I love being able to access my calendar on my phone. However, it seems like I just get small chunks at a time with the built in calendar app. When I zoom out to see my whole week for example, I only see blue lines. I don't see exactly what the appointment is.
I know that is in no small way due to the limited size of the screen but I am looking for a more effective way to display my calendar.
I am currently trying pocket informant and it gets me closer to what I want. However, it has a couple screwy issues such as the bottom arrow of the scroll bar not being displayed etc.
So, what do you guys use? Or, are you happy with the built in calendar app?
Is there another forum that would be better for me to post this question? It's not directly related to the 8525 after all.
I'm using Pocket Breeze and very satisfied with it.
i use today agenda, its a killer app with many different customizations.. Dr. P got me hooked on this app!
http://tiews.info/index.php?show=software/todayagenda
I use SPB Diary, perfect today plugin that completely replaces the agenda. It's also the only today plugin I use or need.
I use SBSH.net PocketBreeze. I beta tested SPB Diary 2.0 and even tried the final version but wanted more control over customizing so I stuck by PocketBreeze. Still SPB Diary is also a fine product. You can't go wrong with either IMO. If you want to see your appointments in Calendar though I think you have to use one of those Power PIM apps [Agenda Fusion, etc etc] personally I find them overkill for my needs I stay with the default PIM and PocketBreeze.
I like pocketbreeze for the today screen display of the calendar. It's just when I go into the calendar app itself that I'm thinking there should be something better.
I'll check out your ideas. Anyone else?
I like the FREE Calendar+
http://www.mohairsofa.com/Default.aspx/document/10
Not a replacement for the MS Calendar, but rather a Today plugin.
I think it looks very similar to "View as Agenda" on blackberry.
also try out pocket informant alot of PB users also use that app.
Another vote for TodayAgenda. Excellent app. Free, small and highly configurable.
I've been using Pocket Breeze and Pocket Informant together since I had my old Orange M2000 and it works very well for me.
Never really bothered with RSS untill I bought my missus a new phone this christmas and it had RSS built into it and I find it quite good.
I see that there are absolutely s**t loads of RSS feed programs for PPC.
Just want some views on which are the good and which are the bad.
Cheers
S.K.
Try:
a. NewsReader ($$)
b. Egress ($$ probably)
c. SPB Insight ($$)
d. pRSSReader (Freeware)
e. PocketRSS (Freeware?)
f. Hubdog (?? donno much about this one)
I personally use pRSSReader (due to it's decent today screen plugin, scrolls new items like a ticker on the today screen) but thinking about trying out PocketRSS ..
gravejoker said:
Try:
a. NewsReader ($$)
b. Egress ($$ probably)
c. SPB Insight ($$)
d. pRSSReader (Freeware)
e. PocketRSS (Freeware?)
f. Hubdog (?? donno much about this one)
I personally use pRSSReader (due to it's decent today screen plugin, scrolls new items like a ticker on the today screen) but thinking about trying out PocketRSS ..
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Fine info, but I notice PockettRSS is only free for 15 days now.
Mike
pRSSReader get my vote. I like the today plugin and it's still free.
Hi,
I tried pRSSReader, too. Nice program but I had a little problem on my VPA compact III:
The Windows Mobile bootscreen disappeared after the installation of pRSSReader. Now the screens turns to white until the Today screen is loaded. Does anyone else have this problem?
Mark.
Update: Sorry, it is a know issue:
[http://pda.jasnapaka.com/prssr/releases/1.3.2.php]
Known Issues
When migrating from 1.2.0 version of pRSSreader, you have uninstall the previous one. This is because of the name change in the instalation file. This change has to be made to allow pRSSreader install on Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) versions of Pocket PC.
On some devices, pRSSreader may cause that the boot screen of a device will be completely white. It is a problem of pRSSreader and will be fixed in 1.3.3.
pRSSReader looks pretty good so far, cheers peeps.
Shame about the white boot screen bug, but its a minor issue. Will be sorted on next release.
S.K.
mikechannon said:
Fine info, but I notice PockettRSS is only free for 15 days now.
Mike
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Thanks Mike for correcting that ..
gravejoker said:
Thanks Mike for correcting that ..
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We live to serve, good sir.
Must say I'd not done much with this kind of thing so I'm playing with pRSSReader as of now, thanks to the suggestions!!
