{"id":39,"date":"2007-09-07T00:18:49","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T04:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/andrew\/2007\/09\/07\/living-with-windows-mobile\/"},"modified":"2007-09-07T00:18:49","modified_gmt":"2007-09-07T04:18:49","slug":"living-with-windows-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/andrew\/2007\/09\/07\/living-with-windows-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with Windows Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the recent iPhone price reductions<\/a>, it’s been hard to resist throwing away my slightly irritating Windows Mobile-based T-Mobile Dash<\/a> in favor of a shiny new iPhone. And Apple’s new smartphone has lots to love– like a lovely interface<\/a>, BSD subsystem, x86 architecture, and hordes of developers writing nifty applications.<\/p>\n

Thou shalt not covet: not as easy as you might think. But in spite of all the compelling reasons to break my piggy bank, I’ve decided to stand firm and be content with what I have. Well, content might be pushing it: I’ve also decided that Apple fan-boys shouldn’t be the only ones to get pretty screen-shots and devoted myself to changing it. Or some of it, at least — I can’t help with the hand models<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My first victim is the home screen for Windows Mobile, since that’s my primary interaction point with my phone. The default home screens are — well, let’s call them professional. (That’s a nice way of saying bland<\/i>.) Luckily, the home screens are simply XML and graphics; easy to change.<\/p>\n

Without further ado, here are screen shots of the original home-screen and my first stab at creating a prettier one. I still have some work to do, but I’m pleased with how it’s coming along.<\/p>\n

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(Screen-shots taken with Smart SS<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’ll hopefully be obtaining a copy of Visual Studio .NET, so I’ll be able to start making software modifications as well. And then I’ve started on some browser-based applications. Time to change the world!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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