2125 - Home Screen / Start Menu / Contacts

[Neonsapphire]

Hey there...

I recently purchased the Cingular 2125 after using a Sprint Treo 600 for a number of years..

I like the phone but have found a few issues on which I need your help and advice...

1. I would like to customize the information displayed on the home page... The phone comes with a few options but none that I like... In particular, I would like to have only five specifically selected application icons displayed at the top and not the scolling list of most recently used icons... Is there a way to do this? Are there any third party software solutions?

2. I would like to change the start page to be a small list of application icons with corresponding numbers and not three pages of full icons... Is there any way to change the "start" display from "icon" to "list"? Are there any third party software solutions?

3. Under the contacts application on the phone, there are only 4 categories listed (i.e., business, personal, etc.). On my Treo 600, I had about 10 customized categories... Is there any way to add more on the phone? I am not currently syncing with outlook and may not be... I would like to make the changes on the phone but can't find a way... Please help...

Thanks for your help...

[Mike Temporale]

1. I would like to customize the information displayed on the home page... The phone comes with a few options but none that I like... In particular, I would like to have only five specifically selected application icons displayed at the top and not the scolling list of most recently used icons... Is there a way to do this? Are there any third party software solutions?

2. I would like to change the start page to be a small list of application icons with corresponding numbers and not three pages of full icons... Is there any way to change the "start" display from "icon" to "list"? Are there any third party software solutions?

You can either learn XML and code a homescreen yourself, or just find and download anyone of the many free and cool home screens that are already available. The home screen is very powerful and customizable.

As for putting 4 or 5 of your most used programs on the home screem why? just add them to the speed dial. Check out this article for more information: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,5880

3. Under the contacts application on the phone, there are only 4 categories listed (i.e., business, personal, etc.). On my Treo 600, I had about 10 customized categories... Is there any way to add more on the phone? I am not currently syncing with outlook and may not be... I would like to make the changes on the phone but can't find a way...

The categories come from what you have setup and are using in Outlook. When you sync the phone it takes the contacts and their category. I use the category setting in Outlook, but not on my phone. Have you seen SmartDial? It's built into the phone and makes finding and dialing a contact really simple. Especially if you have a lot of contacts. From the home screen, just start spelling out the name or number of a contact on your phone. Press the buttons in a T9 fashion - one push per key regardless if it's not the letter you need. So to find "Mike" I would press 6453 and the phone will filter the results to only the contacts that match what you entered. :D