Unfortunately two key PIM features though available in Windows Mobile have been hidden by the Sense UI
1. Snooze by N minutes
2. Attendees meeting acceptance tracking
1. Snooze by N minutes
When you get a reminder on the HD2 for a pending meeting you only get the option to "dismiss" or "snooze" In Windows Mobile (for as far back as I can recall) you always had the option to snooze by number of minutes you got to choose from a drop down menu i.e. 5 minutes before, 15 minutes before, 1 hour etc). This was a very useful function as you got a reminder closer to the time rather than get a reminder every 5 minutes as with the HD2. This can get really annoying if someone has booked a meeting with you with a reminder over 15 minutes ahead or you have many meetings. You end up spending loads of time just hitting snooze.
2. Attendees meeting acceptance tracking
When you book a meeting with several people windows mobile shows the invitees of that meeting and their acceptance reply i.e. declined, accepted, no response. Again the SENSE UI has hidden this so you just get a list on invitees.
It is very useful to me as you need to know if the meeting is worth running based on reponse to the meeting invite.
Anyone got any suggestions/tweaks etc?
1) BsB Tweaks has a setting to re-enable the time options in the notifications.
2) Make a shortcut to Windows\Calendar.exe, and you get the standard WM calendar view
kilrah said:
1) BsB Tweaks has a setting to re-enable the time options in the notifications.
2) Make a shortcut to Windows\Calendar.exe, and you get the standard WM calendar view
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hi, i want to be able to choose to snooze my appointments or tasks for a selectable time, can this be done? whty the heck have they taken this option out??
hi, what is bsb tweak, and where can i find it, need my snooze options in appointments and tasks
@ thegeezer,
Use this http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=+site:http://forum.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all to search for BSB Tweaks.
WB
thanks whacky! all loaded up and now i have my reminder times back, cheers pal
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in settings--sound and notifications-- advanced
there you have settings for each alert however for new sms, email, missed call the repeat option is greyed out, how can i enable this ?
I want it to keep bleeping till i realize either constantly more preferrable every few minutes. prefer not to have to put extra software that has a million more functions which i am not looking for. Feel the more apps the more issues tend to arise (purist)
No WM5 does not offer any way to repeat reminders for missed calls, undread text messages, unread multimedia messages, etc.
However I strongly suggest that you try out PhoneAlarm latest version. In addition to repeat alarms it also will provide you with an easy way to define profiles and switch to the desired profile with the click of an on-screen icon.
Link is http://www.pocketmax.net
Hope this helps.
Regards
PhoneAlarm is great, working real well so far, and it does what i wanted.
Thanks alot for the tip.
Are there any more skins available other then the ones on the pocketmax website ?
srmz said:
No WM5 does not offer any way to repeat reminders for missed calls, undread text messages, unread multimedia messages, etc.
However I strongly suggest that you try out PhoneAlarm latest version. In addition to repeat alarms it also will provide you with an easy way to define profiles and switch to the desired profile with the click of an on-screen icon.
Link is http://www.pocketmax.net
Hope this helps.
Regards
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ok phonealarm works good but ...
does exist a "Registry-way" to repeat the sound?
I think that Phonealarm is great, but the pda run much more slow with it.
Why would it be an option if we can't change it?
apReminder plus is the answer. Small footprint, and much versatility. I find phone alarm is too intensive and when combined woith WisBar and WAD everything goes tits-up.
I am using the 'auto fetch' feature in Pocket Outlook to poll for new emails every 15 minutes. Is there someway of disabling this feature at night so it does not wake me up when a new email arrives?
Looking to change alert times
I'm using ActiveSync but instead of changing the sync schedule I would prefer to create an alert schedule.
It would allow me to sync always but only beep during working hours
Any ideas?
I'd have thought SKSchema would be able to sort this out for you. All you have to do is find the relevant registry key and make a script scheduled to change it at the relevant times.
Thanks to Chalky for pointing out SKSchema on this forum.
For example, I want to check my IMAP e-mail account automatically every hour, but only in the 10-23 time interval. The reason, besides data traffic reduction, is that the notification sound wakes me up when I sleep.
Is there a program that can do that, while still being integrated with the windows mobile mail client (so that I receive warnings in SPB panel, Xperia panel, today screen etc.)?
Thanks!
rk-OSR (from xda somewhere) lets you set specific times. It's got a badly designed UI, but works fine when set up properly.
PhoneWeaver (commercial) lets you set up timed profiles to turn of the sound and phone between 00:00 and 09:00 and so on. It's got a bunch of options to make it fit your needs.
G-profile from Ageye lets you setup time based profiles that can let you turn off the sound form new emails... Means you can still recieve them and but will not be waked by them!
G- profile has a lot more benefits as well, downside is I experice some battery drainage but not to bad.
http://www.ageye.de/
Thanks! PhoneWeaver does the job, I will also try G-profile.
With the profile programs I just managed to "mute" the e-mail alarm sound, but it will be nicer to have a small program that changes the e-mail checking interval to None during specific hours.
Have you tried rk-OSR ?
Ok I have PowerSMS which allows me to schedule an sms to be sent at a certain time in the future and I also have Qimsoft SMS Assistant which lets me send messages to multiple contacts and groups at one time. I was wondering if there is an app that lets you do BOTH at the same time.
