diff --git a/examples/gps_send_message.pl b/examples/gps_send_message.pl
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+#!/data/data/com.google.ase/perl/perl
+#
+# Copyright 2010 Alex Elder (http://www.alexelder.co.uk)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# A simple Perl script designed to run under the Android Scripting Environment:
+# http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting. Designed to dispatch a text
+# message when the phone's position matches the position entered by the user.
+# For best results, start this program as a service.
+#
+# Text messages support 'tags' which are substituted for values before the
+# message is sent. Currently supported tags are: 
+#
+#   admin_area 
+#   country_code
+#   country_name 
+#   feature_name 
+#   locality
+#   postal_code
+#   thoroughfare
+#   sub_admin_area
+#   map_link
+#
+# All tags must start and end with a '%' (percentage) sign. For example,
+# if you would like to send a message as soon as you entered Cheshire to a
+# chosen contact, and within that message you'd like to embed your current
+# county and a Google Maps link, you could enter something similar to:
+#
+#   "Hi, I'm just entering %admin_area% now; link: %map_link%. See you soon!" 
+#
+# The tags in the above example would be substituted for their actual values:
+# 
+#   "Hi, I'm just entering Cheshire now; link:
+#   http://maps.google.com/maps?q=53.800651,-4.064941. See you soon!"
+#
+use strict; 
+use warnings;
+
+use Android;
+use Carp;
+
+use constant {
+    LOOP_DELAY    => 180, # seconds to sleep between checking GPS position
+    MAX_ATTEMPTS  => 250, # number of match-loop iterations before giving up
+    SPEAK_ON_SEND => 1,   # speak using TTS when the message is sent
+    MAP_LINK      => 'http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s,%s', # map link (message 'tag')
+};
+
+my $droid = Android->new();
+
+$droid->makeToast('Select a contact');
+
+my $contact;
+
+# Select a contact
+$contact = $droid->pickPhone();
+
+if ( ! defined $contact->{result} ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast('Please select a contact');
+    $contact = $droid->pickPhone();
+
+    exit if defined $contact->{error};
+}
+
+$contact = $contact->{result};
+
+# Enter a message for the chosen contact
+my $message_to_contact = $droid->getInput('Message', 'Message to selected contact');
+
+if ( defined $message_to_contact->{error} || ! defined $message_to_contact->{result} ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast('No message entered. Please enter a message.');
+    $message_to_contact = $droid->getInput('Message', 'Message to be sent to contact upon arrival');
+
+    exit if defined $message_to_contact->{error} || ! defined $message_to_contact->{result};
+}
+
+$message_to_contact = $message_to_contact->{result};
+
+# Message authors can embed 'tags' that are substituted before a message is sent
+# to the chosen contact. The tag start and end markers are '%' and '%'
+# respectively.
+my @gps_keys = qw/ 
+    admin_area 
+    country_code 
+    country_name 
+    feature_name 
+    locality
+    postal_code
+    thoroughfare
+    sub_admin_area
+/;
+
+# Create a dialog and present it to the user. They need to select which area
+# they'd like their location matched against. This is a potential 'non-slick' as
+# it'd be much nicer to use a Maps instance and geocode a screen tap, rather
+# than asking for someone to enter text. However, seems the Map application
+# starts itself in a new task when launched, making is *very* hard to get the
+# return value. For more information, please read: http://bit.ly/a7krNU.
+
+# Create a UI component and force the user to select a GPS zone to match on:
+$droid->dialogCreateAlert('Match location using...');
+$droid->dialogSetItems(\@gps_keys);
+$droid->dialogShow();
+
+my $match_key = $droid->dialogGetResponse();
+
+exit if ! defined $match_key->{result}->{item};
+
+if ( $match_key->{result}->{item} >= 0 && $match_key->{result}->{item} <= scalar @gps_keys ) {
+    $match_key = $gps_keys[$match_key->{result}->{item}];
+}
+else {
+    # use the first element in the allowed tags list as the default matching method
+    $match_key = $gps_keys[0];
+}
+
+# Add the 'map_link' here, rather than above because the map link isn't a GPS
+# result - however it is a valid substitution tag, used for inserting a Google
+# Maps URI.
+push @gps_keys, 'map_link';
+
+# Enter destination
+my $destination = $droid->getInput('Destination', 'Please enter your destination');
+
+if ( defined $destination->{error} || ! defined $destination->{result} ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast('No destination entered. Please enter a destination.');
+    $destination = $droid->getInput('Destination', 'Please enter your destination');
+
+    exit if defined $destination->{error} || ! defined $destination->{result};
+}
+
+$destination = $destination->{result};
+
+# When using the selected text input, the input keyboard will often suggest a
+# word and add a space after the selected word, so remove any trailing whitespace
+# here for convenience.
