PointUI (Home 2) : Faster than TF3D (Updated 6-3-09)
 

I just came across this myself and wanted others to know about it. I have seen other topics with it but i'm providing what mine looks like so others can actually see. I made a video but because the frame rate is so carpy, it's not very good. Anyhow check these bad boys out!

Click on images for full size!

1. Home Screen. Has time/clock, weather, ability to turn phone off on-screen (via button), blue tooth, wifi, temperature (easily set!), call history, programs, contacts and sms/mail. Theme for pointui is easily changed!
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2. Calendar app has various modes
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3. Calendar app has various modes
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4. Calendar app has various modes
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5. One of many applets you can add. This one will give you specified info and a nice static google map of your position when connected to the inet!
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6. This is a TF3D style applet that gives you access to your sms/mail. What's really cool about this is the next shot...
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7. You can easily view all of the txt's at 1 time in a flowing screen! So, instead of having to wait for the sms' to load one at a time, it's all there and you just flow right through.

Important to note this is not the built in messaging applet, point ui has it's own as well!
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8. Menu to change options with ez access to winmo settings, similar to the new SPB MS3.
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9. Settings for customise... I change from here on out to non-full screen.
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10. You can see the difference in the title bar...
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11. Call history is also smooth flowing. I deleted my contacts though for privacy
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12. The application button which is always static
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13. The all apps button - smooth flowing!
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14. The contacts button which is always static
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15. The quick launch button is the blue button at the bottom of the screen. It is always static and can be programed with anything! So you can launch software, contacts or ?????
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16. The built in mesasging system for pointui. It's similar to winmo's version, just one big mess but still nicer looking than winmo's
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17. Finally, the screen where you add or remove any/all applets. Once you "install" (usually just copy files to home2/folder) you can find the applets here.
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Overall, i find this the fastest UI on the TP. It definitely beats MS3 in speed and TF3D/Chome/Rhodium.

You can't tell from the video but it's extremely smooth and fast. Rarely hiccups and is stable. I've been running it for the past few days now.

As far as themes/skins go you copy the files or install via cab and then under theme in customize just select the theme you'd like, it's very easy to change themes!

Download the cheezy video here:

http://www.filedropper.com/download_button.png

Some more info:

I've been running the classic winmo home for a while. Here is a ss of my setup:

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Although at first i was like wtf???????? I found applets that work for me and help replace the SPB stuff. The best part is the applets are free! Only home2 costs 20 bucks so that's not bad at all.

Of course this is running on a siley rom so it's blazing fast.

To run pointui, you just install and select it under start->settings->today-> items and just check pointui and uncheck everything else! It's that easy to put on and take off, no reboot necessary once installed. The best part is that there are no tweeks needed to get it working as is.

The applets are still starting out but soon enough they'll be bad arse. Some are cabbed up and ez to install. Others you have to copy the files to directories which are specified in the instructions. But it's a lot easier than most of the stuff we do with other UIs.

As far as the applets i'm running they are as follow:

• Calendar program: Zenyee - PointUI Calendar 2.0 RC WVGA
• Theme: Fabliv My Blue Heaven PointUI Theme
• TF3D like messaging: Messaging v4 0
• my "home" screen: infiniti v2.3 VGA & infiniti v2.3.2 VGA patch
• Connection Manager: DeviceManager - Connections, Sound Profiles, AutoLock, Close Home v1.0H
• .UI WM7 Theme

Setting up the install/base weather in home/tasks and world clock proved too difficult to get right with my location and fahrenheit so i just removed them all together.

Pointui's website also has a forum with plenty of community support.

Feel free to ask any questions or head on over to http://www.pointui.com/wp-content/th...logo-trans.png


There are a few roms on here with PointUI cooked in, check out silentjoker's Sceptre Rom here

Added more screen shots here:

B18. Different theme, but kept previous theme's BG. Notice the signal and battery meters at the bottom.
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B19. Just installed this applet, it's the connections manager with additional features!
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B20. SS of system panel (integrated)
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B21. SS of system panel (integrated)
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Screen shots of another excellent clean theme in post #43

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Wow, i wasn't aware that pointui was capable of all that. Are you running the pro version?

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more pics of suracha?

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Yes i am running the pro, and no, no pictures of surachina!

Not only can it do this but much more, and that's just the base install WITHOUT applets! I am very impressed. I truly believe that MS3 should have been THIS and not what it is. I don't comprehend why we have to hack everything to get a different clock or more space for launching/apps. This is awesome!

I am thinking about taking more shots and video of the other base apps that come with it... but i don't really use them so they aren't set up for much.

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You've officially sold me. Installing PointUI again...

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great!

just so everyone else knows, the home2 software is free, you can use it with it's full functionality for as long as you please.

the "pro" version is what costs $20 bucks and gives you extra options and added customization.

I know if we get more interest here we can get some crazy stuff happening! even a dual pointui/tf3d or whatever.

I also saw they're working on a manila ribbon so you can have the pointui with a manila ribbon in it! is that cool or what?

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I tried pointui for a while and hated it, maybe ill grab the pro version.

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What was it that you didn't like and what version did you try?

Apparently the earlier versions had somethings that didn't work out quite right. But some of them will be back as options in an update (such as small/tiny home buttons)

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It's about time PointUI gets in the spotlight. After the wow factor of all the bells and whistles of SPBMS3 I soon became lost in it's icon rotating babel and redundancy. Maybe MS3 can be customized with some time and effort...the novelty wore off before I tried. I guess you can just call me lazy, I prefer "effort challenged" but PointUI Pro is worth the just under 20 bucks price. It's fast, easy to navigate on the move, can be themed and have applets pretty easily if you want. I actually bought a copy for myself and my brother. A friend stopped by and was thinking he wanted an Iphone instead of his TP because of the slow touchflo and soso stock rom...until he saw ours running Merdin's latest G5 ROM with PointUI. Flashed it for him and he orderd a copy for himself and has never been happier with his TP. Overall the UI is fast, ergonomic, simple and looks good as well. What more could anyone want?

