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BatteryPackPro vs. SPB PocketPlus

Hi guys
Before I spend my hard earned quids, which one is better?
cheers

why don't you trial them out separately and see which one suits your needs.

i dont want to install and uninstall bcos i dont want my registry to bloat. i just want other peoples opinion and suggestion...
can i ask you what software u use?
thanx

the WM uninstaller is fairly good at removing files and registry settings. If you want to be really sure sktools is a good tool to check bad registry entries.

Tried both BPP & SBP when I had my magician a few weeks. Biggest probs. where with BPP, now trying SBP again (months later) & again noticing memory leaks & instability. Maybe I need to get a ner trial version if exists, my version is 3.0.0 Don't know the BPP version.
Cheers, M

ihave downloaded cracked versions of both. have tried them. problem with bpp is after using the camera button, the note button cannot be used. only a soft reset will put back the note button function. now im enjoying spb, havent encountered any problem so far, and i like the interface and its more customizable. soon i will get a legit one when i find no real problem.

I think, that SpbPocket Plus is more more functional...
Pleases also that developers live in my city.
I for SpbPocket+ :wink:

-KLOUN- said:
I think, that SpbPocket Plus is more more functional...
Pleases also that developers live in my city.
I for SpbPocket+ :wink:
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i hope you can give us free one then :wink:

nm8 said:
-KLOUN- said:
I think, that SpbPocket Plus is more more functional...
Pleases also that developers live in my city.
I for SpbPocket+ :wink:
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i hope you can give us free one then :wink:
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Forgive, but I have not understood something, what you had in view of?

what i meant was maybe you can give us the app for free :lol:

My vote is for SPB. Clear!!!
A much attarctive user interface and specially the large icons allow you to open applications and files without using the stylus. Also I think its task switcher is the best in the class.
For me the the biggest problem with batery pack pro was that it prevented me from saving planmaker files. For my work planmaker is just too important.
Kind Regards

alternative calendar software?

is there any software which can totally replace the windows mobile 6 calendar / notes system?
as the calendar/notes etc installed on my phone currently never save when trying to add a new one
TIA

why doesn't the informations save? most programs seem to still use the pim information and re-organize it...todayagenda is a good one, imo.

monkey_knight said:
why doesn't the informations save? most programs seem to still use the pim information and re-organize it...todayagenda is a good one, imo.
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I second today agenda. But it will not resolve your issue. Neither will other software.
1. What Rom and device do you use?
(i know it's the wizard forum but these days you never know)
2. Have you performed a clear storage?
3. Have you tried a clear storage and then exiting when the customisation starts?
4. .............................

i changed to a different rom and the calendar now works ok

d9 said:
i changed to a different rom and the calendar now works ok
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Have you notified the Chef of the ROM build about the calendar issue?

SPB Diary is another brilliant tool for diary, notes, tasks etc...

yeah i tried spb diary but it still wouldnt save any new items
ive posted the problem in the chefs thread but no one replied and also the thread didnt have anyone else mention it so i assumed it was a issue relating to my device or flash but i find the rom i have now works flawlessly so all good

That's why myself i'm sticking with NBD Rom from Zoki.
He reads the thread and regularly updates.
Enjoy you new ROM, but it's still weird that it didnt interact with the calendar.

Ultimate Theft Alert v35!: Free offer

Hello All,
This is NiCK Carty from www.PocketPC-Live.com and I was here in xda for a very long time at the Artemis and Kaiser sections serving the community, even released a couple of slim Roms for Artemis (HTC P3300). Now that I have got myself a new HTC Athena (dopod U1000) after being impressed by the processor 624 Mhz Intel, I will enter this section now.
My first impressions on the device, it's damn good, probably better option to those who look for a UMPC.
As a welcome note, I would like to give 7 copies of my software Ultimate Theft Alert v35! (recently optimized for Athena under real VGA 128 dpi). The next 7 replies to this post will be eligible for the free offer. Download the trial version from here and mail me for Product keys.
I would love to hear your suggestions for my software.
Regards,
Carty..

