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SPB Pocketplus 3.0 - Anybody use it?

Anybody use the new version of SPB Pocketplus 3.0 - loaded features - but what abot the lingering problems? Still there ?

I have the version 3, I had it since beta. I have to say that it does clean up your screen nicely as now everything can be tabbed. From Weather to pocket Plus to GPRS Monitor and the Diary.
I don't see much use for remapping the buttons as most of that can be done in the native app that comes with the PPC and the addition of the Safe Mode is a nice touch. I don't see any speed issues and so far I must say I have been quite happy with it.

Thanks sZamot,
I read in the SPB doc's - this allows you to finally install it on Main Memory or Storage...unlike the earlier versions..
Where did you install the it? Sorage or Main ?

I installed SPB Pocket plus 3.0 in Storage and works with no problem. Indeed, Safe mode is good to have, and it's nice that i can monitor storage card and storage (in 2.5 version only Main Memory could be viewed).

Wow!
Thats good...just downloading the 15days trial version...will try out and see...
Thanks Guys..
Rgs/DD

I installed it main memory, but come to think of it I will put it to storage. I won't put it to The SD card because I sometimes swap those as I take differnt movies or mp3 with me. I will do it now and see if it jives.

There's a comprehensive review of PocketPlus 3 on Tekguru

Come to think of it, once I installed it to the internal storage it run like ****. Not only was it solw but I would have to switch a tab before my calendar would show up. Even with a single day view it was slow.

I just installed the 15 day trial of Pocketplus v3.0...Works good on my IIs but one problem I noticed is that when replying to a text msg, my device sends 2X....
heres how it does this on my device.... after replying to a message an envelope icon appears and the message "message sent", but it doesnt dissapear as it shoul, and when I click on the icon again, another "message sent" message appears!!!!...Im now thinking of uninstalling the program

2 phat all you need to do is set tmail as an exception to the close option on spb plus as with the other versions works a treat for me

pen6uin said:
2 phat all you need to do is set tmail as an exception to the close option on spb plus as with the other versions works a treat for me
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Thanks pen6uin, but I unistalled it yesterday after my post and installed 02 plus...Ill try to install it again and do what you say... Thanks again mate!

gr8 software
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto.....though it ran better on my 2.20 CHS(safe mode don't seem to work in magneto),but it's gr8.... :lol:
the best thing is that i can open multiple pages on my PIE,save images,choose whether i close all the opened windows or only the opened one on my explorer....
the gr8 thing that it supports plugins,almost everything u need,whether,finance,player for music files,folder plugin that includes ur favorite files,and even live clock on today screen(coming soon).
it's faster(at least that's what spb site say),and best of all,there's an iconset software wich let u choose ur icon from an even bigger library
NB:there a cab file in this site for spbp+ 3.0 full version(search is on ur up left)......enjoy it...
RAGO

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RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?

Re: gr8 software
RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?

SPB Pocket plus 3.0
I installed SPB Pocket plus 3.0 it works with no problem.
IMHO: The program is TOO BIG and not useful...
If you want small and free SafeMode go to: http://www.monocube.com/
Also see this: http://www.monocube.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61&sid=1

Re: gr8 software
MapisM said:
RAGOv said:
hi..
maybe the best thing in spbp+ 3.0 is that it runs on magneto...
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Yep, I agree. But I experienced a problem with sbp diary on magneto.
selecting "options", the option screen does not actually appear - which makes diary useless.
Anyone else noticed that?
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yea ur right my friend MapisM i did'nt noticed this problem when i wrote my post :wink:
anyway it would be gr8 if the options in spb diary will work in magneto so am working on the problem....
i played with the registry with no use so i thought the file itself don't work.
i've localized(it's so simple)the spb diary options.exe file,and tried to run it from its location,but it seems that its not working...
now what i need 2 know is if someone is using spb diary succesfully(options is working) on another OS(2003-2003se)....
thanx for noticing bro....still i find the software gr8...
RAGO

thanx NicolaPr for the link,i'll check it out right now [/quote]

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RAGOv said:
thanx for noticing bro....still i find the software gr8...
RAGO
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U r welcome, thanks to you for trying to find a solution!
Unfortunately, I don't have another device where testing the behaviour with another OS, and can't flash mine back and forth, 'cause I need it for work.
...besides, I looove Buzzmobile5 too much to even think of returning to 2003!
All the best for your tests, though probably also sbp will fix that soon...

