CETuner for Pocket PC 2002

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=44295' target='_blank'>http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...productId=44295</a><br /><br /></div><img src="http://www.handango.com/include/pictures/31323/cetuner_new.gif" /><br /><br />"With CETuner you can change the Windows CE interface the way you want! THis is a useful utility for changing Pocket PC 2002 themes, adjusting color and font settings on Pocket PC 2002. CETuner gives you the ability to: <br /><br />• Change standard elements of the Pocket PC 2002 interface by ajusting colors and fonts <br />• Change Pocket PC 2002 themes by changing "Today Screen" options <br />• Take care of your eyes by choosing big fonts and smooth colors <br />• Get more visible information on your standard Pocket PC screen by choosing a smaller font size <br />• Install new fonts to a Pocket PC 2002 device quickly and easily <br />• Prolong battery life by choosing mild colors to lower screen power consuption"

[eternalblue]

what are the colors that consume more power?

[PJE]

what are the colors that consume more power?

That one got me too...

The only thing I could think of is that a shade of a color is generated by switching the R,G or B pixels off for part of the time. A 10% shade of red has the pixel on for less time than 100%. I doubt this would add up to much of a saving, as I don't know if the LCD uses more power to hold a give state or as a function of the time the pixel is active.

I would see more of a power saving by making a high contrast color scheme which would still be readable with a lower backlight setting.

PJE

[Jimmy Dodd]

what are the colors that consume more power?

Reminds me of the Dilbert cartoon where a directive from on high is handed down that in order to conserve electricity employees are to use smaller fonts and are forbidden the use of bold typeface. :lol:

[gorkon280]

I would understand a price of 5 dollars....but 20? For this?? It does not even do a full skin (something I would like!)! I would pay for the first app I come across to fully skin the interface(and not crash the device every 20 minutes). Also, fonts are hard to install? I thought it was a drag and drop affair. I wil admit I have not added any fonts on my current device, but I have done so in the past. In any case, I am sure someone out there is so sick of black and grey buttons that they'd pay for this.

[goirish!!]

How is that program different than this one?? This program has no expiration time on it. A $5 donation is requested but not required to run the program.

http://www.snoopsoft.com/other/colourme.html

[Paul]

LCDs consume the most power when displaying white.

[SnAPPUrU-nyan-ko]

I'd love to be able to change my system colors on-the-go, but $20 isn't acceptable. Turn that into canadian currency =^.-= (Gets flogged)

[arebelspy]

It does not even do a full skin (something I would like!)! I would pay for the first app I come across to fully skin the interface(and not crash the device every 20 minutes).

Have you tried Novasec's Pocket Facelift?

http://www.pocketfacelift.com/

It can skin everything (start menu, today screen, top nav bar, even the bottom bar that says "new" on it).

There are threads on various discussion boards (the biggest one is on Brighthand, I believe) where people post screenshots of their Today Screens, and some people have gotten amazing results with Pocket Facelift (and switched from dashboard - another skinning program - to it).

Facelift used to crash a bunch for me, but the latest version is very stable.

-arebelspy

[24va]

Handango Frequent Buyers be careful...

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11381

[Scott R]

I still can't believe that no one else has come out with a freeware (or at least dirt cheapware) app for the PPC which lets you change the font sizes. Most of the font sizes are a bit too big, IMO, but I don't like the idea of having to pay $20 to remedy that.

Scott

[daninnj]

I still can't believe that no one else has come out with a freeware (or at least dirt cheapware) app for the PPC which lets you change the font sizes. Most of the font sizes are a bit too big, IMO, but I don't like the idea of having to pay $20 to remedy that.

Maybe PocketTweak (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/ptweak.html) is something that you might be looking for?

[Scott R]

Maybe PocketTweak (http://tillanosoft.com/ce/ptweak.html) is something that you might be looking for?
Thanks! I'll give that a try.

Scott

[mv]

It does not even do a full skin (something I would like!)! I would pay for the first app I come across to fully skin the interface(and not crash the device every 20 minutes).

Have you tried Novasec's Pocket Facelift?

http://www.pocketfacelift.com/

It can skin everything (start menu, today screen, top nav bar, even the bottom bar that says "new" on it).

There are threads on various discussion boards (the biggest one is on Brighthand, I believe) where people post screenshots of their Today Screens, and some people have gotten amazing results with Pocket Facelift (and switched from dashboard - another skinning program - to it).

Facelift used to crash a bunch for me, but the latest version is very stable.

-arebelspy

i have made a few full screen themes for pocket facelift... how can i post them here?

[Gerard]

To post images, or links to files, just use an FTP client to upload these to your server. Then to show an image bracket the full path to the file (as in http://www.... ) inside an 'img' and '/img', but using [ and ] instead of the quotes. For just a link, you can post just the link, again use UBB code to bracket it if you like.

[Steven Cedrone]

Then to show an image bracket the full path to the file (as in http://www.... ) inside an 'img' and '/img', but using [ and ] instead of the quotes. For just a link, you can post just the link, again use UBB code to bracket it if you like.

It will look like this:

[img]http://www.myserver.com/pics/facelift.jpg[/img]

Steve

[Rok]

LCDs consume the most power when displaying white.
Hahahaha ... That's a good one. Oh, wait, you seriously believe that, don't you?

Using common sense, that assumption would be correct. It's knowing how the display actually works that makes the assumption just that: an assumption.

It's the other way around, you know. The backlight (which consumes the vast majority of power) is on regardless of the state of the pixel(s). So showing white (pixels "off") would actually consume less power than showing black (pixel "on"). The difference however is negligible and you would need a seriously accurate amp-meter to record it, let alone notice it in real world.

Cheers
Rok

[CESkins]

LCDs consume the most power when displaying white.

It's the other way around, you know. The backlight (which consumes the vast majority of power) is on regardless of the state of the pixel(s). So showing white (pixels "off") would actually consume less power than showing black (pixel "on"). The difference however is negligible and you would need a seriously accurate amp-meter to record it, let alone notice it in real world.

Cheers
Rok

LCDs use red, green, and blue pixels to produce a color...white would be produced by having equal amounts of light pass through the RGB pixels. Black would simply be achieved by reducing/eliminating the light passing through the RGB pixels...in a backlit screen, eliminating the light can be achieved by means of a polarizer and filter. Thus I would assume based on the aforementioned that white would consume more power than black. However I doubt that the typical backlight is comprised of individual light sources geared to illuminating just a single RGB cluster. Rather a PDA screen light source is typically a long flurorescent bulb spanning the length or width of the entire screen. Thus, black or white should make no difference to battery power consumption as the light output from the backlight remains fixed (based on whatever value was specified in the backlight settings applet). What varies is how much of that light is allowed to pass through the pixels of the screen. Since the backlight is the biggest source of power draw, the power consumed will be the same no matter what color is used. If you want to save power, turn off the backlight altogether (if you have a sidelight and reflective screen, save power by shutting off the backlight and using a bright ambient light source to illuminate the screen...the sun for example...since we don't see much of the sun here in Michigan, I just use a bright lamp) :)

[Rok]

That's what I was sayin' (or at least tryin' to). :) The backlight draws constant current. The LCD itself does not. If it shows nothing (i.e. white, because of the backlight), it draws next to nothing (but screen refresh still consumes power). The diferences in the LCD consumption (sans backlight, depending on state of the pixels) are, as I said, negligible (but still present).

Anyway, we are really nitpicking here. The whole point is that you can't save power by simply changing the background colour (and that we agree on, right?)

Cheers
Rok