Iphone Keyboard for Pocket pc

Here we go, iPhone for PPC keyboard. U can type with one finger.Goodbye Resco.




Install on the device main memory, NOT in other storages!

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STEP 1
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STEP 2

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Resco Explorer 2007 for Pocket Pc

Overview:

Besides being an easy and well arranged file manager with advanced functions, Resco Explorer 2007 offers dozens of other features, including encryption, ability to map a drive,

Today Plugin

Why is it useful to install the Resco Today Plugin ?Check your battery status and the free storage/memory directly on the Today screen.

Launch your favorite applications and documents with a single tap.Browse the storage card with a single tap.Manage running applications with Task ManagerGet the detailed storage properties.

Use arrows for smart movementAdditional skins ...

The File Manager

The File Manager is the HEART of the Explorer 2007.

It is stable and efficient and it provides the most comfortable way for file operations such as copying, moving, deleting, renaming, etc., including speed measuring.

It is great when you need to quickly search for files or file content. It speeds-up your work by using the Favorites folders. The system info keeps you informed about your system resources usage at all times.

With File Types Highlighting you will never oversee important file type.

Customizable keyboard shortcuts ensure you can run favourite features by pressing a single button. Customizable startup folder ensures you will immedately start in a folder you really want to.

Recycle Bin

MUCH MORE

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Pocket Mechanic Professional for Pocket pc

Overview:

The leading Windows Mobile maintenance utility and Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards Finalist - Pocket Mechanic Professional will keep your device in perfect shape with a robust arsenal of powerful maintenance tools.

With Pocket Mechanic Professional you can:

Optimize your device for peak performance

Detect and repair common problems

Relocate data and installed applications to storage cards

Increase free memoryFormat, defragment, scan and repair storage cards

DOWNLOAD HERE::

http://www.mediafire.com/?8zmgngjww40

All New pocket Weather for Pocket pc

PocketWeather - Weather ForecastGet weather reports to your Pocket PC device!

Introducing both a Today screen plug-in and the new WeatherConsole!

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SPB Weather for Pocket pc

Requirements: Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC

Overview: Spb Weather is a powerful weather Today plug-in. You can customize weather views, skins and weather sources. You can save your Today screen space running Spb Weather as a tab of Spb Pocket Plus 2.5.

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Cool M-CALC for pocket pc

mCalc is a "floating" scalable calculator combining a standard calculator and functions of Tax calculation and Currency Conversion. With mCalc you can perfom calculations "on the fly" over the active application! When you are finished with the calculation, you are back to your application with just one tap. mCalc icon in Command Bar makes mCalc easily accessible as never before!

Features:*

1. Standard operations: +, -, x, /,square root, percents, sign change,backspace*
2. Standard memory functions: M+, M-* TAX functions: Tax+, Tax-, Tax amount*
3. Copy and Paste between display and clipboard* Currency Exchange functions*
4. Two appearance options, "large" and "small"* Usual mode and fast access mode (mCalc icon is placed in the Command Bar)*
5. "Always On Top" mode

After installation, the mCalc icon will appear in the lower right corner of the screen near to the keyboard sign. This useful function lets you make the calculator accessible from any application, which doesn't work in full-screen mode. For example, working in Pocket Excel, you can make calculations "on the fly" and, using Copy/Paste functions, insert results from mCalc directly to the table and the other way round. With scaling buttons you can set a convenient size of mCalc on your screen. The results of calculations can be inserted directly into external applications, which support Copy/Paste function. To do it, place the stylus on the calculator's display and hold it there for some time (tap and hold operation).


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MS OFFICE 2007 FOR POCKET PC

Office Mobile for Windows Mobile

This inlcude Excel Mobile, Power Point Mobile, Word Mobile and OneNote Mobile

Suport now files generated on Microsoft Office 2007 (PC)

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FLAH PLAYER for POCKET PC

Distribute and play rich Flash content on Pocket PC devices

What is Flash Player 7 For Pocket PC?
Pocket PC is a popular platform for mobile devices that supports a wide range of multimedia features. Flash Player 7 for Pocket PC enables developers and publishers to quickly and easily deploy rich interactive Flash content and applications for Windows Mobile 5 and Pocket PC 2003 devices. Developers can view Flash content within Pocket IE or full-screen using third-party software, or deploy stand-alone Flash applications, which requires the Distribution Kit.

