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[07/24/2008] Finger Friendly Contact Application - PocketCM Contacts 0.25c - Alphabet

[01/25/2009] PocketCM Contacts 0.29 - Finger Friendly Contact Application
Hi all,
I've release PocketCM Contacts 0.29, feel free to test, comment, etc...
I made a new thread, because the old one isn't really manageable anymore, and this version is a big rewrite of lot of stuff, so I expect a few regression issue.
Theme for 0.18 and before will not work correctly with this version, you need 0.29 theme
Support for SMS forwarding
Support for sending SMS to multiple contact at once
Better VGA support: more usable, react better to the finger, improved Black and Dream theme
Big speed improvment on animation (looks nice on VGA now)
Speed optimization for all text rendering (smoother than ever)
Various fix and improvements
Faster SMS loading
Improved theme developer mode: read here
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As always, you can get it here: www.pocketcm.com.
Also, PocketCM Contact is available for free for personal use, in order to support me, you can make a donation. I thank everybody who already made a donation, and you can thank them too: PocketCM Contact is free.

Hi
Just loaded it up, changed it to the black skin, which i like best. Seems to run great, haven't run into any problems yet. Very nice work, mate.
One think i did notise is, that when I go into a contact, the "Back" is missing the right side of the "B". Just the vertical part. No biggie, but still guess it's not suppose to be like that.
Keep up the great work.
Flemming

this is truly the best tool ever for pdas. thanks a million times for your hard work.

Great update you're doing a great job.
Loading times is better than 0.15, which is a great improvement.
IMHO - the only thing missing is a keyboard easy to find a contact, and the best one I could find is the one found in FingerFriendlyFriends program. I truly love that keyboard. Implementing it in PocketCM would make it simply perfect.
Keep up the awesome work!!

CABless Installation
Guys, how do I do this ?
(Sorry found it on the website)

KamaL said:
Great update you're doing a great job.
Loading times is better than 0.15, which is a great improvement.
IMHO - the only thing missing is a keyboard easy to find a contact, and the best one I could find is the one found in FingerFriendlyFriends program. I truly love that keyboard. Implementing it in PocketCM would make it simply perfect.
Keep up the awesome work!!
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Why do you need a keyboard when all you have to do is slide your finger down the side of the screen to get the alphabet bar, it doesn't get much easier than that!

Install from a zip: copy the files
Filtering with keyboard: click on phone (bottom right) and you can filter easily
great job.
Few messages are missing, for instance when you want to delete a contact.

Tene, I love the start-up time now, it has dramatically decreased. My only quirks: It seems like the scrolling feature has a delay, I will flick and it will stall a second and then it will scroll very fast. It doesnt seem as smooth as iContact. Also, when pushing the favorites tab I think the word favorites should change to All after it is pressed because pressing it again leads back to all the contacts. When you used to have buttons the filter used to change to the all contacts button after you press it, why does it not when its just words? overall great though, good work Tene

spencepu3 said:
Why do you need a keyboard when all you have to do is slide your finger down the side of the screen to get the alphabet bar, it doesn't get much easier than that!
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Did u try it?? it 1000 times easier to use that keyboard than scrolling with your finger, at least that's my opinion.
And since there's already a keyboard why not use a better one

KamaL said:
Did u try it?? it 1000 times easier to use that keyboard than scrolling with your finger, at least that's my opinion.
And since there's already a keyboard why not use a better one
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Yes I have tried it and I do like it as well. However it does take up a good amount of screen real estate and for this reason I would rather not see it implemented.

Thanks .... Very Good Job But Still have the bug when I press and hold phone .... its minimize by it self and i can not press close button... why !!! idon not know

do i need to uninstall 0.15 first?

much better than previous version on the athena. runs fast now and very good. only quirk is it seems the animation for the filter is slow though on vga and lags. seems like sms animation lags a bit too. but much better than previous versions

Ive only noticed one bug, when using the the side scroll to go to contacts by letter, if i try to scroll all the way down to the end of my contacts, it does the bounce animation and half the screen (left) shows the end of my contact list and the other half (right) shows the beginning of my contact list starting at "A"
I dont have any "X", "Y", or "Z" contacts in my phone either so i dont know if that helps
thanks for making such an amazing piece of software.

