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symbianworld
Joined: Jul 07, 2007
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Hey mates,
I've receive my first UIQ/SE device today ( http://symbianworld.wordpress[....]unboxing-and-first-impression/ )
Can you tell me names and function of application I really need? |
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jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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From: Philippines
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Hey Symbianworld... congrats on your purchase.
I'm a new P1i owner as well, but long time UIQ/P-series user (I was one of the first to give an internet review for the P800 actually)
The biggest advantage of a UIQ device is that you can totally customize its functions with the software you need.
There is no real "best software" for it since it would depend on what you want to do on your phone.
If you browse  software catalog, they have a list of bestsellers that you may want to check out.
Personally, I've always liked the Handy Apps bundle, I had one on my P800, P910, and now my P1. The suite includes, Handy Day, Handy Safe, Handy Weather, etc... I use Handy Day and Handy Safe the most.
My recent addition is Easy Search. The older UIQ 2 devices had a great search function that somehow was removed in the new UIQ 3 devices. The search used to work in all fields of your addressbook.. very handy if, like me, you add notes to a contact of how you met, who introduced you, etc... in the search field, you can just type "met through Robert" and all the contacts whom you added a note that "I met him through Robert" would show up.
Easy Search adds this function back to UIQ 3.
If you have a Bluetooth GPS module, then GPS mapping would be a great software addition as well.
Some people keep their expenses and spreadsheets on their P1i as well. I'm happy with QuickOffice, although I think there are other word doc, excel editors out there.
So, the options are almost limitless... just narrow down what you really want to do on your phone. 
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borgyt
Joined: Nov 10, 2007
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From: philippines
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did your phone come with a software voucher? head over to p1-choice.com for a selection of good software.
personally, i use IM++ and Swiss Manager Pro. |
sidneymarius
Joined: Mar 13, 2007
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Hi. I use Agile Messenger and Opera Mini.
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jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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Oh, I also like Mobipocket reader... well, I liked it on my P910i ... gonna download it for my P1i later after I re-register all my books with my new IMEI.
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CoolDuck
Joined: Jun 08, 2005
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Projekt, by Kylom:
http://www.kylom.com.
An easy to use outliner.
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dagrim1
Joined: Apr 26, 2007
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Here are a few I have installed:
TomTom (using the P1i as gps navigation device)
DreamConnect (substitute for the default contacts app)
EasySearch (allows you to search through contacts, calendar, etc at once)
Opera Mini 4 (great for browsing and free)
HandyClock (if you wish to have more control over your alarms)
PicoDrive (play old sega megadrive games on your P1i) |
meggs
Joined: Sep 07, 2007
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A good file manager is X-plore. Gdesk todesign your desktop just as you want it. Don`t forget worldMate, a friend if you travel a lot, with world clock, weather forecast ++
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jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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What's the advantage of Opera Mini over the Opera browser that's built into the phone?
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Anil Gidwani
Joined: Oct 06, 2004
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AquaCalendar, a great application. Beats Handy Day any time. Handy Day uses the built-in PIM and inherits all the flaws, whereas AcquCalendar uses its own database, and is much more stable. |
5nak3
Joined: Oct 22, 2007
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Apart from those apps listed i also have Birthday manager on my phone. Ever since my nokia 3510 i've never been able to find a phone which when you save an entry for someones birthday you can actually state the year of their birth and as a result when their birthday comes around you actually know how old they are.
This is important to me because i am so bad at remembering birthdays, with this app not only does it tell you someones age, year of birth, but also tells you how many days till thier birthday and various starsign info if you are into that stuff...
For me this feature was dearly missed when i moved on from my 3510, so much so that i never got rid of that phone, now with birthday manager i think i can retire the old 3510. |
TCM
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
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Just tried the birthday manager. A very nice app. Thanx for pointing it out. |
jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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The built in contact manager on the P1i has birthday reminders, including the year of birth and can add a calendar entry for that contact as well.
Anil, yes Aqua Calendar is great... but I actually prefer using the built in PIM... flaws and all since I'm not fond of redundant functions. Handy Day just came bundled with the rest of the Handy apps that's the only reason I have it. I'm actually fine with the "Today" screen of the P1i as is.
The only function I really missed from my P910i was the "Find" function which is severely crippled in the P1i. Thankfully, Easy Search solved that problem.
Again, to those using Opera Mini... what's the advantage over the Opera browser built into the P1i?
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5nak3
Joined: Oct 22, 2007
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On 2007-11-21 15:42:40, jplacson wrote:
The built in contact manager on the P1i has birthday reminders, including the year of birth and can add a calendar entry for that contact as well.
Anil, yes Aqua Calendar is great... but I actually prefer using the built in PIM... flaws and all since I'm not fond of redundant functions. Handy Day just came bundled with the rest of the Handy apps that's the only reason I have it. I'm actually fine with the "Today" screen of the P1i as is.
The only function I really missed from my P910i was the "Find" function which is severely crippled in the P1i. Thankfully, Easy Search solved that problem.
Again, to those using Opera Mini... what's the advantage over the Opera browser built into the P1i?
Yes i am aware of the P1i having the birthday function for contacts, but what it does not do which my old 3510 does is say if i enter a friends birthday of 11.5.1980 on the p1, all i know is that every year on the 11th day 5th month i will get a reminder telling me it is someones birthday
On the 3510 what it did, was tell me that on the 11th of the 5th it is someones birthday and they are x years old. It may not seem like a big deal to many, for me however it is a feature i truely did miss, and was over the moon when i found it.
As for opera mini, it is much better than the original browser, essentially the big feature difference is that it offers an overview of the whole screen as you would see it on the pc. And if there is a particular point on the screen which you want to be at, it allows you to click that point via the overview screen, and it'll zoom in, then when you finish looking at that part of the screen zoom out and click somewhere else.
Essentially fitting a large website pages onto the small screen of the p1. Honestly install it, it is free, and if you dont like it, it takes less than two minutes to delete it. Got nothing to loose |
senninha
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with opera mini, webpages are routed through opera's servers and compressed (and probably strips away a lot of junk designed for PC too) before sending them to your phone. therefore, a 1MB webpage may be compressed to something like 40kb instead.
i guess it was originally designed for users to save on data charges, but even if i'm on a plan that doesn't charge me based on data volume, i still love using opera mini because it simply loads pages so much faster than having to wait for a 1MB or so download.
anyway, try it out and see which one you prefer. you can always use both anyway. |
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