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TOUCH MP3 Player for POCKET PC

Product Description:

This MP3 Player you can operate with your fingers. All Elements are extra big arranged. It was worth put on a simple operation: File/Folder choose > musicfile and/or List is played.

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HIDE SMS in POCKET PC

Requirements: ALL , WM200x
Overview: This program helps to prevent disclosure of private SMS messages.It uses user-defined set of rules to move messages to the private protected storage.
This program helps to prevent disclosure of private SMS messages.It uses user-defined set of rules to move messages to the private protected storage. When such message arrives, no sign of new message appears on your device. These messages can be only read by using SecretSMS program. It can be protected by password. You can as well reply to a message and create new one, thus privately store all correspondence with certain persons.
Available Settings

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Backup SMS or Messeges For Pocket Pc

Enjoy This amazing release

Now Backup your SMS in your storage card

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MEDIA CENTER for POCKET PC

The TV is without doubts one of the main functions of this application, in it will more than count to 100 accesses the canals of the most varied géneros and languages, to usufruct of this function and recommended to one ligacao or WiFi or 3G,

PocketPT.net not pára, and has one more time the pleasure to present and to disponibilizar gratuitously plus an application for terminals Windows Mobile.
to this time it dealt with an application that goes to congregate all the potentialities multimédi.a of a Pocket PC, in a solution that will go to extend all the experience multimedi.a.
Flame if PPT Media Center and were developed with a clear proximity and inspiration with the Windows Media Center that exists for PC.


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RESCO MEDIA SUITE 6 for POCKET PC

Requirements: Windows Mobile 2003 or Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC device

Turn your Pocket PC into a Digital Photo Album. Resco Picture Viewer has ability to quickly display images of file formats: RAB, BMP, 2BP, JPG, JPE, JPEG, GIF, PCX, PCD, TIF, TIFF.
Action button, or stylus manipulation, zoom, rotation, slide show and many other fantastic features make this product #1 in its field

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player for internet streaming radio broadcasting in MP3 or Ogg Vorbis format


It is a powerful file management utility for your Pocket PC. It implements all standard features such as file/folder manipulation. Thus, you can copy, move or delete files, create folders, run programs with arguments, and search for files or folders.

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CORE PLAYER for POCKET PC

CorePlayer 1.1.1 build 1600

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Real Player for POCKET PC

HIGHEST QUALITY MEDIA — ANYWHERE YOU GO

These days, everyone is on the go. And they want to take their media with them. Real is making this a reality with RealPlayer. By using RealPlayer, consumers can access* streaming or download content via wireless LANs and next generation mobile networks, or simply by synching* content to their device using RealPlayer on the PC. It’s easy and it’s mobile.

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Torrent Client on Pocket pc

• 
  
• Overview: WinMobile Torrent is an advanced yet easy-to-use BitTorrent client for Windows Mobile. It allows you to create, leech and/or seed torrent files from within the Application.

Create torrent in the application (v.2.1)•

Selective download to only download files that matter to you (v.2.1)

Multiple trackers supported (v.2.1)

Unique User interface that facilitates single-handed operation for WM 5.0 devices (v.2.1)

Speed setup guide that provides default setting for the most effective performance (v.2.1)

Create torrent wizard that enables you to create torrent from your mobile device (v.2.1) Torrent URL download(v.2.1)

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all-in-one MSN®, AIM®, Yahoo!®, ICQ® & GoogleTalk® Messenger for pocket pc

gile Messenger is the most feature rich and user friendly all-in-one MSN®, AIM®, Yahoo!®, ICQ® & GoogleTalk® instant messaging client for your mobile phone!

This application required a server to calculate the connection packets. Only AIM, ICQ, and MSN work right now, but I am working on implementing the required yahoo server files. Once I upload the yahoo files, it should work right away, there will be no need to re-download the crack. Currently if you try to connect to yahoo, you will get a prompt that tells you 'this protocol hasn't been cracked yet'.

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all-in-one MSN®, AIM®, Yahoo!®, ICQ® & GoogleTalk®

Live Messenger For Pocket pc

Windows Live for Mobile v10.6.0030.2100

Windows Live for Windows Mobile includes:

Integrated contact list (Windows Live and phone contacts) and option to not sync contacts

Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Mail Access to Windows Live Spaces (and capability to upload photos on some devices)

Windows Live Search (web search, location based search, etc.)

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PDA TO WEB CAMERA

WebCamera Plus key features:

Transforms your PDA or Smartphone to high-resolution web-camera.

