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Review of update packs (AKU) for Windows Mobile 5.0
Updating and enhancing of any operating system are the things that seemingly will never stop. Groundbreaking changes get introduced in case a company is about to shift up the version of its OS, like it happened to Windows Mobile 2003 upgraded to Windows Mobile 5.0. However, when various fixes are many, but at the same time they cannot constitute a new version, already existing operating system obtains a suffix, indicating its advanced capabilities – for instance Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. Minor tweaks tend to pop up frequently and aim mostly at patching up actual version of operating system.
In Windows Mobile’s case such updates go by the name of Adaptation Kit or Adaptation Kit Update (or simply AKU abbreviation, which we will use throughout this review) – they usually patch up existing bugs and enable several new features. Each newly released AKU pack retains fixes found in previous versions of AKU, so in order to emphasize the most crucial fixes carried by AKU, the company sometimes turns to Feature Pack (FP) term, adopted from S60 platform. Significance-wise, Nokia S60’s FP and Windows Mobile’s AKU are on a par with each other, thus FP term applied to Windows Mobile has more of a marketing move rather than actual necessity in it.
Before the release (expounding this in Microsoft’s own terms - release to manufacturing or RTM), each AKU undergoes stages of alpha- and beta-testing within Microsoft and manufacturers (OEM/ODM). Once the partners have received the final (RTM) version of an update pack, it takes them at least 120 days to embed it in new devices, and it can’t be helped, for Microsoft needs these 4 months to fix critical errors and tackle missing functions. Just remember how long Windows Mobile 5.0 was getting to the first widely available device.
In this article we will review all released to date AKU versions for Windows Mobile 5.0 in order of appearance. On the whole, majority of changes incorporated into each pack are related both to WM for PPC and WM for Smartphone – in these cases we won’t make any comments, however should an update be specific for either WM for PPC or WM for Smartphone only, you will see a special note standing next to it.
Review of Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
Review of Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone
Our readers had the chance to look into the brand-new Windows Mobile 5.0 with the help of the world’s first review published on our page and today you are going to learn more about AKU 3.0 at first hand as well. But as we’ve promised a few lines above, the review starts with the very fist AKU versions.
How to find out which version is installed on your smartphone/communicator? Very simple – all you have to do is call up About window (Start/Settings/System), the last three digits (look like x.x.x) indicate AKU edition used on your device. However in this review only the two first ones will matter.
Adaptation Kit Update 0.1 и 0.2
Being a part of the very first updates wave, these packs focus on patching up errors of the original WM 5.0 (for example impossibility to make an emergency call when the device is locked). In their turn, manufacturers have acquired insignificant (from the point of view of end-users) possibilities, such as editable Help files (Pocket PC), control over default wallpapers transparency (Pocket PC), and ability to switch off auto words completion. As you see, alterations are so minor, that end-users could hardly notice that there were any at all.
Adaptation Kit Update 1.0
This update pack shows off loads of new features and patchworks, especially on the imaging front – owing to the developed features the corresponding application’s functionality has been greatly extended. Nevertheless manufacturers of gadgets which actually hit the shelves of retail stores give more preference to own interfaces and thus all Microsoft’s efforts have ended up being overlooked.
One of the most notable additions for WM for Smartphone platforms lies in landscape screen mode support (which was quite predictable, since back then announcement of Moto Q was not too far-out). Another update for smartphones is the possibility to manage these devices without a SIM card – before a plugged in SIM was a must in order to start up a phone. There are also some other steps taken towards unification of Pocket PC and Smartphone platforms.
Messaging part has gotten tuned a bit as well – checking for incoming mail at defined intervals can be assigned to all mailboxes set up in Outlook Mobile. Before, users were at liberty to make only one mailbox retrieve mail on schedule – all other accounts were to be managed manually. On top of that, the developers have added sorting by message type (for instance, in order to move apart SMS and MMS), however that tweak proves to be completely useless, when a manufacturer applies special folders for SMS and MMS.
One more extra feature for smartphones makes it possible to dial, save in the phonebook or send a SMS to a telephone number received in a message’s body and all that without leaving “View mode”. Surely, it is a really handy function.
Smartphones’ call logs have gotten amplified with the capability to send a short message or MMS to any record found on these lists. Nevertheless it is only the way everything was meant to be, in reality MMS gets replaced with E-mail, even for telephone numbers missing in the phonebook.
Pocket PC platform has been provided with FDN (fixed dialing numbers) feature, requiring PIN2 code – it allows limiting telephone numbers which users can call and send messages to. This function had been available on ordinary phones back then, but for some reasons it made it to Windows Mobile powered communicators a bit later.
When alarm clock is turned on, Today screen displays a corresponding bell-looking icon near time and date.
Pocket PC are now empowered with a full-fledged SIM contacts support, which are shown in the end of general contacts list and can be moved to the main phonebook.
Function keys lock has been added to Pocket PC software shell too.
And the last, but not the least addition to the interface – should you reach the end of a list (contacts, messages stored in Inbox) after scrolling through the last item, you will be redirected to the list’s beginning, whereas before the only option was to scroll it all the way back. Next update packs enables manufacturers to turn this off.
Adaptation Kit Update 1.1
This update pack targets mostly at increasing performance of wireless connectivity.
Nominally, from this update onwards, AD2DP Bluetooth profile, transferring stereo-sound to a special Bluetooth headset without using wires, is officially supported, however in practice support for A2DP profile was disabled by default (it was rather a daring experiment and mediocre quality just proves this theory) – many manufacturers haven’t included it into new devices. Another boost of Bluetooth is capability to synchronize contacts with Bluetooth-powered car kit.
