Calendars on the PC

When it comes to Windows Phone 7 we have to look at what the people who got a developers device are saying ( at least till the Microsoft employees start to put WP7 on ebay ;) ). Today we ( via windowsphonesecrets.com ) have some information to share with you guys about Calendars on Windows Phone 7.

Lets get the basic things out of the way WP7 Calendars has got the ability to sync with multiple calendar accounts ( Exchange calendar, Google Calendar , Windows Live calendar ), you can color code each of these in any one of the available color. You can add appointments on the phone and that will get synced up to the calendar in the cloud. Tasks and subscribed calendars from a main calendar account are NOT supported ( at least not in the initial version ). Multiple calendars from a source will come through to WP7 but there is no way to say you want to only sync certain calendar and disable the other ( from a single source )

Now on to the detailed look at the stuff that is not present. Tasks it is pretty much straightforward, but what does multiple calendars and subscribed calendars from a main calendar account mean.

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GekoNewCal

GekoNewCal is a finger friendly pocket pc software which helps you make your appointments and invite colleagues and friends directly from your mobile phone.

Features :

• Finger friendly user interface
• Personalization of dates
• Invitation over SMS
• Supports multiple screen resolution
• Custom skins support
• Support multiple languages

Download and test the trial version for 15 days without limitations or get the full version for €3.99
More info : http://www.gekonewmobile.com/shop/gekonewcal

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AM TasksPlus

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TaskPlus

• tasks items
• birthdays and anniversary of contacts items
• appointments items

from the Outlook Pocket PC database.

Each line displays a item with the start date, subject and due date. Completed items are no longer displayed. Multiple instances with separated options can be installed in the Today screen (the clone option) and merge items in the same category.

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S2U2 (Slide2Unlock2) is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don’t use your device. And it’s has a CallerID function (some devices may not work, so please try it first); and S2P control plugin.

Prerequisition:

- WM5 Phone or WM6 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 1M for QVGA; 3M for VGA

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S2U2 v0.99p – Slide to Unlock

S2U2 is a simple lock/unlock application which has the iPhone style slide unlocking. It can be used as a screensaver while you don’t use your device.

Installation:
- If you have Slide2Unlock installed, please uninstall it first & then soft-reset.

- After installation, there are 3 shortcuts created under \Program Files\S2U2:

* iLock2.lnk – start/stop ilock2.exe (on the 1st run, it runs silently in the background; on the 2nd run, it closes iLock2 & S2U2)
* s2u2.lnk – manually start S2U2 (be sure iLock2 is running in the background, otherwise the Battery status will not be updated).
* s2u2 Settings.lnk – change the settings of S2U2.

- A shortcut for iLock2.exe is created automatically under “\Windows\StartUp” as well.

- Installation on Storage Card is not recommended for the sake of stability.

- For hi-res devices, d/l the S2U2ClockPack.rar & follow the steps in the ClockReadme.txt. Otherwise the clock will be shown as half-sized.

- For additional clock fonts, d/l the S2U2ClockPack.rar & follow the steps in the ClockReadme.txt.

- For non-English devices, d/l the S2U2LanguagePack.rar; extract your language’s ini file; rename it to lang.ini; copy to the S2U2 installed folder; restart iLock2.

Configuration:

-in the Registry under \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2.
Please remember to RESTART iLock2 after any registry settings changed, otherwise it won’t work

- Use the “s2u2 Settings.exe” to change the settings.

- To change the wallpaper create a jpg file with resolution the same as your device (QVGA is 240 x 320; VGA is 480 x 640); rename it to “wallpaper.jpg”; copy it to the gfx folder (default is \program files\s2u2\gfx\); restart iLock2. And the file “wallpaperL.jpg” is for the Landscape mode.

- Through the lang.ini, the default values of DateFormat, TimeFormat, AppointmentTimeFormat, PhoneNoFormat, Wallpaper(Protrait & Landscape) & ClockPath can be customised. They are s_DefaultDateFormat, s_DefaultTimeFormat, s_DefaultAptTimeFormat, s_DefaultPhoneNoFormat, s_DefaultWallpaper(L) & s_DefaultClockPath.