Mike
NewsBreak is the best I have tried to the moment. And I looked at most all of them including those mentioned above. NewsBreak is not free but it is well worth the money. To me, anyway.
mikechannon said:
We live to serve, good sir.
Must say I'd not done much with this kind of thing so I'm playing with pRSSReader as of now, thanks to the suggestions!!
Mike
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Good luck with that .. Let us know how it goes ..
sergeb said:
NewsBreak is the best I have tried to the moment. And I looked at most all of them including those mentioned above. NewsBreak is not free but it is well worth the money. To me, anyway.
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It might be the best .. I think it was voted the winner on 2006 PocketPCMag awards too .... but the biggest problem is the today screen plugin .. Only pRSSReader or PocketRSS has decent today screen plugins and both of them can be used as plugins for PB tabs on the today screen .. and only pRSSReader has a plugin that shows new items as a ticker on the today screen ..
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It might be the best .. I think it was voted the winner on 2006 PocketPCMag awards too .... but the biggest problem is the today screen plugin .. Only pRSSReader or PocketRSS has decent today screen plugins and both of them can be used as plugins for PB tabs on the today screen .. and only pRSSReader has a plugin that shows new items as a ticker on the today screen ..
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I could see how that might be a problem for those who want to read news on their Today screen. I don't. I'm very happy with the ways NewsBreak's Today plug-in only shows the number of new items and them I launch NewsBreak reader right from there. I'm very carefully select what's on my Today screen - most of it is taken by SPB Diary.
http://modernnomads.info/wiki/index.php?page=RSS+readers
NewsCopier
MaximumSoft NewsCopier is a freeware RSS reader. Features include:
* hiding of read articles,
* Cleartype support,
* allows feeds to be stored on your memory card,
* support for a wide variety of RSS-feed formats: RSS 1.0 (including RSS 0.9, 0.91, 0.92), RSS 2.0 and Atom
* Automatic (periodic) updates of feeds
The basic user-interface is quite similar to Illium's NewsBreak, but it lacks advanced features like alerting on keywords and loggin into protected feeds.
Meh. I prefer Google Reader Mobile. You can use the full UI on a computer and manage feeds from there. On the mobile it is just a stripped down version of your feeds.
http://www.google.com/reader/m/
gravejoker said:
Only pRSSReader or PocketRSS has decent today screen plugins and both of them can be used as plugins for PB tabs on the today screen .. and only pRSSReader has a plugin that shows new items as a ticker on the today screen ..
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Egress has a today plugin with ticker as well
I also like pRSSreader, which I've been using for a few weeks (and I tried several before settling on this one).
But there is one annoying feature. It's a pain in the ass to add new feeds. You can't just add the URL of the actual blog, you have to add the URL of the feed - which is easier said than done in some cases. Unless I'm missing something?
An alternative to any Pocket PC reader is simply to use PIE and access Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) which renders beautifully on a Vario II and includes all of the your usual Bloglines feeds.
how do I install prssr.....everytime I download the zip cab the installation fails...my 8525 trys to open the zip cab file with the proprietary htc zip program preinstalled on the machine.
I use pRSSreader... it's great, i love the cycling stories that allows u to tap it to go right to that story instead of sifting through all of them.
I'm a BIG RSS guy. I love my RSS over 400 Feeds. It's my only way to get information since i'm either always working or traveling.
I've used the following and here is my opinion
SPB Insight:
Love this one. Only 2 problems. (1) no video support (yet, i was reading that next version should have it) (2) can get slow sometimes. the version fixed a lot of this but i guess they never accounted for 400 RSS Feeds.
The new v2 today plugin is nice and with the recent update there are several options. you can also click http links in the feeds (NICE FEATURE)
pRSS:
This one for being free is nice but not my favorite by far. I have to say the ticker is nice but limited options. I also think the setup of adding and removing feeds it not the best in the world but it allows you to read and it is pretty quick if you are not reading from a SD card
Hubdog:
THis one has many things i love and hate. I love the fact you can do videos, pictures, links,etc. however that all comes with a price. Hubdog is SLOW, and i mean SLOW. it crashes like you would believe it. And one time in on of the earlier version it caused my SD to stop being see by the OS. (a soft reset fixed that) I think the best thing i love about hubdog that i wish others would do if that you can go to hubdog.com and setup your RSS feeds there and then when you login to your hubdog account form you mobile all of you RSS feeds are all setup. This is not my favorite RSS Reader but of the free ones i did like this one the best, despite the crashes.
