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Old 11-06-2007, 06:50 PM
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My favorite feature of Pocket Plus would have to be the ability to create tabbed icons on the today screen. My response would have been the new finger scrolling however it's compatability with programs is limited at the moment. It would be great if SPB could integrate the finger scrolling with Mobile Shell / SPB Menu
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:53 PM
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Close button is GREAT with my weak 700w, speaking of which small program size is a huge plus!
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:54 PM
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Default Clearly the close button, for me.

I don't use the tabbed browsing extension - I have ReenSoft's PIE Plus for that. But Pocket Plus does the best job of any of the task managers I've tried, and I really like being able to map a hardware button to the quick task switcher applet. The power meter across the top edge is nice too- it doesn't waste any space, but provides a pretty high-resolution picture of charge level.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:55 PM
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1st Tabbed Browsing
2nd Smart Scroll

HTC took care of my biggest problem - the 'X' button. If not then that would have been my favorite feature.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:03 PM
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oh my!!! how incredible! i love the touch-to-scroll feature!!!
it's so great to see this feature offered in such a great program!

way to go SPB!

thanks PocketPC Thoughts for such a great contest!!!

i hope i win!
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:12 PM
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I especially like the vertical tab feature.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:15 PM
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While the tabs mentioned before are nice, the PIE update supported multiple screens before, just not shown visually in tabs. The Today plug-in is improved and the ability to snap in other Today screens as well as seamless integration with other Spb apps is great. There is much more to talk positive about, but there is only one thing that jumps out as more innovative than what was already a good 3.x product.

The one feature I find indispensable that is very new is the ability to map press and hold buttons to new apps. It makes one-handed use of the phone significantly better than without it. So, on my Kaiser for example, press and hold the IE button brings up favorites... Press and hold the messaging button brings up compose new message. Press and hold the ok button near scroll wheel brings up the comm manager. Well, each person could do whatever they wanted with their buttons. Other apps have been available to purchase to do the same thing, but this is so tightly woven into the OS, that it seems like it is a part of what Microsoft provided.
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:19 PM
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Without a doubt the much better organized home page is the biggest feature. From the tabbed shortcuts to the spb plugin integration you could almost leave the start button off the device and I can still get to everything I need.

I would have choosen the tabs in PIE, but the rest of PIE just kills the whole experience :roll: . However PIE is much more usable with Pocket Plus tab support.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:52 PM
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Tabs in PIE are swell!

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Old 11-06-2007, 07:58 PM
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Tabbed browsing for me.
 
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