Battery Pack Pro, Pocket Zen Phone, Magic Button

Submitted by james on Sun, 23/04/2006 - 14:29. Software

I tried out Battery Pack Pro for a few days. While all of the stuff on there looked cool, I started getting annoyed at the lady with a British voice letting me know that my "Memory Is Low" and so forth (I never found a way of disabling this). I also found myself having to do soft resets several times daily because the device would lock up and figured that this program was the problem. I uninstalled it and I haven't had to do a reset since. I can't seem to get it to work properly. I'm wondering if anyone has had a pleasant experience with this program or perhaps some tips on getting it to function properly.

I just installed Pocket Zen Phone this morning because I need something that will silent and enable sounds according to time/day. The user interface is somewhat easy to figure out without having to read the instructions. This is a great program if you want your ringer silenced while sleeping but need to have it come back on automatically.

I've also installed Magic Button and I don't know why I didn't install this earlier. This makes opening/closing programs much easier to manage. I originally installed Battery Pack Pro because I wanted something that would close out programs from the memory without having to click a bunch of times to get to the memory through Settings.

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Magic Button vs vBar

Submitted by Andre Koster on Sun, 23/04/2006 - 15:48.

As a taskmanager, I can also recommend vBar. It's also free, and almost 4 times smaller. The close bottom will get a dual function. Tapping once minimizes the application, tapping and holding will close it. Left to the close botton, a task botton will appear. Tapping that will display a list of running applications, each with a close botton next to it. Hence, applications can be closed here without first putting them in the foreground. As a little bonus, you have to option to let the task list button be shown as a memory- & battery indicator. Very spiffy!

I started using PHM task manager recently

Submitted by jan_tuttu on Thu, 30/11/2006 - 03:41.

I used to have Magic Button before but after my ROM update to 2.26.20.2 I started using
http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/TaskMgr/

Works pretty well and has a small icon near the battey icon below.

Task Manager

Submitted by JonTheNiceGuy on Sun, 23/04/2006 - 19:01.

Try also inClose. It's pretty cool :)

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inClose

Submitted by Andre Koster on Sun, 23/04/2006 - 21:13.

What do they mean with "Not only Tap, Tap and Hold but also Horizontal Drag, Vertical Drag and Diagonal Drag are supported"?

inClose

Submitted by JonTheNiceGuy on Mon, 24/04/2006 - 10:12.

Not entirely certain. I've just tried what seems logical for each of those movements, and none of them seem to do what they should. Hmm. I'll have a look at the website.

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inClose

Submitted by JonTheNiceGuy on Mon, 24/04/2006 - 11:18.

Nope, I can't find anything on the site - not even a support address to ask the question.

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Jon "The Nice Guy" Spriggs

I can recommend you also

Submitted by eimmo1 on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 20:01.

I can recommend you also tMan v0.9.2. Its quite small and works really good.

wow... in close

Submitted by Sticky on Mon, 03/07/2006 - 05:00.

InClose has got to be the winning program for windows 5. i tried all of them and seemed to slow my system down, freeze up my system and NOT wor at ALL. thanks for the referral.

inClose

Submitted by Darston on Mon, 17/07/2006 - 03:54.

I tryed out all the others and I have to agree that program works the best! The Tap & Hold meas just that you tap the stylis down and hold for a moment, for Horizontal Drag, Vertical Drag and Diagonal Drag you tap & hold then "drag" in the direction you want (Horizontal, Vertical, or Diagonal) and it will exacute a command that you can change in the settings.

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I third "INCLOSE"

Submitted by mitchellk on Mon, 25/09/2006 - 21:21.

I tried the others mentioned and they all slowed down the device and did not work properly. InClose works 100% and does not slow down the device. Don't waste your time with the others.

MagicButton

Submitted by Neuster on Wed, 29/11/2006 - 21:01.

I've used Magic Button since the beginning of my getting my Wizard, almost 3 months, always worked great. I've never used the others, but Magic Button is great for me, simple, doesn't slow down my device much.

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