Can we use the themes we made for the previous version, or do we have to start from scratch?
Love the app by the way!!

Wow.. loading time is nice now. I like it a lot (black theme). Looks much cleaner and more crisp.
Nice improvement!
Same buggies as already said in the topic, when using side scroll (a/z) and I select the z the screen seems to break up a bit. Also don't have Z in my phonebook.
And yeah, the B of 'Back' is a bit too far to the left, but that seems more like a skinning thingy.
Other than that it's working great so far!

syrguy1969 said:
Can we use the themes we made for the previous version, or do we have to start from scratch?
Love the app by the way!!
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If I understand correctly you have to start from scratch because a lot has changed for the skinning.
New skinning has much more options and can be much more customized as far as I know. Also has gradients done with color codes rather than images.
Haven't tried it out yet (the skinning) but this is what I've read here and there.

I thought I had seen that somewhere as well...that sucks, I just got to the point I made a couple skins I like (for me, that is quite the accomplishment LOL)!!!!

I have a suggestion to make it even faster for some cases.
It seems you do a lot more processing than necessary to activate the PocketCM window on launch if it's already open.
If PocketCM is already running, switching to PocketCM from a task manager is much quicker than launching the .exe again. So maybe you can optimize your launch code to look for an existing instance earlier in your code and active it if it's already running.

TalynOne said:
I have a suggestion to make it even faster for some cases.
It seems you do a lot more processing than necessary to activate the PocketCM window on launch if it's already open.
If PocketCM is already running, switching to PocketCM from a task manager is much quicker than launching the .exe again. So maybe you can optimize your launch code to look for an existing instance earlier in your code and active it if it's already running.
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It's already working like that.

Introducing the iCube

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I'm very happy to present the custom cube skin dreamt up and created by Musicman247 and myself…the iCube. Inspired by the user interface of the iPhone while understanding the amazingly small size of the Touch, the iCube interface blends both together to form a unique “cube” skin is both aesthetically and functionally pleasing.
Through modifications to the TouchFlo Cube made by Musicman247 the iCube utilizes a 4 line by 3 column format of icons and “4th Wall” for its launchers. This format provides slightly larger, more finger friendly icons than standard iPhone interfaces while at the same time providing a greater number of shortcuts than a standard 6 cube or Music’s original 8-icon cube mod. The use of a “chalkboard” icon set furthers the effort to give the iCube its own personality while the “flush” animation used for exiting/opening and shifting the cube gives homage to the iCube’s inspiration.
The following are examples of the iCube’s “flush” animations and the full cube in action.
Cube Rotation
Up/Down
Button Press
Currently, release 1.0 which should be out within the next few days, will feature a “stock” launcher as the “4th” wall, with each icon connecting to a stock HTC program. The second application launcher, the Custom Launcher, will be able to be edited using registry edits, as will the Media Launcher page. It will also feature the skinned Media and Contacts pages.
We will continue work on the iCube in coming weeks to make it more feature rich and user friendly. We currently have a wide range of ideas so definitely stay tuned for updates.
Finally, major thanks to Musicman247 who is truly the mind behind the iCube’s programming and creation. If not for his talents this would’ve never been more than a wild idea kicking through my mind. Huge props goes out to him.
We hope you all enjoy, feel free to ask any questions you have
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UPDATE 12/08: .Cab of Version 1.0 posted
UPDATE 12/12: .Cab of Version 1.10 (newest!) can be found posted on Post 4 of this thread

Greetings
man this looks just nice,
nice done,
where can i get this

I wrote Tene two months ago asking how I could use that animation from PocketCM to create something like this,but the iPhone twist is the ultimate in ingenuity. i'll be the first to scrap my cube for a settings page....