Wi-Fi connectivity has undergone a lot of minor changes – for example now user is shown the access point he is currently using, whether it is secure or not. Once a device tracks a new Wi-Fi access point, the pop-up notification displays its safety status – protected networks are market with a lock-looking icon in the general list; but in case you think it is too much of information, you can turn prompt windows off. Further more, the developers have taken care of numerous bugs regarding Wi-Fi performance.
This update pack also delivers official hard drives support (the Korean manufacturer had to make it work without this feature on its Samsung i300). Another fetching addition – fast screen rotation for Pocket PC only.
Adaptation Kit Update 2.0
This AKU comes included with the infamous Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) – since the magnitude of this software kit has grown important for Microsoft’s target audience, the company had nothing to do but embed it in AKU 2.0.
The next point of interest concerns the audience this update aims at – before the release one of alternative titles used inside the company was Enterprise Feature Pack. As the name implies, enterprise users are the ones who should squeeze most out of this AKU.
The major innovation provided in this update pack is support for Always Up to Date version 2 or briefly AUTDv2 (the very first version involved SMS messages as notifications coming from the server), which is more widely known as Microsoft Direct Push Technology. To put it simply, this function works in the following way: if a mobile device has established a permanent connection to a server (MS Exchange 2003 SP2 is required), then as soon as new data gets to the server (new letter, contact, or alteration in schedule), it will be immediately sent to the mobile device without burdening users with checking out for updates manually. In a nutshell, owing to this feature you will be able to keep yourself updated on all recent happenings. It might sound strange, but a smartphone/communicator at permanent GPRS/EDGE connection lasts not for several hours, but several days instead – overall lifetime depends on concrete model. But in the end it still makes an impressive total, especially with Direct Push being switched on (for example from 9 AM till 6 PM).
Naturally the application has been attuned to mobile devices, as data there is beamed over cellular networks. For more speedy transfers the tool applies GZIP compression, for less synchronization time – special «connection caching» utility. Support for Secure MIME (SMIME) is also included, so that users are now capable of reading signed and cipher messages. Further more, enterprise users can conduct search for contacts and addresses in a corporate contact book (Global Address Book Lookup, GAL).
Remote device security management allows MS Exchange administrators to set password requirements, block a device, and wipe important data that might harm the company’s business without having the corresponding device at hand.
Short note. Whether to enable Direct Push via Wi-Fi or not – it’s up to manufacturer to decide.
Basically, MSFP is an extensive subject to discuss, but it’s not the main goal of this very review after all. Those of you, who would like to find out more about this system, may look up in vast variety of articles published on the net:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/business/5/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/business/strategy
/mobiledeviceplatforms.msp
http://www.gartner.com/resources/129000/129022/security_in_win.pdf# search=%22gartner%20MSFP%20%22
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/features/mobility/default.mspx
Nonetheless, «Enterprise Feature Pack» definition cannot give you an idea of all improvements that AKU 2.0 brings inside – there are still many interesting aspects to tell about.
Many of you will be greatly surprised, but Internet Explorer Mobile found in AKU 2.0 has been significantly re-worked. Even though the main part of the update offers various types of patchwork, there are some new functions as well, like accelerated scrolling and Fast Back feature, support for compiled WML, WMLScript over HTTP and enhanced DOM standard.
Smartphones have obtained frames support; keys “2” and “8” now serve for Page Up/Down purposes.
The update pack also carries Wireless Manager application for handling wireless connections – with its help you can quickly turn on/off Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Flight mode, in other words it’s a multifunctional switch, where users may also access Wi-Fi/Bluetooth settings outright.
SIM Toolkit. SIM-menu for operators, proposing a standard feature list – before manufacturers had to deal with third-party solutions.
Similarly to what we saw in the previous update pack for smartphones, Pocket PCs can now process a telephone numbers received in a message’s body, submit it to the phonebook as separate entries or send a message to them.
This update pack also includes a feature which doesn’t appeal to many experienced Pocket PC users – instead of clock in the top status bar, we now see battery level indicator. However it is changed in AKU 2.2, where users are at liberty to choose what they would like to see in the top right corner of display.
Smartphones have acquired a bundled file browser – previously they made use of a third-party application. According to its title, it performed all basic operations with files, but couldn’t offer something more.
Adaptation Kit Update 2.1
The only notable feature of this update is dynamic switching between screen modes (landscape and portrait).
Adaptation Kit Update 2.2
Compatibility with ActiveSync has been gotten better owing to the advent of ActiveSync Serial Switch utility. New ActiveSync 4.x has been initially set to use the RNDIS transport layer, but now you are granted the freedom to switch back to the old way (applied in Windows Mobile 2003 and earlier releases) in case you’re experiencing issues with pairing the device up with a PC. The developers have also managed to cut down time required for starting up Pocket PC by 15 seconds on average due to amplified caching algorithms. All other alterations are either beyond attention or target at patching up bugs.
Adaptation Kit Update 2.3
This AKU can boast only patches for existing errors – new functions and features don’t stand out too much, so we have almost noting to tell about the 2.3.
Adaptation Kit Update 2.5
And this is another “feature-less” update; at least it contains nothing deserving a special note. We can point out only SmartDial from the Today screen for QWERTY-equipped smartphones and the option enabling manufacturers to change dialing font color (Samsung’s influence?).
Adaptation Kit Update 2.6
The only more or less noteworthy change found in this AKU – zooming (up to 2x) for video clips played back in Windows Media Player.
Adaptation Kit Update 3.0
So, we have finally made it to the latest update pack available, also known under the name of Venti. It retains a number of really crucial patches and tweaks, which we are going to dwell on. In fact, finding out whether your device is running on AKU 3.0 or not is incredibly simple – at start up you will see “Windows Mobile Direct Push Technology” against green background, this is actually all another way of laying stress on MSFP’s presence. Moreover, About window now features a note regarding availability of Messaging and Security Feature Pack as well.
