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I want to organise my contacts so that the names come up based on alphabetical order of their first name, not their surname.
ie if I have a mate called Ben Smith, I want this to be shown under B for Ben and not S for Smith.
Is this possible? At the moment I am inputing contact names as Smith Ben and then it appears under the contacts as Ben, Smith . . . any ideas?
Thanks
Photo Contacts does provide this option. It lets your sort on different parameters.
http://www.pocketx.net/smartphone/photocontacts.html
You can change the way contacts are displayed in Outlook on your desktop and then sync then to your device. You can also install the attached cabs, they will give you an option in the pop-up menu when you tap and hold a contact on how to show the contacts.
OK, cool. Thanks for the help.
Anyone know how to make the Contacts remember my selected filter?
My old phone had 25 contacts that I actually call with any regularity. My Outlook contacts has a thousand or something. I don't want to scroll through all those so I created a "Phone" category hoping to have the big list filtered. But, Contacts won't remember the filter and I don't want to re-select it every time.
Any thoughts?
Raj Pillai solved the "First Name, Last Name" problem by writing a free Outlook plug-in. I've used it with no problems.
It's *very easy* and convenient.
Instructions:
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/FileAs.html
The App:
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/Download/FileAsSorter.zip
You double-click to install this plugin.
Then, you open your Outlook Contacts, click "File As Sorter" in the toolbar, and it will ask you how you want to sort your contacts. Click "First, Last" and voila! Now your contacts will appear the way you want on your phone.
Do what I did. I highlighted my most frequently called contacts as such:
John Smith -> [John] Smith
The [ symbol comes before A, thus the [-ized names are always listed first.
Just don't use: "John" Smith, or your pda will go crazy whenever you try to Sms/Mms him - as I discovered the very hard way.
A little off topic but there's a great bit of software for the Treo that does this called Initiate;
http://www.hobbyistsoftware.com/
I've pinged them about developing something for Win5 platform but so far no luck, maybe if more would join the chorus.
With this program you simply could input letters and it would bring up anything that matched the order. So for Bob Smith you could imput bsh or oth, you get the idea, very cool, worked great, we need it for windows.
What I did was I removed all the first names. Then under the "Last name" field, I put in the full name. That works well
Maybe I wasn't clear - the Outlook plugin I mentioned will automatically re-sort all your contacts as First, Last, so as soon as you sync, all your contacts will show up in the right order.
I wrote a small little .NET CF 2.0 app that handles this pretty well. Very lightweight and definitely gets the job done. And its free (of course, you can donate, though! ).
See my post over here at MoDaCo about it.
Thanks!
Although I normally use a little plug-in that saves as First, Last....this is quite a cool app!!
Although it required the (BIG) 5 MB .Net on my Main Memory (that is the only thing that sucks, but hey....I was sure that one time, I had to install .Net, so I just gotta live with that, but 30MB free Main Memory is still okay ), it's good enough to have it staying installed on my Wizard.
Thanks bro!
Molski
molski said:
Although I normally use a little plug-in that saves as First, Last....this is quite a cool app!!
Although it required the (BIG) 5 MB .Net on my Main Memory (that is the only thing that sucks, but hey....I was sure that one time, I had to install .Net, so I just gotta live with that, but 30MB free Main Memory is still okay ), it's good enough to have it staying installed on my Wizard.
Thanks bro!
Molski
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Hopefully in the next few weeks I will develop integration into the contacts list as well as a smaller footprint file (I know C++ extremely well, but I didn't want to have to deal with all the code and I just started learning a bit with C#) so it loads quicker and requires less memory. I'll keep you posted on its progress. Thanks for the props though![/i]
!Sounds real good zero_devide_1!
I'll be lookin' around for you and your updated program
HI ,u can use this cab file to change the way contacts look also u can add conpany name ...its preety cool bein usin it from quite some time .
here is a simple reg tweak that changes the contacts to go by first name then last.....
Life is much easier since I found this little tweak....
wheres the tweak??
Does anyone know how to add search for contacts from the today screen? Thanks!