Edit 12-11-2007:Version 1.10 is now up. This includes the previous bug fix, plus adds the ability to change your icons on the 4th side through registry edits. This also allows the icon "blink animation" on the fourth side. BIG thanks to Kona_Mtbkr for making this possible! No un-install needed before installing this version.
Edit 12-10-2007: Version 1.01 is up. This fixes the bug where the File Explorer button would not work. you will find it attached to this post.
Edit: Icon pack is now up. All of these icons are already installed in the \My Documents\iCube\Icons directory, but I figured you'd like your own shot at them. Here they are, all 34 of them in BMP format, including a carbon fiber background so you can change the bottom icons as well.
here is a list of all icons included with the iCube CAB (no extra install needed, they're already there!). These are their acutal names, just add .brn after them, and _HL.brn for the highlighted versions. You'll also find the "hub" icons in there as well.
1. beam
2. calc
3. calendar
4. camera
5. clock
6. delete
7. dice
8. disc
9. discdown
10. excel
11. im
12. ipod
13. light
14. lock
15. mail
16. maps
17. money
18. nes
19. pages
20. pencil
21. phone
22. photos
23. reel
24. safari
25. search
26. settings
27. sms
28. stocks
29. tasks
30. terminal
31. tv
32. weather
33. word
34. wrench
[size=+1]Click Here If you have a GSM Touch[/size]

Verynice job guys looking for to have the cab....keep going!!!!

THANK YOU very cool job

Hi, quick question. To install this all I need to do is load the CAB onto the phone correct? I was reading all about the customization stuff and going in and deleting specific files (which I wasnt able to do) and all that stuff. I'd love to change some stuff on my cube but it seemed sort of complicated and just never took the time to sit down. Wondering if this will be a bit easier or will I have to do the same steps described in the customization thread.
Thanks!

I was just skimming through the today posts and happened to come across this awesome looking iCube of yours. I saw you mentioned the Touch is that all that this will work on or will it work on other phones?

Any news on when we can expect the CAB to be posted - really keen to give this a go?

lol
the cab! the cab ! the cab lol

cmon please we cannot wait
Hope within today!!!!L&P

iCube
by Musicman247 and Zyphlin
Please un-install any other Cube modifications you may have.
In this CAB:
QuickDial has been skinned to match the theme.
Media Hub
1. Windows Media
2. Sprint TV
3. YouTube
App Launcher
1. Slide2Unlock Pro.....File Explorer.....Programs Menu
2. AccuWeather.........YouTube.........Clock
3. MS Money 2006......Calculator.......SMS
4. IM........................Pocket IE.......Windows Media
2nd App Launcher
1. Comm Manager........Calendar...........Tasks
2. Word Mobile............Excel Mobile.......Notes
3. Camera..................Camera Album....Live Search (updated version)
4. Mail.......................Pocket IE..........Windows Media
Here are the programs needed to make every button work as well as where you can download them (Install them to your device):
Slide2Unlock Pro: http://slide2unlockpro.spaces.live.com/
MS Money 2006 for Mobile: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...65-42f5-4dca-b301-9f05a8583692&DisplayLang=en
Have fun!

Fantastically well composed! Thank you for your efforts.

Hi,
Just installed it and it looks great! couple questions. How do I set the buttons to go to places I want.. like Sprint TV (which I dont have) to go somewhere else.. back to the preset videos and other buttons too. How do I get into the registry to change these?
Also, in the slide 2 unlock program how can I change the background to match my background on my phone. I read it somewhere before but I cant seem to find it. I did check around so.. any help would be appretiated.

grreat
man o man works like a hookers shoes. i had the 4 page cube previously i did not uninstall anything works good great work

Hi guys no way to get it works on qtek 9000?????

I installed the CAB , then what? How to start this?

@nofate
The install the programm directly over the old one. So try the normal finger tips to show the cube. The new one should appear then.
@Zyphlin
After installing the cab i could open the new icube. But the site where the commmanager etc. is is still the old one! Only the one with sprint tv (which i don´t have) and the favorite contacs changed...

I think I must be doing something wrong, I downloaded and synced the cab file. Then I opened it, pointed it to install it on the card as there is not enough room on the device (even though I removed everything except tcpmg and full screen kbd!) and it still tries to install on device, then fails.......Help!

Tried it on the HTC Touch Dual..
Tried it on the HTC Touch Dual and it didnt work???? Installed fine and seemed to run but the transition didnt work and the icons were missing and it appeared that most of the graphics were mis-aligned.... Sigh.... still waiting for a Touch Dual Forum but will keep trying "other" stuff in the mean time..