We’ll start reviewing this AKU with new specific functions and features. And .NET Compact Framework version two (instead of ver. 1; feature can be customized by a manufacturer) is the one at the frontlines.
One of the best things about AKU 3.0 is so-called Language Provisioning, enabling local manufacturers to add as many languages to a device as its onboard memory can store (at that every dictionary takes up from 6 to 12 Mb, depending on given language).
However the bad thing here is that language can be chosen only once, after that all other packages are deleted automatically, even hard reset won’t change the system’s mind. Thankfully, manufacturers can disable that and keep all language packs on the main storage permanently, so that users could switch languages after hard reset. All in all it’s a very important piece of work, even though hard reset is still a must for changing language.
Wireless connectivity has also received a major boost – an all-round new Internet Sharing utility replaces Modem Link, and allows accessing Internet via Pocket PC or smartphone with the help of USB/Bluetooth connection. On top of that settings are one-sided, which means that you will have to adjust only your mobile device, while your PC should only have support for Bluetooth network profile onboard, at that Windows Mobile-powered device doubles as a Bluetooth access point rather than a remote modem. In a nutshell, all you have got to do is establish connection to the access point without any additional settings being required (for example Access Point defining, which was inevitable on connection via Bluetooth DUN profile).
New Wi-Fi connection wizard for smartphones helps a lot in configuring new Wi-Fi networks.
One of the most crucial improvements is support for WPA2 – the most secure Wi-Fi standard for the time being. However the developers have seemingly decided to give Wi-Fi all their efforts and embedded Wi-Fi Multimedia, also called Wi-Fi Quality of Service (QoS), which allows access point to modify bandwidth limit for each application – a really credible tool when it comes to IP-telephony and streaming multimedia applications.
Bluetooth connectivity has gotten enhanced as well: from now on it supports FTP profile, better handles A2DP, whose quality gave rise to criticism lately.
A really credible feature has been embedded in Internet Explorer Mobile –AJAX support (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), enabling you to create dynamic pages on a mobile device; gmail.com is apparently the most widely-known AJAX-based service.
Outlook Mobile has been modified as well – on first start up the system offers you to setup e-mail (POP3/IMAP or Exchange) step-by-step via a special wizard, whereas before it proposed only time and security settings. At that both manufacturers and operators can pre-define settings for most popular mail services and thus lighten the rest of work to do.
From now on it’s possible to navigate Pocket PC’s folders containing messages without drawing your stylus. Previously, inability to browse folders via menus was only of the greatest flaws of single-handed management of Windows Mobile 5.0-based devices.
Contacts can be now transferred via SMS (in vCard standard), and should you retrieve a short message containing a phonebook entry, you will be immediately offered to save it into your contacts.
Short messages can be saved on SIM-card. Messages stored on SIM-card are displayed in general list of messages.
You can now send messages via GPRS (SMS over GPRS), but for that you will have to make sure that your cellular operator offers support for this function.
Support for contacts stored on SIM-USIM card has been improved. From now on SIM card contacts are sorted by Name in general contacts list, instead of being placed into bottom of list as it used to be. In my opinion this is not so convenient, especially in case you have loads of contacts and they are partly backed up on SIM-card, in other words you will end up handling duplicated entries. It would have been better to make this feature optional.
We should also highlight fact that support for external displays has been added officially. As an experiment (function is still rather crude, but this will most likely be fixed in future) you can now assign MP3 ring tones to all events including SMS and reminders. Yet, it’s unknown whether this feature will be implemented into final release or not.
Conclusion
Throughout AKU’s history for Windows Mobile 5.0 we see how treatment of “infantile sicknesses” (it took years for Microsoft to realize that MP3 ring tones should be allowed for assignment to SMS and others) and correction of bugs have been initiated simultaneously with empowering the OS with new features, such as support for Microsoft Direct Push, WPA2, Language Provisioning and greatly improved Internet Explorer Mobile.
Nonetheless the most interesting part of the WM’s history is yet to come with the release of Microsoft Windows Mobile Crossbow (possible commercial title – Windows Mobile 5.0 Second Edition). One of the upcoming articles on Mobile-Review.com will be dedicated to this matter; our readers will be able to find out what WM Crossbow is all about several months ahead of its actual release.
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Translated by Oleg Kononosov ([email protected])
Published - 07 September 2006
Hi,
For those among you who want a really functional open-source HP42S calculator. The calculator is a fully working implementation of the programmable (!) HP42S RPN. It's pretty functional: solver, graph app, integration calculatinos, matrix, conversions, statistical functions, complex numbers, etc.. This calculator saved me through school and university when I was younger. Above all, it's free and donations can be made to the author.
It has a realistic skin (which you must select first). However, this skin is not a WVGA resolution, so the screen will not be filled up completely. There's also a skin package for PocketPC on the same website, choose Ehrling42ssv.gif and its layout file, copy them into the program files\free42 folder, then in Free42, select the skin. Even though it's in 480x827 resolution, it will still not cover the whole screen but at least it is sharper than the original one.
Install the Free42Decimal.cab. (see explanations on the website for the reason)
Check it out here:
http://free42.sourceforge.net/
P.S.: works on the Touch HD (with screen not fully filled up).
Here's another link for other free HP calculators (see section: Emu48 for Windows CE Source Code 1.23 Release 2) :
http://www.hpcalc.org/hp49/pc/emulators/
Also important, the information on this page :
http://www.educalc.net/881486.page
The two links here seem to look like legal downloads (no warez), however, if you find out that it is not, please be so kind to inform us.
Hi guys,
as I told in the past, I developed finger friendly .net controls during the last 6 months.
Because of support, bug-fixing, etc. I have to sell them, so they are not for free, but they are very cheap.