Newsbreak is my next RSS Reader to hit up. I downloaded the trial and i am excited to see what it can do for me. Important things for me is the UI, plays video/audio for podcast and has a today plugin.
I hope this helps and i'll update when i play with Newsbreak.
Spb Insight also has a Today Screen plug-in with scrolling headlines (and photos) also has a few other features, like some sites you can choose to download full text, photos and all. For myself though, I found the Today screen text and photo crawl to be annoying.
Newsbreak, which I'm testing now also does nicely with playing audio blogs.
IMO PocketRSS is superior, and FREE!!
mikechannon said:
Fine info, but I notice PockettRSS is only free for 15 days now.
Mike
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From http://www.happyjackroad.net/purchase.asp
Products for Purchase
PocketRSS is now Free, just install, go to About screen, enter your email, and press Auto-Register button.
The purchased versions are the same as the shareware versions, except that you will also receive a Registration Number which will allow you to run beyond the initial 15 day trial period.
I tried it, it registers permanently for free,
and I find it superior to pRSSreader in all respects including today applet....
great documentation within the program, too.
dcarter
i must be dumb, cause i couldn't find anything about this in any of the Ultimatelaunch threads. i just started using UL yesterday and i want to use a combined tab for 3 today plugins. HTC Home, Tasks, Calendar. unfortunatly, tasks and calendar DO NOT appear in the Today Plugin menu in UL.. so instead i'm using SPB Diary.
does anyone have any idea how to add them?
thank you very much.
your right, UL cant display some of the build in original windows plugins, Daniel wrote me that they are completly different coded or something.
SPB Diary is too heavy for me.. i would like to use something lighter. can you recommend on something similar to the regular ones that i can add?
Today Agenda
try freeware: "todayagenda"
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your right, UL cant display some of the build in original windows plugins, Daniel wrote me that they are completly different coded or something.
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yep... same limitation for throttlelauncher. Only DLL based plugins have the possibility to be embeded inside other today plugin. You can check HKLM\software\Microsoft\Today\Items\*****\ (where ***** is the plugin name) for the key DLL. If it exists, the plugin can be embeded... If not... search for an alternative .
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SPB Diary is too heavy for me.. i would like to use something lighter. can you recommend on something similar to the regular ones that i can add?
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Calendar+ - http://mohairsofa.com/Default.aspx/document/10
I just find it easier to interact with than Today Agenda, SPB Diary and PocketBreeze
thank you very much
I use iContact Burt Edition for my contacts and now I need a better app for my calendar. Recommend some program name?
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I use iContact Burt Edition for my contacts and now I need a better app for my calendar. Recommend some program name?
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ThumbCal is what I use. Finger friendly and it replaces your current calendar
Just looked at thumbcal (screen shot page: http://www.thumbapps.com/pages/home/thumbcal/screenshots.php ) a little bit. A lot to like there, but it's missing two screens that, for me, are very important.
I'm using Pocket Informant right now. It's a quite complex program, and I know I'm only using maybe 20-40% of its functionality, but that's all I need. The two screen I referenced above are the week view, where the next seven days are displayed with appt names. And the month view, were I can see the fill month AND on the same screen see appts for the highlighted day. These are must have screens for me.
On the other hand, I do love how big and clear ThumbCal is and I do like the 'finger friendly' aspect of it. If they added those two views, I'd be very tempted to switch.
thx for both comments...trying thumbcal not...
Pocket Informant is what I use. I have used it ever since 2003 and it's great!
Hi Guys..
(Writing this on my tp2.. daaaiamn fast!!)
Highschool's starting here in holland and i'm looking for an application that makes me write down my homework and **** easily..
The default Calendar doesn't work for me because input is too complex and don't need the notes too appear in the homescreen..
Default 'Tasks' is no option either due to lack of overview..
Anyone has come across some kind of school diary software..?
Thankss..
SBP Diary maybe is what you need
Don't work
paolonio said:
SBP Diary maybe is what you need
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SPB Diary does not work on the Rhodium I like this prgrm used all the time but you can't see your appointments in the today screen anymore
Try Office One Note
One Note Mobile will hot sync with One Note Desktop software. So you can quickly capture thoughts on the go.
The desktop software is very good for organizing and searching your notes.
The mobile version is free on your phone. Microsoft has great deals for Student Editions, you may be able to get the desktop software for next to nothing.
Highly recommend it. I use it every day.
Try notes. You can hand write information in that.