Carty said:
Hello All,
This is NiCK Carty from www.PocketPC-Live.com and I was here in xda for a very long time at the Artemis and Kaiser sections serving the community, even released a couple of slim Roms for Artemis (HTC P3300). Now that I have got myself a new HTC Athena (dopod U1000) after being impressed by the processor 624 Mhz Intel, I will enter this section now.
My first impressions on the device, it's damn good, probably better option to those who look for a UMPC.
As a welcome note, I would like to give 7 copies of my software Ultimate Theft Alert v35! (recently optimized for Athena under real VGA 128 dpi). The next 7 replies to this post will be eligible for the free offer. Download the trial version from here and mail me for Product keys.
I would love to hear your suggestions for my software.
Regards,
Carty..
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Hello again Nick. You may not remember me, but I emailed you maybe a month ago, concerning mobile browsing on your webpage. Anyway , welcome and i look forward to trying your software.

Sounds good
Sounds good hope i am one of the 7 to receive a copy, [email protected]
Thanks again
Andy

Your program sounds great, I would love to give it a try. [email protected]

i didn't want to post twice, but i think he wants you to email him for the registration key.

i am replying to this for free software

Hey, good to have you here. Would also like a key to your program.
thanks a lot
[email protected]

Hi:
Am I so lucky to get a free license too?
Thank you
Richard

Hi,
Hope I'm not too late for this. My email is [email protected]. Thanks! Welcome to the club.

damn , just missed out!
Anyway, welcome to the athena!

Bugger! I was just reading a review of this after someone mentioned it on MoDaCo

Sent the keys to all 7 replies...
Regards,
Carty..

lakeman said:
damn , just missed out!
Anyway, welcome to the athena!
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Thank you. I hope to serve the community with the little knowledge I have.
Regards,
Carty..

For some reason my download crashes whenever I try to install it. It doesn't even open. I unziped the file and it's not running.

Did you open the unzipped file on a desktop PC? It has to be copied to Pocket PC and executed there!
Regards,
Carty..

Carty said:
Did you open the unzipped file on a desktop PC? It has to be copied to Pocket PC and executed there!
Regards,
Carty..
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Stupid me, that's what the problem was.

Well I missed out but would like to Welcome you back here Nick. I use WIMP now but yours seems so much better. I will have to try it out...TJ

Carty said:
Sent the keys to all 7 replies...
Regards,
Carty..
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Thanks Carty for your free gift. Will try it out tonight when I get some free time.
Edit: okay, installed it. It looks really really good. I like it better than WIMP if the monitoring integration can be installed.
I have a few questions.
1) I entered +614XXXXXXXX as my number to call when the phone is stolen, but it does not accept it. Why is this so? What if a SIM card of another country is inserted when we travel?
2) Often the top taskbar disappear. Do you have this problem? I also find that I'm unable to minimise it or switch to other applications when used in conjunction with wktask.
3) How do we make it possible for the problem to survive a hard reset?
4) How about letting the seven of us have the GPS and monitoring integration also? Or at least the monitoring integration. I like your concept of monitoring very much. I have been using WIMP in the past with GPS, but I find the GPS location to be too rough to be useful. I think the monitoring concept gives us much better chance of recovering the phone than WIMP would allow.
Fantastic application! Thanks again.

TrekkerJmm said:
Well I missed out but would like to Welcome you back here Nick. I use WIMP now but yours seems so much better. I will have to try it out...TJ
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Thank you
eaglesteve said:
Thanks Carty for your free gift.
1) I entered +614XXXXXXXX as my number to call when the phone is stolen, but it does not accept it. Why is this so? What if a SIM card of another country is inserted when we travel?
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Replace + with 00. Eg: 00614XXX Try it and let me known. It is the issue with some service providers who dont accept the format of message sent with certain parameters.
eaglesteve said:
2) Often the top taskbar disappear. Do you have this problem? I also find that I'm unable to minimise it or switch to other applications when used in conjunction with wktask.
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The application is made to take the full screen hiding the Start bar. This is only when you're in the Admin panel making some configurations. So for a few minutes, you can sacrifice Start ar ?
Or do you think the application doesnt bring back Start bar even after closing?
eaglesteve said:
3) How do we make it possible for the problem to survive a hard reset?
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Details available here
eaglesteve said:
Fantastic application! Thanks again.
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Your most welcomed
Regards,
Carty..