If you are interested, have a look at the video or demo application at:
http://www.mirabyte.com/en/products/windows-mobile.html
Users of xda-developers will get a discount of 10%. Send me a PN to get the coupon code.
Greets,
Sascha
This is EXACTLY what I needed, glad its not hundreds of dollars either.
I'm very pleased to hear that the controls are exactly what you are looking for. That's the reason why I developed them ;-)
Let me know, if need further help or if you bought them.
Hey
This is really nice.... something which we all would like to incorporate
but the only problem is .. it is over-priced. Along with many professional developers .. there are students also who are developing mobile applications .. and ~= 70USD is kinda expensive.
But I am really impressed with the work.
CR
Hey
~Nothing here~
Sorry posted this two times by mistake
New version available!
What is new in version 1.5?
NEW: TouchPictureBox - allows to scroll zoomed pictures using the finger
NEW: TouchPictureButton - a special Button control with background and icon support, perfectly usable for touch-based applications
NEW: DoubleBufferedLabel - a special Label control that supports double buffering; therefore you can make changes to the Text-property without getting a flicker effect (e.g. for a stop watch application)
CHANGE: Touch List Box
- Massivly improved performance
- SelectedIndexChanged-Event added
- Public scroll speed properties
- DrawAlphaImage() added - draws an alpha image at a given position
- GetItemLocationInList() added - position of a list item within the list
- GetItemLocationInView() added - scrolls a given item into view
- GetAlphaImageFromBytes() added - converts a byte-array into an AlphaImage
- Culture property set to InvariantCulture (due to better performance)
- DrawMode Property added - allows normal or owner draw mode
- CustomDrawItem-Event added
- Some Properties in TouchListBox, ButtonBar and TopBar have been renamed to be more consistent
FIX: Better designer support for all controls
Since version 1.5 the demo package includes a fully programmable version of Touch Controls Suite as well as both simple and complex demo applications in C# and VB.NET!
Touch Controls 1.7 is now available!
The new release includes:
- "Flip Back" effect for TouchListBox
- TouchTextBox (a textbox with a skinable border and an optional button)
- TouchCheckBox (a finger friendly check box control)
- Various performance improvements
- Bugfixes (especially concerning out of memory exceptions)
- Some often requested changes to the API of the TouchListBox (for list updates etc.)
A short preview video of the new version can be watched on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcdZaGcNKWw
Users of xda-developers will get a discount of 10%. Send me a PN to get the coupon code.
New Release: Touch Controls Suite 2.0
Hello everybody,
Finally we have released the new version 2.0 of Touch Controls Suite which is now truly the leading controls library for creating “stylus-free”, finger-based touch applications on the Windows Mobile platform using the .NET Compact Framework (2.0 and 3.5!).
There are a lot of improvements and also several great new features that are waiting to be discovered by you!
More information about the new version can be found on our Website and in the latest posting in our blog.
A new video which shows the new features can be watch here.
We hope that you will like the new version of Touch Controls Suite!
Best regards,
Sascha
hi i am interested in using these controls but i cant find a real good guide of how to use them
there is a ggod manual with examples??
thanks
Hi,
you will find a documentation and a lot of sample applications with sourcecode included the download package. Also you will find how to's in our forum.
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Wave is by far the best phone in terms of its sleek design and the anodised aluminium body, along with its superb hardware. At the time it was launched, people were awed by it and it made people wonder why samsung had not loaded it with android. Well, the answer is here atlast - so that they could abandon our beloved wave and move on to more crappy OS development. heheh!!!
Anyways, just because 'sammy boy' left us does not mean we can't enjoy our wave. Out on the internet, there are so many fantastic java apps that they are somewhat far better than even the bada apps.
So, with that in mind, I humbly present to you - "The Wave Paradise". A thread, where you will find all you need to enjoy your wave for the time you move on to a better smartphone, that is actually smart.
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1] All the following apps have been tested throughly by Me and works brilliantly. Also, the tip regarding the permission pop-up removal is totally safe and does not cause any damage to your system file. Should you need to have the permission popup to return back, just uninstall the app and install it again. It will then again ask permission from you.
2] The following apps works flawlessly with all devices with bada 2.0. 8)
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Java apps when installed ask for permissions each time they are made to access the network or the phone memory. This is irritating.
And so, to get rid of this, there are two methods. Both of them are given below:
METHOD 1: {Used for bada 1.X}
1)Open sTune. [If you don't have it, download it from the attachment]
2)Once it starts, click auto-connect, then go to browser.
3)When in the browser mode, go to " AppEx > User > Java > Games ". Here, you will find all your installed java apps.
4)Double-click your desired app, then click "appdb" and then right click the "settings.bin" file and select delete.
5)Then, open your java app and you will see no more permissions pop-ups.
METHOD 2: {Used for bada 2.X and all custom firmwares}
1)Install the app on memory card.
2)Connect the phone in "Mass Storage Mode". [ For this - Go to Settings>Connectivity>USB Utilities>Mass Storage. ]
3)Select the memory card when connected in mass storage.
4)Then, go to Others> [email protected]@[email protected]@__ > Games.
5)In here, you will find a folder with the name of your app.
6)Select the app folder you want to get rid of the pop-ups.
7)Then go to "appdb" folder and delete the "settings.bin" file.
8)And Voila!! No more annoying permission pop-ups.
9)Also, if you want, you can move the app to the phone memory if you like by disconnecting the "Mass Storage Mode" and then going to the "Java" on the phone and move it manually.
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1)Auto-Rotate
Now apps rotate between "Landscape" and "Portait" modes automatically. Use the apps in any orientation you like.
( Note that some of the apps in this thread have either "Landscape" or "Portrait" mode. That is for stability reasons. Almost all have autorotate. Those that don't are mentioned in that post itself.)
