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Pointui ?? A new wm interface ?

Hey guys, dont know if anyone has come across this yet but for those who havent it looks like there may be a new interface for your wm device. Its called Pointui but as yet theres not a lot of info just a youtube vid and some screen shots on flicker, the web site just shows a countdown to what apperes to be the new year but by the look of the screens it might be something to keep your eye on
Youtube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pUBWYErW3s
Flicker link :http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/
Web site :http://there-is-no-place-like-home.com/

I must say after having look at it, I'd be very intrested to try this out when its released. It looks very slick

WOW I'm surprised that there has been less buzz about this. I'm intrigued!

Yes, seems to be inspired by the iPhone but no proof to say its a Windows Mobile device?
Regards,
Carty..

If you click on the youtube uploaders username and look at the other vid you can see that its running on a Wizard
Wizard specs..
Processor: OMAP850 - 195Mhz
Memory: 128 MB of ROM and 64 MB of RAM
Should run fine on my Orbit !!

Interesting
Looks promising. I wonder if it is flash driven or C+ coded. A little strange how the video shows him sliding his finger to the right and the screen animation goes left?? That would drive me nuts!

Carty said:
Yes, seems to be inspired by the iPhone but no proof to say its a Windows Mobile device?
Regards,
Carty..
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...Also, you'll note very shortly into the demo the "Windows Mobile Settings" menu option...

I watched the video a couple of times and it seems to move very smoothly and quickly. I really like the way it works...........HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Thanks for the positive feedback. I'd say its more inspired by frustration of what I call Windows 3.11 Syndrome and poor excuses for performance because they have limited memory and slower cpus.
Never used an iPhone, sure looks nice. Not sure about user interaction consistency across all their apps which is something we hope to achieve with our framework.
Rest assured this is running on Windows Mobile. Unlike so many others we haven't forgotten those with Windows Mobile 2003.

tmknight said:
...Also, you'll note very shortly into the demo the "Windows Mobile Settings" menu option...
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Plus you can see "Windows Mobile" as the second option:
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And Active Sync as option two on this one:
Anyone else have any info on this project?

dorothyg07 said:
Thanks for the positive feedback. I'd say its more inspired by frustration of what I call Windows 3.11 Syndrome and poor excuses for performance because they have limited memory and slower cpus.
Never used an iPhone, sure looks nice. Not sure about user interaction consistency across all their apps which is something we hope to achieve with our framework.
Rest assured this is running on Windows Mobile. Unlike so many others we haven't forgotten those with Windows Mobile 2003.
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Wow--amazing ui. I share your frustration with the Win 3.11 syndrome but I hate that other people keep using the iPhone comparison. The iPhone is like a new puppy--everyone loves it because it's cute and could do simple things (email, web, music, movies, pictures, oh calls too). After awhile, then what? Everyone here can name 100 things their PDA/Phone can do more than the iPhone--except on tiny little thing....and that's doing it with style! Swipe here, roll there, flip here, touch there, whatever which way.
Pointui will complete my PDA and will probably get more people to buy a Win Mobile device now that it's balanced with usability and functionality. Thanks, can't wait for Jan 1.

Dorothy, can you give us any idea as to when you'll be offering this up to the public, and are you planning this as a freeware app or will you be charging for use?

simplicity05, the answers to your questions can be found at there-is-no-place-like-home.com

I checked that just a few hours ago and all it had was a timer counting down to the new year haha!

Oh My God. This looks so freaking sweet!

Im sure you guys have clicked it but heres the link to the pointui main site http://www.pointui.com/
Says it will be available for download as soon as the clock from no place like home reaches 0. Wooo.
If it runs that fast on a 195mhz device, thats great news. All these iPhone clones run slow on my 247mhz orbit (overclocked) ... so, looking forward to this one.

Im back again
Just watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRw1T-N5dic
Seems it uses the standard WM phone pad, which sucks, hope they do there own phone pad/full phone system thing. Also, wonder how the text messages/email is handles, hopefully not the standard WM outlook??? Any guys in the know about this?

The scrolling/changing screens by sliding your finger seems counter-intuitive. I like how on my touch I grab and pull to the side of the cube I want, this Pointui looks like it is grab and push towards the place you want to go, very awkward...
Other than that, it looks very interesting!

