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BigBen 2.0 will come out in Q1 2006, with many new features and improvements, including those requested above. Further suggestions are welcome.
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Posted: 2005-11-22 13:47:00
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Quote:BigBen 2.0 will come out in Q1 2006, with many new features and improvements, including those requested above.
Excellent. Thanks!
Quote:Further suggestions are welcome.
You asked for it! Here are some ideas (in decreasing order of preference):
1. 'Pocket' setting (from pop-up menu) that does not release lock when a call comes in (must unlock manually before answering, or answering limited to hotkey). I use P910 with flip removed and sometimes screen gets pressed in my pocket and answers a call without me knowing!
2. When a reminder is active: Display of last caller/sms sender name. Also, quick access to call list/sms inbox from pop-up menu.
3. Display of next upcoming alarm time, or built-in alarm with big snooze button function
4. Dual time option for use when travelling
5. Quick-access countdown timer (using the big digital display), for timing my roasts/eggs!
6. New variations of time display, such as:
- something like
this
- a globe, centred on home location with day/night shading
- supersize and/or landscape oriented digital clock
- moon phases or mentrual cycle indicators (I wouldn't want these, but some may find it useful)
7. Seasonal themed messages/animations (eg. Christmas, 5thNov/4thJuly fireworks, birthday)
(Of course, it is important that a 'resident' prog such as bigben should be kept quite small and not resource-hungry, so I wouldn't expect too many additions!)
Hope that's useful.
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Posted: 2005-11-22 17:47:20
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Thanks very much for the impressive list of ideas above. Some will probably be included.
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Posted: 2005-11-23 21:23:00
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Did you see that you have a competitor for this app now? (I won't link here, but you can find it easily enough in this forum).
I must say it looks fairly good, but I'm sticking with bigben for now. Especially if updates keep coming....
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Posted: 2005-12-02 10:12:16
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Magic Screen is a fine program indeed, and its producers are probably the best OS hackers in the Symbian/UIQ arena (hats off!). Competition is good for users, and yes, updates for BigBen will keep coming.
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Posted: 2005-12-06 15:07:30
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So, haven't heard anything on bigben for a while (this thread was on page 14!), any news?
Or is most of the work currently aimed at getting a UIQ3 version ready for the P990 release?
Cheers
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Posted: 2006-02-20 11:48:09
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A new major version of BigBen is being developed for UIQ 2. As you guessed, we are also busy with the UIQ 3 transition. Any release will be announced here.
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Posted: 2006-02-22 11:39:03
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Hello Lisa ...
Any newz on bigben uiq3 ?
thanx.
Ratam.
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Posted: 2006-12-20 17:21:34
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It's coming, already running on some test phones, and planned to be released in January.
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Posted: 2006-12-20 18:54:05
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OOH !!! Look forward to that i could do with some cheery bongs opn my P990i!! Will terrify my mates at work !!! Muhahahahahaha!!!
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Posted: 2006-12-20 18:56:10
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