2) HD Icons
Unleash the full power of the "Super Amoled Screen"!!
3)Fullscreen
After all size does matter. Use the full screen of the wave.
4)Virtual Keypad Off
Adios ugly "Virtual Keypad"!! hehe!!
5)Background Working
Want to have multiple java apps running simultaneously? Well, now you can. Run upto 3 apps simultaneously and they will not pause in the background. Neat.
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Since, these Apps are tested by Me, you wont have any problems with them. But, if any problem arises with any of the apps in this thread, it will be sorted out by Me. For that, I will need :
1) A precise statement of your problem.
2) ScreenShots depicting that problem.
NOTE: Before Installing any App from this collection, make sure you delete any previous versions of that App. This is very important.
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1) Opera Mini 7.1
2) UC Browser 9.0.1
3) One Browser (Formerly known as QQ Browser)
4) iBibo iBrowser 2.0
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1)TTPod Player V 1.70 - Full English Translated
2)Duomi Player
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1) Albite Reader 2.2 HD
2) Foliant Reader 0.7
3) AnyView Reader 4.0.12
Note: In-case you need to use a dictionary in albite reader, I have attached in this thread. Just set the dictionary folder in albite reader to the folder you have saved the dictionary. The name of the dictionary is Merriam-Webster 1913, Abridged version .
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1)Nimbuzz 1.9.6
2)UTalk
3)eBuddy
4)WebWag (snaptu like free app)
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1)MobileRar
2)s-Tools (courtesy Stephan Dev)
3)Lynkee - QR Code Reader and Generator
4)SportyPal Pro
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1) MTorrent (torrent downloader)
2) Cricket Companion
3) Yahoo! Messenger 2.2.0
4) Facebook Chat
5) Yahoo! Mail
6) NewsHunt - Online Multi-Newspaper App for Wave
7) Foursquare
8) iTyphoon
9) Hike
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1) TrekBuddy and Offline Map Creator
2) Google Maps 3.0.3 with Latitude
3) Locify
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1) Dictionary "wb1913-abrd.ald" for Albite Reader 2.2 HD. Just set the folder you will save this file as the dictionary folder.
2)sTune, made by stefanDev. It is a very important tool required to browse the internal files of wave.
3)MultiLoader, that is used for "flashing" your waves. Very Important and the user interface has been improved.
Opera Mini Collection
DESCRIPTION
Opera Mini is a web browser designed primarily for mobile phones, smartphones and personal digital assistants. Until version 4 it used the Java ME platform, requiring the mobile device to run Java ME applications. From version 5 it is also available as a native application for Android, bada, iOS, Symbian OS, and Windows Mobile. Opera Mini is offered free of charge, supported mainly through deals with mobile operators to have Opera Mini pre-installed in phones, and other sources of revenue such as search advertising deals, licensing and paid bookmarks and Speed Dial placement
FEATURES
SCREENSHOTS
UC Browser Collection
DESCRIPTION
This is the latest version 9.0.1.
FEATURES
1)Compression Technology
Advanced compression technology can reduce data costs by up to 85%, making mobile surfing cheaper.
2)Stable Network
Unique Free-link technology makes wireless network much more stable.
3)Powerful Search
Embedded various popular search engines to meet your searching needs.
4)Multi-tabs
Allowing you switch between pages easily and giving you better browsing experience.
5)Site Navigation
Hundreds of categorized popular web sites are showed in the navigation bar, all you need to do is just ONE click!
6)Download Manager
Super download manager supports resuming downloads and multithreaded downloads.
7)Optimization
To provide the best browsing experience for you, we optimized the browser on different platforms.
8)Pre-load
Pre-load technology makes further improvement on your browsing speed, no more waiting.
9)Privacy
Manage you account making login easily and support cookies.
10)Bookmark and History
Instant access to your favorite web sites with bookmarks or browsing history.
11)URL auto-completion
Effortlessly enter addresses thanks to our sophisticated URLauto-completion, entering only a few letters then select your address.
12)View mode
Zoom Mode and Adaptive Mode are provided to meet your preferences, more viewing choices for web sites.
13)Save and Share
Support to save web pages and images and share them by Bluetooth or SMS.
14)File Manager
You can open, delete and share your files by Bluetooth in UC Browser.
15)Night Mode
Unique Night Surfing Mode protects your eyes in the dark.
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Albite Reader HD 2.2
DESCRIPTION & FEATURES
An e-book reader for Java Mobile developed by Svetlin Ankov. It's free, and it's released under the Apache 2.0 License. Hence, has been modified by Me.
Implemented features
1 ) anti-aliased bitmap font in four sizes with over 850 glyphs, including latin, cyrillic and greek
2 ) hyphenation for 29 languages
3 ) 23 character encodings, including UTF-8 and most of ISO-8859 and Windows-125x
4 ) animated touch-guided scrolling
5 ) horizontal and vertical scrolling
6 ) on-touch dictionary look up
7 ) units conversion: temperature, length, area, ...
8 ) portrait and landscape view
9 ) images and basic styling
10 ) color profiles
11 ) portable book settings
12 ) bookmarks
13 ) table of contents
Hyphenation for 29 languages
Basque
Bulgarian
Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
German
Greek
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
French
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Latin
Latvian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Russian
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Welsh
Character Encodings
Support for 23 character encodings
UTF-8
ASCII
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2
ISO-8859-3
ISO-8859-4
ISO-8859-5
ISO-8859-7
ISO-8859-9
ISO-8859-10
ISO-8859-13
ISO-8859-14
ISO-8859-15
ISO-8859-16
WINDOWS-1250
WINDOWS-1251
WINDOWS-1252
WINDOWS-1253
WINDOWS-1254
WINDOWS-1257
KOI8-R
KOI8-RU
KOI8-U
SCREENSHOTS
Foliant Reader
DESCRIPTION
Foliant - application running on modern phones and smartphones with support for Java. Its main functions are to organize your collection of books and easy to read. The program is implemented on the platform J2ME, specification MIDP 2.0.
