Hi All
Did a search of the forums and didn't see anyone post anything about this new SMS program, so thought I'd post it here as a FYI for everyone.
It's another replacement SMS program, but the difference is that this one actually looks very finger friendly.
Currently it's FREE to download because it's in Beta. Use the link to the company's website below to give it a whirl.
Haven't tried it myself yet, but will do so when I get home and sync it onto my X1! And no, I'm not affliated with them.
Features: (Copied and pasted from their website)
* Big (fully customizable) fonts for convenient reading in all circumstances
* Easy and comfortable single-handed text input without any need for the stylus
* Fully customizable automatic standard replies with one single on-screen button
* Snooze function to remind you again at a more convenient time
* standard SMS inbox/sent box still functional
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http://www.aimproductions.be/titleview.php?title=easySMS
Many thanks for the heads-up. This could be useful as I am struggling with the minute font of my current SMS application.
WB
Just installed and tested it. Like the look of the application; however the digits for input are still too small for finger or one handed use. Could not find a predictive text option which was a real pain.
Also wiped all my data out of my text inbox but left subfolders untouched. Have had to restore from a backup.
In summary a good start but a lot of functions to iron out yet in this beta.
WB
Tested it on my Niki.
Slow as hell, especially with hardware keyboard entry mode.
At this stage barely usable... I went back the default texting after few tries.
will try it and give a feedback later on...
Thanks for this!
I can report on my Universal works great!
Bug I found:Every time I open the app, keyboard is enabled, even if I deselect it. (ON my Uni I really dont need a virtual kb)
Gracias!
Just installed and tested it. Like the look of the application; however the digits for input are still too small for finger or one handed use. Could not find a predictive text option which was a real pain.
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Bug I found:Every time I open the app, keyboard is enabled, even if I deselect it.
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Did you turn off the built-in keyboard under the *Edit* tab? On my X1 the onscreen keyboard *doesn't* come back up after I've deselected it.
Also wiped all my data out of my text inbox but left subfolders untouched. Have had to restore from a backup.
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Really? I've got it installed and it hasn't touched my SMS messages at all. EasySMS doesn't actually even seem to read from the outlook sms database because I can't see any of mine when I use it.
In summary a good start but a lot of functions to iron out yet in this beta.
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Yeah I agree - conceptually it's great, but needs some work. I'll definitely keep an eye on this and post any updates as they come.
What annoys me most is that there doesn't seem to be a way to access the Contacts address book... I'll wait until they release a version that does. Either that or Inbox Central starts working in WVGA and can write sms
This app is now out of beta and is no longer free for download! Anyone tried it, and would like to share their experience???
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so I got my Jasjar and I'm pretty happy with it so far, however I keep looking at the Treo and wondering if it would be easier to check my mail and calendar with one hand instead of opening the Jasjar with two hands, waiting through the windows mobile slowdown, etc...
on a Treo you have the calendar button right on the face and you can navigate with the direction pad, etc...
the Jasjar it seems a little clumsy to me for this... any ex-Treo owners out there care to comment ?
Also, can we use the Jasjars direction pad for application shortcuts like that ? like press left for calendar, up for email, etc...
any thoughts and ideas ? thanks !
Bump...
is no one else concerned about this ?
Surprise me !
Don't know if buttonmax is compatible, but i think it's the only app that allows you to reconfigure the direction pad.
Re the calendar, just remap record key to calendar etc?
I use SmallMenuPlus, so can do pretty much everything one handed, although requires a couple of taps down to launch the app.
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For one handed use, I'm making my own plugin to make it more thumb friendly. It was designed for the Magician's form factor, the universal is a bit chunkier, but the idea still works well:
V
What a busy today page! Any chance of a rundown of what you have running on there?
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For one handed use, I'm making my own plugin to make it more thumb friendly. It was designed for the Magician's form factor, the universal is a bit chunkier, but the idea still works well:
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Is there a way to test/download your plugin?