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Does anyone know how to add search for contacts from the today screen? Thanks!
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yup
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/SearchToday.ARM.CAB
enjoy...
McHale said:
yup
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~jmisurda/ppc/SearchToday.ARM.CAB
enjoy...
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thanx but that's not it..... that's the web search, i need the contact search.
I have checked the forums for an answer to this problem but couldn't find one.
I recently purchased a Vario II on t-mobile. I think its a cracking gadget, but I've always been a big picture sender, and I have a niggle - on its highest quality picture settings the vario II produces pictures larger than 300k. When I try to send them I get a message that it can't send pictures over 300k - annoying, but usually countered by the fact that every normal handset I've had shrinks pictures to the requisite size before sending.
This being a pocket pc I would assume it would hardly be processor-hungry if the app just shrunk pictures down a bit for me (when necessary).
Sure I could knock my quality settings down a bit - but what about when I want to send bluetoothed/copied photos from other sources (such as my digital camera)?
I used to do this regularly on my old sony ericsson.
I love my Vario, but this annoys me, and if I can help it I'd rather not have to shrink all my bloody pictures down with a third-party photo editing app before sending them. It seems like a crazy oversight on the part of the manufacturer!
I sincerely hope that I've simply overlooked something, but if not does anyone know where I can get a patch/alternative mms sending application for my vario?
it would be very much appreciated!
Hmm.. I'm not sure about you.. but if you go to your messaging application (the default one), bottom right `Menu`->`MMS Configuration` at the `Preference` Tab, at the bottom of the page, you see the 'Photo Resolution`. Try lowering that.
I'm using Charmer, but ought to be the same since it is WM5.
I only wish that would work - That's the retrieval resolution, though I have tried it.
Seems ridiculous that you can automatically alter the resolution of photos that you receive, but not ones you send!
PLEASE please please someone must know!
From messaging; Menu -> Tools -> Options -> MMS -> Scroll down to Photo Resolution" and change it to a smaller size. Just tested it and it worked for outgoing on my TyTN Rom!
Phil
I have tried that - on all resolutions, though in fairness not with an original image from the camera, this is a 700k image from a Nokia phone. No matter what resolution I change to it still gives me the error message!
Anyone got any idea what it could be?
I don't see why it would matter that the photo is off a different camera. the principal of shrinking a jpeg is still the same surely.
I have a T-Mobile Vario II. It has had no modifications done to it at all
Hmm... that is weird. Probably the 'shrinking' feature uses some of the JPG header to determine its size and such (e.g. dumb programmer who uses weird ways of doing things).
Anyway, if you have spaces left around your phone, there are some software that is able to resize photos available for WM5 (or at least WCE200x). For your case, you may want to resize it manually before sending.. I guess.
i got my vox a month ago and i love the design. probably the only smartphone design out there that looks as good as it does. But the problem i'm having with it is the performance level...i've had it lock up on me, sometimes it takes forever to load a simple task such as my text messages. I love the phone design to death, is there a phone that keeps this slick design but performs just as well? I know htc released a s730, but really? lol come on, its bigger, contains the same amount of ram, faster processor but still...
Or is it time i move to a pocket pc? do they perform better than smartphones? Or am i looking at this entirely from the wrong view, is it windows mobile thats causing this? is there away i could change the OS installed, maybe like the OS pocketpc's run? I'm not new to all this, but I would like some input and what everyones feeling, or if anyone is feeling the way I am. thanks again guys, looking forward to your responses
p.s. if you have any recommendations on devices i should look at, please let me know cause I might start looking for something new
One solution is to overclock your vox.
For me is very frustrating, slow opening of new SMS, too!
I don't know any other way to speed up your device.
matrix77 said:
One solution is to overclock your vox.
For me is very frustrating, slow opening of new SMS, too!
I don't know any other way to speed up your device.
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ya i have it overclocked to 252 mhz, there is a improvement but why does it take so long to send a sms? not to mention the amount of steps that need to be taken to do so, open messaging, text messages, new, have to open contact list (which takes a while) then select a contact, select their mobile number, hit enter, then finally start typing.