Depending on in which country the phone is stolen, the international prefix is different. But + is the universally acceptable prefix to replace all these prefix. That's why I thought it would be the correct way to set up the number.
BTW, I tried testing it. Unfortunately it does not seem to be sending out any SMS alert to the listed mobile phone number when I put in a SIM card which has not been added to the database yet. Are any of the other six users having this problem?
Also, when I tried to set up the customized text, the software abended with an error message saying "An unexpected error has occured in UTAv35.exe. Select Quite and then restart this program, or select Details for more informaiton" . When I select Details, I see the following information:
UTAv35.exe
NullReferenceException
at UTAv35.Form1.Button19_Click()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick()
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBasel.WnProc()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc()
at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop()
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run()
at UTAv35.Form1.Main()
I wonder if this (the inability to set up customise text, hence it is blank) is the reason why no alert message was sent?

Users .. Suggest Applications | Coders .. search for ideas

Please all here
if u are a PDA Users and have idea think it can be an application that improve WM please add ur idea here
if u are a Coders see people ideas for ur new applications releases
Rules
Users :
- Add title for ur reply .. with a suggestive name of ur application
- Don't add features request for existing application .. just add new ideas for not existing application
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List of Ideas will be added here
Idea(Post Number) - Codername(Topic of new application)
- Notification Display(#2) - No Coder Yet
- show me the broadcast message(#3) - No Coder Yet
- SMS Program(#5) - No Coder Yet
- Auto update SIM contacts(#6) - No Coder Yet
- finger friendly + Audio+Video RSS(#9) - No Coder Yet
- contacts with address become a POI for navigation softwares(#11) - No Coder Yet
- more comfortable Network-Tool(#18) - No Coder Yet
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Notification Display
A software that replace normal ugly ,painful WM6 Notification display .. it can be like security notification in vista .. or like iphone notification system ..
Edit/Delete Message

how about a application that can show me the broadcast message sent out by the celluar operator on the today screen.

Custom Taskbar
I know there´s people working on this using batterystatus. BUT
make a program that hides the wm taskbar, and you can put your custom one would be great.

This!!! lol

Auto update SIM contacts
My SIM card is an emergency backup if my phone becomes unusable. I would like an application that automatically adds new contacts and updates any changed contacts from the phone to the SIM card.

ogabriel said:
I know there´s people working on this using batterystatus. BUT
make a program that hides the wm taskbar, and you can put your custom one would be great.
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i think u need to see this .. Wisbar advance

indiana99 said:
My SIM card is an emergency backup if my phone becomes unusable. I would like an application that automatically adds new contacts and updates any changed contacts from the phone to the SIM card.
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PIM Backup v2.8 .. i hope this help u

What would be great to have in a ppc:
1. a finger friendly RSS viewer in A_C style able to play videos, sounds and display html articles without link to a Pocket Internet Explorer page
2. a finger friendly internet explorer. NetFront is the best one i saw for ppc but a Safari "remake" (not Safari-like) would be great. I saw in my wife's iphone and i can say it's the BEST internet browser ever.
3. a "webmail" client, i don't know how to explain this. It's also an iphone idea. Somewhat like a RSS reader, with which you login in your mailbox without the "push" thing. And then it works like a "refresh" on a webpage.
4. a slideshow (for a picture browser just like A_C's S2V) with "really" nice transitions effects, for entertaining purposes
5. a calendar app just like ThumbCal but with all the views and fields available in WM Calendar with one more feature. The ability to share an appointment (via sms for example) with another WM user who got the same app (so eventually installing this calender it will add a feature to the sms software to "add the received event")
Maybe it's too much oh, and:
6. if there is a WM app to let my contacts with address become a POI for the famous navigation softwares (MioMap, Tomtom, Navigon, etc.) it would be great.

