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What time is it ? how do you reply to it with your PocketPC

Have you ever had a nice girl or someone asking you the time ?
surely yes. And I guess that most of you like myself do not wear a watch anymore and use their PocketPC instead.
Does any one know an application that could be assigned to a button to display the clock in FULLscreen mode. And then just pressing on the screen (or pressing the button again; a toggle button would be nice) would go back to the previous use of the PocketPC.
This way to would be easy to show the clock in fullscreen without having to start a heavy application.
Any suggestions for such an application?

Don't know about an app, but why not have the clock to always show in the titlebar?

I have the clock in the titlebar, but when you want to show the time to someone in the street it is too tiny, too small for the eyes.

rlToday looks really nice, but what I would like is just a pop with the clock. I have already too many stuff on my today screen, no space available.
I have just tried Spb Time, the screensaver screen would be perfect, but does someone know our I could launch the Spb Time screensaver screen with the push on a button ?
For this I need to find the command that does start it.

I Think u should try using Spb Mobile Shell...it's definately the right choice for ur need..

Try SPB Mobile Shell
Just released, adds a NOW screen when you turn on complete with clock. Press a soft key to go to today screen.
Using on mine, like it a lot.Only works with WM5.
http://www.spbclub.com/product.php?product_id=21

mikechannon said:
That looks quite nice. Just for comparisons sake with wisbar, does it allow multiple today screens or just the "now" screen and a "today screen"
Mike
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it is quite nice... especially when driving! but it does only allow 2 screens, the today and the now screen.

Mike, Wisbar Desktop could be a solution, you are right.
I have actually tried it a long time ago, but thought it was just a nicer way to display shortcuts to launch application. Am I wrong or I haven't looked at it enough. I prefer to use the start menu to launch application (I use WA2 by the way, and the cascading start menu feature is really Nice).
Can you have 2 normal today screen with WAD and switch with one hardware button from one another?
I have also looked at Spb Shell, and it seems to me that it is a way to get a simplified and more nice looking PocketPC. But I find the default WM5 today screen more convenient, and I would have to remove WA2 (I guess they can not run both at the same time..)
The other issue it that if someone ask you the time, you have to quit what you were doing to display the clock on the today screen.

Hi Mike, So as I can see with WAD you can create several desktops, create you own shortcuts. But still I prefer to use WA2 cascading start menu.
As enclose I made a screenshot of my today screen. I thought again, what I really need is a kind of screensaver with the clock so that anyone not accustomed to using a PocketPC is not lost with so many things (I guess that even the top and the bottom bar displayed can be annoying) and can just read the time. I going to investigate the command that has to be used to start 'Chronos' screensaver.

try ae button plus

mikechannon said:
Did you spot not only the big clock page BUT the last one that shows over 1 BILLION Active Tasks, but -144 are high priority!!
Mike
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Hey, I think we must work for the same company!!!!

Tsong, the AE Button thingy looks nice !
do you know if it is possible to tweak it to have only the time displayed ?

chris247 said:
Tsong, the AE Button thingy looks nice !
do you know if it is possible to tweak it to have only the time displayed ?
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ae seems no setting for time, maybe try VITO PopupClock
http://www.vitotechnology.com/en/products/buttonmapper.html

Requests to Laurentius26/Beast...

Hi,
I'm currently using your latest rom, and its great in terms of stability and overall features it contains. I had a small request which i thought i'd post, and decided to make a separate thread so that ppl can drop all their requests too, so here goes!
And now for my request -
It would be great if you could add PQz II into the default rom. Its a small app to enable control/alt key combos with a lot of other features for phone shortcuts, button shortcuts etc. Its freeware too! You can find it at www.nicque.com/pqz
if you could make the following customizations so that pqz starts this way by default, thats an added bonus -
1. Has the path to the "icon" bitmap (by default, its just a white blotch until you specify an icon in the default installation. the icon comes within the package though)
2. Set default keys to the SYM key for control and alt.
3. Make PQz start at windows bootup by default by adding a link in the registry
Cheers and I appreciate the great work!
San

PQZ
Hi,
I will see what it does and try today
Cheers,
Leo

Laurentius26 said:
Hi,
I will see what it does and try today
Cheers,
Leo
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Nice.
I tried it already because sometimes I miss ctrl and alt.
Cheers

