Jason Dunn
10-29-2002, 12:39 AM
Notification Bubbles are a Pocket PC 2002 feature that give the user feedback on what’s going on with their device. This quick tip gives you some pointers on how to interpret what those pop-up bubbles mean.<!><br /><br /><i>This handy Pocket PC 2002 feature keeps you in the loop with what’s new on your device.</i><br /><br />There are several kinds of notification bubbles that can pop up on your device, and they’re all designed to inform you of something specific. Most are automatic, but some (like Figure 1 below) can be manually triggered. In the case of the Time and Next Appointment notification bubble, you can trigger this by tapping once on the time in the top status bar. This notification shows you the time, the date, your battery status (in a very limited fashion) and your next appointment. This is nice to know when you’re doing something else, like typing up a report in Pocket Word, and you want to see where you have to be next without leaving your application.<br /> <br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/articles/JD-803-fig1.gif" /><br /><i>Figure 1: The Time and Next Appointment notification</i><br /><br />Other notifications include:<br /><br />• New email from a synchronization will trigger the New Email Messages notification bubble, telling you how many new email messages you have to read (Figure 2)<br />• If you receive a new Instant Message from a contact, there’s a special notification for that<br />• When your battery is running low, there’s a special low battery notification<br />• On the Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition, there are also notifications for incoming SMS messages<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/articles/JD-803-fig2.gif" /><br /><i>Figure 2: The New Email Messages notification bubble</i>