Am using SPB 3.0 Licenced with today plugin of SPB Diary (Trial) and SPB Weather (Trial) and also SPB Finance (Trial - but not using today plugin) on XDA IIs
1. The "Option" works fine on my unit with SPB Diary, weather and SPB3.0 - No issues there.
2. I did notice one thing though - if you use your unit and havent booted like say for a day/two - you realize you main memory reduces - i.e when i stated off i had appx 71mb running with no softwares..after a fresh boot...
Even without using much softwares - after a whole day - i noticed the memory down at 62MB ! Thats nearly 10MB Gone and no sign of anything running ! - I re-boot the unite and Lo be-hold - Get my 10MB back !
Memory leak ! can anyone confirm this ? Is it due to SPB ? Dont know for sure...Speed slows down after a long term use...must soft-reset to bring things back to normal !
Integration between Weather and Diary as TABS is beautiful - no issues so far. Speed or contents within the tabs come up on the fly...
SPB is memory hungry - thats for sure - how much they really improved - is just a matter of debate...it has become better - but if you can live with these issues - a great software to have on the unit!
Rgs/DD

yes, devdarshan... u r right..
spb pocket plus is causing the memory to fragment... i need to do a soft reset every 2-3 days to get back the working memory.
IMO, its the close program option which is closing the program but not releasing the full memory occupied by the program.
instead of the close option on spb plus, i'd revert back to DTSysView to close all the running programs, and then see if the memory loss is still there or not.

SPB Weather + WM2005 = issues...help!

Has anyone noticed that spb weather works only once installed on magneto before you reset?
the second you reset your himalaya, spb weather stops downloading any data at all & doesn't even tell you why.
anyone else encountered this? using a serialed version here (but I doubt that's the reason it's not working)
any and all help would be appreciated
NxJ

SPB Weather
There is a fix, if you search the site, you will find a download, the download will need to be copied to your application folder, and this should assist, its a known bug, and SPB would have given you the fix, if you have paid for it.

I've never expierenced any problems with any SPB products with WM5 =/

SPB Weather Synchronizer
This program manually synchronizes SPB Weather. It was posted on this forum (I forgot by whom, sorry)

spb weather sync
copy this to your program folder where weather is installed, works for, also posted elsewhere on the site, believe its supported by spb, but I got it from here, will need to syn yourself still, I put a shortcut on spb pp

Thanks guys. Finally got it working. Stuck a shortcut on Spb Pocket Plus to manually sync.

Spb Weather Temporary Solution for WM5
Hi, all!
We've partly fixed the problem with updating weather information in Spb Weather.
You may download Spb Weather 1.5 beta version at:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/downloads/beta/SpbWeather1.5_setup.zip
Before using Spb Weather, please always make sure that Internet Connection does exist before you try to update the weather forecast. For example, please open some web-page in Pocket Internet Explorer and if it's Ok, then try to refresh weather data in Spb Weather. The matter is that Spb Weather never creates Internet Connection, it always uses the one which is established currently.
NOTE! Currently Spb Weather doesn't download the data from Intellicast Weather Source. The matter is that they've changed he design of their web-pages recently.
The only thing is that this version of application doesn't update information after device is docked into the cradle.
Yevgeniy

SPB Pocket Plus Current and Ex users

I have a question for users. I think I may be too harsh on SPBs products.
Current Users
How many of you are using SPB Pocket Plus...
Do you notice system resource drain when you use it?
What features do you generally use in the package?
Ex-Users
If you stopped using SPB Pocket plus why did you stop?

curently using spb pocket plus and spb weather and spb diary.
ive read about another program like SPB PocketPlus called spbsh or somthing like that. i want to try that soon to see what the difference is.
i am actually surprised at how little pocket plus slows down the system.
in terms of what features i use:
today plug in
close button
taskbar batt indicator
buttons (is enabled but i dont think i use it)
repeating alarms
PIE
file explorer
safe mode (tho ive never used safe mode, the checkbox is ticked)

hi
i m using spb plus and shell with all features. and i do not have any trouble with them.

I have been using pocket plus for about 2 years now.
It has a mild impact on system performance, e.g. in my case boot time has increased by 5 seconds and it takes about 1.5MB of program memory. However what it provides in return is far far morethan what it takes. For me I cannot imagine using windows mobile without pocket plus
Regards

spbsh
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SBSH iLauncher?