Actually I think that scrolling the finger to go to the next screen is really sleek and intuitive.
And the speed is amazing! Really smooth, even on a Wizard! OMFG! These guys know how to program
From the screenshots and video I only miss some antialiasing on some text (top text saying "telstra", and some text on the initial screen), and it would be great to integrate further apps into Home, like the phone and messages (read, write, send).

I think this will be, again, one of those applications that disappoint the moment I press one of the "system menu" buttons and end up in the WM6 menu without any transition.
Becaus then, it just doesn't make any sense... Man, being all happy that you can go through the menu with your finger just to find out that if you REALLY want to make system changes you have to use the old stylus again sucks.
I think all the iPhone cloning is a massive backleash...

Crocodile keyboard

Found on The Register:
Very cunning idea: "each triangular key has significantly more dead space around it than you’d find on a standard Qwerty layout. Consequently, users are more likely to press the correct key each time they tap."
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Essentially the keyboard takes up the same amount of space, but it's easier not to fat-finger more than one key at a time. I would love to see this for touchscreen-only Android phones. It's patented, sadly (and destined for the iPhone), which begs the question: how hard would this be to implement on the sly? Essentially you're just re-skinning the keyboard, after all.

If you were just reskinning the keyboard then the touchable area would be the same and you would still fat-finger touch the other keys. You would also have to make the touch area different.

cruzzade said:
If you were just reskinning the keyboard then the touchable area would be the same and you would still fat-finger touch the other keys. You would also have to make the touch area different.
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Hell, it might even be worth keeping the visual layout the same and just changing the touchable area; I was thinking of "reskinning" as both, largely because I've seen three different keyboards for the magic so far in different ROMs, at least two of which have different touchable areas due to having different keys.

Personally I just wished that the keyboard looked and behaved the same as the iPhone... In the Google firmware, the buttons are too small and responds differently, mostly it doesn't even recognize me pressing the keys...don't know if it is because it lacks multitouch or something..

bluekieran said:
how hard would this be to implement on the sly? Essentially you're just re-skinning the keyboard, after all.
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Easy peasy!
Skiing a KB is actually quite easy..... several ways to do it but essentially there is one image for each type of key press- its just a matter of editing them in an image editor program- there is a thread about editing KBs in the dream themes and wallpapers section.

Crocodile Keyboard
Hi there,
Its good to get some feedback on my keyboard, some reports give the idea that I only want to get it put onto the iphone, but in reality, I want to get it used as the default keyboard on every touch screen phone.
The website at www.crocodilekeyboards.com was set up because it is almost impossible to show big companies new ideas as they all seem to hide behind the unsolicited ideas rulebook.
You would think that they would actively encorage inventors with a half decent idea by setting up a simple contact point for evaluation purposes.
I had to go public with the idea just to get it in front of them.
The UK patent covers not just the shape of the keys but also the area around them, it also covers variations of the triangular shape.
There seems to be a real need for this keyboard, everyone seems to hate predictive text and touch screens are definately the way forward.

so are you gonna release it for android any time soon?

dustmonkey said:
Hi there,
Its good to get some feedback on my keyboard, some reports give the idea that I only want to get it put onto the iphone, but in reality, I want to get it used as the default keyboard on every touch screen phone.
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There seems to be a real need for this keyboard, everyone seems to hate predictive text and touch screens are definately the way forward.
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Good luck! I look forward to trying it out and seeing how it works in practice. It would be nice to be able to move my fat digits a little faster on the screen!

It doesn't matter what the picture of the keyboard looks like. If you don't actually make the space/key bigger, then it won't make any difference. Applephone keyboard is a little easier because the screen is A LITTLE BIGGER.... physically. It has a larger screen. Thats what makes it easier.

Crocodile Keyboard
The actual size of the button is less important than you think.
There is a neat optical effect with the croc board were you see the triangular space around the key which makes it look much bigger, this then gives you a visual clue where the button is as you place your finger over it.
Many people have less than perfect vision and anything that helps determine the button position should help.
As an experiment, put your standard qwerty keyboard on a photocopier and print out a copy. (The full keyboard on my website, www.crocodilekeyboards.com, has a croc version of Apple's aluminium blutooth keyboard)
Then, using a felt tip pen change half the keys on the first few rows to croc keys and compare to the standard keyboard. You will see that you could reduce this on your copier by at least 40% and still easily use the croc keys but start to struggle with the standard ones.