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I luv u man....

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Well I just loaded my Touch Pro with all the cool vga themes and applets I could find on the PointUi forum. Pretty sick with what is available AND how friggin easy it is to add to the UI. Also if you like the background on another theme rather than moving the files around you can just change background from the PointUi customize menu and look in the various themes folders for what you want. Some need the auto resize on some don't so if you get a black screen toggle that setting. Also it's best to just have Point set at fullscreen as there is really no need for the windows start bar with all the applets.

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this is really the best thing i've ever put on one of my phones.

it's just so freakin fast and easier to use than TF3D.

Thanks again

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I'm loving this so far. So fast and so fluent. I may be saying goodbye to TF3D by the end of the night!

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Yeah I already said goodbye. It makes no sense to even bother with TF3D anymore.

Question: How do I get the weather to work? I tried looking through the forums on the website, but nothing would work.

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Brushrop3 first you may need to get a login to pointui then:

The default weather in today has no search feature for unlisted cities and required editing the xml. I just put it close to me in New York for now but better to just...

Go here and grab a weather applet. I am using dark matter today, then just click on the gear and search for your city and add it to one of 5 city selections

http://community.pointui.com/topic/a...-applets-store
http://community.pointui.com/topic/t...e-themes-store

Note: all file locations to add applets and themes is in root/program files/home2/AppletRibbon (or Themes)

Some are cabs but most are just transferring the unzipped theme or applet file so make sure you open the first folder to get the next file as they seem to always be double packed and won't work like that. Other than that it's pretty much drag n drop.

Add your applet by clicking the top right upper corner in pointui and choose and empty slot and pick your new applet to use.

Note 2: Some applets get updated and only require to drag the new contents of the update into the applet folder so the replace all would be yes to all.

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Yeah, you have to edit the cities files. What happened with me is that I couldn't get my city to work, so I gave up!

I could get the weather to show fine, but it was in Celsius.

It's like in program files/home2/applets/world and today (i think it's today) and there's a cities.xml file that you edit

Since I use inifity (home) it has the weather built in and includes a search function

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Yeah I forgot about the Celsius thing...yep plenty of better weather applets to use than that one. So much for the USA will be changed over to metric my the year 2000....oh well, all I remember is there are 2.54 cm to an inch and that gets me by.:mrgreen:

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Oh i'm all for one or the other... celsius is only used you know, the world over hahaha. Makes no sense to me. But yeah there are better/easier apps out there for weather.

The only thing the peeps at ui need are some cabbing skills!

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+1 PointUI is faster than MS3 and TF3D, and the pro version has some really great features.


Combine it with wisbar advance 3 and you have a sweet machine.

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could'nt get the point ui to start @ boot not sure why but yes it is faster


and the 1 theme i loved is not vga :(

http://community.pointui.com/topic/g...ga-aq-edge-v08

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I found that this weather app works the best for me. http://community.pointui.com/topic/b...ecast-applet-1
It also can search for your city right in the app, and allows you to select fahrenheit units.

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This looks really interesting, I am gonna give ti a try today I think. Can't hurt.

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Where do you put the folder for the applet at?

And yes...they need to get their cab skills up

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Program Files\Home2\AppletRibbon

Just copy/paste the contents of the zip file into that directory

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i have Home 2 Pro on my phone an i love it...best UI ive ever used....its fast and has a million options for making it look how u want

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Yeah, I figured out how to add the applet. Now i'm still struggling with the weather applet. I can't get my city to show...

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How's the battery life now that its pay to have? I originally liked Point UI more than SPB or TF3d when i first tried it a few months back, but the drain it had on the battery was massive at times, and sometimes it would be fine. If they've fixed that I think I'm jumping back to point ui from SPB, as much as I love spb, point UI was exactly what I was looking for.

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When I added mine, it put it at the end of the list. For some reason it didnt resort things alphabetically.

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Yeah I got it. Thanks obernow.

So what themese/apps do u guys use?

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I've been using this theme
http://community.pointui.com/topic/c...wild-wide-home

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i haven't noticed a change in battery life, i still have to recharge once a day no more

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Oh, i forgot to say i'm now running this theme .UI WM7 It's sooooo sweeeeeeeet

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I actually really like the default theme. Now i'm trying to find a good clock and calendar/appt app.

any suggestions?

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This is a pretty nice looking calendar app
http://community.pointui.com/topic/a...ment-wvga-only

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Does anyone know if the pointui website is down? I can't seem to download anything from the applet or theme sections....am I doing anything wrong? Thanks.

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Did you login at the bottom of the page? Otherwise it won't let you download any of the files.

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@obernow:
thanks a ton! I am an idiot! Although, in my defense, that is one small login click at the bottom end of the page.

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Yeah that does look nice. They say its still buggy right now. I'll try it out tomorrow though and let u know how it works.

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It is much much faster than TF3D. The reason for me switching is b/c I needed a way to view my tasks b/c I used it so heavily. I decided to give the new pointui a run and have been using it ever since. Phone doesnt crash any more and everything is very fluid.

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OMG I JUST CAME! seriously where was this when i needed it, this has got to be the BEST interface I have EVER used. Sure Touch Flo is good and I tried the new SPB Shell but it just seemed to clustered( my favorite thing about it was receiving contact pics from facebook, i wish this had it), but wow this is sooo smooth, not to mention sexy. THANK YOU MAN!!