phone is just like reading a real book, but this time the book is in your pocket. And not just one book, you can get your entire collection with yourself. After loading the splash screen, you can continue reading or return to the Home screen of the program. In the Home screen you can quickly navigate between your collections, previously opened books, featured items, etc. You can also choose a criteria to sort your books – by author, title, series or tag.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
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Paypal concept
04: PayPal concept (PayPhone now in the Marketplace)
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
PayPal allows any business or consumer with an email address to securely, conveniently and cost-effectively send and receive payments online. Now you can pay and be paid on the go, right on your Windows Phone. Send money to your friends, manage your account, and more with the PayPal app. It’s free, secure and more convenient than going to the bank, writing checks, or sending gifts the old way. With PayPal for Windows Phone – with clean and convenient metro UI, you can do everything you do with a standard PC – send/receive payment and withdraw money, and many more.
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Notification center
05: Notification center concept
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Notification center is one place for all new events and updates, like call, mails, messages, social networks updates such as Facebook and Twitter and others. Also all calendar reminders appears in the Notification center – alarms, dates, notes, tasks, etc. Any new event appear directly in the Notification center, so you can instantly jump to what’s important. To go to the Notification center, just drag down from any app. That is works even in the lock screen. The Notification center, have pinned apps like weather, Zune or the radio. In the notification tab appear missed phone and skype call, mails and messages, new Facebook and Twitter updates. In the reminders tab appear all from your calendar as meetings, tasks, alarms and others. New toast notifications appear briefly at the top of your screen. Quick toast notifications are used to promote awareness of a new event to the user and request action from the user in an unobtrusive and friendly manner. Users may interact with the toast notifications by tapping on it.
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Business card reader
06: Business Card Reader
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Today business cards are one of the most common ways for quick implementation of business contacts, exchange of information and convenient tool to share location and contacts. But caring too many business cards is not a easy job. So, why not use your Windows Phone for that. The Business Card Reader Concept application for Windows Phone offers an easy way to add a new contact to your phone: simply take a picture of a business card and save the contact. You can also keep the image of the business cards to easy visual navigation – it’s your virtual Card holder. You make just three steps to save a new contact: snap, recognize and save! You can add or send the new contact immediately. The app can be pin to the home screen for quick access. You can also use and recognize pictures from your gallery.
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Home Control Application
07: Home Control Home Control – it’s home automation and control system, that handles many home tasks that improve comfort level, save time and reduce energy consumption with smart auto or manual control. This is a smart system that connect everything in your home and give easy access to everyday tasks with one touch. Home Control it’s application for your Windows PC and for your Windows Phone – so you can control everything from your home or outside – remotely. With metro-interface we foot forward, because we emphasize the content and comfortable navigation. The Science of Simplicity – product design should focus on meeting user needs. At the heart of the system is a central unit that enables residents to control all functions and monitor everything on a Windows PC or tablet. There are room temperature sensors that radio temperature data to the central unit, whose heat regulator compares actual temperatures with predefined settings in every room and then adjusts heating system valves to bring temperatures to the desired level. This is a main system of the application.
NOVEMBER 20, 2011
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Urban Radio
08: Urban Radio – concept FM & Web Radio
NOVEMBER 25, 2011
Currently most of the Windows Phone devices has a radio tuner, but the stock radio players are poor. In the Marketplace has a lot of Web Radio Apps, but the most are ugly and inconvenient. So how about an app with a cool interface – simple, but nice-looking and great functionality. I named the app – Urban Radio. It’s modern and convenient Radio App for your Windows Phone with a lot of features. Urban Radio is a new way to listen to the world through live local and global radio from wherever you are. With a great visual way to scroll between the stations and RDS functionality. Also there is an option to get the info about the current song or program direct from the web. The equalizer exists and you can boost your favourite song with auto or manual audio setting.