Crocodile Keyboard
I have a question.
Crocodile Keyboards have decided that thier first app will be for the Android powered touch screen phones but have noticed something a bit sneaky in the Android developers agreement.
If you go to:
http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html
Now look at the last bit of 5.1, "Market and to use the Products to make improvements to the Android platform".
Does this mean that I am about to spend five weeks developing this app and Google can just decide to use it in Android for nothing?
Please somebody tell me I am wrong, I am still waiting for a response from google about this.

From reading it would say that it means they I.E. google can use it for administration and demo.
I'm no legal eagle but i would take it from that they can NOT just steal your idea....... and tbh i dont think it matters what it says i dont think a court would uphold that.

I have seen this keyboard before and the patent is rubbish under prior art.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/artoftrek/klingon-console-st5.jpg
RIM are trying other similar patents with hardware keyboards and three letters on a triangle key. For me this is a vile abuse of the patent system. To change the shape of a key and claim its a new idea is a pile of nonsense. Maybe I will invent and patent the parallelogram keyboard which is very like a triangle.

Krocodile Keyboard
Well untill Google get back to me saying anything different, then this distribution agreement is a contract to which I would be agreeing with. The courts will not agree to disolve an unfair contract just because one of the parties involved couldnt be bothered reading what they were signing.
I have just been speaking to my solicitor and his view is that they would be entitled under the contract to take my app off the store and use it in Android.
Come on Google, what is this?

I'd be more than happy to test it, outside of the market

I doubt google will be getting back to you. Though maybe the Klingons will be visting their solicitors or just come to blast you.

I bought it today, much better, I think. I was looking for an interface to change colors...is that possible? thanks, Cyn

well not many really people use it because either swype or the modified htc ime are still much superior - IMO none of the paid app keyboards are worth using
Swype Micro Download
XDA Modified HTC IME
as you can see this is dead for a reason
swype is superior to anything because once you learn it, the only thing better is a physical keyboard for speed
run the tutorial from the swype settings and you will see why

[REQ] WaMo - Graphicstablet for Windows Mobile

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Been thinking and now wonder if there is someone able to create an application behaving similar to a Wacom-tablet? There is applications out there that could work (Omnipresence, G-remote), but it's way to laggy to use in Photoshop.
It wouldn't have to have a lot of features (I'm actually not very informed about wacom-tablets and what features they have so I dunno what could be implemented). But it would be best to keep it clean and minimize the lag and optimize for use with stylus.
Am I the only one who thinks this would be awesome or are there more out there like me?
Edit: Thought I could add a list of wanted features for this, so if you'd like any special features implemented in the app, just post it and I'll add it to the list. I should also add that I have no knowledge of developing myself so I don't know what actually can be done.
- Adjustable Sensitivity (Could be a pain using such a small screen otherwise)
- Simulate a right-click on the mouse. (Either a map a hardware-button or make a separate soft key)
- Scrollbar (?)

Will be superb. Very good idea...

Seems like we are the only ones interested in this?

Hmm nice idea.
I think this should be able with .NET Framework.
I still work on 3 other projects till the end of november and then I will give a try to this project.
If somebody wan't to help me, please PN.

Great! If you need I can help out with graphics.
If this app goes well, it would save a lot of money for a lot of people. I mean even the smallest sized Wacom cost quite a lot.

Really nice idea people . Hope it gets developed ..will be qiute a big saving

http://www.entisoft.com/PocketTablet/download.htm

JesperO said:
Great! If you need I can help out with graphics.
If this app goes well, it would save a lot of money for a lot of people. I mean even the smallest sized Wacom cost quite a lot.
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Ever tried one? Even the smallest wacom(bamboo) is all the money worth. I habe one and i wouldn't miss it.
btw. it isn't possible to rebuild the functionality of a wacom - you don't have to touch the panel. you move the pen a few millimeters across the panel and tap to click

Wacom tablets are combination resistive+capacitive tablets. You can't replicate the functionality with the simple resistive (or capacitive) panel you have available to you on the phone. The stylus is also pressure-sensitive, so pressing harder gives you thicker lines when you're drawing. You can't do that without electronics in the stylus.

lucky3d said:
http://www.entisoft.com/PocketTablet/download.htm
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Ok now I think we don't need to develop such a software anymore, or?

