New Stuff on my HTC TyTNII - SPC Mobile, Jeyo SMS & TouchPal

WOOOO HOOOO! I am really happy, managed to install three new applications on my HTC TyTNII today!! And I feel that it really brings my phone to the next level!!

I installed the SPC Mobile Shell, Jeyo Mobile Extender (SMS Application with Outlook) and TouchPal.

Wah liau all three applications are really brilliant. Let me give u a BRIEF on what they can do and why i absolutely LOVE it!

1. The first application that I installed today was the SPC Mobile Shell. Tks to Danny Tan, who showed off his HTC P3600i yesterday and i literally mean "SHOW OFF" his Now Screens. They are absolutely FAB and Super cool. They GUI makes it feel like the whole screen changes as if you're reading a book, where the page turns from left to right or right to left. And when you click on the folders, it just unfolds out!!

The above two screen shots really do not do justice, i was trying to find a gif animation to show u what i meant, but can't find it!! Boo Hoo! Come and check out my phone and u will know what i mean!!

2. The second application that i installed today was the TouchPal. If you read my earlier post, i thought i found the best T9 Keypad for a HTC Phone, the HTC PhonePad 1.0, but after listening to both Andrew & Daniel ... actually more of Daniel yesterday when he showcased what the Touch Pal could do, then i realize.. yups this is the BEST!!

First of all its a QWERTY Keyboard, which may look confusing at a glance, but after using it a bit, its so great, cos u can SLIDE on the keypad. For example if u look at the scren above, if u want to type number one, u press on the "q w" key and just slide up to get to "1". Its really fun and easy to use!

The ONE UP over PhonePad is that it can save all your own words. Well PhonePad allows u to save it temporary, but once u soft-reset its all gone. This one stays! :) U shud try it out if u are like me and love to type with one hand, and not use the stylus all the time.

3. The third application that i installed today was not on my HTC TyTNII, but rather on my Desktop PC. I finally found an application that syncs with your phone SMS, and its absolutely brilliant!! Its called the Jeyo Mobile Extender.

Well ... u can't really see much from it on this screen. The above is just a header of the Outlook 2007 tooldbar. And the Jeyo Mobile Extender just installs itself there. Each time u plug in your phone, it will automatically sync, and retrieve all your SMS from your phone into outlook!

The best part is that u can now send SMS out via Outlook! Its really brilliant!!

Actually the Bestest part for me is that i can now SAVE all my SMS! :) And still keep my phone inbox empty. WOO HOO!!


I love Windows Mobile Phones!! :)


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Found a Shortcut to Activate Bluetooth on the TyTN II

I don't know why its done this way? But Bluetooth is one of the easiest way of sharing files and music with friends and its found on nearly all mobile phones these days.

But it takes me close to 5 to 6 clicks in order to activate it and to make it visible to others! Really really really irritating!!!

You would have thought that the basic functionality of switching on the Bluetooth should be right on the Today screen, so that anyone can just click on it and then have it running, and connecting to your bluetooth headset.

When i installed the Wisbar Advance 3, (will blog more about it another day) i thought i would have found the answer to the Bluetooth functionality. However despite its 1001 applications for launching, setting and communication, it lacked the "switch on Bluetooth!" SIGH!!

It was only today when i was browsing thru some Phone forums when i accidently discovered a new tool called the "Today Radio Device Toggler". Yups it doesnt sound really fance and it doesnt really have that drawing factor. It also has another name - "EFFComm plugin"

Best part its a FREEware plugin that you can download it from the internet (links below). If you look at the Capture Screen below, you will see right at the top of the Today Screen you have THREE functions:

1) Bluetooth OFF/ON

2) Wi-Fi OFF/ON

3) Phone OFF/ON

Its really cool and saves you lots of time from running here and there trying to switch on your Bluetooth button! :) Enjoy it!!

DOWNLOAD SECTION

Download the Cab File from this Website or

Download it from FreewarePPC

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A Nice Big Clock for the Today Screen (TyTN II)

I really like the Big Digital Clock that comes built in with the HTC Today Screen on the TyTNII. But the HTC Today Screen is too BIG. It takes up nearly 1/3 of the Phone Screen with its various built-in apps.

As you can see from the Above screen shot, the Digital Clock is massive (and i like it so much), but its just that the Program Launchers that's built in into the HTC Today screen is just lacking in functionalities and limited in its customization.

Afer playing around with a couple of Laucnhers, i finally stuck with the SPB Pocket Plus 4.02 Launcher. Its totally radical with totally customizable buttons and applications and it has so many other cool tools that you can set it in!