Remote Touch Delta 2.0: Quickest remote control + File Transfer app.

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For all the latest news & details check out
http://t2remotetouch.blogspot.com/
The quickest remote control application to control your computer using your Windows Mobile phone. Really easy to use, powerful and free. Designed with touch screen in mind.
Send and Receive files from your PC and mobile while using Remote Touch. It works in a way that you can Send, Receive and control your PC all at the same time (i.e really fast) !!
There are Click Mode, Overview Mode, Scroll Mode and D-pad for easy navigation.
How does it work ? See it in action.
You Tube Video: Remote Touch Delta Feature Walk-through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAc-ZEiv6w
You Tube Video: Using Remote Touch Keyboard Maker to create your own keyboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8jbt5TQULM
A step by step guide to installing remote touch here:
Installing Remote Touch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8aR-XIyFQ
# Delta v2.0
* On Screen Display (OSD).
* Internet Browser Osd.
* Configurable Keyboard (Create your own Remote Keyboard !).
* Click Mode Osd.
* Scroll Mode Osd.
* Overview Mode Osd.
* Notification Bar.
* Improved Zoom Quality.
* Keyboard Preview.
* HW Keyboard Support (Updated 11.05.09).
Gamma v1.3 Updates:
+ Proper WM5 Support.
+ Change profiles/quality settings on-the-fly.
+ Faster Landscape / Portrait Rotation.
+ Better Minimize Functionality.
+ No longer Always-on-top.
+ Installs for all Users.
Gamma v1.2 Updates:
+ Landscape + Portrait Orientation support.
+ Minimize Remote Touch. (Only works on some mobiles atm.)
+ Massive Remote Touch Keyboard Upgrade.
+ Scroll Mode Architecture Overhaul.
+ Dual Monitor Support.
+ Improved UI.
+ Various Bug Fixes (Full Screen etc).
+ Removed Feature: HW Keyboard Support.
(Commercial Version also available now.)
Gamma v1.1 Updates:
+ Color scroll mode.
+ Multiple Server Profiles.
+ Start up loading screen.
+ View layers (like Windows Sidebar in vista).
+ Bug Fixes
Gamma v1.0 Updates:
+ File & Clipboard transfer between mobile & PC.
+ Schedule transfer from your PC.
+ D-pad navigation.
+ Hardware keyboard support.
+ Bug Fixes.
Beta2 Updates:
+ Fixed memory usage. Works well now on high resolution phones like HTC Diamond, Touch HD.
+ Use either IP Address (e.g. 1.2.3.4) or DNS Name (e.g johnsmith.no-ip.biz) in the Remote Touch on your Windows mobile.
+ Improved keyboard functionality.
Requirements:
+ Windows Mobile Pocket PC
+ Windows Computer to control.
+ Wifi or internet connection.
Remote Touch is free, but if you like the software and use it, why not donate something ?

Woah!!!
Impressive!!!

my feeback:
when i run the program for the first time it's not full screen for the top and i need to press (Home) button so the program goes to the background and call itself again to work properly
anyway i liked it and i think with some more developing it'll be fantastic!
keep up the good work!
Prof.Kamil

I have to say man. I'm very impressed. You've managed to do what LogMeIn has been doing commerically. I love that it's free. I for one love the functionality, it is not that attractive in my opinion, but the functionality matters more. I'll be keeping this app.
Kraize
P.S I like your music choice

Cool! I did something similar with Omnipresence a while ago (check my signature), but got bored with it, as I do with many of my other projects. I actually mean to open source that code as a reference to other developers. Cool stuff nonetheless!
Edit:
What sort of compression algorithms are you using? Are you just sending raw frame buffers, or sending PNGs in sequence? Are you sending the entire screen, or just the portion being viewed?

Remote Touch is my first app for my first WiMo phone.
I made it as I couldn't find anything free that was
fast (fast = quick start up, quick to control). I use it mainly
to control my PC attached to my plasma when watching movies or
listening to music. Also for transferring music across from
my PC without having to connect my HTC Touch every time (so annoying !).
It's a work in progress ... will fix them over time.
@Koush:
I use an algorithm similar to deflate - my own though.
Can definitely improve on it ...

great application indeed...

yeah i was looking for something like this! thanks a lot!