Philipp__ said:
Ever tried one? Even the smallest wacom(bamboo) is all the money worth. I habe one and i wouldn't miss it.
btw. it isn't possible to rebuild the functionality of a wacom - you don't have to touch the panel. you move the pen a few millimeters across the panel and tap to click
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I agreee. WACOM's new line of tablets - Bamboo - are actually very inexpensive (I picked up a 4x6 model for $60 at Fry's Electronics) compared to some of their higher end tablets, and for most functions you would use a tablet for, they work great (wouldn't try to do autocad or anything like that with it, but it's great for photoshop and web design - which is what I do).
Granted, for something like basic handwriting recognition, using our touchscreen phones would certainly be a good alternative. The PocketTablet software mentioned earlier seems like it would meet those needs, but of course if someone wanted to develop a free alternative, I'm sure no one would complain

H4s1 said:
Ok now I think we don't need to develop such a software anymore, or?
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Depends if you want to? If you think you can make it better, go ahead! Also, that software had to be purchased (yes I know, I'm cheap, but I'm short of money at the moment).
Also, my intentions with this wasn't to make an exact copy of a Wacoms functionality, I realize that can't be done. But something close that could work without lagg to use while saving for the real thing.

Moved as not software release or development.
Please take your time to read the rules.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447646

I think we can make it better.
But which functions we should develop to make a better program?

First Post Updated
Check first post. I made a layout and features suggestion, I think it could work pretty well. I had to think a while to solve the problem with having to move the mouse without drawing.
So if you hold the "left-click" button, the button holds down, which means if you then move with the stylus, it gets drawn. If you don't have the left-click button held down, you only move the mouse.
Feel free to add suggestions and opinions!

Christ... since this thread was moved to Q&A the activity died completely!

HD2 Customization limited !?

I was looking around at roms and themes for this phone (which I currently do not have btw, but I am planning on getting it)... it seems like all the themes are basically the same, just 'this moved here, this icon is now this icon'...etc... which honestly is leaving something to the imagination, i would like to have more customizations available, but maybe I am not looking in the right sections or at the right apps / roms / themes.... I am coming from an iphone just to give you the perspective and have been used to using things like inav themes/ dbar themes/ ...winterboard... and I have been able to completely re engineer the look and feel of the phone, and I was wondering if this is possible on the HD2 ?
I would love to be able to do these things because I would feel sort of 'walled in' by only being able to change things like colors, icons, etc...maybe I am missing something ? idk... please enlighten me... this is the only fault I can find on this phone (which does disappoint me, because I love everything else about this phone...).. I dont know what else to say, but to ask for your advice/ expertise on this topic... please help!

Not only is the HD2 born with 2 "base-themes", Sense and Titanium...
- there is also a vaste amount of UI tweaks and themes, which allows you to customize the phoneGUI in many ways.
I don't know exactly what you're looking for, as I have never felt the urge to play around with an iPhone (besides throwing them into things).
Could you perhaps provide some screenshots showing what you're looking for?

erebusting said:
I was looking around at roms and themes for this phone (which I currently do not have btw, but I am planning on getting it)... it seems like all the themes are basically the same, just 'this moved here, this icon is now this icon'...etc... which honestly is leaving something to the imagination, i would like to have more customizations available, but maybe I am not looking in the right sections or at the right apps / roms / themes.... I am coming from an iphone just to give you the perspective and have been used to using things like inav themes/ dbar themes/ ...winterboard... and I have been able to completely re engineer the look and feel of the phone, and I was wondering if this is possible on the HD2 ?
I would love to be able to do these things because I would feel sort of 'walled in' by only being able to change things like colors, icons, etc...maybe I am missing something ? idk... please enlighten me... this is the only fault I can find on this phone (which does disappoint me, because I love everything else about this phone...).. I dont know what else to say, but to ask for your advice/ expertise on this topic... please help!
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a windows mobile phone is the most customizable phone! you can't compare this to an iphone, as you can nearly change everything.
you can use the ui of your choice, so when you don't like sense for example, you can use sbp, throttle launcher, titanium, or whatever gui you can find and you do like.
maybe a specific ui like sense is limited concerning customization, but the phone/winmo platform is definetly not. there are plenty of different guis for winmo.

