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Lisa@CPS, it's unlikely that apps like MagicProfiles will be possible on UIQ3, because of SE security paranoia. We've already seen that start-on-boot has been taken away from us, and CPS have to do some clever trickery to make Tweak Peaks give us something people have been demanding for many months.
Profiles being missing from the base platform makes me pretty mad. It's one of the features I thought I was buying when I bought the phone. 9:00-5:30, I'm in the office. I don't want my phone to ring. I don't need 6 clicks every morning, and 5 every evening. Why take away a feature which is obviously valuable? Why again make it difficult for someone to write this functionality?
Most of the included apps (not free, I paid good money for everything in the box) are fairly shocking anyway - conversion tool being the best example of how not to use a tabbed dialogue I've ever seen. Shortcuts for common actions are missing, and the 'back' button is rather unpredictable (RSS it's up, web it's 'background', others it's 'close'.
I'm starting to think my next mobile is going to be a real open platform, and I'll be checking much harder to ensure it is open before I commit to owning it!
Sean
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Posted: 2007-01-27 10:50:08
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Quote:Profiles being missing from the base platform makes me pretty mad. It's one of the features I thought I was buying when I bought the phone. ... Why take away a feature which is obviously valuable?Nobody really knows why, but it is a fact that basic features like profiles, call recording and fax sending has been missing from all SE smartphones since the very first one (P800) to the latest (P990).
Quote:my next mobile is going to be a real open platformWhere do you find it?
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Posted: 2007-01-27 15:03:04
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Hi Lisa,
I would say a lot depends on what is meant by a real open platform, as i am sure every ones definition of this will be slightly different depending on their needs.
As i know you are aware i have abandoned UIQ at least for now, and have moved over to S60 3rd Edition and whilst this also has some of the same limits and restrictions as is also based on Symbian 9.1 it does appear to have better options for adding apps and customisation. I am also now about to venture back into a Windows PDA the last time i had an IPAQ 3980 but am now going to try the TyTn as shortly i will need to make use of HSPDA speeds, from what i have seen so far there is loads of potential to customise this to my hearts content and has a proper qwerty keyboard which should be interesting. I would imagine one of the most open sources currently available is possibly Linux but i have very little knowledge or exposure to this OS or the devices it is available on.
Marc
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Posted: 2007-01-27 15:20:58
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Quote: Nobody really knows why, but it is a fact that basic features like profiles, call recording and fax sending has been missing from all SE smartphones since the very first one (P800) to the latest (P990).
Where do you find it?
Get a s60 phone. s60 since the first editon can do all this. I have auto call recording/answering machine, timed profile or auto profile switching based on location or keywords in calendar since 3 years ago. If I am not mistaken, WM also cannot do auto call record using add-on software. Some WM model can do call record because the manufacturer customise this capability to WM.
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Posted: 2007-01-28 02:50:50
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