Interlecta News and Product Blog

It is a known issue that when you download/install the trial version of our application “Interlecta Translator” after you purchase the full license you cannot download the full version. You either don’t see the new version or you see that there is a new one but you cannot download it. Often you’re offered to download an old trial version in result of which you receive an “expired” or similar message.

Please have in mind that this is an App World issue.

Our company only produces the software and provides the files to App World. The delivery of the installation package is their responsibility and for such issues you should contact directly App World.

We are trying to find a workaround for that problem but there is no universal solution.

There is new version of App World application, please consider downloading and installing it. This may help resolving the issue.

After you have installed a fresh copy of App World you must login to it, otherwise you will not be able to access the applications that you have purchased already. You could do that by going to My World and choosing from the menu “Log In” where you will have to use the same email/password you used when you purchased the applications from App World - your PayPal credentials. Upon success you should receive a message that all your applications “have been reconciled”.

After that you should find our application “Interlecta Translator” under My World. Please check if there is newer version. Please consider installing the latest version of our product.

Important:

• If you have found a way to resolve the issue please share it by posting it here as a comment.
• Please, do not complain here about this issue, instead contact App World directly and ask them to fix it.

The promotion starts around May 14 and will last for 30 days.

Live applications, including Interlecta mobile translator, will be sold for just $1 each, so if you live there (and you are Three Mobile Australia customer) you’d better check out from time to time for the deal

The topic of our presentation was “Practical development of web based services with JSON on mobile J2ME platform” - work environment - NetBeans version 6.8.

This year’s P2P Conference was held in Inter Hotel Veliko Turnovo on April 24 and 25. There were lecturers even from far far away countries - Robert Nyman, Patrick Finch (European marketing manager of Mozilla), Michael Widenius (author of open-source MySQL).

The main topics of P2P Conference were the future of the web, webtech, and blogging. The conference finished with several workshops for WebsiteSpark, JSON on mobile J2ME, and classes in JavaScript.

A short video guide about how to purchase, download, install and activate Interlecta Translator for BlackBerry smartphones using PayPal.

Interlecta Translator for BlackBerry Storm is a fact!

Many users have asked us for a mobile translator for this BlackBerry model and because Storm is quite popular among fans, we created a mobile translator for this model.

The translator is not a tweaked version of the Interlecta Translator but is a completely new build created for Storm and Storm2. The tool supports the features available on the other Interlecta applications - incoming and outgoing SMS/email translation, topical dictionaries, support form, network diagnostic tool.

Interlecta Translator for Storm is available on App World. With this new product we now support translation for the full range of BlackBerry smartphones.

By the way, the problem with “I only see square boxes on the screen” has been solved and you will see how very soon.

App World is available in three more countries now - Turkey, Poland and Switzerland. For this reason they decided to release some new promotions and Interlecta is part of this all again. The Interlecta mobile translation tool, or “the ultimate translation companion” as they call it on App World, is one of the most promoted products on the online shop for BlackBerry applications.

Our latest promotion available now is here http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/3571 - new description, new interface, new languages and some new screenshots. Thanks to the support and opinion of our faithful users we are constantly trying to provide better service.

It seems that Interlecta mobile translator is listed as one of the Top 100 paid applications at App World: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/toppaid?recordsPerPage=100. Well, not the Top top application on the list, but we have been there for a long time now and are climbing up. Top of the top we are in the Travel category http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/toppaid/category/16

Last but now least, we would like to thank all that support us and use our software! Please, help us spread the word!

If you need funding for your project or start-up, you’d better ask for more than a million, because no one would want to give you less. However, if you have several millions and you have no idea what to do with them, find a country with one or two amateur wireless carriers and establish a third one that will win recognition and popularity in less than an year. To do this is not easy. You would need a team of the right people, in the right place and on the right time. If, for some reason, you can’t rely on these people, either kick them out or just don’t count on them…

This is a summary of the three lectures this Mobile Monday, Sofia. Three managers of leading companies spoke about how to start or develop a successful business and what are the conditions to find funding for an idea or project.