Can work through any connection: USB ActiveSync, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G, LAN.

Compatible with almost all modern Smartphones and PDAs.

Can be used as web-camera in many programs: Skype, MSN Messager, Yahoo Messager, Virtual Dub and many others.

Can capture device screen and transmit video to Desktop PC.You can download WebCamera Plus here.

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Windows mobile Streaming

PocketStreamer DELUXE

Requirements: Pocket PC 2003, 2002, 2000 and Windows Mobile 5. Pocket PC needs to have internet access. Some channels require high internet speed.

Overview: Energize your Pocket PC with LIVE streaming TV, radio, music, news, short movies and weather. Have a live entertainment center right in your hands!

1. Main Features: *
2. Live music, TVs, weather, news, radio and short movies from anywhere at anytime! *
3. Your favorite music including Jazz, Rock, Blues, 80s, Classical, Latin, Contemporary, Country and more.. *
4. Listen to the latest headline news, market commentary and sports teams and comedy including include CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, comedy and talk shows. *
5. Regional, national weather and forecast and local weather of your coming vacation or business trip. *
6. Watch CNN, BBC TV right from your hand. Enjoy of latest headline news, financial market updates, entertainment and more. * Enjoy short movies on a long journey or a trip home. *
7. Got your own mp3 collection and favorite web streaming sites? Create your personal favorites directly from PocketStreamer. *
8. Intuitive interface with easy toggle of multiple views. *
9. NO subscription required!

More Info:

http://www.pocketmedialive.com/contents/software/pocketstreamerDeluxe.htm

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CoolCamera for windows mobile

ATEKsoft CoolCamera - the best program to take pictures and video on PDA-phones like I-mate JAM, MDA Compact, QTEK S100/S110, O2 XDA mini, Orange SPV M500, Dopod 818, O2 Xda IIi, Dopod 699, I-Mate PDA2, Qtek 2020i and Smartphones Qtek 8300, Qtek 8310, I-mate SP5, I-mate SP5m.

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VITO AudioNotes is the fast and easy tool

Summary :


VITO AudioNotes is the fast and easy tool to record phone calls, voice notes, lectures, interviews, etc.

VITO AudioNotes is the easiest way to record notes, lectures, etc to your Pocket PC / Smartphone. Create your personal voice notes just on the go “ VITO AudioNotes has everything you need for this. With this application you will never lose yourself in heaps of recording formats wondering which is better. VITO AudioNote is quick and intuitive. Store your important information as notes instead of endless stylus tapping (or buttons pressing).

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Spb Phone Suite Full version

Current version: 1.1

Release date: Jun 19, 2007

Download size: 1.67 MBSize on device: 2.5 MBRequirements:

Windows Mobile 5 Phone Edition or Windows Mobile 6 Professional

Summary Spb Phone Suite is a collection of all phone features you missed in Windows Mobile. These are features like profiles, call filtering, missed call notifications, reject and reply with SMS, etc.

1. Features*
2. Profiles*
3. Missed call notifications*
4. Unread SMS notifications*
5. Call filtering* Reject & reply with SMS*
6. Photo speed dial* Photos in call log*
7. Wireless manager*
8. Automatic profile*
9. Wireless settings in profiles*
10. Customizable Today plug-in

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Call SMS Blocker

Requirements: WM2003 Phone edition; WM2003SE Phone edition; WM5 Phone edition Overview: Application to create blacklist/whitelist to block incoming calls and sms.

Features:

no notification on device;
action for calls to block:
hangup, pickup/hangup, mute and optionally reply with sms;
action for sms to block: move to 'waste basket', move to 'blocked', reject, hide and optionally reply with sms;
read pocket's contacts, sim contacts and call history;
icon in tray to fast access;
notifications optionally on blocked items;
Integration on pocket outlook contacts, call history and today plugin;
english, italian language;

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Full version SPB Backup

SPB Backup v1.6.1Requirements: Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0 or Windows Mobile 6.0Overview: (2007-05-25) Spb Backup is an application for creating reserve copies of data on your Pocket PC.

It creates self-extracting compressed executables, thus making backup and restore processes very simple and intuitive. Backup scheduling supported.