FEATURES
* Support TXT and FB2
* Complete library Groupings by authors, genres and other parameters
* Search and download books from the Internet
* Support of True Type fonts prepared
* Display rotation by 90, 180, 270 degrees, support for accelerometer
* The ability to comment on and rate the book
* Work with ZIP archives like folders, support GZip archives
* Built-in English-Russian dictionary, one-click
* User-friendly menu with support for kinetic scrolling
* Support for the main character WIN-1251, ISO-8859-5, UTF-8, KOI8R, DOS
* Three modes paging books: kinetic scrolling, page-flipping stroke, thumb through the zones
* Carry the words (it supports English and Russian hyphenation)
* Tweaking text formatting
* Support profiles settings
* Backlight control (only Nokia and SE)
* Russian, English and Ukrainian localization
SCREENSHOTS
AnyView 4.0.5
DESCRIPTION
Anyview is a free ebook reader.
It can read files of type TXT, HTML, PDB (TEXt/REAd format, but don't support iSiloX format), as well as display GIF, JPEG and PNG files.
FEATURES
· Can handle UTF-8, ASCII and Unicode - so can display Spanish and other language texts.
· Fully touch screen enabled
· Very fast and responsive
· Has great page turning capability .You can also turn on automatic scrolling.
· Has Search, Jump to and bookmark features - everything you would expect of an ebook reader.
· It supports reading directly from ZIP files - so your ebooks can take up less space on your phone.
· Provides flexible customization capabilities with more than 50 user-customizable settings such as font size, colors, screen layout, etc. These preferences can be saved in Settings files and you can set up multiple settings files for use with different document types.
The current Version supports (TXT, HTML, PDB, UMD, GIF, JPEG and PNG) formats.
HOW TO CHANGE THE APP'S LANGUAGE ON FIRST RUN
The current setting is set to Chinese, so use this to get other languages:
- click on Menu (left down corner)
- option third from the top (the one with submenu)
- third option from the bottom (the one with submenu)
- English,Spanish,Chinese and Russian can be selected from here.
SCREENSHOTS
Nimbuzz 1.9.7
DESCRIPTION & FEATURES
The new version is packed with useful features that will help you manage better your online presence.
Here are the new features
1) Invisible mode – to appear invisible to your Nimbuzz contacts while you are actually online.
2) New Notifiable icon - for contacts that have the app closed but are available via push notification or Ping.
3) Mandatory phone number verification for chat-rooms
4) Faster login
5) Less data consumption
SCREENSHOTS
HUAWEI P6-U06
BAIDU ROM SUPPORT
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
PS: P6 does not support the card swipe package only supports wire brush package, please read the wire brush tutorial in second post.
Current ROM Recommended:
An automatic call recording, reliving memories dialogue
The long-awaited automatic call recording, and we finally met, the call setup settings. In the call log can directly see and hear the recording. Revisit your conversations with friends, important messages can be recorded!
(Supported models: C8812, C8812E, C8825D, U8825D, C8950D, C8813, C8813D, C8813Q, N880E, N909, Coolpad5890, A820, G4, ZP980, G520, A798T, A789; does not support: G11, T328D, T328W, T328T, ONE X (4.2), ONE X (4.0), i9300, I9220, NS, I9250, N7100, P6)
1 , on-demand customization, want to record on the record
2 , the perfect support call recording, and the sound quality is very clear
3 , support for automatic recording only the specified number
4 , recordings and call logs automatically associated, at a glance
5. Second, traffic compression improvements, consumption is no longer afraid
Demand has long been compressed for a single application flow switch has been presented, you can set the slide switch, a single consumption data Clearly Visible
6. Regularly check traffic compression is turned on, and the pop-up status bar, cancel prompt. Traffic compression turned off after status bar option, promptly closed the traffic compression will not occur again this prompt, the purpose is to ensure that users can use at least one traffic compression to stop prompt.
7. Third, enhanced reporting harassment to report so easy!
Harassment Report feature further enhanced reporting and more convenient. Call records and SMS reports added to the list entry, click to reports, the reported number is automatically added to the blacklist.
8. Fourth, the recorder revision, experience a new interactive and visual
Line body style interface, simple and tough. While recording, such as a cassette-like circular frame while continuing to rotate. Easy to operate Easy
Other improvements :
[Desktop]
Add Status Bar New 3 switches: shutdown, mute, lock screen
Added a new desktop gadget and quick launch tool flashlight switch
List of new features backplane switch options
New application list sorted by frequency increase and optimize the flow of new folders
Add docbbar background desktop settings can be configured
[Calls]
New answer vibration function - Answering the call to set an additional vibration on / turn off
Repair contacts call log loading process text overlay (Contributors: @ Communications _diao wire)
Fix C network outgoing calls, the other is answered no vibration
Repair deleted contacts custom ring tones, this contact calls without ringing
[Audio]
Update the system database and the default ringtone ringtone (personalized ring tones, oh. Brush does double clear when the alarm clock rings or ROM36 new default ringtone)
Updated Unlock Sound
Update Key audio
Update Switch Sound
Add a stopwatch and countdown sound
Add List "Delete notes" Operation Add sound effects
[SMS]
New messages list, press and hold the message sent by strangers, the pop-up menu to add the "Add to Contacts", to facilitate rapid strangers to Contacts
[Setup]
Add reboot into Recovery , click reboot, choose " Brush Mode " Press OK to take effect
Fix: Set Application Management checkbox easy to inadvertently
[Multimedia]
Added support for the launcher to add the song list for the Shortcut . shortcut displays the name of the song list and cover art. Click on the shortcut you can play back the songs in this list.
