07-20-2005, 09:00 PM
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Spb Pocket Plus 3.0 Review Round-Up
A couple of sites have just published reviews of Spb Pocket Plus 3.0. They include ClintonFitch.com and Mozongoware. If you're still undecided as to whether Pocket Plus is the right application for you, then be sure to give these two reviews a read.
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07-20-2005, 09:10 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I just got mine upgraded to 3.0 from 2.5 and while I don't see much use for the button mapping options I do like Pocket Plus. In fact SPB rules my Today Screen with Pocket Weather, Pocket Diary, GPRS Monitor and Pocket Plus to make is all complete. Way to go.
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07-20-2005, 10:46 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2005
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I have tried Pocket Plus but I don't see the need for so many functions and I don't like to have a cluttered Today.
I prefer to use cLaunch, a freeware programme. It creates the same kind of tabs on the screen, with plenty of dislay options..
What I do, though, is to choose not to display the tab bar itself (ie, it becomes invisible, you tap on any clear area of screen to switch tabs). I have one tab full of applications, and the next tab totally clear, and I disable the other tabs.
Why?
I love having a free Today screen, with just an image and an icbar at the top, showing the date and time. When I need to use an application, I press the Today screen once and they all appear (you can alter the size of the icons, etc, and there are no limitations about which you choose, including folders). Click again, all the applications are gone, leaving a clean screen. You could add other tabs for different icons (ebooks, for example, as the titles can be displayed and resized). So you could have a clear screen, then tap for a screenful of applications, then tap again to see your ebook library on the Today screen. While I was studying history and geography for an exam, I had three tabs set up to turn my Today into two catalogues of labelled articles and books.
cLaunch can be found at PocketPCFreewares and pdagold, I believe.
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07-20-2005, 11:14 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2005
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There is also a review in Portuguese at POCKETPT.NET. The review talks about other products and how they interact with each other. The other products are:
SPB GPRS Monitor 2.3 ; SPB Diary 1.5.1 ; SPB Weather 1.1.1
Feel free to visit us 
Regards
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07-20-2005, 11:16 PM
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I  pclove: Spb Pocket Plus! However, I have one suggestion that I'm sure they've already considered: Integrate Spb Diary as a whole into Pocket Plus. That way, I can have one tab in Pocket Plus for Diary, and that tab contains the usual Diary plugin, tabs and all.
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07-20-2005, 11:57 PM
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Ponderer
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
I pclove: Spb Pocket Plus! However, I have one suggestion that I'm sure they've already considered: Integrate Spb Diary as a whole into Pocket Plus. That way, I can have one tab in Pocket Plus for Diary, and that tab contains the usual Diary plugin, tabs and all. |
They already have, but in a cooler fashion. Each of the tabs in diary can be a tab in PP. I currently have contacts, todo, appts. tabs inside of PP. Don't have any notes so I chose not to add that one. Really cool!!
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07-21-2005, 01:27 AM
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But what I want is the whole plugin on one tab. Look at Spb Diary on its own then envision that as one tab in Pocket Plus. That's what I mean, one tab in Pocket Plus that provides access to all the tabs in Diary.
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07-21-2005, 02:41 AM
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
But what I want is the whole plugin on one tab. Look at Spb Diary on its own then envision that as one tab in Pocket Plus. That's what I mean, one tab in Pocket Plus that provides access to all the tabs in Diary.
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I see..... Doesn't look like you can do that now, but I know that when I was beta testing this they were real responsive and integrated some of my suggestions, send them the suggestion and you might get it in the next update.
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07-21-2005, 03:46 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Naah... still no better than using wis bar advanced, pocket breeze, contact breeze, SBH Weather, and iLauncher... I had version 1.0 and didn�t care to upgrade since then. :roll:
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07-21-2005, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by drowe
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
But what I want is the whole plugin on one tab. Look at Spb Diary on its own then envision that as one tab in Pocket Plus. That's what I mean, one tab in Pocket Plus that provides access to all the tabs in Diary.
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I see..... Doesn't look like you can do that now, but I know that when I was beta testing this they were real responsive and integrated some of my suggestions, send them the suggestion and you might get it in the next update. |
Done and done!
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