• Features* Storage card backup*
• Customizable file restoration*
• Scheduled backups*
• Self-extracting executable backup files*
• Full and custom backups*
• Backup file compression* Backup file encryption*
• Desktop PC unpack tool*

Version 1.6.1 (May 25, 2007):

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Backup your contacts

Backup your contacts and other related stuffs (newly added feature)

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Software: BluePhoneElite

So today while I was perusing The Apple Blog I read in one of the comments about an application, BluePhoneElite, for OS X that takes advantage of both your phone's and computer's blue tooth connection by integrating your phone with your computer applications. It can do things like pause iTunes or DVD player when an incoming call or SMS message is received, or you can even iChat to respond to an SMS message.

One of the interesting features was "proximity behaviors" which were described as:

"BluePhoneElite can detect when your phone enters and exits range of your computer, even when the phone is disconnected. BluePhoneElite can start and stop the screen saver or pause and un-pause iTunes and DVD Player. It can even set your iChat away message or run a custom AppleScript!"

I wouldn't mind my computer waking up from sleep when I walked into the room and even launching Firefox or something. I'm sure the proximity feature can be used in a lot of interesting ways depending on the creativity of the user (Please post your ideas to comments).

I'm not sure if it's worth the $20 price tag yet, but I'm giving it a whirl. I'm always up for trying novelty products like this and don't mind throwing down a bit of cash for them.

BluePhoneElite can be downloaded here.

Quick Tip: Record Short Movie Clips Without Ripping a Whole DVD

For work I often have to record one to two minute movie clips to use in presentations. It's way too time consuming to record the whole DVD then import it into iMovie, clip the section I need, and then re-encode it.

Instead, I use a program called Snapz Pro X. Snapz "allows you to effortlessly record anything on your screen, saving it as a Quicktime movie or screenshot that can be emailed, put up on the web, or passed around however you please."

The user interface is intuitive and it only took me about five minutes to figure out how to record my movie. To get movie clips I load up DVD player and set the video to "half size." I then start Snapz (note that command+shift+3 opens snapz once the program is launched) and select "movie." Under movie I use the following settings:

With the selection style set to normal you can simple resize the box to whatever you want (I drag my box so it fits over the dvd menu). Two interesting features that can be selected here are the ability to record a microphone track and the ability of having the cursor visible. These features would be highlighted if you wanted to record a screencast (a movie of you doing something and explaining what you are doing) which you can later post on a website or send to a friend.

After you are all cued up with your movie and ready to start recording simply hit enter in Snapz from the "movie settings" screen. A pop up box will appear asking what you want to call your movie. Once you name it and hit enter Snapz begins recording whatever is on your screen. To end your recording simply hit command+shift+3. Another pop up window will appear asking if you want to delete or save your movie. If you decide to save it you can set your video settings here.

Snapz is definately worth the money and can be used for much more than simply recording dvd clips and screencasts.

Quick Tip: Run Easily Commands and Snippets When You Don't Know the Keyboard Shortcuts

Whenever I start playing with a new bundle in Textmate, I find myself using the Bundles context menu a lot because I don't yet know the keyboard shortcuts. Two other quick ways to run bundle commands and snippets are useful in this case: first, if you think you know the bundle item name, you can press

^ ⌘ T

and start typing the name of the command and Textmate will autocomplete it. If you don't know the bundle item name, you can use the gear menu at the bottom of the window to look through the items in the bundle you're currently using. I knew there was a shortcut for this, but always forgot it, so I looked it up today.

^ esc

will open the gear menu. I'll be using this one alot.

Top ten Firefox Keyboard Shorcuts

1. 
   ⌘ + l = focus address bar
2. ⌘ + d = bookmark current page
   ⌘ + k = focus google search bar
3. ⌘ + f = find
4. ⌘ + g = find next
5. ⌘ + t = new tab
6. ⌘ + w = close current tab
7. ⌘ + shift + t = reopen accidentally closed tab (Best one ever!)
   crtl + tab = tab through tabs crtl + shift + tab = tab backwards through tabs

Bonus for Delicious Extension users:

1. 
   ⌘ + Shift + . = pulls delicious page if you have delicious firefox extension installed

Custom iGoogle Skins

Hackaddict reader Greg writes:

"I noticed your post from here http://hackaddict.blogspot.com/2007/03/quick-tip-skin-your-google-ig.html and wanted to let you know about my new gadget which allows custom skins for iGoogle. See http://bonstio.net/skins. Feedback welcome of course - I hope you like!"