erebusting said:
I was looking around at roms and themes for this phone (which I currently do not have btw, but I am planning on getting it)... it seems like all the themes are basically the same, just 'this moved here, this icon is now this icon'...etc... which honestly is leaving something to the imagination, i would like to have more customizations available, but maybe I am not looking in the right sections or at the right apps / roms / themes.... I am coming from an iphone just to give you the perspective and have been used to using things like inav themes/ dbar themes/ ...winterboard... and I have been able to completely re engineer the look and feel of the phone, and I was wondering if this is possible on the HD2 ?
I would love to be able to do these things because I would feel sort of 'walled in' by only being able to change things like colors, icons, etc...maybe I am missing something ? idk... please enlighten me... this is the only fault I can find on this phone (which does disappoint me, because I love everything else about this phone...).. I dont know what else to say, but to ask for your advice/ expertise on this topic... please help!
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What's wrong with you? Please DO read the Themes and Apps section properly before posting, and keep in mind that the phone is almost 6 months old... Personally, I don't know about a more customizable phone than a Windows 6.5/6.5.x phone.

I did not realize!
Wow thanks for all your responses! I did not realize that there were other GUI's that I could use, which is what I was talking about basically... I was only viewing Sense/manilla theming and those look all pretty simliar, same stuff in the same places etc....Also I will post a screen shot of my current iphone look as an example later on when I get the chance....I would like to be able to have alot of functionality with different gestures and alot of eye candy is a must! =)...
well could I ask you all this then : what is your favorite UI (or some of your favorites) and please shortly explain why ?
Thanks very much your comments are very helpful to me....

erebusting said:
Wow thanks for all your responses! I did not realize that there were other GUI's that I could use, which is what I was talking about basically... I was only viewing Sense/manilla theming and those look all pretty simliar, same stuff in the same places etc....Also I will post a screen shot of my current iphone look as an example later on when I get the chance....I would like to be able to have alot of functionality with different gestures and alot of eye candy is a must! =)...
well could I ask you all this then : what is your favorite UI (or some of your favorites) and please shortly explain why ?
Thanks very much your comments are very helpful to me....
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As it's clear you're not quite familiar with Windows Mobile phones, let's bring you up to date:
Windows mobile allows you to do just about anything with the system, i.e. changing just about every aspect of your phone, including (especially) the user interface.
There are tonnes of shells out there. Most of the people like using Sense 2.5, so they would rather just tweak here and there so that it fits their liking. Those who don't use sense, they switch to all kinds of other things they prefer.. including someone whom i saw using the standard windows gui.
If you'd like to take a look at that monstrosity, click on settings, all settings, today, items, and turn GTC Sense off.
Below, take a quick look at what's possible, just because it's windows mobile:
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I love Sense, but here are some other stuff you can consider:
SPB mobile shell
winterface
home2
Androkkid
pointUI
(think there are quite a few others as well)
You can even use "UI Switcher" to play with multiple UIs on 1 phone. Me, I like Sense 2.5, though I must admit once in a while I switch to SPB mobile shell for the fun of it.

one of my recent iphone looks...
this is one of my recent themes I used on my iphone, as you can see it is very different from the original theme..it is also landscape... this is not my most recent one though, I am currently using another one which I will post later... and actually on the first picture, I fixed the theme to where the time, and date and such line up in the box on the bottom left (if viewing in portrait)..
the second two items are just some themes for an example ...they show you how different you could make the iphone look from its default look...

Will this ever be possible?

We are now near the Tango release and Windows 7 hasn't changed that much at all; it is still very limited as far as customization or generic functions compared with it predecessor. With that said has anyone gotten any closer to creating the ability to create a custom start screen wallpaper? Or will this ever happen at all?
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I don't like transparency and the glossy IE icon...

I don't like it too. Or maybe I have grown accustomed to the black background. Choice is good though.
Anyway, MSFT has announced that there won't be custom wallpapers in Windows 8, while it is in metro mode.
I guess it will be the same for Windows Phone.

Well that's just disapointing; at this rate I don't see WP going any where but down hill with it's you can't do this or that restrictions.