*Add to subscription*
definitely a nice app! keep up the good work m8!

download link from the website is blocked on my ISP. could you upload it to rapidshare?

Have no menu. pressing home button kills the app, and can't run it again hope SR will help

Kainous said:
download link from the website is blocked on my ISP. could you upload it to rapidshare?
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I've used mediafire for sharing as well. (I'm not a fan of rapidshare).
Can you go back to my website and try again ?
http://t2remotetouch.blogspot.com/

koven said:
Have no menu. pressing home button kills the app, and can't run it again hope SR will help
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Can you email me details of your phone ? ([email protected])
I have a feeling the reason you couldn't run it again (or seemed like it) was the old instance was still possibly running on your phone and the new instance was trying to connect but the server was still connected to the old instance.

killed the instance and no go either.
made a SR and now working but without the menu - home button helps

Color me impressed!
I've used LogMeIn, RemoteDesktop, etc. to control a desktop from my mobile device and they work, but this just seems a bit faster all around than the others (which I know was the point *grin*).
I tested it connected directly to my PC which of course was fast, but it's very usable over a 3G internet connection as well.
There are certainly bugs to be worked out and refinements to be made, but I'll be following the development closely. Luckily the bug where you get no menu bar isn't a show stopper for me as I have a "home" hardware button that for some reason always fixes the missing menu bar. I'll send in some feature requests to the email address listed.
Thanks for your work on this!

Nice but doesnt work in landscape on my Samsung Omnia and in portrait the image looks a bit squeezed.

Yeah it doesn't work right in landscape mode which is honestly the best way to see more of the screen IMO.
The looking squeezed problem seems to be related to the fact that you aren't able to select what you view using any sort of set aspect ratio so if you select a long rectangle then it squeezes that region to fit your mobile screen. I suppose that could be useful at times, but I feel we need an option to select a rectangle that already matches the aspect ratio of our mobile screen so what we view may be zoomed, but never has to be distorted (squeezed or stretched.)

another problem. I can connect using cable but when I try wifi with 192..... or www. (dyndns) the best I can get is black screen (it connects but I can't see the desktop). I've setup my router to leave proper port open but no go. any ideas?

Aspect Ratio.
AlienHairball said:
Yeah it doesn't work right in landscape mode which is honestly the best way to see more of the screen IMO.
The looking squeezed problem seems to be related to the fact that you aren't able to select what you view using any sort of set aspect ratio so if you select a long rectangle then it squeezes that region to fit your mobile screen. I suppose that could be useful at times, but I feel we need an option to select a rectangle that already matches the aspect ratio of our mobile screen so what we view may be zoomed, but never has to be distorted (squeezed or stretched.)
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Actually, Remote touch tries to remember the aspect ratio across sessions, which was something I really wanted, so if I zoomed in on something and reconnected, I'd be looking at the same thing and the same zoom level.
To fix the problem your talking about, goto Menu > Reset and it will bring the aspect ratio back to 1:1 with your screen (so useful when you go to landscape mode).

koven said:
another problem. I can connect using cable but when I try wifi with 192..... or www. (dyndns) the best I can get is black screen (it connects but I can't see the desktop). I've setup my router to leave proper port open but no go. any ideas?
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I'm thinking the problem is related to something another person had similar issues with:
http://t2remotetouch.blogspot.com/2008/11/workaround-issue-remote-touch-doesnt.html
Let me know how it goes ...

30-01-2009: 0.0.2.45 Mobillityflow Touch-Shell Beta testing

Hello,
I'm following the beta's off the release from Mobillityflow Touch-Shell.
More info: http://www.touch-shell.com/beta
I'm testing this all on my HTC Kaiser (Tytn II) with WM 6.1.
It has a slide-out keyboard, so that explains the screenshots (portrait & landscape)
They release the one beta after the other but don't update what has been changed.
I posted in an other post a review how i thinked about the program with screenshots and they liked my review:
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412823).
So i got a free copy!
Because off that i want to follow the beta's more. I started this new post so i can manage the first posts and it's easier to follow the updates for you guys.
For now there are my older reviews in the #2, #3 & #4 post, please tell me what i could test and what you want to see changed in the program (the developers will read it to!)
If there are enough people enjoying, giving feedback, etc. I'll update this post more and more.
It's a bit messy for now
Ow, don't forget to fill in the poll!

