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From: Ignorant.not.stupid on 14 Mar 2010 22:54


I'm a transfer from the PalmOS, which seems to be easier than basic WM
6.1. Apparently, there are several replacements for the original UI.

Can you direct me to a forum or rating site, to help me decide which of
these to install?

Samsung i760 hand-me-up (from son)

THANKS!
From: Beverly Howard on 15 Mar 2010 10:47
While there are a number of options (others will probably post their
favorites) a couple of considerations;

>> I'm a transfer from the PalmOS <<

From experience, I would strongly recommend that you spend some time
with the default apps and options as part of the transition learning
experience. While it's natural to want to get the interface as familiar
as possible, adding apps will both hide the options that may be of value
as well as introduce additional complications.

This forum is excellent to get fast input for beginner questions.
There's a tremendous amount of default power, but, much of it is pretty
well hidden from new users.

To answer your original question, best option is to google for either

POCKETPC <your need>
or
WINMOBILE <your need>

Hope this is of value,

Beverly Howard

PS: HELP is context sensitive... tap START/HELP any place you have
questions and you stand a good chance of getting the answer you need.

From: megatec45 on 15 Mar 2010 15:01
On Mar 14, 7:54 pm, "Ignorant.not.stupid" <n...(a)no.no> wrote:
> I'm a transfer from the PalmOS, which seems to be easier than basic WM
> 6.1. Apparently, there are several replacements for the original UI.
>
> Can you direct me to a forum or rating site, to help me decide which of
> these to install?
>
> Samsung i760 hand-me-up (from son)
>
> THANKS!

I use SPB Mobile Shell for may today screen on my LG Expo with WM 6.5.
Works on older versions as well. It's finger friendly and has many
customizations. You can switch back and forth to the original Today
Screen any time. Only drawback, it costs $29.95, but has a 15 day free
trail

http://www.spb.com/products/mobileshell/
From: megatec45 on 15 Mar 2010 15:06
On Mar 15, 12:01 pm, megatec45 <megate...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 14, 7:54 pm, "Ignorant.not.stupid" <n...(a)no.no> wrote:
>
> > I'm a transfer from the PalmOS, which seems to be easier than basic WM
> > 6.1. Apparently, there are several replacements for the original UI.
>
> > Can you direct me to a forum or rating site, to help me decide which of
> > these to install?
>
> > Samsung i760 hand-me-up (from son)
>
> > THANKS!
>
> I use SPB Mobile Shell for may today screen on my LG Expo with WM 6.5.
> Works on older versions as well. It's finger friendly and has many
> customizations. You can switch back and forth to the original Today
> Screen any time. Only drawback, it costs $29.95, but has a 15 day free
> trail
>
> http://www.spb.com/products/mobileshell/

You might want to check out the forums at XDA developers the have many
answers to questions, many freeware apps
Also an app called OpenMarket by Pocketfreeware.com has many free apps
in all categories
From: Roger 2008 on 16 Mar 2010 10:06

"Ignorant.not.stupid" <none(a)no.no> wrote in message
news:hnk7i6$gr1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>
>
> I'm a transfer from the PalmOS, which seems to be easier than basic WM
> 6.1. Apparently, there are several replacements for the original UI.
>
> Can you direct me to a forum or rating site, to help me decide which of
> these to install?
>
> Samsung i760 hand-me-up (from son)
>
> THANKS!

I use a program called "Launcher." It doesn't completely replace the
"Today" screen but it almost does and it gives me a very easy way to launch
all my favorite programs.

By default it will let you launch all your programs but I set it up so it
only displays my favorite programs. I add a directory to the /launcher
directory that is a copy of \WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs and then it gives
me an easy way to launch all my programs and it doesn't clutter up my today
screen very much.

BTW Launcher will only display programs in the \launcher directory and one
directory under the \launcher directory so I use file manager to get any sub
folders in the \launcher\programs directory.

You can read more about the "Launcher" program and where to get it here:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.pocketpc/msg/37f0fcf773d3cbc9

On the "Start" menu there is a list of "Recent Programs." If you like
keeping your list of "Recent Programs" clear then "Launcher" will do that
and you can clear out any programs that made it into the "Recent Programs"
with:
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj/ClearRecent.html

Oh ya you might want a quick and dirty registy editor too. I use a program
called regeditce for that. I tried others registy editors but they were
more than I needed.


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