+$destination =~ s/\s+$//;
+
+# Keep a count of how many times the script's looped around while attempting to
+# find a match.
+my $attempts = 0;
+
+my ($location, $longitude, $latitude, $geocode);
+
+$droid->startLocating();
+
+# give the GPS sensor a chance to wake up
+sleep 15;
+
+CHECK_LOCATION:
+while ( $attempts++ <= MAX_ATTEMPTS ) {
+
+    $location = $droid->readLocation() || $droid->getLastKnownLocation();
+
+    if ( defined $location->{error} ) {
+
+        print STDERR "location error: $location->{error}\n";
+        next CHECK_LOCATION;
+    }
+
+    $longitude = $location->{result}->{network}->{longitude};
+    $latitude  = $location->{result}->{network}->{latitude};
+
+    $geocode = $droid->geocode($latitude, $longitude);
+
+    if ( defined $geocode->{error} ) {
+
+        print STDERR "geocode error: $geocode->{error}\n";
+        next CHECK_LOCATION;
+    }
+
+    foreach my $address ( @{ $geocode->{result} } ) {
+
+        if ( $address->{$match_key} =~ /$destination/i ) {
+
+            # add a maps link to the address hash
+            my $map_link = sprintf(MAP_LINK, $latitude, $longitude);
+            $address->{map_link} = $map_link;
+
+            # replace special tags in the input messages
+            $message_to_contact =~ s/%*$_*%/$address->{$_}/g for @gps_keys;
+
+            print "successfully matched $address->{$match_key} against $destination\n";
+            print "sending: '$message_to_contact' to contact $contact\n";
+
+            $droid->smsSend($contact, $message_to_contact);
+            $droid->speak("Message sent to contact after $attempts attempts.") if SPEAK_ON_SEND == 1;
+
+            last CHECK_LOCATION;
+        }
+    }
+
+    sleep LOOP_DELAY;
+}
+
+exit;
diff --git a/examples/sms_search.pl b/examples/sms_search.pl
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+#!/data/data/com.google.ase/perl/perl
+#
+# Copyright 2010 Alex Elder (http://www.alexelder.co.uk)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# A simplistic example, demonstrating how to implement a simple search tool
+# using ASE and Perl.
+#
+use strict; 
+use warnings;
+
+use Android;
+use Carp;
+use Data::Dumper;
+
+use constant {
+    INPUT_TITLE   => 'Search String',
+    INPUT_MESSAGE => 'Enter a search string or Perl regex:',
+};
+
+my $droid    = Android->new();
+my $messages = $droid->smsGetMessages(0, 'inbox', ['body', 'thread_id']);
+
+croak "Unable to retreive SMS messages" if defined $messages->{error};
+
+my $search_string = $droid->getInput(INPUT_TITLE, INPUT_MESSAGE);
+
+if ( defined $search_string->{error} ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast('No search string entered; try again...');
+    $search_string = $droid->getInput(INPUT_TITLE, INPUT_MESSAGE);
+
+    exit if defined $search_string->{error};
+}
+
+$search_string = qr/$search_string->{result}/;
+
+my @matches;
+
+foreach my $message ( @{ $messages->{result} } ) {
+
+    if ( $message->{body} =~ $search_string ) {
+
+        push @matches, $message;
+    }
+}
+
+if ( ! @matches ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast("No matches found for '$search_string'");
+    exit;
+}
+else {
+
+    $droid->makeToast("Found " . scalar @matches . " matches!");
+}
+
+# Extract just the body part from each message and display it on the UI using
+# the index within @matches as the return ID from the UI component:
+$droid->dialogCreateAlert('Search Results');
+$droid->dialogSetItems([ map { $_->{body} } @matches ] );
+$droid->dialogShow();
+
+my $selected_search_result = $droid->dialogGetResponse();
+
+if ( defined $selected_search_result->{error} ) {
+
+    $droid->makeToast('Invalid choice; exiting');
+    $droid->exit();
+}
+else {
+    $selected_search_result = $selected_search_result->{result}->{item};
+}
+
+my $sms_thread_id = $matches[$selected_search_result]->{thread_id};
+
+# FIXME: This needs addressing. Currently, the below URI will navigate to the
+# correct message thread, however it will not navigate to the correct message
+# *within* the given thread. I'm not too sure how to do this, and it doesn't
+# seem to be too well documented.
+$droid->startActivity('android.intent.action.VIEW', "sms://view/conversations/$sms_thread_id");
+
+$droid->exit();