I am an ex user...
I realized the only feature I used was the close button where if I use a gesture (swipe down) it will close the application vs. minimize. Everything else I checked off.. Eventually, i stopped using it cause it was a memory hog and was conflicting with calligrapher starting up

Neil_Brown said:
SBSH iLauncher?
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yeah SBSH iLauncher and a couple of their other programs.
I just found this link. It compares the SBSH suite to the SBP suite.
hxxp://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=13980&pid=135600&st=0&#entry135600
I like SPB but i want to try the SBSH stuff too. do you have an opinion as to which is better?

i'm an ex user...I just found it to be too big and clunky for waht it did. I prefer light applicaitons without today plugins. Maybe I've been to short-sided where SPB is concerned.

i currently use pocket plus+diary+weather with all features on,very good suite of software ,tryed sbsh products first of all but think that spb is updated much frequently making a good advantage

I use SPB Pocket Plus, Mobile Shell which is something of an overlap with PP, in terms of what it can do, but is limited in some ways. Like others I also have Weather and Diary running on J Wrights WM6. There is a very slight time lag on Pocket Plus but that's about it.
They are the first programs I install on a hard reset / upgrade

Is there any "Run on sync" tool?

I searched already and found nothing, it was going to be used to force the M2D weather update immediately after syncronizing with the PC.
Just like SPB Weather has, for so many years now...
:/

Windows Mobile has an "event" for syncing. If you use a good app, I think MemMaid has support for this, and I'm sure the many SKTools apps do, you can manually create a scheduled event, eg every time you start syncing, or plug in power etc, you can run a script or app.
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Thank you very much, never noticed...
Congratulations on your great set of tools also.
Unfortunelly now Im having problems discovering how can I force the update on m2d weather... :/

Which is better? Manila 2D or SPB Mobile Shell?

I'm tryingto decide which app is better. I have tried both but they both seem to have their ups and downs. I don't have the space to have both so I thought I ask you guys what you think would be best if you had to choose one.
Thoughts?

I am not happy with either of them. I use spb pocket plus instead. Very happy with that. You can customize whatever way you like it. To be very honest, I tested all the today screen customizers but didn't suite my taste except spb pocket plus.

mirchichamu said:
I am not happy with either of them. I use spb pocket plus instead. Very happy with that. You can customize whatever way you like it. To be very honest, I tested all the today screen customizers but didn't suite my taste except spb pocket plus.
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Thanks for the reply. I've looked at Pocket Plus in the past and wasn't too excited about it. It seemed it was lacking. In what ways were you able to customize it?

This question, as many other questions, is completely individual. spb shell isn't "better" than m2d.. and neither is the other way around.
they're different.
if you're looking for something extremely customizable, which you have to play with in order to have exactly what you want, you can try Ultimate Launch with something like FEWidgets.. you can find many skins for SPB Mobile Shell in the forum, or use WAD2 which has many many skins in here as well.
if you want something more straightforward. m2d/tf3d/throttlelauncher...
it all depends.

GrandAdmiral said:
Thanks for the reply. I've looked at Pocket Plus in the past and wasn't too excited about it. It seemed it was lacking. In what ways were you able to customize it?
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Thanks admiral! In what way lacking? May be you have used older versions?
You can have multiple tabs. You can put all your programs and settings there. You can put your today's plug inns any where in any tab if you have no place in home. You can use any theme. It adds many functions to other programs like IE, Zip, windows explorer. The tabs are self hiding. It is very simple to operate. You need not be ppc geek.What else you want?

nir36 said:
This question, as many other questions, is completely individual. spb shell isn't "better" than m2d.. and neither is the other way around.
they're different.
if you're looking for something extremely customizable, which you have to play with in order to have exactly what you want, you can try Ultimate Launch with something like FEWidgets.. you can find many skins for SPB Mobile Shell in the forum, or use WAD2 which has many many skins in here as well.
if you want something more straightforward. m2d/tf3d/throttlelauncher...
it all depends.
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can tf3d be installed on lg ks20

Manila 2d is far better

Thanks for the reply. I have M2D .but sometimes when i come back from sleep mode i wont be able to go to today screen from Now screen. ... then i have to reset the system or remove the battery any idea why this is happening

i think neither! Manilla 3d is good! I once had it running on my nike but can't remember how!

It is pointless to run manila3D on any device that doesn't have a fit GPU. it consumes TONS of power and is killed by a every small bug.

hi...can we use spb mobile shell as well as spb pocket plus on the same cell phone????
Also someone give me a link from were i can dwnlod spb pocket plus????