And like it I do! I've been wanting to customize my iGoogle skin since the very fist day I used it. I haven't had time to create my own yet, but the included custom ones are pretty neat and the instructions are pretty clear on how to go about doing it. I can't wait to start designing. Thanks Greg!

5 Places to Look for Jobs Online

I'm at the point in my life where job hunting is my number on priority. In my search I have used following websites:

1. 
   CareerBuilder - the largest online job search site in the US. Good starting point with notable features including: resume view tracker to see who is looking at your resume, advanced job search/filter system, a job reccomendation engine based on your resume and past job searches, a job alert system based on your inputted preferences for a "dream job." Caeerbuilder is basically a one stop shop, and definately a great starting point.
   
2. Monster - second largest online job search site in the US. Monster has a decent job search function and is easy to navigate; however, the sign up process leaves a lot to be desired - it is riddled with ads and offers (which continue to be seen throughout the site). Monster and CareerBuilder are basically the same idea and the end result is two very similar sites with lots of jobs.
3. Doostang - notable features include: job bookmarking, facebook integration, gmail login for mass friend invites, advanced search filtering system. not so notable features: job search is limited by your account status - many times you need to be part of a group or a premium member to view job listings.
4. LinkedIn - LinkedIn puts a social network spin on the job hunt. You start by building your network while everyone else does the same. Then you can look for companies and see how contacts/friends are related to those companies. Hopefully, you can use your connection to get an introduction/recommendation for the job you want.
5. 
   Craigslist - although it has an old school feel and limited search functions, thousands of jobs are posted on Craigslist so if you are willing to do the work, the job is out there.

Notable Mention: Many colleges have career networks available to them. These are a great starting place for recent graduates and alumni alike. If you don't have access to one of these networks, have no fear - just ask a current college student for their login information and begin browsing.

You guys know any more job hot spots? If so, please post them to the comments and let us know what you like/dislike about them.

Software: Wifind

Today's software of the day is a little app called Wifind.

From their website:

"Wireless Network Locator

WiFind shows you if wireless networks are locked or unlocked and their signal strength - right in the airport menu. It's a tiny lightweight plugin for OS X that makes connecting to reliable wireless networks quicker and easier. Whether you're at home, the office or at your favorite cafe - WiFind will help you locate a signal and start browsing!"

If you're on the move a lot, like I am, the $8 price tag is well worth it in saved time alone. No longer do you have randomly click on networks until you hopefully find an open one.

Wifind can be downloaded here.

iCal Mobile (or the closest thing I could get...)

Being new to the windows mobile world I am slowly, but steadily being introduced to the crappy built in programs and having to replace them one by one. One of the crappier bundled programs is the calendar app. Not only did it take me a few days to figure out the best way to import my google calendar events onto my phone, which I will address in a later post, (I tried about five different methods) but once I got them onto my phone they were pretty much useless. My calendars were no longer color coded leaving every event looking exactly the same, a grey triangle in the upper right hand corner of the calendar day.

Enter Pocket Informant 2007. Not only does it keep my calendars color coded, but it launches into the view that you closed it in (ie, I like having my calendar open to a month view so I can quickly see any upcoming events - I couldn't figure out how to do that in the built in calendar app).

At $24.95 Pocket Informant is a steal. It has so many features that even after a week of use I am still discovering new ones. I highly recommend giving Pocket Informant a try if you're as fed up with the windows mobile calendar app as I was.

Download a cab for Pocket Informant here.

Windows Mobile iPhone Like Contact Manager

Pocket CM is hands down the coolest contact manager available for windows mobile phones. Many of you are probably familar with Contact Manager, well Pocket CM is Contact manager older brother and the good news is that it no longer relies on the .net framework.

The most notiable changes between Contact Manager and Pocket CM I've noticed are:

• Pocket CM is a hell of a lot faster
• Pocket CM's contact list is divided into letter categories
• Pocket CM's interface is prettier and runs smoother
• Pocket CM's has intergrated text messaging including a keyboard and a message threader (and the animation that brings you to the SMS screen is pretty slick). The new SMS is by far the best improvement -- Very cool!

Overall, Pocket CM is a huge jump from Contact Manager and leaps and bounds away from the default windows contact manager program. I highly recommend downloading Pocket CM and giving it a whirl.

Pocket CM can be downloaded here.