09
File Explorer
09: File Explorer
DECEMBER 1, 2011
sometimes you don’t want an app to always to have access to all files, or similarly you want to delete or modify file separately from the app. And what about sending specific files via Bluetooth. Then you need a File Manager as this on your computer. Do you remember the old good Windows Mobile with own File Manager – a phone cannot be really smartphone if not operating with files – all kind of editing, copying, moving, rename or sharing and search files. This for me is a basic skill for a smartphone. With the Bluetooth file transfer tool you can copy and paste files between bluetooth ready devices. It supports OBEX FTP for browsing devices and transfering files between Bluetooth devices. Now we are living in the cloud’s era and many of us keep their files in online storages as SkyDrive, DropBox or other public online storages. It’s an enhanced cloud storage client other than the official version. It can save photos and videos to your net drive and share your photos and docs, easily edit docs in your account. It will be nice to have an access to them, with immediate upload and sharing with automatically copying the public URL to the clipboard. With build FTP client which explores your phone and your computer. It allows android users anywhere in the world to manage their resources for free, it makes easy to manage, stay connected using your 3G, EDGE or WiFi, and share with friends, upload photos, watch videos.
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Google Apps
10: Google Apps Concept
DECEMBER 7, 2011
I think about this concept as something, that will expand Windows Phone Market with apps and possibility for everyone, no matter what services use or want to use. I believe that Windows Phone, should not be reserve only for Bing. If you remember Yandex replace Bing and become the default search provider for the new upcoming Windows Phones in Russia. And now let’s talk about Google services and Windows Phone.
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Car Control
11: Car Control
JANUARY 7, 2012
This concept is for car automation and control system – Car Control. The system will be used in and out of car – so it is extremely important to be clear and convenient to quick checks and adjustments. Car Control is an application which is used to control most secondary vehicle systems and some of the main systems. Car Control allows to control such amenities as the lock/unlock, climate (air conditioner and heater), the audio system, the navigation system and communication system. You can control all these from your home or in the car. Also you can always check some of car’s systems as fuel, oil level and density, air pressure, radiator water level, brake oil, power steering oil, temperature and others – to always be prepare. Smart notification system will informs you if some system needs your attention.
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1800Pocket PC application
Skype concept
1800 POCKETPC
12: The 1800PocketPC app Next Level concept - ideas for update
JANUARY 15, 2012
I like the menu hub and the new Metro live tiles. I think under the tiles to have only twitter, facebook and settings. The settings tab will combine the current settings, contacts, about and achievements. I think that way will be more compact and in order. I also made some rearrange of the news – there will be 3 main views – main (with several recent articles), more (with older articles) and selected article view – I suggest this will be applicable for all categories, not only for news.
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Greeting Cards
Skype concept
13: Greeting Cards application concept
JANUARY 18, 2012
The concept is simple and it’s not a new one. There are a several different apps in the Marketplace that let you turn your Windows Phone photos into great looking post cards that can be mailed to just about anyone or printed. All you have to do is build the card in the Greeting Cards application and the choose printing, mailing or share in some social group as google+, twitter or facebook.
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Customize me
Skype concept
14: Customize me
One of the things, that definitely need to be work on on Windows Phone 7 are the customization tools on the phone. Quick looks in enough to see that the only things to customize are the lock-screen wallpaper and some of the ringtones. So I made a concept app for WP7 that combine all customization tools in one application. The Customize me combine all settings for the display and for the sound in one place for easy and convenient way to change the default.
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
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AppTastic Redesign concept
Skype concept
15: AppTastic Redesign concept AppTastic helps you discover the apps that you love! Faced with a sea of apps it’s easy to miss great ones floating right below the surface. To stay on top of what’s new AppTastic swiftly cuts through the sea to find the apps that matter most to you. I’m really impressed from all functions. It’s more like Android market – with all search functions and categories, and especially My Apps and Watch list. This concept redesign is a first stage of whole application update with a new functions, resolving bugs and stability improvement. Apptastic offers a really unique features as Main features, Custom favorites, Advanced search, My Apps, Watch list and Instant search. With these functions you can easily search, updating and tracking app. With the new design I hope so to improve the performance as removing the current pivot of five tabs and relapse them with a new pivot of only two tabs – spotlight and menu. In the Spotlight you can find a feature apps and to track new and your app with update.
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
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Public Transport
Skype concept
16: Public Transport Concept
All big and modern cites worldwide has an major public transport system to reduce the car traffic and make your travelling quick and easy. This is even more convenient when you know the exact time of the next bus. Now many bus stations has an GPS system and show every minute information, but if you have this application you can check this info even from home – so you will know how many minutes earlier to leave your home or job to catch the bus without waiting. Also this will be convenient for all citizens and guests for the city.