Add in the network disk transfer list open files, can be directly downloaded to the local file already. If the file format is not supported, then the pop-up toast inform
New network disk files can view the details
New network disk provided in accordance with the " name " , " Time "&" Size "three ways to sort view
Add music player settings to add a "sliding when changing song lyrics progress," the switch is disabled by default. Off can be dragged up ways to view the lyrics, the song does not affect the playback progress.
Added: Optimization song delivery network traffic
[Other]
Add gadgets to add process optimization, performance tuning slide
New gadgets quick start
Fix List " delete notes " operation to add sound effects
Fix Baidu map click on the navigation problem will flash back
Fix anti-harassment module interface is displayed as Chinese in English, and the system main interface uncoordinated issues (Contributors: Fish swim in the Atlantic Ocean)
Fix harassment after intercepting messages by clicking Report an error exit (provider: ccll1935 )
Repair system upgrade interface " boot across process upgrade notification " in front of the word appears truncated
Fix screenshot after editing the picture to be wrong (Contributors: @ mmsky521 )
Repair Baidu Cloud Professional Edition installed static reading of the world can not read (Contributors: @ qwer6x )
Fix Baidu map navigation functions when using flash back. (Provider: love Liu rising, brush the old man)
V38
Dual 11 re-launch one: Camera for face glance , there are male **** wire spring
Camera from the original partition mode to full-screen viewfinder, greater clarity to make your photos extraordinary. The 4.0 and 4.1 of the camera on the device is the "below the screen, does the viewfinder." Of course, this is not without cost, and interested friends can read this post cloud appendix.
Love taking pictures of the machine will be faithful exhibition limbs friends ~ pairs 11 , Singles, afraid! Embrace your pictures expertise, use Baidu cloud ROM camera modules to give you the goddess photographed it, maybe your spring is thus born!
1, flash and front camera button placed in full-screen preview of the upper left corner, to facilitate related adjustments before taking pictures. Simplifies the camera and video mode switching method, and you can set the photographic effect.
2, camera side UI and photographed consistent.
3, panorama mode UI to maintain consistent and photographed.
Dual 11 re-launch two: Gallery transfiguration superhuman powers, save Mito, Mito look
Gallery also with camera module together with the revision, comprehensive adaptation 4.0 , 4.1 , 4.2 version. Meng goddess could not be saved according to how their own masterpiece keep it constantly browsing!
1, the time axis visit: daily photo thumbnails will form a unit, down from the time of the shooting early evening sorted. If you want to jump to a certain date, in addition to scroll up and down this way, you can also click on the date of the text, it will pop up a half-screen interface for quick retrieval jump.
2, the traditional folder view View: camera in a prominent position at the same time, taking into account the visibility of other folders. Users can not show in the first folder interface organized into a single virtual folder "more images" in the.
3, cloud photo album browsing, you can in this tab page choose to use Baidu account login, browse Baidu photo album, quickly and safely.
With a call + SMS + address book interface, you can slide freely in three modes - switching back and forth, operate freely. This revision would not say that contrary to its kind, drawing almost the extraction, but also iron clank, the Jiao-Jiao Yong.
Dual 11 re-launch three: a master lock screen diversity, was supernatural theme fresh
Previously said, Baidu cloud ROM can fit the theme package on the market mainstream, especially with a grain company named works. But slightly less than that, we were not recognize and parse them in the lock screen theme package configuration file, so even if you apply these topics can not see the lock screen which contains.
From this ROM , we can already parse lock screen file and allows you to enjoy these lock screen way up. You download and apply a theme package, which contains the lock screen mode immediately.
Dual 11 re-launch four: watch video manipulation, networked disk Zuoyoufengyuan
From ROM38 onwards, after you log Baidu account, you can operate Baidu network disk stored on the video. You can upload videos to the local network disk, network disk can also download the video to the local. Even more peculiar is that we integrate baidu cloud media player SDK , so you can directly open network disk video viewing and no longer around the corner downloaded, Xiaoyun think this is the second ROM the biggest bright spot, very convenient, this the true meaning of life is the cloud era: the body in the cloud, Rulvpingdi.
From the interface point of view, the whole video is now divided into two tab pages. The first page or the traditional local video page, it will list all of your local video files will not repeat them here. The second page is the cloud video interface, we'll show your network disk in which all the video resources. You can choose to download the press can also click directly play.
You choose to upload or download, you can view the progress in the status bar. You can also click the notification to cancel the operation.
To save your traffic, you can adjust the settings: Sync, upload, and download only the WLAN circumstances.
Recommended: Launcher lose weight first screen Speed-
Many cloud Friends complain first screen performance is not good, in this ROM , we do some optimization. The main means that some of the non-essential work on the launch later choose, rather than a whole thing will come ready. By means of this optimization, we can speed up your boot into the first screen speed. Of course, we will continue to work in the operating performance, time will tell.
Other improvements:
[Calls]
Add call to join the automatic redial function
Fix U8825D enter the call recording, telephone recording settings click Back, phone crash
[SMS]
New SMS center number is set entrance ( only supports mobile )
[Setup]
New dual card ringtone settings. Dual cards side by side, ringtones entirely different.
[Multimedia]
Optimization drip long sentence recognition results page interactive detail:
1, the recognition results in increased system scrollbar. When the text can not be too much when the screen is displayed, the scroll bar appears by default, blinks and then disappears.
2, the bottom right corner of the character statistics. Instant recognition results show the current number of characters.