Hi,
Which keys do you set for ctrl and alt, cause they aren't on keyboard?
Fn + Tab maybe?
Also how to set a icon for the today I don't know?
Can the icon in upper tray moved to bottum tray?
2 many questions haha...
Cheers,
Leo
ultravox said:
Nice.
I tried it already because sometimes I miss ctrl and alt.
Cheers
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Laurentius26 said:
Hi,
Which keys do you set for ctrl and alt, cause they aren't on keyboard?
Fn + Tab maybe?
Also how to set a icon for the today I don't know?
Can the icon in upper tray moved to bottum tray?
2 many questions haha...
Cheers,
Leo
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He he, nice questions.
I tried the app but quited after some minutes because I couldn't find a way to get it working, lol
Nevertheless if working, it could be a good improvement.
Luis

with all do respect, PQz suck.
it really messes up the keyboard control for other programs, such as games for example...
if you really need it, install it. it only takes a couple of seconds and a couple of lousy KBs, if i remember correctly.
Rom devs can't include apps everytime users have a spacial request. That's what kitchens are for...

Laurentius26 said:
Hi,
Which keys do you set for ctrl and alt, cause they aren't on keyboard?
Fn + Tab maybe?
Also how to set a icon for the today I don't know?
Can the icon in upper tray moved to bottum tray?
2 many questions haha...
Cheers,
Leo
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Normally, we set the "SYM" key for both Control & alt. This way, you press sym once, its control (shows on the icon, once set!), press it again it becomes alt. Its soooooo useful, i cant tell you.....you must try it!
i use it extensively, to do control+c, cntrl+v, blah!
The icon should be on top, so that it shows what you've pressed (control or alt).
The cooler part is the other sub-modules it has such as phone shortcuts, app shortcuts, system shortcuts etc. For example, i can set shortcuts such as alt+Alphabet for speed dials for all my contacts. No matter what application you're currently using, just hit Alt+S to dial a contact for instance, or even fire an application!
I also use, Alt+X to close current app, alt+0 to close all apps....really useful!
Try it out for a while, you cant live without it!
Cheers!
San

Can you add these files to Windows\ directory?
If you could add these to \Windows directory, it would be great! It changes the basic "Open/select file" dialog to browse through folders in a standard windows way rather than scanning through all folders and showing it as one single list!
It overrides this dialog at all places. For instance, when you try and add an attachment to your email, it shows standard folders for you to navigate and pick the right file, rather than making one giant list of all files on all folders!
San
EDIT: There's a small bug in wm6, the softkey labels are not shown though (not a big deal as long as you know what they are!) . The left softkey is "Up" one folder, and right softkey is for "Menu" when the open file dialog is active. Make sure you activate it under Settings->System->FileDialog and check the option in there!

shlomki said:
with all do respect, PQz suck.
it really messes up the keyboard control for other programs, such as games for example...
if you really need it, install it. it only takes a couple of seconds and a couple of lousy KBs, if i remember correctly.
Rom devs can't include apps everytime users have a spacial request. That's what kitchens are for...
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thanks mr.arrogant. i feel much wiser now!

PQZ
Hi San,
I will have another look and tell you what I think of it later.
Greetings,
Leo

how about the ability to call the last dialled number? can that be added? and maybe not including the latest task manager 2.0 as that has problems with the closing of apps.... maybe the earlier version 1.5?

PQZ
Well... I tested a bit.
But it does screw up other functionings.
Also the today icon I don't like, I only see a white square in top bar
Did you try HandyMenu or AEButton, they have same function's but much easier. For copy\paste I use Pnotepad.
Sorry...
Regards,
Leo

rnzk8 said:
how about the ability to call the last dialled number? can that be added? and maybe not including the latest task manager 2.0 as that has problems with the closing of apps.... maybe the earlier version 1.5?
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ooops sorry... asked to early.... hehe!

The WiFi problems are fixed now!
Can you pleeeease solve the Bluetooth Stereo problems ASAP.
I think I already flash my Universal with all existing ROMs, but I believe none as A2DP and WiFi WPA fully working.

can i suggest to try rlToday? It's a very nice Home/today plugin. Working with VGA and completely skinnable.

