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P990 feature discussion - today and my shortcuts


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Posted by masseur
I thought I might start something new showing certain features as a tutorial for those who are not aware or using it, and as a discussion thread for those who are

The first icon shown on the flip open screen is for showing the "today" details.


here you can see recent missed calls, unread messages, appointments and tasks. If any, you can click them for more details. You also have icons to go directly to create a new email, task, calendar entry or go directly to the main menu

the icon highlited in the following picture gives access to a menu where you can choose to change this view from the "today" view to a "my shortcuts" view




and here is the default "my shortcuts" view


This view can be customised extensively so that the icons can represent almost anything in the P990

First you need to pick an icon and delete it using the trashcan shown here


I chose the "web" icon and here is the result showing "New" in its position


next, if you click this "New" icon you get the choice of what you want to replace it with which can be from any of the following categories


most, like picture, video, sound etc are self explanatory but I thought I'd show the sub menu's here for the more interesting ones

firstly in application we have all these choices (+ any other apps you have installed)



under radio preset you can even choose the individual saved radio stations!


from the settings you can choose to set your icons to items such as:-


and from common tasks items such as:-


all in all... a very useful function in this new P990


Posted by Coxy
Nice one Big M. Nothing like this on the M600 though is there?

Posted by masseur
not exactly, at least not a full screen of icons.

on the M600 you can only change the default view icons shown here



just pick one, click more and then replace.

you then get a similar set of possible things to assign to the icon which is pretty much anything in the M600

Posted by Coxy
Yeah thats what I thought. Thanks for that.

Posted by ares
Good job Masseur!! I also find that shortcuts menu one of the best things on the P990

Posted by bytes
Hello everyone. Will be getting the P990i next week, gosh this weekend will seem like ages and also was trying to compile the list of tips and shortcuts as and when it appears esp in tis topic. But seems no-one is keen to visit tis page huh???

Posted by anielgrover
Thanks Masseur.
Excellent information for a newbie like me. I dont have the phone yet,however,I have strongly and regularly been reading about symbian thread and about this phone to gear myself with lots of information from great people like you all so that I am comfortable when I get my P990i in couple of weeks

I have one question though. Since I am a mac user what if I want to replace the icons with any from my mac icons.Could you proivde some help here please.

[ This Message was edited by: anielgrover on 2006-09-08 09:25 ]

Posted by joel80
Quote:

On 2006-09-08 10:19:09, anielgrover wrote:
I have one question though. Since I am a mac user what if I want to replace the icons with any from my mac icons.Could you proivde some help here please.



You can use any picture on the phone for the icons of the shortcuts.

Posted by Luke-the-magic-man
nice one BIG M much appreciated, I had a good play with my p990 today and really am getting to like it, but when browsing the web it kept crashing on me lol

Posted by Indiandawg
Nice one masseur

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Posted by Muzikfreakah
Great going Masseur

HEy I noticed that on your M600 the today option is showing on your screen,

wish thsi can be done on the P990 also or for the shortcuts that we creat they would come out on the main flip open screen because there is sure a lot of space there.

P990 rocks

Posted by energetic
Nice...

Posted by bytes
Great this page is picking up again. Hope you all P990 owners share your tips and shortcuts here. Think Mr. M has started this great page. Thanks man.


Posted by energetic
So... What is next?



Posted by 619
i cant find those settings on the lastest fw of p990

Posted by masseur
it still all works the same for me on the latest firmware

Posted by bytes
I was told that the sets with Chinese language support could not update firmware to R7 still on R4 and seus will reply via update service, no update needed!!! Any truth in this?
Found out also the "call divert" function are sometimes available depending on sim card. Under call settings, you cannot see "call divert" but I tried changing sim card, it appears. Its definately not becos of service availability as both my sim has subscribed to call divert with telephone service provider!!! Another bug?
On the brighter side, i did notice the menu speed is better after i turn off the handwriting abilities.
Think I will give up on this P series and return it and get me a stable and reliable W810i

Posted by bytes
Just installed the swissman. There is this setting where you can set close/end application on flip close. This is real useful to conserve precious RAM and avoid phone auto restart due to lack of memory.

Posted by adhussain
Swissmanager is useful but sometimes the OS shuts it down if it's running out of memory, so u have to keep checking if it's on.

Posted by drgopoos
i have a few doubts about 990


1 can we use *.gif as wall paper to get a moving wall paper... i do not mean screensaver

2 is there a a screen saver that will show that clock... in p910 there was the screen saver or powersaver clock option but its missing here... i have to click one switch to see the time each time

3 any new programs that have been released for this handset...

4 can we change how the icons look.... namely the short cut icons where are so boring to see when you compare them with other icons in the handset

5 can we store messages in the memory card ... i have lots of emails and messages that i have to keep and this is eating away my phone memory

6 any larger capacity batteries available

7 what are the ebook readers for this handset..i have a lot of medical ebboks which i refer regularly and now i am stuck with no program to read them



Posted by drgopoos
guys i was trying to delete some a few selected messages from my in box and found that when i mark them i dont get the option of deleting them...

please tell me if i am wrong

please some one answer my previous questions

gopu

Posted by drgopoos
i have found out the problem with messaging thanks to "smartman82"

you have to close all applications and then open messaging and then the delete option will appear....

firm ware problems....

Posted by Guy H
@ drgopoos

I've had the same problem. R5 fw voda branded.

Posted by Geezay
Iteresting feature. It is very much like the Desktop Application that comes with the P910i - free for download from the P910 support site which I found quite to be handy! Not as handy as Handy Day 2005 but pretty close. A question then Masseur - is the application on the P990 customisable to a level where you could have a something like WM5 today screen?

Posted by bytes
Geezay; what desktop application are you referring??
I am looking for a PC desktop appliation that actively connected to P990 via deskstand/cradle and can send sms and manage organiser from PC. Thanks in advance

Posted by bytes
Geezay; what desktop application are you referring??
I am looking for a PC desktop appliation that actively connected to P990 via deskstand/cradle and can send sms and manage organiser from PC. Thanks in advance



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