Looking for 2 Applications

[confusedxx]

I just got a Touch Cruise this weekend and love it so far.

But I find that I would really like to get 2 things for it:

1. a better keyboard. I know there is a learning curve, but I am not sold on any of the keyboards that came with the device. I heard there is a freeware keyboard that is much better. Anyone know of it?

2. is there an application like google maps or google mail that you all use to track stocks and see how your portfolios are doing? Something like this would make the device even more useful.

thanks,

[LogLux]

Try out this keyboard: It's a little bit bigger than the standard one. I use it and it works great.

pocketcm keyboard (http://www.pocketcm.com/keyboard2.php)

Google Maps can be found here: Google Maps Mobile v2.0.1.17 (http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-google-maps-mobile-v1-2-0-13.html)

[gnick666]

for the second one you can search for google2go... it's a hotlink collection for the IE. It launches as a normall app, and does include the mobile google finance

[hambola]

PocketCM keyboard is great. a lot of good skins for it too.

For a maps program Windows Live Search Mobile is by far the best. Seriously one of the best apps from Microsoft and it's for free. It includes movie times, gas prices, maps with gps, speech recognition for addresses and business locations. I think it's only available in the US & UK though, so really depends on where you're at.

As for stocks I use Pocket StockCenter. You can setup your portfolio, number of shares for each symbol, amount paid, etc.

[MusicArt1st]

or you could try Vitos' Zoomboard which is quite good

[maevro]

While I agree PCM is a great keyboard, I have been using TouchPAL and have been happier.

http://www.cootek.com

[confusedxx]

PocketCM keyboard is great. a lot of good skins for it too.

For a maps program Windows Live Search Mobile is by far the best. Seriously one of the best apps from Microsoft and it's for free. It includes movie times, gas prices, maps with gps, speech recognition for addresses and business locations. I think it's only available in the US & UK though, so really depends on where you're at.

As for stocks I use Pocket StockCenter. You can setup your portfolio, number of shares for each symbol, amount paid, etc.


I just installed PocketCM keyboard but my Polaris continues to use the Old Keyboard. When I select PocketPC keyboard and then options, it says PocketPC keyboard must be the SIP inorder to Configure it.

What is SIP and how do I get the PocketCM keyboard to work?

[hambola]

I've seen that as a bug sometimes, when you hit the small arrow by the keyboard icon and select PocketCM and it gives you that standard keyboard with the really small keys. Try resetting and selecting the pocket CM keyboard. Then you should be able to go into options and modify it.

Also search for SIP changer, there are tons of threads and the file is floating around. Allows you to set the default SIP on startup.

By the way SIP is "soft input panel" or something like that, it's basically the app that pops up that allows you to input characters whether it be the default HTC ones, default Windows ones, or something like PocketCM.

HTH