Hey all,
I have a lot of questions so I will try not to cluther the messageboard by posting several threads and put it all in one. Hope this is ok?
First let me introduce myself. I have never used a PPC but feel the need for it since a couple of years. I wanted to wait for the iPhone, but here in Belgium it isn't available yet and the very pricy unlocked iPhones from France/Germany are not worth it.
I am a Mac-geek, I have a MacBook and an iPod, but I'm willing to set aside my principles and go for Windows Mobile 6. I decided to buy an HTC Touch. I admit, no husle with jailbreaking, easy install of 3rd party apps etc just does it for me.
So normaly, be the end of this year I will buy the Elf.
As I was searching the net, I stumbled upon this forum and was supprised to see you can almost alter everything on a PPC (advantage of WM vs closed iPhone OS). So I have some questions.
I feel the need for a PPC as I practicly live by my calendar. So I want to see the appointments and tasks directly on my homescreen. Further I will use the Touch mainly for (1) telephone, (2) SMS text messaging, (3) emailchecking when Wifi connection available, (4) Calendar/taksks, (5) surfing with Opera.
I saw some nice iPhone like themes and was wondering if I (or somebody for me) can make the following happen:
1] Change the homescreen so I only see:
- digital clock (like the standard one on the Touch) & date
- calendar/tasks of today, tomorrow and soon to come (e.g. next 3 days)
- on the bottom iPhone like buttons for: phone/sms/calendar/mail/Opera and have the phone button show me the number of missed calles, SMS and mail buttons to show me the number of unread messages iPhone style.
- thus masking the start-button on top but still make it available for the very few times I would need another app like built-in-cam/Word/Excel/...
- if possible and if it not makes a to cluthered and busy homescreen, a button for notes/calc would also be nice: so I dont really mind waht comes where, as long as I have the items mentioned under 1] availble at my homescreen and gives it a clean look.
2] When I click the phone-button: going to my contacts like the Touch-FLO cube would show. With a button somewhere to go to the dialer and my contactslist
3] SMS button takes me to the inbox and shows a buttons somewhere to start a new message
4] Have a free (no shareware or paying) app that gives me a keyboard like the SPB full screen keyboard that I can use for SMS, emails, Opera
5] Calendar button brings me to the calendar. Is the WM6 cal good enough or are there better free apps (I use iCal on my MacBook and Thunderbird with Lightning plugin on my Windows XP desktop)
6] Mail button brings me to my mailboxes and shows buttons to make a new email/reply/forward etc.
7] Opera button brings me to the Opera browers. Is it possible to make Opera the standard browser instead of IE?
8] Is that slide-to-unlock app stable nowadays? I'm seeing different opinions when searching this forum...
9] Can I disable GPRS and only use Wifi to connect for emails/Opera? GPRS and stuff is costly in Belgium and the only times I would use emails/opera is when I have acces to a Wlan (Railwaystation, at home, at my girls home, at school)
Probably all of this won't be possible as a whole? But something that resembles most of this would already be nice.
I could live with, for example, only 3 buttons on the home (phone/cal/mail) and acces my other most used apps (sms/opera) by using Touch-Flo...
I've seen some nice iPhone themes and other themes, but I don't really need the very busy and cluthered screen. I like to keep it simple and only show the things I need a lot...
I hope at least 1 person has the courage to read this long long text
Thanks in advance for helping me!!
PS, if you answer something in particular, please quote the part of my text you are replying to.
Greetings,
Faan