I was looking at the iphone, and some reviews off youtube, the phone seems really responsive and fast, anyone with any suggestions? wondering if that might be a good step up?
You can start typing the name you want to write to on homescreen so the contact shows up. Then with left/right arrows select SMS, when you open it it goes directly to sending a SMS to this contact, same applies to the phone book and it will stay that way.
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You can start typing the name you want to write to on homescreen so the contact shows up. Then with left/right arrows select SMS, when you open it it goes directly to sending a SMS to this contact, same applies to the phone book and it will stay that way.
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wow that is alot faster! didnt know that, makes texting a whole lot faster. guess i've been doing it the long way, hence the bitter taste its left. question, is windows mobile operating system more efficient than what the pocketpcs have installed?
For me that's really the most interesting thing in the iPhone, the fact that its interface is so fluid, everything seem to load fast . It seems really less frustrating to use. The only problem for me is that it is not as easy to tweak it as is windows mobile. Too bad windows mobile 7 still is a long time ahead..
But at least Windows Mobile 6.1 is due for the first quarter 08, let's hope that it will bring some improvements!
The thing about the MacOS X and the iPhone is that it's only designed for a couple devices, so it's very customized for these. Windows and Windows Mobile is made for thousands of different machines, so problems are just inevitable.
Speed improvements would be great indeed But my hopes are not very high
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Speed improvements would be great indeed But my hopes are not very high
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i think we've peaked in terms of performance and speed with the vox, the iphone GUI is amazing not to mention how flawlessy it flows from one application to another. Only thing I can give iphone a hard time for is it doenst seem homebrew friendly.
So that being said, would you guys recommend/suggest a vox ->iphone upgrade? or just stick with the vox?
Sick with the Vox and try the lates official HTC ROM, it's available on the XDA-developers ftp site. I fashed my Vox to it yesterday and it is alot faster than the original Vox ROM and is slightly smaller aswell leaving more RAM free to install apps like facade and PhoneAlarm.
Roland
I also didn't like how long it took to open messaging and start a new text message. Its the main reason I overclocked my s710. Here's a couple of other things that I came across while trying to improve messaging speed. Working in combination, they made a huge difference for me:
1. overclocked to 252mhz
2. place a shortcut in your \windows\startup folder with the following commands:
58#"\Program Files\load.exe" -hide "\Windows\tmail.exe"
81#"\Program Files\load.exe" -hide "\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to ""-body""
Opens the messaging app in the background on startup. Opens a new blank text message on startup. Requires load.exe to be able to open in the background. Since it is already open in the background, you can access messaging instantly. Whatever method you choose to open a new text message will also be faster since their is already a blank open text message in the background.
3. I like the method mentioned above of typing the contact then selecting Send Text Message. Another method that is just as fast is to create a shortcut to your blank open text message and place it in your Program Files folder (or wherever, I have mine as a shortcut in my facade launcher bar). The shortcut contains the same new text message command as above (just without using load.exe to hide it in the background):
49#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS" -to ""-body""
Opening this brings you directly to your blank text message, just select your contact and start typing.
Hope this helps!
wow! god thats amazing, loads instantly :|! and its even more amazing that your a junior member, did you read this somewhere? if not, cudos to you, thanks a lot loving that small tweak ALOT! appreciate it. hopefully more people read this.
Wish there was a program that ran more tweaks to help smartphones performance
After figuring out tmail.exe was the messaging app, I kinda just played around with that and load.exe (found in "how to pimp your s710" thread on Modaco.com) to see what would happen. After that I came accross that command to open a new blank text message on some random tweaks page. Had to try it out with load.exe too. Glad I did . Simple stuff can make a big difference. My last phone was a simple Nokia 6133 flip, and I could access text messaging or a new text message within a second of opening the phone...not really that important, but I wanted that streamlined access to messaging with the s710. I think these little tweaks make it pretty close.
i've created the shortcut, but for some reason it doens't load....my question is when i tried to run tmail manually from file explorer it loads up the messaging center, and not straight into text messages (option 1 of the text messaging center). now i was curious if theres a way we can get text messaging loaded directly
now I get what you were saying in your PM, you want to go directly to the text messaging section of tmail.exe. Try this:
35#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS"
Put this in a shortcut. When you open it, it should take you to your text messages.