Fix click Edit / Rotate picture, gallery will FC
Click to download repair assistant dictionaries, appeared FC
[Other]
Repair the battery can only be charged to 99% , not full (providing user: 839 907 118 )
Fix Battery Life time display is incorrect
Fix C8813Q just brush machine, giving a new number to send the text message, click the dial key from the SMS interface, character overlap
Download V39: Link
Download V38: Link
Download V37 : Link
Note : I Am Not Responsible For Any Damage Or Brick Or Broken SD Card. I am not developer i am just sharing it.credit goes to original developers. Try At Your Own Risk.
Huawei P6 Baidu cloud ROM Brush tutorial
Tips:
1 , there is no experience of Friends of the machine brush machine, please download "Baidu cloud a key Brush tool" brush machine, safe and secure!
2 , phone system or non Baidu cloud systems (factory system, MIUI , or other), only supports wire brush.
3 , the phone system has been Baidu cloud systems, you can choose wire brush (will double clear) or card swipe.
--------------------------------------------- P6 wire brush tutorial - ------------------------------------------
Note: This tutorial is for P6 Mobile brush into Baidu cloud ROM , regardless of the current phone system version is already Baidu cloud systems.
Again: the use of this tutorial wire brush method clears the user data, please backup your data!
Brush preparation:
1, P6 driver installed on the PC and use the phone via a USB cable to connect PC.
Driver Download:
http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=3886485607&uk=2602288789
2, open the USB debugging:
a) Open Developer Options: Set - "on the phone -" mad Version Details
b) Open the USB Debugging: Settings - "Developer Options -" tick USB debugging
3, close the pea pods and other software, so as not to affect the brush.
Brush process:
1, unpack the downloaded Brush, the following documents:
2, double click to run FlashTool_For_P6.BAT, press any key to start the brush machine, brush script will automatically clear the data (please back up your current phone data!), The whole process takes about five minutes or so, please be patient:
Brush success tips:
If the following screen appears, check the phone USB link is OK, including the driver checks, pea pod is closed:
Second Reserve
hi, is this rom multilanguage?
Trying in a moment... Hope it has better perfomance and other languages than China...
From what i read, "baidu" is Chinese company modeled similar to Google and that these Baidu roms they release are optimized for those Baidu services. So I was expecting this rom to have all their Baidu content in it.
Okay, just flashed, everything went fine, lets see how it runs...
BluntP6 said:
Okay, just flashed, everything went fine, lets see how it runs...
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Ok,waiting your feedback and impressions
is it multilanguage?
raiden2332 said:
is it multilanguage?
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Only English and Chinese avaible.,
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Okay... The rom itself runs pretty smooth in home screens and settings. But one big problem is Google apps. They arent included, and when i try to flash newest 4.2.2 jb gapps zip, i cant use phone because it gives google services crashed error popup. When i flash 4.3 gapps zip, it doesnt crash but google play says "no connection". Im trying to find a solution on this, tell me if you know something...
Okay, tested it for a hour. I didnt manage to get gapps working, so this rom is useless for me. From Antutu i got 13700. As i said before, UI worked smoothly, but the phone has still some elements in Chinese, even when i switched system language to English. There was Chinese, Englih and Spanish. With google apps and little perfomance boost (>15000 score) and fully english UI this would be best rom for P6 atm.
BluntP6 said:
Only English and Chinese avaible.,
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Okay... The rom itself runs pretty smooth in home screens and settings. But one big problem is Google apps. They arent included, and when i try to flash newest 4.2.2 jb gapps zip, i cant use phone because it gives google services crashed error popup. When i flash 4.3 gapps zip, it doesnt crash but google play says "no connection". Im trying to find a solution on this, tell me if you know something...
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Try to installer ancient versions of google apps for then updates.
neodante said:
Try to installer ancient versions of google apps for then updates.
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Tried it many times, no working.
BluntP6 said:
Tried it many times, no working.
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Ok,so no have solution
Wow, I have just installed this ROM and have played around with it for a while and I must say it is as interesting as hell !!
Very fast and unlike any UI I have experienced. I have not tried to install a gapps .zip as it seems not to work so I tried to install a Google Play Store .apk but for some reason it wont open, maybe some kind of restrictions. All other .apk's install and work fine. I synced my Gmail acct. all good, sycned my contacts (using .vcf file) and all good.
Lots of Chinese stuff I dont understand but I'm having fun just trying everything.
Overall for someone like me who uses my mobile for texting, calling and basic fun stuff this is a really good ROM with some serious eye candy.
If you want to try something really different give this a go.
Cheers, LL13- :victory:
lamplighter13 said:
Wow, I have just installed this ROM and have played around with it for a while and I must say it is as interesting as hell !!
Very fast and unlike any UI I have experienced. I have not tried to install a gapps .zip as it seems not to work so I tried to install a Google Play Store .apk but for some reason it wont open, maybe some kind of restrictions. All other .apk's install and work fine. I synced my Gmail acct. all good, sycned my contacts (using .vcf file) and all good.
Lots of Chinese stuff I dont understand but I'm having fun just trying everything.
Overall for someone like me who uses my mobile for texting, calling and basic fun stuff this is a really good ROM with some serious eye candy.
If you want to try something really different give this a go.
Cheers, LL13- :victory:
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I had the same problem with Google Play APK. Closing right after opening.
A Developer Edition of Baidu Rom: http://bbs.anzhi.com/thread-8514214-1-1.html
V38 Updated See OP For Changelog
Actually I Don't Have Device Right Now My Device Is In Repair.
Can Someone Test This Gapps And Reply If Its Working Or Not?
http://d-h.st/orl
you might have a multilingual version?
I can't install it. The installer says <waiting for device>, phone just shows the "Huawei Ascend" slpash and nothing happens. Can anyone help me? I really want to check this rom out.
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Managed to install it. The rom is really cool. UI is smooth and beautiful. Too bad google services don't work and it is not fully translated.