Tested on 2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta
Today i tought again about this program and installed the new beta.
They don't say what the diffirent is, they just uploaded it.
2009-01-22 Version 0.0.2.28 beta:
Changes I notifced:
It corrected displayed now all the tabs when switching from portrait tot landscape (unlike in earlier versions, see post #22). I do this by sliding out my keyboard on my Kaiser.
BUT when removing to much tabs, it shows something off the last page (see what I marked red in screenshot 7 & 8)
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- The music tab seems to function, i miss the buttons repeat and shuffle, but that's all. First time you press play or something else on the page it will load Windows Media Player.
- Everything seems to work smoother (switching to pages, clock animation, weather animation, etc...).
Touch Shell uses 3.3 MB memory on my Kaiser without Windows Media Player playing. With Windows Media Player it uses 3.5 MB
Everything was slowing down when playing music, but i noticed that Windows Media Playser used 33.6 MB (!), so i killed it and everything worked normal again.
I will test this more (I don't think this has anything to do with Touch-Shell).

Older beta test 1/2
1/2
I used many different Today Shells (spb, m2d, m3d, ultimatelaunch, touch-commander, etc.)
Touch-commander was great, but was to simple for me.
What I think is about Touch-Shell (tested it with M2d shutted down):
- It's a program, not a plugin.
- Nice lay-out on my Tytn II (320x240)
BUT when i turn it to landscape by sliding my keyboard out (240x320) sadly enough it doesn't re-allign.
Screenshots:
- The Weather page looks great, many chooses (accuweather & gismeteo) and great graphics.
--- Continued at next post (i may only post 4 images) ---

older beta test 2/2
2/2
- The launcher and contact page are both the same (you can add contacts and programs whatever you want). Disadvantage: one click call, so no link to the contact to choose call or sms, but 1 click calling.
- Music page is just a link to Windows Media player, nothing more!
I was playing music in the background, but you can't see it in the screenshot.
So I think (and hope) it's developing. Support for coreplayer, TCMP, etc.?
- The plugin page, is just 1 page where you can add plugins (hope there will come more support. Like plugins below the clock or something).
- The lowest "menu" where you can choose wich page you wanna go isn't as great as m2d but works fast.
- Choose to close pages you don't use (see plugin page, there i've left the close button)
- Choose the start page (after booting, wake-up)
- Much options if you compare it with m2d: Very short most off the options (hope it will be more)
-Load on Windows start
-Home page: 12/24 hours clock, blinking every 1-5 seconds on or off. Date format (dddd dd MMMM yyy for exapmle)
-Weather page: choose all the citys from AccuWeather or GisMeteo. Units. Connection, choose wich one to use, or default. Auto update interval, show or don't show connection status balloon.
-Plugins page: wich plugins and move them up and down
-Choose wich page is the start page and when to display it (device wakup, device idle for...)
-Switch page visual effect: Horizontal Slide, Page Turn, Rotation and choose a background color
I think it will be a great program, i've played a couple of hours with it.
It is to much beta to say anything really good or really bad about it.
Hope you enjoyed my review (feedback is welcome...)
You can ask questions, the program will stay a couple off days (15?) on my phone .

does it support square screen?

I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...

garsim said:
does it support square screen?
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It should support it. Not sure about it.
If you could test it and report it in this threat it will be great
Omnia (WVGA) is not supported as i readed it from 2 "testers".
madan26 said:
I have installed Touch Shell on my Wizard and is working fine. But it needs to be activated. Please let me know the activation key...
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man you're on the wrong site...

works with vga?

