Wednesday, November 20, 2002
Who Stole My Buttons?
Posted by Brad Adrian in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:01 PM
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=41503
Anybody who has used a Pocket PC Phone Edition quickly notices that one of the tradeoffs of the device is the "loss" of some buttons. Two of the hardware shortcut buttons normally found on regular Pocket PCs are permanently assigned to the Send Call and End Call telephone functions. What that means is that it now takes a few more screen taps to get to some of my favorite applications because I can't associate a hardware button with them.
Or can I? Take a look at Double Launcher by Orthanc Software.
This sofware can be used with any Pocket PC 2000 or 2002 device and simply allows you to map a second function to each of the four primary hardware buttons. It does this by by allowing each button to be double-pressed (like double-clicking a mouse button) to launch a second program. I think it's very useful, no matter what type of device you use. Still, I'd prefer that such a single-function utility be priced a bit lower than the $9.95 price tag.
Anybody who has used a Pocket PC Phone Edition quickly notices that one of the tradeoffs of the device is the "loss" of some buttons. Two of the hardware shortcut buttons normally found on regular Pocket PCs are permanently assigned to the Send Call and End Call telephone functions. What that means is that it now takes a few more screen taps to get to some of my favorite applications because I can't associate a hardware button with them.
Or can I? Take a look at Double Launcher by Orthanc Software.
This sofware can be used with any Pocket PC 2000 or 2002 device and simply allows you to map a second function to each of the four primary hardware buttons. It does this by by allowing each button to be double-pressed (like double-clicking a mouse button) to launch a second program. I think it's very useful, no matter what type of device you use. Still, I'd prefer that such a single-function utility be priced a bit lower than the $9.95 price tag.