Dr.Mazika said:
PIM Backup v2.8 .. i hope this help u
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automatically adds new contacts and updates any changed contacts from the phone to the SIM card
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He wants the contacts copied from Outlook to the SIM card automatically. That is, he adds contacts to Outlook, then, without any effort on his part, on some regular schedule, the app should look in Outlook and find new contacts and copy them to the SIM card.
I don't see in the PIMBackup thread that it is capable of this.

alfibus said:
What would be great to have in a ppc:
1. a finger friendly RSS viewer in A_C style able to play videos, sosund and display html articles without link to a Pocket Internet Explorer page
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alfibus said:
2. a finger friendly internet explorer. NetFront is the best one i saw for ppc but a Safari "remake" (not Safari-like) would be great. I saw in my wife's iphone and i can say it's the BEST internet browser ever.
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see opera 9.5 beta
alfibus said:
3. a "webmail" client, i don't know how to explain this. It's also an iphone idea. Somewhat like a RSS reader, with which you login in your mailbox without the "push" thing. And then it works like a "refresh" on a webpage.
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windows live messanger do this i think
alfibus said:
4. a slideshow (for a picture browser just like A_C's S2V) with "really" nice transitions effects, for entertaining purposes
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u have S2V & HTC Album .. u can add ur features suggestions there
alfibus said:
5. a calendar app just like ThumbCal but with all the views and fields available in WM Calendar with one more feature. The ability to share an appointment (via sms for example) with another WM user who got the same app (so eventually installing this calender it will add a feature to the sms software to "add the received event")
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ThumbCal .. ask for this feature in ThumbCal topic
alfibus said:
6. if there is a WM app to let my contacts with address become a POI for the famous navigation softwares (MioMap, Tomtom, Navigon, etc.) it would be great.
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Better Device Password App
This has been suggested before...most recently I saw it in the S2U2 thread....
What I need is a better device password app....or maybe just an app that lets us skin the default WinMo password function. I absolutely love S2U2, but there is really no "security" about it. Anyone can unlock my phone with no issues. I have also tried using both S2U2 and the default password function. Works, but not smooth by any means.
Someone suggested modifying S2U2 to be like the iPhone's unlock function (gasp!). For that, you slide first, then are prompted for a pin code. That would be the perfect, best of both worlds, app.
Back in the WM2003 days, there were several apps like this (e.g., NiceStart, 1-Pass), but nothing since. There is PocketSecure, which is a great app, by a good developer, but right now it does not meet my needs (notification issue).
Thoughts?

kwickone said:
This has been suggested before...most recently I saw it in the S2U2 thread....
What I need is a better device password app....or maybe just an app that lets us skin the default WinMo password function. I absolutely love S2U2, but there is really no "security" about it. Anyone can unlock my phone with no issues. I have also tried using both S2U2 and the default password function. Works, but not smooth by any means.
Someone suggested modifying S2U2 to be like the iPhone's unlock function (gasp!). For that, you slide first, then are prompted for a pin code. That would be the perfect, best of both worlds, app.
Back in the WM2003 days, there were several apps like this (e.g., NiceStart, 1-Pass), but nothing since. There is PocketSecure, which is a great app, by a good developer, but right now it does not meet my needs (notification issue).
Thoughts?
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Add this features to PocketSecure or S2U2 TOPIC

Dr.Mazika said:
Add this features to PocketSecure or S2U2 TOPIC
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There is no topic (at least nothing anywhere near recent) for Pocket Secure...and A_C has announce that he is done with S2U2 development for a while....thus I put it here.
This could be a call for a new app....but you are the OP, so you control the Poll

Thank you for your reply Dr.Mazika. Can't install the Opera 9.5 beta from an old link found on XDA because it (probably) counted the days i used Opera 8 trial in the past. So 0 days left and i couldn't find any other link about it (they don't even sell it?).
About the software already on the stage, you are right i should ask features there, but i am thinking that with more features something like thumbcal will lose its purpose: "tap tap et voilà, you are busy tomorrow night", and it won't be like that if it becomes full of options and features (althought maybe the views are possible).

I have been looking for the message screen colours to be inverted. I love the black themes and it would be so much better to just have black screen with white message. Im sure this couldnt be so hard to do for someone with experience??? would it?​

kwickone said:
This has been suggested before...most recently I saw it in the S2U2 thread....
What I need is a better device password app....or maybe just an app that lets us skin the default WinMo password function. I absolutely love S2U2, but there is really no "security" about it. Anyone can unlock my phone with no issues. I have also tried using both S2U2 and the default password function. Works, but not smooth by any means.
Someone suggested modifying S2U2 to be like the iPhone's unlock function (gasp!). For that, you slide first, then are prompted for a pin code. That would be the perfect, best of both worlds, app.
Back in the WM2003 days, there were several apps like this (e.g., NiceStart, 1-Pass), but nothing since. There is PocketSecure, which is a great app, by a good developer, but right now it does not meet my needs (notification issue).
Thoughts?
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i 2nd tat, but there should be some screen saver to superseed the default win password screen..just in case, somebody hardreset ur phone.

i would love to have a more comfortable Network-Tool,
maybe providing ping, ipconfig, telnet, (i know there's a nice putty version but it has no lan config tools) tracert, route tracert etc.^^
so i don't know if this is possible or if it has allready been realised, as you metioned just a suggestion..

