ngeorge
7th November 2007, 08:33 PM
Hey All;
After having Treos since the 600 up to the 700wx, I finally decided to make the jump to a "full" WM Pocket PC rather than wait for the next Treo and picked up an HTC Mogul instead. Aside from getting used to the roomier keyboard, I love the bigger screen, faster/wider web browser & wi-fi, there are a couple of "niceties" missing that helped cut down on screen taps, and I don't know if it's because it's Palm thing, or a Windows Mobile thing (that HTC decided to configure differently)... any help figuring out how to enable the following would be most appreciated, even if it means a 3rd party program or registry hacks:
The *big* one:
List of last 10 called dialed when you hit the "send" key:
On my 700wx, all I would have to do is tap the "send key" when the screen was active (or twice if the screen was off), and a list of the last 10 numbers I dialed would pop up. Since 80% of my calls are to a list of a about 10 numbers, this cut down on key presses since all I'd have to do is use the "up" or "down" button after hitting "send" and select one of the last 10 numbers. The Mogul only lists the last number you dialed, and then dials it if you hit "send". There is a "call history" button on the screen, but that was on the Treo as well--and you have to tap the screen to open it up. I have probably made 10 calls by accident in the last day since I had the Mogul because I am so used to having that menu pop up when I hit "send" twice.
The smaller ones:
The end button turning the screen on and off:
I always liked being able to turn the screen on and off by hitting the "send" and "end" button. I'd hit the "end" button 2 times at the end of a call and the phone would go off. On the Mogul I have to hit a button on the side to turn it on or off. Can this be changed in the registry to make the "end" button turn the phone on and off?
Battery meter with the clock:
Whats with the battery meter being a third party plugin--the "HTChomeplug". I've tried the registry hacks to get the battery meter up by the clock like it was on my Treo, but it just screws up the top menu on the Mogul. If I can't get the battery meter up there I'd like to at least get rid of the other 3 things on the HTChomeplug (doing some research it looks like that's a registry hack of some kind--they don't even provide a menu to customize it). I generally kept a very uncluttered "today" screen.
Those are the main 3... other than that I love the phone--and it gets MUCH better RF than my 700wx did (the driving force for me getting it in the first place). Any help guys?
Also if these are "Palm" written features for Windows, has anyone tried to get them out of a 700wx and load in a different phone?
Thanks
--Nat
After having Treos since the 600 up to the 700wx, I finally decided to make the jump to a "full" WM Pocket PC rather than wait for the next Treo and picked up an HTC Mogul instead. Aside from getting used to the roomier keyboard, I love the bigger screen, faster/wider web browser & wi-fi, there are a couple of "niceties" missing that helped cut down on screen taps, and I don't know if it's because it's Palm thing, or a Windows Mobile thing (that HTC decided to configure differently)... any help figuring out how to enable the following would be most appreciated, even if it means a 3rd party program or registry hacks:
The *big* one:
List of last 10 called dialed when you hit the "send" key:
On my 700wx, all I would have to do is tap the "send key" when the screen was active (or twice if the screen was off), and a list of the last 10 numbers I dialed would pop up. Since 80% of my calls are to a list of a about 10 numbers, this cut down on key presses since all I'd have to do is use the "up" or "down" button after hitting "send" and select one of the last 10 numbers. The Mogul only lists the last number you dialed, and then dials it if you hit "send". There is a "call history" button on the screen, but that was on the Treo as well--and you have to tap the screen to open it up. I have probably made 10 calls by accident in the last day since I had the Mogul because I am so used to having that menu pop up when I hit "send" twice.
The smaller ones:
The end button turning the screen on and off:
I always liked being able to turn the screen on and off by hitting the "send" and "end" button. I'd hit the "end" button 2 times at the end of a call and the phone would go off. On the Mogul I have to hit a button on the side to turn it on or off. Can this be changed in the registry to make the "end" button turn the phone on and off?
Battery meter with the clock:
Whats with the battery meter being a third party plugin--the "HTChomeplug". I've tried the registry hacks to get the battery meter up by the clock like it was on my Treo, but it just screws up the top menu on the Mogul. If I can't get the battery meter up there I'd like to at least get rid of the other 3 things on the HTChomeplug (doing some research it looks like that's a registry hack of some kind--they don't even provide a menu to customize it). I generally kept a very uncluttered "today" screen.
Those are the main 3... other than that I love the phone--and it gets MUCH better RF than my 700wx did (the driving force for me getting it in the first place). Any help guys?
Also if these are "Palm" written features for Windows, has anyone tried to get them out of a 700wx and load in a different phone?
Thanks
--Nat