Flix 1.0.9.2 available.

I've made available a new version of Flix, with the following changes:

-Fixed download for US/Canada due to Yahoo change.
-Changed Italy URL (although it still seems to not find stuff a lot when I test it)
-New version of scroller control
-When viewing showtimes, you can tap the movie/cinema title to view it. (Showtimes button will be missing at this level, otherwise you could drill down forever!)

Download from here

If you find Flix useful, please

Flix 1.0.9.1 Available

Flix 1.0.9.1 is now online.

This is a small bugfix release, the changes being:

- Fixed a problem "ignoring" Cinemas from the Cinema info page.
- Added function to stop the device from going to sleep during updates (should hopefully make the download more reliable)

Download via the usual link here

FLix 1.0.9.0 Available

A new version of Flix is available!
This version is mostly a few bugfixes, however a major interface change is also present- Movies and Cinemas are now presented as a scrolling list rather than the slower "left/right" method.

Canadian users - note that Canada is now a separate country in Flix, so you should go into the Config page and select it correctly before downloading.

Click here to download Flix 1.0.9.0!

Flix update - 1.0.8.5

Flix 1.0.8.5 is now available! Click here to download.

Changes in this release:

-Fix French code to deal with change to Yahoo display of no cinemas found
-Support for U.S. / Canada
-Some bugfixes to parsing of data
-Change showtime lookup to avoid occasional duplicates
-Added "update" command line switch; use with something like CTScheduler Lite or RunEveryday to auto-update.
-Icon should look a bit sharper

Another Flix update - added Spain and Italy!

Spain and Italy have now been added to Flix!

In addition, you can download from multiple areas (separate each with a semicolon) i.e. in the location box you could put:

PE1 1AB;Kettering;Huntingdon

You can also "Ignore" cinemas you do not visit, so that they are skipped from future downloads.

Download Flix 1.0.7.0 from here.

If you find Flix useful, please

Flix update!

I've updated Flix - the Movie showtimes downloader for Windows Mobile to now include France and Germany.

Other countries should hopefully appear soon as well, so stay tuned!

To download, visit the link in the main Flix post preceding this one.

Flix available!

The first public version of Flix is now available!

Flix is a Cinema Listings application for Windows Mobile, and works in the UK.

Download from here.

Flix has been designed to be simple to use, and some screenshots are shown below.

--Instructions--
-The first time you run Flix, you will be taken to the config screen.
-Enter either your postcode or town in the location box.
-Where Am I will use GPS to find your postcode.
-Tick posters if you want posters to be downloaded with movie info.
-Tap the Update icon to go online and get listings/movie info
-Movies will list all movies in the database.
-Cinemas will show all movie theaters in the database.

-On either Cinemas or Movies page, clicking the "clock" icon will go to showtimes.
-On Cinemas page, the Phone icon will call the cinema
-The Map icon will load Google Maps to the Cinema location

--Things to note--
You need MS .NET Compact Framework 3.5 for Flix.
Yahoo Movies (which Flix gets data from) can be a bit flaky. I might change provider later, but for now you might find that postcodes don't return any results, and towns provide odd results (if you see Leicester, York, Norwich and Annan, it seems to be a catch-all for Yahoo not having your town, so try another!) If you have trouble, check on the yahoo site here to see what results you get... it /should/ match Flix!

I'd recommend an unlimited data plan or WiFi for the updates. Updates may take some time if you only have GPRS (several minutes)

Finally, if you find Flix useful, please

- it will motivate me to do more on Flix!