gamekill

I am fairly new to the Pocket PC world, and I am getting a bit confused wit all the Today Screen plugin options!!! And I believe this is a matter that goes through a lot of people's minds... So to put it simply:

Spb Pocket Plus, Spb Diary, Wisbar Advance, Pocket Breeze, iLauncher, and others seem to have TONS of overlapping uses. I mean, how many Today plugins offer battery and memory indicators? What about shortcut icons on screen? Or a "X button Really closes" function. Don't forget PIE fulscreen mode. etc etc.

So could you more experienced people please help us noobs?

==>> SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE A COMPARATIVE TABLE of the available enhancements each Today plugin offers!!! Please make it up to date with the newly released versions if possible.

VERY IMPORTANT:: Also please tell us wich plugins are less cpu-hungry and wich ones can be installed outside main RAM, if you know it.

All in all please make a nice comparative easy to read table.

Please!?

Thanks!

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gjw

I'm sure I'll be corrected but.........

WisBar Advance
Battery meter: On Title Bar
Memory meter: On Title Bar
Signal Strength meter: GSM Only - On Title Bar
Storage Card Meter: In PopUp bubble
Customizable Time/Date Display: On Title Bar
Backlight slider: No
Program Launcher: Cascading Start Menu plus 2 Custom Icons
Cascading Start Menu: Yes
Operating System Skinning: Yes
Close Button / Task Manager: Yes
Easy Access to Rotate Screen: Yes
Easy Access to Soft-Reset: Yes
Easy Access to CP Settings: Yes via Cascading Menu
Repeating Alarms: No
Safe Mode: No
Internet Explorer Enhancements: No
Storage Card Formatter: No
ZIP File Support: No
File Encryption: No
Easy Access to My Documents: Yes via Cascading Menu
VGA Support: Yes
Installs in BIS: Yes



Pocket Plus
Battery meter: Above Title Bar
Memory meter: On Today Screen
Signal Strength meter: No
Storage Card Meter: On Today Screen
Customizable Time/Date Display: No
Backlight slider: On Today Screen
Program Launcher: On Today Screen
Cascading Start Menu: No
Operating System Skinning: No
Close Button / Task Manager: Yes
Easy Access to Rotate Screen: Yes
Easy Access to Soft-Reset: Yes
Easy Access to CP Settings: Yes via Today Screen
Repeating Alarms: Yes
Safe Mode: Yes
Internet Explorer Enhancements: Yes
Storage Card Formatter: Yes
ZIP File Support: Yes
File Encryption: Yes
Easy Access to My Documents: Yes via Today Screen
VGA Support: Yes
Installs in BIS: Yes



iLauncher
Battery meter: On Bottom Tray
Memory meter: On Bottom Tray
Signal Strength meter: No
Storage Card Meter: No
Customizable Time/Date Display: No
Backlight slider: No
Program Launcher: On Today Screen and on Bottom Tray
Cascading Start Menu: No
Operating System Skinning: No
Close Button / Task Manager: No
Easy Access to Rotate Screen: No
Easy Access to Soft-Reset: No
Easy Access to CP Settings: Yes via Today Screen
Repeating Alarms: No
Safe Mode: No
Internet Explorer Enhancements: No
Storage Card Formatter: No
ZIP File Support: No
File Encryption: No
Easy Access to My Documents: Yes via Today Screen
VGA Support: Yes
Installs in BIS: Yes

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amheck

Good list gjw. I have no idea if it's right, but it loks very thorough.

gamekill, I know the frustration when trying to choose something like this. It is very hard. I ended up trying all of the demos and really like Pocket Breeze, so that's what I ordered a few days ago. I also found a thread about PB and Wisbar2 working together, and it seems they do, but to me, most of the features really seem to overlap and I can't see why you'd want both of them. Besides the fact that WB2 has the cascading menu's, which is kinda cool. But I don't know that its worth it to me to pay the full software price just for that.

But in the few days I've been messing with PB, I've been very happy.

And if you haven't seen this, check this out.
http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showthread.php?t=91310

o0adam0o

Well i have Pocket Plus 2.5 and Wisbar 2 on at the same time. I think its perfect with these 2 thingssince they work with each other verry well. Wisbar lets you put really cool "skins" that blow the windows mobile "themes" away. I dont really like pocketbreeze. You should get both pocketplus and wisbar. If i could pick one, i couldnt do it!!! Just muy opinion.

FlyACL

A lot is personal preferance as well. Try the trials and see what you like.

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gamekill

Thank you VERY MUCH for the detailed list! Wow a lot of overlapping stuff indeed. What about Pocket Breeze? Is it the ONLY good software that enables appointments and tasks in a well-organized manner on the today screen? Is this it's main advantage?

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Ken S

Some people use SPB Diary, but I personally feel that PocketBreeze is much better. It is amazingly customizable and can be skinned to match your devices today page.

Some of the other advantages of PB are:

1.) Custom tab which you can use to add any today plugin to this tab (only one custom tab available now, but soon multiple tabs will be added)

2.) You can integrate ContactBreeze into a tab (additional cost but well worth it)

3.) You can integrate PocketRSS into a tab (Program not written by SBSH and will cost extra)

4.) Special events tab allows you to view time until birthdays and anniverseries of your contacts.

5.) The best support in the industry in my opinion.

6.) Almost weekly updates giving new features and quickly fixing any bugs found.

Grahameh

[QUOTE=gamekill]I am fairly new to the Pocket PC world, and I am getting a bit confused wit all the Today Screen plugin options!!! And I believe this is a matter that goes through a lot of people's minds...

Good question!! I was about to ask the same question myself. I have been completely confused by all the alternatives. I have been having enough trouble getting all my old programs working fully on my new Axim without trial downloading half a dozen plug-ins and learning how to use them in order to determine which which is best.

I see there still isn't a complete comparison, but thanks to those who provided advice (it looks like it is still a lot of personal preference involved.)