- For advanced users, you can edit the registry directly. The default values are added on the first run of iLock2:

Autostart=1
IdleStart=0
OffLCD=17
BlankScreen=0
BlankOnTalk=0
ACIdleStart=0
ACOffLCD=0
ACBlankScreen=0
ACBlankOnTalk=0
DateFormat=dddd’, ‘d MMMM
TimeFormat=H’:'mm
ClockPath=clock\
ShowAlarm=1
ShowAppointment=0
ShowTask=1
ShowWeather=0
AppointmentTimeFormat=h’:'mmt
CallerID=0
Slide2Answer=0
S2AEndKey=1
PhoneNoFormat=
Wallpaper=
WallpaperL=
GifSpeed=5
GifEndless=0
WallpaperChangeTime=0
WallpaperRandom=0
DpadOn=0
NoSoftKey=0
TopCurtain=1
NoPowerSuspend=0
SafeMode=0
DirectDraw=1
KoreanSMSpatch=0
ExceptionEXE0=iexplore.exe
ExceptionEXE1=VoiceCommander.exe
ExceptionEXE2=AlarmPopup.exe
ExceptionEXE3=
ExceptionEXE4=
ExceptionEXE5=
ExceptionEXE6=
ExceptionEXE7=
ExceptionEXE8=
ExceptionEXE9=

- All files under \GFX\ can be modified. To keep the transparent effect of some graphics, the top left corner pixel must be the transparent color; or use the ARGB PNG format.

Command Switch of iLock2:

* slide to start/invoke S2U2
* nomsg to not to show any message even it closes itself & S2U2
* refresh to reload the registry settings & restart S2U2
* reset to reset the unread counts of SMS, MMS, email & vmail

If you find this tool useful, please donate to the developer.
Source : xda-developers.com

S2U2 0.99p

S2U2 Clock Pack

S2U2 Language Pack

New : Animated Wallpapers

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PIM Backup

Features:

This tool has been made in order to replace the PPCBckpContacts application.
As its predecessor, PPCPimBackup allows to backup/restore the Personal information of the pocket pc user, but new functionalities have been added.

This tool allows to backup/restore:

- appointments
- call logs
- contacts
- messages (SMS, Mails, …) NEW !!!
- speed dials
- tasks

Restore contacts: It is possible now to restore a text file containing contacts backed up from other applications, like in Outlook Express, the only constraint is that the first line should contain the fields and the fields need a separator. (See screenshots). The tool allows to map default fields to fields found in the file. It is possible now to insert duplicates.

Backup messages: The mail database is completely parsed to retrieve all the messages stored in every directory and subdirectory. It is possible to select which account and directories should be backed up. You can save attachments as wel if they exist on the pocket pc.

Restore messages: Same as the backup, you can select which account and directories should be restored to the device. Caution, if an account doesn’t exist on the pocket pc, this application will discard the messages that belong to that account.

Restore appointments: There was a bug in PPCBckpContacts where appointments with the same name on different dates weren’t restored. This should be fixed in this tool.

Schedule backup: It is possible to schedule a backup, each day of the week and this at a specific hour. If the pocket pc is suspended, it will wake up and do the backup. You can eventually control the number of backups to keep and switch off the pocket pc after the scheduled backup is finished.
The schedule backup creates a notification that can be cleared via the Options Menu.

File types: There is only one file type now, which is .pib (Personal Information Backup), in fact it is just a zip file (so you can open it with a zip application) which contain the different text files used in PPCBckpContacts, so you can still extract these files, edit them on a pc using Excel or Notepad and eventually restore them without putting them back in the .pib file.

To do:

* MMS Backup/restore doesn’t work!
* fix problem with mms “attachments” which are stored on disk but are not considered as attachments in the cemail.vol (wonderful!)
Arcsoft MMS software uses own-defined properties (blobs) in pmailMsgs table in cemail.vol but I cannot decipher them for the moment.
*conversion of text backups <-> binary backups

The exe contained in the zip file, should be copied and launched on the pocket pc, and not on a pc.
If you have any comments, bugs report, suggestions, problems, then you could send them to this address dotfred@dotfred.net

PimBackup V2.8 (WM6/WM5)

PimBackup V2.8 (WM2003)

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