Neven Boyanov, our managing director - product development, told everybody how to start a company in case you do not have millions… Neven told how Interlecta was started, what difficulties we have been through, how we achieved our goals and what are Interlecta’s future plans.

The event took place in “Matti” Hall, NDK Sofia and was attended by representatives of online media, wireless carriers, developers, IT specialists, investors, with whom we exchanged ideas and made arrangements to talk business in the near future.

This Mobile Monday we are telling our success story, i.e. how Interlecta was started, who was struck by the idea of a Interlecta mobile translator, who we are and what we have achieved through the years. Speaker of the company will be our head of software and product development Neven Boyanov who will make clear what it takes to become and stay one of our team.

Speakers have approximately 20 minutes to present their story and our twenty minutes will tell what we have learned throughout the years, what our key success strategies have been and, of course, what are our goals for the future.

Mobile Monday Sofia starts on 22nd February 2010 at “Matti” Hall in NDK, Sofia @ 18:30. Everyone is invited to the event to meet representatives of wireless carriers, mobile applications developers, entrepreneurs and investors. Attendance is free! See the agenda at http://mobilemondaysofia.com/events/2010/02/13/mobile-venture-stories-starting-up-a-business-in-the-mobile-industry.html

It appears that a lot of people experience problems while purchasing Try-and-Buy products from App World. In most cases you can download the trial and even purchase the full version but you are not able to download it. In fact in the last few days we received a lot of support requests that describe the same issue.

We identified the problem and it is in the App World, not in our application.

What I’m offering here is not general solution for the problem. This is based on my own experiments, it worked for me.

Now, the details. The problem that I had was that I purchased Interlecta Translator (Try’n'Buy) but first downloaded the trial version. Unfortunately, after the trial period ran out, when I tried to download and install the full version, the App World wouldn’t let me do it. Actually, it will show me that there is upgrade available but will not provide a button to download/install the upgrade.

So, this is what I did, in result of which I was able to download, install and use the latest paid and fully functional version of Interlecta Translator for BlackBerry.

(1) First, I removed the Interlecta Translator from App World. Don’t worry, you will be able to reinstall it again without paying for it twice.

(2) Second, I removed completely the App World application from my BlackBerry. You can do that by going to Options / Advanced Option / Applications, where you should find “BlackBerry App World” and choose from the menu “Delete”. It is important that after this is completed to reboot your device - you can do this by pressing together the Alt-Shift-Del keys.

(3) After that I installed the App World again. You can do that by going to http://appworld.blackberry.com directly from your BlackBerry and follow the instruction. Please note that this is quite large application so it is good idea to turn your Wi-Fi on and use it for that operation. After that is finished you should reboot your device again.

(4) The next step is to start the App World and reconcile your account. This is very important. This will ensure that you are not loosing your existing applications, those that you’ve already paid for. You could do this by going to the My World, the icon at the bottom-right corner, and while there choose from the menu “Log In“. You will be prompted to enter your PayPal information. Please, be sure that you use the same PayPal account that you used when purchasing from App World. Upon successful signing in you will see a message that your conformation was successfully reconciled.

(5) Now you have to find the Interlecta Translator Try’n'Buy either by searching for “interlecta” or from the list on the applications under My World. You will see that there’s only one version and that’s the latest one. It will not ask you to pay again for it, because you’ve signed in. Just install it. After successful installation you may be asked to reboot your device.

(6) After that you’re ready to use the software.

Disclaimer: This is not a solution provided by Interlecta or RIM, this is my personal experience. Follow the steps above at your own risk.

Please, share your experience by adding your comments here.

It was reported by our support team that some people had difficulties going through the procedure of purchasing products from RIM’s App World, and especially our Interlecta Translator for BlackBerry downloading and installing them on their smartphones. That’s why we decided to make this video and share it through YouTube.

All comments are welcome.