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
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Metro Cam Concept
Skype concept
17: Metro Cam Concept Metro Cam is a powerful replacement of Windows Phone regular camera. With advanced user interface, customizing shortcuts and options you can make better and interesting pictures. The new advanced “pro” user interface relies on fast and convenient access to the most frequently used camera functions – easy way to left or right hand. There are a lot of functions, effects and settings.
MARCH 15, 2012
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Smart Actions Concept
Skype concept
18: Smart Actions What Makes Smartphones Smart – Mobile technology growth has exploded in leaps and bounds during the last few years. Handsets have become so powerful that we can hardly call them phones anymore. With this app – Smart Actions your Windows Phone become more powerful than ever. You can control your phone according to your habits, locations and custom-created rules for phone-behavior in different situations. The main idea of Motorola’s app is to save your battery by turn on/off functions that don’t use and reduce screen brightness. Smart Actions works by automatically triggering specific actions, based on things like time of day, location, battery levels and more. In this concept I’ll underline mainly for smart action based on your location. There will be several preloaded scenarios and of course option to create your own. This basically mean that after confirming your settings and profile you can control all phone interfaces according to your location. When you’re in home or at work automatically phone will turn on the Wi-Fi and will connect to your network – because Wi-Fi is less power consuming than the mobile data.
MARCH 24, 2012
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Google plus Concept
Skype concept
19: Google plus Do you use Google plus? I do. I don’t like and I don’t use Facebook, but G+ is different and more people friendly. It would seem Google is working to bring Google+ to windows phone. This is my vision of Google plus. I like the overall new interface of google products – they are more and more minimal and metro-close, but still far. One of the best thing in Windows Phone is that all applications have a consistent interface that is close as possible to the ideas of Metro, so I hope so Google + for Windows Phone will be great looking.
MARCH 28, 2012
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London 2012 Concept
Skype concept
20: London 2012 Olympic App Concept
APRIL 5, 2012
It’s 2012 and time for a Games of the XXX Olympiad in London this summer. The London promise a lots of fun and entertainment this year. If you are real fan, will be interested about this app – all games, sports, live news and events will be in the app right in your pocket. If you’re not from London, will probably have difficulty in traveling and finding places – so there will have build in map for all events plus Bing navigation.
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Metro reimagined
Skype concept
21: Metro reimagined
APRIL 15, 2012
The current concept will take us in the future Apollo update of Windows Phone – with bigger and higher resolution screens, that will give us more information and ways to customize. I want to see a beautiful phone with a 5 display and 1280*800 resolution till the end of the year. And here is how I imagine it. I personally really like the current Metro interface and the Metro Start screen, but I always think there is a ways to improve and become better and better. I guess anyone interested of Windows Phone 7 is more or less a Metro fan. So far there are not many ways to change the start menu (except for a few Homebrew tools), but they make partial changes that I do not particularly like.
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Viber Concept
Skype concept
22: Viber – concept free call app
APRIL 19, 2012
Viber is free call and text services available for Android and iPhone. It’s similar to Skype, but there is no need from account and the app is very light. Every your contact with Android or iPhone will appear in your Viber contact list. Viber promised that Viber for WP7 is coming soon. During this time you can enjoy my last concept for Viber.
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Instagram Concept
23: Instagram
MAY 17, 2012
This concepts is for the famous photo sharing application – Instagram – A beautiful way to share your world. A long time Instagram was available only for iPhone, but recently was released and for Android Phones. All filters and community features are the same across iOS and Android but with more metro and clean interface. And this is and it is difficult to achieve – to make one big colorful program to something light and metro-like. Snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel, then post to Instagram. Share to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr too – it’s as easy as pie. It’s photo sharing, reinvented.
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Nook Reader Concept
24: Nook Reader Concept
MAY 25, 2012
NOOK Concept for Windows Phone and Tablet from Barnes & Noble offers an incredible reading experience for NOOK Books, Magazines, Newspapers and Comics on your Windows smartphone or tablet. Best of all, NOOK syncs the last page you’ve read across your smartphone, tablet or computer – so you can read anywhere you like and pick up right where you left off.
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MAY 2012
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