1 out of 4 posters are happy with black background and WP will go downhill? :|
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sinister1 said:
Well that's just disapointing; at this rate I don't see WP going any where but down hill with it's you can't do this or that restrictions.
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Metro style is that what you will se of MSFT over the next years, because it is an eyecatcher, look at other operators that "steal" this style that msft make popular. if they stick with if long enough they will gain succes! all the fancy stuff that was from 1990 till 2010 was just personification that was "not necessary". and plus it needed more resource to work. all the little things like shadows under icons, gloss, metallic, transparent tiles, transparent icons, aero style, everything is just the past. Metro just lives on. and give it a chance, iOS had this chance with it blueish iOS on phones, and android had it chance with colorful styling, just give metro a chance and it will win, because it is NEW, FRESH, LIGHT, UNSTRESSED, FAST, MODERN and many more things. if anybody dont believe in msft with they metro style i suggest, sell your pc, buy a mac, or google device, sell your wp7 or in the future wp8. and uninstall windows 8, delete it, and move on like you wish to do
but believe me, ipad user would pay to get windows 8 on an ipad! dont be silly like them to want some other style that is not the style of your device! if you want another style, just switch...
and for the ones that want a change on windows 8, it is still the windows that you can modify like in the past. and the background picture is also only a picture on windows 8, and everything can be changed. everything that man can make, man can it change or destroy

Those transparent tiles and gloss with the cluttered background is painful to look at.
Give me simple, clean, clear metro any day over that garbage.

I highly doubt that anything like that will happen. What makes WP7 standout is the black background with the colored tiles. The photo you provided looks alot like Android, and that is terrible
The power of Metro is the simplicity

I'm on Android but I already try Launcher 7 to have a taste of what is WP7. And I agree with above, in your picture I personnally see more the background than the tiles and it not the aim, I think, of Metro UI (btw the transparency of your picture give me headache, no offense ).
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I think it's great,except the IE icon..

i have set my wallpaper, but don't remember how.
it was an app that allowed it, but then i didn't like it for some other reason and deleted it.
the more i use this stupid windoesn't phone, the more i HATE it.
my old G1 is so much more versatile.

sinister1 said:
Well that's just disapointing; at this rate I don't see WP going any where but down hill with it's you can't do this or that restrictions.
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The iPhone is pretty successfull for a restricted OS, wouldn't you say?
I'm sick of people saying WP is 2. rate because it's limited yet the most popular phone OS ever is just as, or even more, limited.

I'll say what I said on the "can I install Android on my WP7 xxx handset" threads: choice is bad! I hope you never get to the level of customization where you can Androidify WP7's Metro.

LOL, having a start screen wallpaper won't Androidify the Metro at all, just allow for personalization. WP is really going no where just look at it's Market share will at least here in the U.S. To top it all off now all of a suddent for no apperent reason, I can't send picture attachments from my phone at all. I try to keep a posotive attitude towards the plat form but this is just rediculous. I am starting to dislike WP again little by little.

sinister1 said:
LOL, having a start screen wallpaper won't Androidify the Metro at all, just allow for personalization. WP is really going no where just look at it's Market share will at least here in the U.S. To top it all off now all of a suddent for no apperent reason, I can't send picture attachments from my phone at all. I try to keep a posotive attitude towards the plat form but this is just rediculous. I am starting to dislike WP again little by little.
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seriously? windows phone market share is growing in the us, last time i saw was at 7% and rising. The nokia lumia 900 is getting a lot of marketing, in may and june there will be even more marketing and now every employee must sell one of those phones monthly. If anything windows phone is getting on the rise now espically when att is sick of taking orders from apple and verizon and joining that bandwagon too.

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seriously? windows phone market share is growing in the us, last time i saw was at 7% and rising. The nokia lumia 900 is getting a lot of marketing, in may and june there will be even more marketing and now every employee must sell one of those phones monthly. If anything windows phone is getting on the rise now espically when att is sick of taking orders from apple and verizon and joining that bandwagon too.
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Nokia is doing a good job and so are other phone makers like HTC there is no question about it but it is MS it's self that is holding back the full potential of what Windows Phone could be. Hopeful with the release of Windows Phone 8 this will all change but they just keep us holding out for nothing. And not to argue but 7% is nothing. I have a Windows Phone; you know how many other people have a Windows Phone? Maybe 1. The truth is the truth and the numbers speak for them selves.