TF3D Home Tab can it show more than one Appointments??

Is it possible to show more appointments on the TF3D Home Tab......??
Instead of just the current or the upcoming appointment.......

leonhart said:
Is it possible to show more appointments on the TF3D Home Tab......??
Instead of just the current or the upcoming appointment.......
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that's the reason why I use SPB mobile shell
with this program you can see appointments up to 31 days!
on your today screen!

pensador said:
that's the reason why I use SPB mobile shell
with this program you can see appointments up to 31 days!
on your today screen!
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I second that, Mobile Shell all the way!

Please stay on topic
The question is how to get more than one appoinment on TF3D...
If you create more than one appointment in same day, you'll see on TF3D, the question is how to show different days...
Cheers
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I beleave i fiind the answer....
The key is the calendar today plug-in. TF3D shows the same you see on the today calendar plug-in, so go and change settings in calendar plug-in (the plugin is disabled, but no problem...) and in options, mark the option to show more than next appointment. Create two appointments, one today and anothed one tomorrow. Restart the TP

leonhart said:
Is it possible to show more appointments on the TF3D Home Tab......??
Instead of just the current or the upcoming appointment.......
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Erm, if you swipe your finger upward on the home screen, you get a smaller clock and more appointments..

Untouchab1e said:
Erm, if you swipe your finger upward on the home screen, you get a smaller clock and more appointments..
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Have you tried yourself? Even if I make the clock smaller I can still see only the next appointment. I have also tried fiddling with the Calendar settings for the Today plug-in to choose "upcoming appointments" instead of "next appointment" but it doesn't make any difference. And what's even worse is that if the next appointment is not today or tomorrow then nothing shows at all. Tipically on a Saturday I don't have appointments until the next Monday and nothing is shown on the home screen.
To me this is definitely one of the most annoying things of TF3D.

anonimo said:
Have you tried yourself? Even if I make the clock smaller I can still see only the next appointment. I have also tried fiddling with the Calendar settings for the Today plug-in to choose "upcoming appointments" instead of "next appointment" but it doesn't make any difference. And what's even worse is that if the next appointment is not today or tomorrow then nothing shows at all. Tipically on a Saturday I don't have appointments until the next Monday and nothing is shown on the home screen.
To me this is definitely one of the most annoying things of TF3D.
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yeah.... both of the suggested solution doesn't work.... I tried it......

People, you are confusing about the issue at hand here: do you mind flicking the screen up to see more than one of today's appointments (a minor issue in my opinion) or do you want to be able to see, say, appointments for the next 5 days (of course you'd have to flick the screen, but this would be a lot more convenient). Nothing on the diamond forum either, a lot of threads about the same subject though. This looks like a pretty app, but as far as my searching capabilities go no solution yet

no solution here too, and can anyone get the tasks to show on TF3D too?

I would love to see my tasks too.

anonimo said:
Have you tried yourself?
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Yep, it works for me. It displays current and the next appointment.
Of course I have to make the clock smaller to see that. It would be nice if we could show even more appointments this way and scroll through them easily.
Or reamove the godd... ekhm, BELOVED, "No missing calls" row and have more space for appointments in the first place.

Why don't you just install SecondToday (it's free) and then remap one of the buttons to go to SecondToday?
SecondToday adds a second today screen, where if you install TodayAgenda (it's also free) you can see all your upcoming calendar items/tasks for whatever period you specify...
This works perfectly for me...

kocureq said:
Yep, it works for me. It displays current and the next appointment.
Of course I have to make the clock smaller to see that.
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But that only works if both appointments are happening today! There is no way to see two appointments if they are both happening tomorrow.