I´ve copied some post from the original post:
BUT, that was before the newer betas come out.
Before it doesn't reallign on my Kaiser (from portrait to landscape), now it does. That does mean that the application probaly is "streched" to the screen where it was before just 240x320 and nothing else.
The best thing you could do is test, make screenshots and post it back here
Answer is short: probaly it does, not sure, test it yourself please.
gbertoli said:
- about 3 weeks ago:
Anyone tried Touch-Shell on a Palm Treo pro?
It doesn't fill out the 320x320 screen, keeps you from locking the screen unless you exit T-S.
Any fixes out here for these issues?
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mchapman007 said:
in 2008:
Touch Shell does not work on VGA devices which is a let down for me. Or at least it's not working on my Fuze... I did however test it out on my wifes Tilt and it only seemed to be a glorified Touch Commander.
I was highly looking forward to this so I hope future versions become more robust like TF3D. I know it's early beta so I still have high hopes.
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thank you
i'm waiting for a new release

Touch-Shell v0.0.2.46 is out still not fix the animate weather on HTC Touch and little slow on respond.

I was a big fan of Touch Commander and made many skins for it. Now since getting a Fuze and having TF3D, Touch Shell seems too far behind and is no comparison. It may have taken too long to get Touch Shell going and people might have moved on. (Just my opinion with no facts to back it up)
With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..

mchapman007 said:
With the popularity of the Touch Pro / Fuze / Diamond / Touch HD, all with TF3D included, can TS compete? I'll still support them and will most likely purchase when there is a full VGA release and crank out some skins..
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VGA has been supported for weeks now ( not sure about official though). I used it on my Diamond but it's still not quite up to speed and is still a little buggy so I again uninstalled it.
Also, TS CAN compete in one way to TF3D. I offers something that TF3D does not: a complete Today Plugin tab within the shell that exactly mimics the traditional Today screen. That one feature sets it apart from any other shell I've used.

garsim said:
does it support square screen?
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Yes, it is .
But You should to replace original "Skin_landscape.xml" with modiffied by me.
On my i780 works fine.

New Blackstone User - few q's

Hi Guys,
I've just got a HTC Touch HD. I've got a few questions.
1. With HTC Interface disabled, on the normal start menu there is a gap at the top, I'm wondering how I can get rid of this
2. The font on the start menu is too big and other menus too, any way to change this via registry? and also the font on dropdown (well drop up) Menus.
3. Any way to get the default windows 6.1 style volume control instead of the HTC One?
4. Getting rid of the HTC Style input selection and replacing with normal windows type.
5. Is there anyway to get the "New" menu on the Today Screen on WM6.1, pretty sure i've had it on other wm6 phones
6. Is there any "must do" tweaks on this device to improve performance and functionality, I've found that it's not much more responsive/fast as my old HTC Himalaya using the classic WM6.1 Screen. Photos seem to zoom in quite jerky on the Touchflo interface etc, just expected a bit more from this quite new device, and the game "Teeter" also seems a bit slow, would have thought the 500mhz processor would be more than enough to play it smoothly, seems the only device that I've seen play it smoothly is the 1.2ghz HD2. Also a HTC HD Fake I had, with a Marvell Monohans chip ran much faster.
7. How Can i Change the fronts on the today screen to the normal type, I have put Clearview off but it's still the "calibri" type font, wondering how to change
to the normal font like this :
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
8.
Also I'm having a problem with my GPS, my program cant detect it, the program I'm using is called GPS Performance it cant connect to the GPS.
In the "External GPS" Option, what settings should be selected on the Programs port, hardware port, Baud rate and should I use the "Manage gps automatically" checkbox. I find that It doesn't let me change the Hardware port, it's set to none.
Thanks guys, P.S I've read the FAQ's before posting.