Tip: Send Notes to Your Mobile Phone More Easily

There are lots of times when I want to send myself a snippet of info to my phone, like an address, someone's phone number, or a reminder. I have a hard time remembering by mms address, though, so I created a gmail filter to forward messages to my phone. This is nice because I can give it to my friends, too, and tell them to just email my.email+m@gmail.com to send a message directly to my phone when they don't have my number or their cell phone handy.

Here's what I did:

In gmail, go to Settings > Filters > Create a new filter.

In the To: field, enter your gmail address with a +m (or whatever) before the @ sign.

Click Next step, and choose the following options:

Forward to: your sms/mms address

Apply the label: mobile (this is optional)

Skip the inbox (also up to you)

Save the filter.

Your mms address consists of your folder @ one of the domain names listed below, depending on your provider:

provider sms mms
Cingular cingularme.com mms.mycingular.com
Verizon vtext.com vzwpix.com
AT&T mmode.com mmode.com
Nextel messaging.nextel.com messaging.nextel.com
Sprint messaging.sprintpcs.com messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-mobile tmomail.net tmomail.net

My New Google Calendar Setup

As soon as I saw the new Google Calendar command line interface I decided to give Google Calendar another chance. Previously, I had ditched it in favor of Backpack--I tried using both for sending myself timely SMS reminders and found that the Backpack Dashboard Widget made entry easier. I like not having to go to a web page to do something like create a reminder for myself if I can help it.

One thing I found annoying about the Backpack widget was the way you set the time for the reminder using a dropdown. (I also like not using my mouse if I can help it.)

I went back to give Google Calendar another shot when the command line interface came out because I knew it had an awesome "Quick Add" feature which allows you to enter reminders like "7:30pm tomorrow get a beer with EJ"--much faster than using dropdown menus. I got everything setup nicely, and I have to say that capturing reminders is even easier than with the Basecamp widget.

Here's my setup:

Calendar Settings

One of the first things I tweaked before I even started messing with gcalcli was my Google Calendar notification settings. Go to Google Calender and click the dropdown next to your default calendar in the left pane and choose Notifications to change your reminder settings. I chose to have events default to sending me an Email and SMS 5 minutes before an event occurs, as well as a popup notification an hour before the event.

Setting up gcalcli on OS X

Getting gcalcli working on OS X was a bit of a pain in the ass. The first thing I recommend doing is making sure the python command in your PATH points to the latest version of Python. For some reason python on my machine was version 2.4 and this caused me problems, so I installed the latest version of Python and did the following to make sure the python command used this version:

sudo rm /usr/bin/pythonsudo ln -s /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin/python /usr/bin/python

Once you have the latest version of Python, you need to get the GData Python module, ElementTree Python module, and dateutil Python module. Links for all these are here.

After installing all the pre-requisites, get gcalcli from the gcalcli project page on google code. I put gcalcli in ~/Documents/scripts/gcalcli. You'll also want to edit this file, entering your login information (email, password).

A few other optional things I did to make using gcalcli easier were:

Add gcalcli to $PATH

This allows you to call gcalcli no matter what directory you're currently working in in the terminal. Add this line to your ~/.bash_profile:

export PATH="~/Documents/scripts/:$PATH"

Create an alias for gcalcli quick add

Add this line to your ~/.bash_profile if you want to be able to type q '7:30 barber' instead of gcalcli quick '7:30 barber':

alias q="~/Documents/scripts/gcalcli quick"

With all this stuff setup, creating a reminder for myself is super easy: I just hit ⌘ Shift i to open iTerm (see Setup Global Keyboard Shortcuts to Open Any App with Quicksilver), then type q '9pm write blog post about gcal' and I have captured the thought and can get it out of my mind and focus on whatever task is at hand.

Enable SMS Quick Add to Google Calendar

One final addition I just made to my Gcal setup is making SMS Quick Add events easy. If you have Google Calendar setup with your mobile phone, you can text 9pm write blog post about gcal to 48368 to quick add an event / reminder. I added 48368 to my phonebook under "Google Calendar" to make adding reminders from my phone almost as easy as doing it from my computer.

The problem I've had with most reminder / todo software in the past is that it's too hard to enter tasks or reminders; hence, I'd always give up on using them and revert to pencil and paper. My new Gcal setup makes capturing ideas super easy, so I think I'm gonna stick with it for a while.

Use Gmail with IMAP and Apple Mail

Gmail just announced that you can now use IMAP to access Gmail--this means all your sent messages will be synchronized, and your labeling / deletion / folder management will also be synchronized. Awesome!