Thank you,
Roberto
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I'm using my ToggleStart and ToggleNew hacks (=ToggleToday) to remove the top and bottom bars and a custom colour theme using cetuner, then from top to bottom:
-PhoneAlarm (with a skin I made, here on the board somewhere)
-AlarmToday (I resource edited the dll to change its appearance, but it's not shown here)
-WeatherPanel
-VJTodaySpacer (unreleased spacer plugin, coming soon!)
-VJEphemeris
VJEphemeris is not tidied up yet: this is my old setup
VJEphemeris was written to replace VJAudioNotes(at the top), QOTD (in the middle) and claunch (at the bottom), so I didn't want it to take more space. Eventually it will take the whole screen and be spread out more.
Quoting from here
I've posted a little elsewhere about my plugin, VJEphemeris, which is a long term work in progress.
Thus far it contains an analog clock, date with popup calendar, alarm clock setting and notification (cus you don't bloody know when it's set and on!), Quote of the day, autosizing according to length, missed call notification, last sms details, temperature, volume control, battery status, current phone operator (for dual sims), multi-bank launcher facility and theft protection (detects if user is using a non authorised SIM, and then sms's me with the phone number (and shortly, cellid), permitting me to sms it back causing it to format the sd, optional hard reset and I'm considering optional bricking - thanks Olipro).
That's the basic version I use currently. I've got tonnes to add when I finish a bit more stuff for release for you lot!
VJEphemeris is a continuous test bed of ideas I'm trying to implement. It's unlikely to be released, or at least as is. It's currently entirely customised around my use (although it's all too damn skinnable: I haven't gone into designing a UI yet, I'm just making it easy to use one thumbed! Try cutting out the screenshot and see how you thumb rests naturally on the important stuff. I'm trying to make it nicely ergonomic).
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francorg: I released a prerelease of VJAudioNotes to a few people, but it's been replaced by VJEphemeris. I'm not really releasing either for quite a while (if ever!). Too much to add to it to finish it right now, it's a continuous Work In Progress.
V
Sounds good, I'll take a look at some of those! Thankss!
Alright, So I have this Universal, and I love it. Then one day, I figured that it shows a certain resemblance to something else...
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See the resemblance?
A keyboard?
Two extra keys?
A touch-pad/touch-screen?
So I figured, why am I still ****ing with this media center keyboard and it's silly joystick-for-mouse thing? I got a full fledged remote control as a phone!
After two days and a lot of stupid windowing and socket coding later, I had a semi working app
I've attached it here. It's still alpha, so only download if you want to test, it's not ready for real usage yet
What it does at this point? You can move the mouse, but it will be pretty jerky, and you can type
What is still to do?
- Proper protocol, not some dumb-ass dynamic package size ****
- Soft keys -> mouse buttons
- Proper server application, system tray icon and all
- Password protection
- Some more neat features
- Maybe some features people recommend
How does it work? run PPCRCServerTest.exe on your PC, and run PPCRCClient.exe on your device. tap the screen, enter IP or hostname (for some reason hostnames only seem to look up if connected through activesync...), and hit connect. Once it says "Connected", start typing and moving touching your screen
Also, please note that for some reason WiFi seems to be faster than ActiveSync. I have no idea why, but it just does... odd uh?
So what do I need back in return?
- Feedback
- How on EARTH to know when a soft-key is pressed and released
That's pretty much it
Remember, just a little preview, not ready for real use yet!
Bye,
TB
Hi TheBlasphemer.
I don't have a uni, but your app still sounds pretty neat.
Here's something that might help you alone (if you haven't found it yourself yet):
There is a function called SetWindowsHookEx. I haven't played with it much, but I know it lets you hook the keyboard (all of it) and handle all key events up / down. If I am not mistaken it returns the address of the previous function so you can delegate the keys you don't want to handle back to the system. Kind of like window subclassing.