1. the gap at the top of the start menu will eventually fill up with your recently used programs in big icon style.
2. the font size can be changed with HDTweak, a must have program for the blackstone
3. if you on't like it at all, you can look up a rom that does not have it, or install another volume control, and then uninstall it again, that way, it should revert to windows mobile standard, and not htc standard.
4. have a look into input options, afaik the stock rom still comes with all the classic input options like keyboard, block recognizer, transcriber...
5. what menu exactly, describe a little more or make a screenshot.
6. the blackstone by default has 528mhz, the leo has 1ghz, and if even teeter does not run smoothly, you might want to perform a hard reset or have a look which rom is installed and change that, either to the latest stock rom or to a cooked rom. that behaviour is not normal
7. you can change fonts by putting new fonts in the windows\fonts\ folder and use a tweak app to apply them (i'm not sure, whether they all have fonts options though)
8. the external gps option, as the name points out, is for the use with an external gps receiver, which would be connected via bluetooth. it has nothing to do with the internal one. all programs that use the gps should have the option "gps managed by windows" or "internal gps". using that setting you have to do nothing more to set up gps. for instance: i use gps in manila, google maps, klicktel and navigon mobile navigator. manila and klicktel didn't need any gps settings, in google maps you just need to activate "use gps" and in navigon, where there are detailed gps settings for all kinds of devices, i just set "let windows manage my gps". you never have to set a com port, baud rate... if you are asked for those settings, you picked the wrong option in the first place.
no offense, but let me ask you a question: i know we talked before, about the classic wm6.1 home screen. these are many questions that are very special and all revolve around the basic interface of winmo. do you really need every single thing to be exactly like with old devices like the himalaya? windows mobile was developed further than that and most of the development is a good thing. for one thing, winmo distanced itself a bit from being a pda to becoming a phone, that could be used for fun as well and it has become finger-friendly. castrating this wonderful finger-friendly phone to becoming a mid-2000's pda, with the need for stylus control and an ugly interface does not make sense to me. i had a blueangel and a universal for years, and i know the pda feeling from all the time i used them with stock wm2003se (and stock wm5 respectively). then i got bored and tried cooked roms, and in the end, when i knew, the devices are too weak and lack a lot of hardware features (g-sensor, gps, ambient light sensor, stylus sensor, 3.5g, proper camera...), i decided to get myself a blackstone, and basicly, after a few minutes of getting used to it, i am happy about all the change, that's why i bought a new phone.
so why did you buy a new phone, to castrate it to behave just like a very old phone?

Hi Tony,
1. Thanks, I just noticed that it fills up with recent programs, anyway to remove this Gap though, it is useful for some people but I don't have much use for it
2. Thanks, Will try that out
5. I want to get this menu at the bottom :
6. Yeah I would think that 528mhz is enough to run Teeter as smooth as possible but on the HD2 its much smoother, I wouldn't think that game would require a very fast processor, I don't know if the Drivers for rendering graphics are bad on some of the Blackstone ROMS? or would it be the Teeter game itself? Anyone found a way to smoothen it up. I don't know if it's true but I've been reading lots of info saying Qualcomm Chipsets are junk for Video/Graphics.
As for the responsiveness of General usage, I don't know if the stock ROM is somewhat a bottleneck.
7. Thanks will try that
8. Ok, I had that set to Automatic, my program asks me which Port and Baud rate? What should I select, I went through all the Ports and it cant connect, I guess it might be a problem with the program, I'll see if the GPS Apps pick it up.
Also I might ask on this thread instead of starting a new one, my computer keeps telling me that I need Flash Player 8 to run the Getting Started disk, but I have already installed flash player and it still asks, other people have had this problem too. I've got Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Really, I am not a fan of Flashy interfaces with clouds descending and vibrating storms to tell me what the weather is, HD tried to copy Apple, but the Touchflo interface is often slow, buggy and non responsive, it's better in the Leo but on Blackstone it's somewhat problematic. I'm just used to the old Pocket PC's wtih the old Interface. The only reason I bought a Blackstone was for a higher res screen, better camera and Wifi
Another question - I've noticed the Blackstone seems to have no dedicated graphics/video accelerator that Coreplayer can support, so the Video playback is pretty appalling for a device named "HD". I have a video that isn't even the resolution of the screen of the HD and it only benchmarks at about 75% playback speed.
Is there any drivers that can make use of the MSM Chipset to give good video performance? I don't know but I thought the predecessor HTC Diamond had a 3D Accelerator. I'm not at all keen on converting every single episode on my computer using the Application for video playback on the HD that is out, so any chance to improve playback on the HD with coreplayer? Again coming from a person who had a Himalaya, it had an ATI Imageon chip that coreplayer supported.

kidcash said:
5. I want to get this menu at the bottom
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here dude
Rn