Just set this up according to this tutorial.

Iphone Windows mobile skin

UPDATE: I've updated the skin so that it now displays number of missed calls and number of new text messages. Have fun!

UPDATE V1.3: The weather icon now displays the current temp (aka the last temp weather watcher retrieved) instead of "73" all the time. That being said, the current version of the skin must have weather watcher mobile installed to work correctly.

UPDATE V1.4: Youtube anyone?This has been tested and works in both WM5 and WM6.I read an article on Lifehacker recently which described two different methods to skin your windows mobile phone to look like an iPhone. The first method uses a program that constantly runs on your phone to apply the skin, while the second method uses a combination of the mobile aps RL today and wisbar advance to apply the theme.I started out using the first method because the Lifehacker author recommended it. I must admit it looked awesome, but it was highly unstable and I never got any notification icons for things like missed calls or text messages (they were there but behind the skin). Another major flaw with it was that since it was a program I could accidentally close the skin if I got overzealous while closing other open applications.
The second method was harder to set up, and it took me forever to get it look exactly how I wanted; however, many of the headaches and frustrations were caused by inadequate instructions which I amended and added a lot of information to for ya'll. The included background was also causing a problem, so I redid it and included it in the zip. With my instructions this method should only take you about thirty minutes to set up and the results are stunning. You will have a reliable and functional skin in no time.

I started by doing a hard reset on my phone (I have a AT&T 8125 Smartphone). Next I installed all of the applications and then I was finally ready for the skin.


1 .net Framework - needed to run many of the applications ie Text Message Threader and Weather
1. The cab is located in: iPhone\Programs\netframework.cab
2. Drag the Cab into the "My Documents" folder on your phone using sync software
3. Navigate to the cab on your phone and install it onto your phone by clicking on it
4. You must restart your device to complete the installation. Hit ok.

2. PHM Registry Editor (optional software that I used to make my phone automatically update it's time using cell towers)

1. Drag the Cab into the "My Documents" folder on your phone using sync software
2. Navigate to the cab on your phone and install it onto your phone by clicking on it
3. Open PHM Registry Editor
4. Navigate to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OEM\Phone Setting
5. Change the "ShowTimeZone" value from 0 to 1
6. Now navigate to Settings\Phone\Time Zones tab.

7. Check the "Automatic change time zone and clock." box.

8. Your phone will now automatically set the time for you.


Programs (In order from top to bottom and left to right):

1. SMS Icon: Text Man - Text Message threader

1. The cab is located in: iPhone\Programs\TxtMan.cab
2. Drag the Cab into the "My Documents" folder on your phone using sync software
3. Navigate to the cab on your phone and install it onto your phone by clicking on it
3. Navigate to the Windows\Startup directory on your phone and delete the txtMan.ink" Although it's cool, we don't want TextMan starting every time we turn on our phones.

2. Calendar Icon: Left Alone but going to be Google calendar

3. Photos Icon: Left Alone

4. Camera Icon: Left Alone

5. Calculator: Gcalc

1. The cab is located in: iPhone\Programs\gCalc\gcalc.CAB
2. Drag the Cab into the "My Documents" folder on your phone using sync software
3. Navigate to the cab on your phone and install it onto your phone by clicking on it

6. Charts (on my build) - is directed to the "File Explorer" if you want to change the path edit the

7. Maps Icon: Google Maps Mobile

1. Use your built in web browser, ie, to navigate to: www.google.com/gmm
2. Select "Download Google Maps"
3. Select "Open File after Download"

8. Weather Icon: Weather Watcher Mobile

The cab is located in: iPhone\Programs\WWM105.cab
Drag the Cab into the "My Documents" folder on your phone using sync software
Navigate to the cab on your phone and install it onto your phone by clicking on it


9. Notes: Left Alone

10. Clock Icon: Left Alone

11. Settings Icon: Left Alone

1. Youtube Icon: Stream Youtube through ie using HTC touch streaming media player.The files are located in: iPhone\Programs\YoutubeWM5
2. Users:Copy contents of the Step 1 folder into your \Windows directory of your phone.
3. Copy Step#2- Streaming_210.cab to your device and install to main memory
Soft-reset
4. Copy Step #3-HTC_Streaming_Media.cab to your device and install to main memory
WM6 Users:
5. Copy Step #3-HTC_Streaming_Media.cab to your device and install to main memory
Soft reset

Enjoy!