Nooner said:
Why don't you just install SecondToday (it's free) and then remap one of the buttons to go to SecondToday?
SecondToday adds a second today screen, where if you install TodayAgenda (it's also free) you can see all your upcoming calendar items/tasks for whatever period you specify...
This works perfectly for me...
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I agree with you on this..... but the idea is to have the calender TF3D style

anonimo said:
But that only works if both appointments are happening today! There is no way to see two appointments if they are both happening tomorrow.
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For me works with one appointment today and another one tomorrow...
Cheers

anonimo said:
But that only works if both appointments are happening today! There is no way to see two appointments if they are both happening tomorrow.
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It just shows todays appiointment and the first one tommorow.
I believe it works exactly the same way the standard today plugin does - or even fetches that plugin's results / settings.
Instead of tweaking this "two appointments today or tommorow", let's focus on getting MORE THAN TWO appintments, e.g. all of them for the next 5 days.

kocureq said:
It just shows todays appiointment and the first one tommorow.
I believe it works exactly the same way the standard today plugin does - or even fetches that plugin's results / settings.
Instead of tweaking this "two appointments today or tommorow", let's focus on getting MORE THAN TWO appintments, e.g. all of them for the next 5 days.
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Well for some reason this is not the behaviour on my phone. If I disable TF3D and use the standard Calendar plug-in in the Today screen I see all the "upcoming" appointments while in TF3D I can see only see the next two appointments and actually only one if these two appointments fall in different days. So the TF3D information is not the same as in the standard today plug-in.

Please hurry up with inventing a solution for the appointment issue. In 3 weeks my new THD will be there and i really want to see all upcoming appointments ao the next 2 days. Today i use my beloved Wizard 100 with calendar+ (Xions WM6.1 ROM ). I will really miss this kind of visual reminding for any appointments.

you can keep your beloved feature - if you continue using your beloved tool calendar+ with second today
Candy-men said:
Please hurry up with inventing a solution for the appointment issue. In 3 weeks my new THD will be there and i really want to see all upcoming appointments ao the next 2 days. Today i use my beloved Wizard 100 with calendar+ (Xions WM6.1 ROM ). I will really miss this kind of visual reminding for any appointments.
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I don't want to use Second today , I have one home !! , to arraive second today it can be the same like
press on calendar or something else...
I have no meeting today and not tomorrow, I would like to see if i have meeting in the next day
after tomorrow (sometimes it's birthday or something importent to know 2 days b4) , but the LAME TF3D show me just today and tomorrow...

Application shortcuts on today screen

Is there a simple way of creating application shortcuts to appear on your today screen without having to click on the windows start menu to find it?
I have searched the forum & found many similar questions but they all seem so complicated.
All I need to do is create a shortcut for an application that normally fires up when the phone is switched on but I need the ability to have quick access to the shortcut incase the app is ever accidently closed down.
This app should always be on as well as the data connection to which i also need a shortcut for.
So the COMM MANAGER icon as a shortcut for quick access would be needed to enable a quicker start to Data connection if offline for some reason
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks

Groundrush1 said:
Is there a simple way of creating application shortcuts to appear on your today screen without having to click on the windows start menu to find it?
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Yes. Go to Start/Settings/Today/Items tab where you can select what you want. At least I can do it on Touch 3G (Jade).
Joe

jfranek said:
Yes. Go to Start/Settings/Today/Items tab where you can select what you want. At least I can do it on Touch 3G (Jade).
Joe
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Yes thanks but that's not what I mean, I have already tried but found that you have limited choice to what you can add. I need to add other items that are not included in th items tab.

Try this...
It's a simple shortcut creator for the today screen - sounds like just what you're after.
I use this and have had no problems with it.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-easy-today-launcher.html
-FM

fatmonk said:
Try this...
It's a simple shortcut creator for the today screen - sounds like just what you're after.
I use this and have had no problems with it.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-easy-today-launcher.html
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Thanks for that, it does look like exactly what i need but for some reason it does not work on my O2 XDA Mantle and the Samsung Omnia, both using Windows mobile 6.1
I get the same problem on both phones where after instalation the app does not appear in start menu or in programme files.
I have selected "Easy today Launcher" in the items tab of the today screen but nothing appears to allow you to use the software

I'm on WM6.1 on a Sony Xperia and its fine.
Did you add any icons to it?
It doesn't appear in programme files or programmes - just in Today settings.
Go to Settings->Today->Items.
Make sure the box is ticked next to 'Easy Today Launcher'.
Select 'Easy Today Launcher' so thats its highlighted gry, then click options. Use add to add a new application to the bar, remove to remove ones you don't want, and up and down to chane the order. You can also select whether you want large or small items in the options screen.
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Select 'Easy Today Launcher' so thats its highlighted gry, then click options. Use add to add a new application to the
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Doh!!
That's it thanks
It now works
I found another app called SBSH iLauncher but it's not free
it allows shorcuts to documents which is something else I need, it doesn't look line Easy today Launcher can do this as it only creates shortcuts to applications.
thanks for your time.