P2U (Pass to unlock)
tweakmy said:
i 2nd tat, but there should be some screen saver to superseed the default win password screen..just in case, somebody hardreset ur phone.
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I 3rd that, a device unlocking program to be used with your fingers would be realy great. Suggesting a name also "P2U (Pass to unlock)"
cheers,
Daniel

kwickone said:
There is no topic (at least nothing anywhere near recent) for Pocket Secure...and A_C has announce that he is done with S2U2 development for a while....thus I put it here.
This could be a call for a new app....but you are the OP, so you control the Poll
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381588&highlight=S2US

X1's Calender is awful

I really find it un-user-friendly
Im always going week-day-month-year over and over again.
can anyone suggest something decent please?

standard windows mobile. and i have to say .. its ba far the most powerfull calender i met. works basicly exactly like the outlook one does.
whats the problem???

I find Pocket Informant to be the best. Worth the money!

I've found SBSH Calendar Touch to be the best for light usage, pocket informant has many more advanced features though.

Can pocket informant preset reoccuring events so i dont have to enter starttime, endtime, category ect. everytime?

achmed20 said:
standard windows mobile. and i have to say .. its ba far the most powerfull calender i met. works basicly exactly like the outlook one does.
whats the problem???
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well i find its not very easy to navigate. for example if im looking for when my mates wedding is and i know its in january, i have to go through all the dates, when im wrong, then press day week month 3 times to get back to month try again....
i just do not find it user-friendly at all. i think the calendar on my old w810i was much better.

nawfalah said:
well i find its not very easy to navigate. for example if im looking for when my mates wedding is and i know its in january, i have to go through all the dates, when im wrong, then press day week month 3 times to get back to month try again....
i just do not find it user-friendly at all. i think the calendar on my old w810i was much better.
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You can just choose the month or other look from the menu, without pressing all over again.
I'm happy I can have so many views.
IT IS one of the best calendars out there.
BTW if you look for somethin', just use Search app.

Get ThumbCal. It's seriously good stuff! Looks good too.
http://thumbapps.com/web/pages/thumbcal/overview.php

I like Google Calendar. Can that be put on the X1?

stratofortress04 said:
I find Pocket Informant to be the best. Worth the money!
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I agree, a must have application for me

aussiebum said:
Get ThumbCal. It's seriously good stuff! Looks good too.
http://thumbapps.com/web/pages/thumbcal/overview.php
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I think you can still find the free version of thumbcall .(it`s an old version but it works fine on the xperia try freeware site)

Still haven't found a decent free one. I just don't feel like paying a lot for a function that should be good in the first place.

depends on the point of view ... i like it alot and dislike most of the other calenders which are available.

kirkie said:
I like Google Calendar. Can that be put on the X1?
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Yep. You can use oggsync to sync google calendar with your winMO calendar. It works like a charm. never had any trouble with it.
I have many reoccurring events like soccer practices and my job (only in the weekends) and it handles those perfectly.

In an attempt to turn this topic into something a bit more informative;
Here's the summary of beforementioned calendar applications, these are all paid.
- Pocket informant
- Thumbcal (personal favourite)
- SBSH
- Google calendar
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Now my problem is that these all cost 15~30 bucks which is just a bit too much imo.
Thing to keep in mind that they must be able to work with WVGA.
Who knows some more nice calenders we can try out?

dekeijzer said:
Yep. You can use oggsync to sync google calendar with your winMO calendar. It works like a charm. never had any trouble with it.
I have many reoccurring events like soccer practices and my job (only in the weekends) and it handles those perfectly.
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try https://www.nuevasync.com/
works the best, also with multiple calendars & gmail contacts.