I love the 5 Tabs that it gives you where you can put in all the various applications that you want to launch, you can group them by categories or by any order you want. U can choose your icons to be Large or Small with labels and without!! Its so so so coool! :)

So using SPB Pocket Plus really beats the HTC Today launcher. The only thing that i really miss is the big digital clock in HTC. Yes, I know that there's a tiny clock at the top on the Task Bar. But that's really tiny, i would like to see the time at a glance and .... from a distance! :)

After hunting for many many weeks, i finally stumbled on a FREEware Clock, which its pretty decent, and has a rather large digital clock (you can change it to the analog clock to if you prefer).

Its called the Dr Puttingham Samsung Time plug-in. Don't ask me why Dr Puttingham?

But why the Samsung Time? Cos this clock is taken from the Samsung BlackIce Phone. :)

If you look at the screen shot below, just ignore the blue background, and just imagine it as a plug-in clock for your Today Screen, where you can customize the location of it on your Today Screen. And its working really fine for me!!!

So i am now using the SPB Pocket Plus launcher but with the Samsung Time at the top! :)

DOWNLOAD SECTION

Download for FREE Dr Puttingham Samsung Time Plugin

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Password Manager - SPLASH ID for Windows Mobile 6

One of my other hesitation from moving from the Palm OS to the Windows Mobile OS was the fact that i was heavily dependant on several applications on my palm which i really needed!!

Yups.. its not like one of those games ... Bejewelled2 where if u have it or not... can still survive. But this was really a need.

How many of u utilize a Password Manager? I totally use the Splash ID on my palm. It contains ALLLLLL the information i need and its securedly protected.

From my Bank Account numbers to Web Logins to Blood Group ... u name it! All the softwares with their Serials... its all tightly locked up in Splash ID. What's great about it is that its easy to use, and it has a Desktop Software that syncs all the data with your device.

SO guess how happy I was when i found the Splash ID for Pocket PC. I was totally elated and immediately downloaded it from Pocket Gear to test it out. I managed to export all the data out from the Splash ID Palm OS, and i simply imported the data into the Splash ID for Pocket PC .. and all the data and categories just popped out!!

Talk about Coooooolnesss! :)


So if you're looking for a Password Manager ... i strongly recommend Splash ID!! :) And its so convenient if u are doing banking and u have all your info/data with you in your TyTN II!! :)


Check out Splash ID for Pocket PC at Pocket Gear

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And who said that HTC TyTN II can't be used with ONE Hand?

As you know the the HTC TyTNII comes with a built-in QWERTY Keyboard, and that is extremely useful and fast when sending messages either via SMS or Email.

But one of the BIGGEST sacrifices that i had to mentally prepare myself was that the fact i cannot send an sms with one hand!

The built in applications for HTC TyTNII comes with a Touch Screen Keyboard, Symbol Pad, Scribbler and Transcriber. So for the first 5 days of using the TyTNII i had to keep using two hands to type out smses to friends!! Very irritating if u are waiting in traffic whilst in the car (Don't drive and SMS... :)

I was really glad when Danny showed me his HTC P6300i phone that had a new application installed. After going thru the input series, found out that it was a HTC original application called HTC Phone Pad 1.0

And what the Phone Pad does is that it gives u the option of inputing text/numbers into the phone by using a keypad which is pretty similar to a typical handphone. It has a T9 dictionary and it allows u to type in words the T9 way!

The best part is that the keypad is large enough to fit my thumb and ... YES!! Whilst waiting at the Traffic Light in the car, i will have no problems typing out and sending out SMSes! :) hehe

Check out the screen shot below of the HTC Phone Pad 1.0

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Woo Hoo!! I received a HTC TyTN II

Talk about Blessings from GOD!! :) Thank U MO for the lovely gift!!!

When we first given a choice for our year end gift, it was supposed to be a HTC P3600i, but on the day we received our gift, it was changed to a TyTN II!! :) [big smile]

Its an awesome gift .. and now i have the biggest headache of migrating my data (Sony Ericsson K750i & Palm LiveDrive) to a Smart Phone!! Pity the OS is totally different and now i have to look for new programs & games for WM6! Anyone out there who knows where i can get nice free games & applications for Windows Mobile 6?

The Day At the Office

We were given this Bag .... so it looks like any other

Handphone shop bag.. and I was like coool! A new toy to play with!

But when i pulled out the Box ... eh... the name different wan?

Oh WOW!! ITs a TyTN II!! Super duper cool!!

Although the TytN II is 40grams heavier than the P3600i, but it has

a built in QWERTY Keyboard and also the license for MapKing GPS!! Woo Hoo!!

Now I would never get lost! :) haha

Oh yeah ... the company was great, it came with a Jabra Headset and a 2GB Card.

OH yes.. the Guess Voucher .. that's actually another story that i've not blogged about yet.

Won a Lucky Draw in our company's recent Annual Dinner!! Will Blog about it once i get all the pics! :)

SO ....... rejoice with me on the TyTN II gift ... and now i just need help to get WM6 Games & Applications!! .... u will see more new Links on this site.. cos i am HUNGRY for some cool games for the TyTN II!!

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