[REQ] Slingplayer fix for WM 6.5.3?

Hi...
has anyone got a solution for the bottom softkeys/menu and icons on 6.5.3..when using the Slingmobile app?
thanks
Singh

I second the request for help on this. The program is very difficult to use without the bottom row of buttons.

Moved as not software release requests go to Q&A

i would also like to see some solution for this problem

Nothing seems to forthcoming. Anybody?

Come on guys...
Someone must have a solution?
I can't go into the ins and outs.. but lets just say... v1.6 is the one that we all be using.
So.. we need to fix this version and not wait for a new version. It's not going to be fixed in a newer release.

88fingerslukee said:
I second the request for help on this. The program is very difficult to use without the bottom row of buttons.
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Difficult or impossible? Without the bottom row, I cannot bring up the channel panel to change channels. Is there a way to change channels at all without that panel?

Chuck_IV said:
Difficult or impossible? Without the bottom row, I cannot bring up the channel panel to change channels. Is there a way to change channels at all without that panel?
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Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.

!SINGH! said:
Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.
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The only way I can get into full screen is to open the keyboard. Of course that's not totally practical having to have my keyboard open all the time for full screen. Have you tried something like Gyrator 2 to maybe see if when Gyrator puts it into landscape, the fullscreen activates?
I have a Touch Pro 2 BTW.

!SINGH! said:
Yes... Program the on screen shortcut keys...
thats how i'm using it... but I cannot go into full screen. there simply is no way to click on it on the bottom bar.
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The keyboard will do the remote control tasks for you. I believe the keystrokes are the same as for the keyboard on the Desktop version:
The Numbers type numbers
G is Guide
Up and Down Arrows change channels.
X is exit, etc. I don't know where to get a full list.
Also, I set Slingplayer to Auto-Rotate using G-Config. The Window Class name is SlingClient. This gets me to full screen without opening the keyboard.
That's about the only way I can make it so I can use it.
If anybody wants the files in the program's folder I can send them. Just PM me.

88fingerslukee said:
The keyboard will do the remote control tasks for you. I believe the keystrokes are the same as for the keyboard on the Desktop version:
The Numbers type numbers
G is Guide
Up and Down Arrows change channels.
X is exit, etc. I don't know where to get a full list.
Also, I set Slingplayer to Auto-Rotate using G-Config. The Window Class name is SlingClient. This gets me to full screen without opening the keyboard.
That's about the only way I can make it so I can use it.
If anybody wants the files in the program's folder I can send them. Just PM me.
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Hmm, strange. I added Slingplayer to the Whitelist for autorotate, using G-Config and it's not rotating. I reboot and looked at the registry and can see it there(SlingClient), but Slingplayer just won't rotate unless I open the keyboard.

Chuck_IV said:
Hmm, strange. I added Slingplayer to the Whitelist for autorotate, using G-Config and it's not rotating. I reboot and looked at the registry and can see it there(SlingClient), but Slingplayer just won't rotate unless I open the keyboard.
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Hmm, weird, it stopped working for me as well. To be honest, I can't remember when it stopped, but it used to work. Perhaps it's the standard 6.5 builds that do it.
Well, this makes it even more important to fix this issue. I have submitted a support request to Slingbox, so we'll see what they have to say.

They fixed it!!!! YAY!!!
http://download.slingmedia.com/player/mobile/windows-phone/SlingPlayer-Mobile-2.0.0.14.CAB

I did some modifications on SlingPlayer.exe 1.6 version to at least look better on my phone.
You can check out here:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7242404&postcount=5

I have a Samsung Intrepid, I tried installing and customizing with the SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.5 but no luck. The toolbar was on the right side and my pictures wouldnt fit on the screen as well.
I was curious to if anyone had any other custom roms for Windows 6.5 on a Samsung Intrepid worth trying out??????????????