Ex: It's 9pm and I want to send everyone in my "Co-Workers" group a messaged at 10am the next morning but I know I'm not going to wake up until 1pm from partying all night . What magical app can I use to set it that night and have it sent to everyone the next morning while I'm still hung over?
Pardon me however your question is puzzling me and I need to ask you to clarify. I have PowerSMS and it does everything u metioned so can u please explain what its not doing?
PowerSMS does not replace your phone's built-in text messaging features. Instead, it works with the same folders and messages you already have. It's simple, performs tasks quickly, and gets out of the way. Use PowerSMS to improve communications with your family,
Features
Group SMS:*Texting the same set of people over and over again? PowerSMS lets you create groups of contacts, and drastically reduces the number of clicks required to text them (see screenshot).
Auto Reply:*Ever ignore a phone call while you're in a meeting or movie theater? Let PowerSMS respond to those calls automatically with a text message, thus politely letting them know when you'll call back (see screenshot).
Schedule SMS:*Schedule greetings or reminders in advance. PowerSMS will automatically send the message even if you forget. Especially appreciated by loved ones
The main thing I'm looking for is the ability to use a check box to select individual recipients quickly (like Qimsoft SMS Assistant) WHILE also having the SMS automatically sent at a later date (like PowerSMS).
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The main thing I'm looking for is the ability to use a check box to select individual recipients quickly (like Qimsoft SMS Assistant) WHILE also having the SMS automatically sent at a later date (like PowerSMS).
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Like he said, Power SMS does this. It just doesn't use check marks, nor boxes. But choosing multiple recipients is easy.
Hello,
Q1) There are only 3 alarms available in Windows Mobile 6.5. Does anyone knows how to add more?
Q2) Also, I remember when i was using HTC Touch, when new SMS comes in, it appears on the screen and i was able to either 'hide' or 'open' the SMS. On HD2, when I set it to show new SMS, I can only hide it but I can't open it to read. Instead, I have to go through 'HTC Messages'. Does anyone knows how to have both options 'hide' (on the left) and 'open' (on the right) available when new SMS shows up?
Please see attached screenshots if I did not manage to explain well.
Appreciate all kind advice.
Many thanks in advance!
I've tries to add more entries in the registry to add more alarms, but apparently it doesn't work.
and I've no clue for the sms issue either.
does anyone have the same issues as me? any clues?
thanks.
galarm
i guess
indeed, I've read about all e good comments about it. in fact, I installed it 2 months ago, but I encountered problems like battery drains n missed alarms. I've since uninstalled. maybe this problem is not too common with other users, but it was a problem for me..
thanks for your suggestion though.
pTravel alarm?
Works well for me and no battery drain... also if you are on the lock screen you can tap the open widget then swipe the sms widget and it opens sms screen or if you tap on the task bar it will give you the list of things to look at and one of them is the messages screen...
For the SMS, why not just turn off on-screen notification. When you get an SMS you'll get the usual audio/vibrate alert, and an icon in the taskbar. You can then just click on the SMS tab icon at the bottom and you're looking at the SMS. 1 click and you're there.
For the alarm question... there's a registry setting for this, but I don't know what it is. If you use BsB Tweaks you can enable "Windows Notifications" mode which "Enables dismiss X time in notification". This is a crap description and I used to just ignore this option as it sounded completely uninteresting. Then I found out what it is.
With this enabled, you get the option to select a sleep time for an alarm when it's going off (see the attachment). I doubt my boss would be impressed if I chose the last option though
It will at least free up your second alarm as you could just snooze the first one for 10 minutes.
I am also interested in the being able to open an sms from the notification dialog...
On Q1: I've been using SPB Time since quite long time. The new edition 2.1.2 is really awesome. And it answers to your question
On Q2: When I receive sms I have sound + icon above on the taskbar. So if I click on the icon - "notification" window opens and after another click on new sms icon you see your sms. Just you pay one click more.
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On Q2: When I receive sms I have sound + icon above on the taskbar. So if I click on the icon - "notification" window opens and after another click on new sms icon you see your sms. Just you pay one click more.
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It would be nice if on the notification "balloon" you had a Reply button that would automatically open the thread where that sms is in...
DeadVirus said:
It would be nice if on the notification "balloon" you had a Reply button that would automatically open the thread where that sms is in...
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indeed, i remember this option to open sms on notification used to be available in older wm versions. and we could also dismiss instead of hide the sms.
johncmolyneux said:
For the SMS, why not just turn off on-screen notification. When you get an SMS you'll get the usual audio/vibrate alert, and an icon in the taskbar. You can then just click on the SMS tab icon at the bottom and you're looking at the SMS. 1 click and you're there.
For the alarm question... there's a registry setting for this, but I don't know what it is. If you use BsB Tweaks you can enable "Windows Notifications" mode which "Enables dismiss X time in notification". This is a crap description and I used to just ignore this option as it sounded completely uninteresting. Then I found out what it is.
With this enabled, you get the option to select a sleep time for an alarm when it's going off (see the attachment). I doubt my boss would be impressed if I chose the last option though
It will at least free up your second alarm as you could just snooze the first one for 10 minutes.
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gosh, i have been using bsb since day one (4mths ago) n have never paid attention to this tweak. i will give it a try, thank you!