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now I get what you were saying in your PM, you want to go directly to the text messaging section of tmail.exe. Try this:
35#"\Windows\tmail.exe" -service "SMS"
Put this in a shortcut. When you open it, it should take you to your text messages.
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perfect thanks , will try it and let you know. thanks again
is there any app or any way to make your mms space to be bigger? i tried sending ringtones and the biggest size it would let me send is like 236kb which was like 16 seconds of it sometimes it didn't even let me send 10 seconds.....
Bump..... Id like to know to
I belive it depends on the carrier. This MMS size restriction is set by the service provider and nothing in the phone can change it. Sad... but fact..
I know T_Mobile can send/receive files up to 300 in size
windows mobile u can adjust it to send up to 1.2m..... so it has to be possible with the g1
WM up to 1.2M?!?!
I had/has a dash with WM and since i have T-Mobile i could only hack it up to 300
What phone did/do you use?
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WM up to 1.2M?!?!
I had/has a dash with WM and since i have T-Mobile i could only hack it up to 300
What phone did/do you use?
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Its possible I have a wing and dash. They both can send up to 1.2Mb by doing a regedit (registry edit).
So it may be the Android OS holding us back
Maybe i was thinking of receiving a file bigger then 300
I dont know my head hurts from following a few threads today.
Maybe it is Android that someone needs to explore.
well in my older phone that i had i sent one once that was 1.6mb it was a nokia 6133 so i think it is possible to make send a larger size but it doesnt let me
yep this is determined by the network so although the phone might support it doesnt mean the file will send over the network.
but i dont think it even goes to the network because when i try to attach it a pop up message comes up saying i cant send that file but if lets me send the same types of files if its 360kb or smaller
I got my new HD2 and was delighted, but then tried to get the software that I have been using previously to work on it.
As I travel around and look in second hand book and record shops, I am never totally sure from memory whether i have a particular book or cd. Publishers keep changing the covers and synopses.
On my Psion, it had as standard a lovely card database / rolodex type of program. It was easy to input, easy to search.
When I moved to the hx4700 on windows 2003SE I lost that. Eventually I found Data On The Run which is fully access compatible. So I've converted all of my lists to access, and was happy enough. It wasn't great as it tries to get too much on, and portrait only.
Now on the HD2, the software does not like fingers, only styluses. Scrolling is virtually impossible, as it won't drag to scroll. The pop out scroll bar helper does not show. The developer is one guy and hasn't time to continue developing.
I've looked at stuff like Bookbag plus and someone mentioned "My Collection" but I cannot find it anywhere on the net. There are serious commercial pieces of software that are in effect full database programs, but that is a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.
I know this may only help in the short term, and doesn't solve the software issue.
Have you changed the original theme on the device? If so the Pop out function on the theme is lost in order to return it without going back to the original theme you could try this. please remember to backup
Hope this helps in the short term.
Try this
Try ListPro.. it's a great application..
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I know this may only help in the short term, and doesn't solve the software issue.
Have you changed the original theme on the device? If so the Pop out function on the theme is lost in order to return it without going back to the original theme you could try this. please remember to backup
Hope this helps in the short term.
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Thanks for hte idea, but Nope, original theme. Pop out scroll is there for other apps.
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Try ListPro.. it's a great application..
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THanks. I had seen Collectorz which has templates for this, but had not found listpro. It looks a fairly steep learning curve, and I need to import my existing lists. However, its great advantage is that it is only one program that covers a multitude of lists, so i won;t be paying out twice or three times for basically the same thing.
I've installed and imported my book list, so can now try and get it synchronised. I had to install the cab file separately. I can set up the synchronisation in the Windows MObile Device Centre, but that has to be done through "files" and unless i have missed something that only lets me synchronise to the machine, not the storage card. That is no damn good.