Now all you need is some debug prints to figure out what VK codes respond to the soft keys and you are done.
Good luck!
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Hi TheBlasphemer.
I don't have a uni, but your app still sounds pretty neat.
Here's something that might help you alone (if you haven't found it yourself yet):
There is a function called SetWindowsHookEx. I haven't played with it much, but I know it lets you hook the keyboard (all of it) and handle all key events up / down. If I am not mistaken it returns the address of the previous function so you can delegate the keys you don't want to handle back to the system. Kind of like window subclassing.
Now all you need is some debug prints to figure out what VK codes respond to the soft keys and you are done.
Good luck!
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Actually as my window is the top window, I already receive all key events through WM_KEYDOWN and WM_KEYUP, so there's no need for windows hooks and stuff
I have looked into what happens when someone presses a softkey, but I only seem to get two weird keyup events when I release it :S (VK 112+16 and VK 113 + 16). I could use these, but as I could only see when they're clicked, I would only be able to do mouse clicks, not dragging
Btw, it should also work on other PPCs, like the wizard
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Just tried on my BA WM5. It connects (it says connected on the PC server) then it closes the connection immediatelly for a reason. But this looks like a promising app so I'll keep on tracking it...
P.S: Do you plan to release the source code? (I'm a beginner programmer, examples are always good )
Would it be possible to have a text tab to read all your SMS's?
Something close to the M2D/M3D SMS tab:
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The CHome and CText tabs already do something very close to that when you receive a new message:
It -should- be as simple as re-using that, but I cant find any clue of how that is displayed...
OR if we could use flash inside the Titanium tabs (sigh) it would just take message2reg.exe to display them... :/
i would like to see this
I need to bump this. Hopefully someone capable will see this
ill bump for this one too.. would be greatly appreciated.. also for email
this needs a bump..swiping to view next message would be cool
There is a limit to number of pages a plugin can display, so showing all the messages is definitely out but you should be able to show something like "Most Recent n unread Messages" (~n<20). Would require hooking into State & Notification Broker to get notified for new messages as they arrive.
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There is a limit to number of pages a plugin can display, so showing all the messages is definitely out but you should be able to show something like "Most Recent n unread Messages" (~n<20). Would require hooking into State & Notification Broker to get notified for new messages as they arrive.
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even last 10 would do t for me and if there are more maybe it could display "tap for more"
i would bump for this too.. something missing out of current titanium..
Any progress on this. I too would love to see it.
Would be great if it was expanded view like in the WM7 theme so you can read more of the message, and simply flicking left or right goes to previous/next message. Then the soft keys are compose new and view all messages. Clicking on that particular message takes you to that message thread.
i have this under testing
Looks promising!
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i have this under testing
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Wicked! let me know if you need testers
i would love to be able to swipe through different users in the order of the last message received, per thread, with a pic of the person above it.
oh hot damn!! that'll rock!
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i have this under testing
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If you need tester, please pm me..
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That is it exactly... hope you have the options in it for replay, mark as read, delete etc.
Looks very very nice
YES YES YES ))
replay, mark as read, delete
and yes i would like be tester ;-)
(diamond and HD)
Kaiser owner bumping and offering to test!
I'm running 6.5 on my HD, and its very nice and quick, but what i really miss is quick acces to my favourite contacts. Manila is now too bloated and I dont like it at all, esp with all that green stuff going on
I've tried Appstar's favourite people plugin, but having to swipe my finger across the screen to search thru my favourites is a bit of a pain, what would be nice if there was a function to tap a favourites button and a screen would pop-up tiled with favourite people just to press one and open up their contact info/dial/sms/etc..
Anyone know of something to do that, or talented enough to make something.
