simple battery meter

[shareef]

can anyone recommend a simple battery meter that would sit beside the system clock on a pocket pc phone edition...? I am looking for something that is compatible with pocketpc pe (i-mate JAM) so that it doesn't interfere with the existing built in ppc pe notification icons. I would love a simple looking one similar to what is used in ms smartphone.

TIA!

[MitchellO]

I recommend vBar. I use it on my XDA II Mini (same and the JAM) and it is great. It takes up sooo little space, offers a menu for switching between and closing apps, and has a battery/memory bar that sits next to the clock as well!

http://www.vieka.com/vbar.htm

See what you think. Its free.

[shareef]

Thanks for the quick reply! I just tried vBar but I don't need the extra task menu functionality, or even the additional memory meter, plus I'm not crazy about the battery icon that is used in vBar :cry:

I'm looking for a very simple battery meter, and I don't need the app to do anything else. I would love a simple batt icon, just like the one in ms smartphone... have a look at this image so you know what I mean:

http://trials2.smartphone.net/Product_images/9/93/SEMainEN.gif

[MitchellO]

http://www.tonaya.com/products/qbar/index.php - This one is $6.99 and does what you want. Don't know of any other freeware ones.

I love vBar because it lets you easily switch and close programs, saving memory. but, its personal preference. All I can suggest is a today screen one, called uptime (http://ae.inc.ru/uptime_t.html). It is great and tells you how long you get out of a charge.

[shareef]

Thanks Mitchell0, looks pretty good, but it still doesn't look as good (clean) as the one that is used in ms smartphone... :| I wonder why ms didn't just use the same icon in ppc pe! :bad-words:

[fyiguy]

Transcreative makes a simple free one called Magic Button, it also does app shutdown and switching as well.

http://www.trancreative.com/mb.aspx

Here is a picture of it it is the color bar :mrgreen:

http://www.trancreative.com/screenshots/mb.gif[/url]

[shareef]

Thanks fyiguy I had already tried magic button but it interferes with the pocketpc pe notifications.. and the batter icon is ugly IMO...
I just want a nice clean battery icon, like the one that is used in ms smartphone (see screenshot in my post above).

[TopDog]

Last time I tried vBar, it couldn't follow changes it themes, so it looked really ugly if you f.ex. have a red colored start-bar. Has this changed?

I'm using MagicButton today, think it's good, but maybe I'll give vBar a try again...

[bnycastro]

@shareef have you tried GSBATMONP (greensoftware battery monitor proj)? this is a freeware app that looks a lot like the smarthphone battery meter here is the link. http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA032810/files/gsbmonp102.zip

[Pigpen_the_Nerd]

It puts a segmented line all the way accross the top of the scrren, a couple pixels high...very easy to read....a lot of extra goodies with it, but you can turn those off...it does cost though....

[shareef]

Thanks bnycastro! GSBATMONP is great, it's exactly what I was looking for!! :D

[bnycastro]

glad I could help :D