Many thanks
Mick
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I'm running 6.5 on my HD, and its very nice and quick, but what i really miss is quick acces to my favourite contacts. Manila is now too bloated and I dont like it at all, esp with all that green stuff going on
I've tried Appstar's favourite people plugin, but having to swipe my finger across the screen to search thru my favourites is a bit of a pain, what would be nice if there was a function to tap a favourites button and a screen would pop-up tiled with favourite people just to press one and open up their contact info/dial/sms/etc..
Anyone know of something to do that, or talented enough to make something.
Many thanks
Mick
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506221
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So you linked him the app he said he already tried but doesn't like?
Anyway,
Gasman I know of no contact app like that for the wm6.5 titanium plugin cause I would like something like that myself
how about phonex by iconsoft.. then u link the talk button to bring up your favorite contacts via the app itself:
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i just use the smart dialing on the tachi dialer. Its quick and simple. Its not on the today screen but i can't think of anything else other than favourite people and as you say you dont like that.
At the moment I use the speed dial on the phone keypad, but thats just for calling. Just hoped there would be a something integrated into titanium, that brought up a page of tile pictures for your favourite contacts. click one then have the option of calling or texting them..
Any smart folks want to make such an addon?
Other than that, very happy with how titanium runs as standard
You could make one of your softkeys or CLauncher slots be iContact...
An idea would be to make a contact page like the beehive start menu that is in Titanium.
Maybe a shortcut from the Today screen will open the same hive layout with contact photos and name....?
Yeah I like the idea of having contacts/faves on a honeycomb page.
if you have a third party contacts program installed you can probably just make the soft key link directly to that by editing the registry. If you'd rather interact with the panels, you can edit the registry and change the program that launches when you click say the fave contacts panel.. I imagine the soft key way would be best.. that is one of the main reasons i dislike titanium, lots of eye candy but limited functionality.. if you could stick a grid in a panel to recognize multiple items, each launching their own link/contact it would be a great step forward.. perhaps that is not far off.
Just thought I'd update with a soulution I'm very happy with.
I installed 'icontacts' which is superb contacts program that does what I need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=395829
And use AEB Plus, to easily remap the left softkey to open icontacts.
http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php
This seems to work very well with wm6.5
Mick
The built in messaging in WM only shows so many messages per page. You have to keep clicking on the "older" link to keep moving through the messages. So I'm wondering if there are any SMS managers, etc. that will show the entire thread on one page. Also, show the time along with the date?
I too would like to know this answer for our kaisers and tilt 2's. However, i am suspecting it would slow things down a bit, but am willing to see what the difference is. Also the date and time would be nice
mine shows the date and time i recieved my text. not the entire thread though. i always delete my messages anyways. though it would be cool to see the whole thing on one page.
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thats what i m looking for as well, the SMS client and build in dialer are the only cons for me with this phone
Mine shows the time on some, and the date on others, but never both on all messages. Makes no sense to me
not sure if this is what you were trying to see but if you go in to the contact individually it shows your entire conversation =)
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mine shows the date and time i recieved my text. not the entire thread though. i always delete my messages anyways. though it would be cool to see the whole thing on one page.
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Hey my girlfriends named Jen...
HEY! why do you have her in your phone as baby!!!!
Lol...
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The built in messaging in WM only shows so many messages per page. You have to keep clicking on the "older" link to keep moving through the messages. So I'm wondering if there are any SMS managers, etc. that will show the entire thread on one page. Also, show the time along with the date?
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Try resco contact manager. It incorporates nicely but I don't think it will be what you completely want because the rhodium is a nice device with great graphics. For wm 6.1 it was a great addition, but check it out.
Hope this helps.
Yeah, the date and time show up if it is the SMS was received in the current day. The problem is if you backup your phone and then restore it, like through myphone.microsoft.com, it loses track of the order.
The HTC version does show the whole thread at once, with dates and times but you can't export the thread like you can in the WM threading, which I do by just doing a select all, copy, paste to word, save.
I guess what I'm really trying to get at, is the ability to archive conversations as it appears in threading mode.