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GoodWin: Yet another iPhone-inspired Windows Mobile app launcher
From the Apple Newton to the Palm Pilot to the Windows Mobile PDA, there's been one constant in mobile touch screen devices: the stylus. The Apple iPhone shook all of that up this year with the introduction of a finger-friendly display and application launcher. And it didn't take long for Windows Mobile developers to follow suit and design utilities that make it easier for you to smudge your pretty little screen.VITO Technology's GoodWin is the latest finger-friendly program launcher for Windows Mobile. This $20 application acts as a replacement for your Today Screen. There are large icons at the top of the screen for email, messaging, phone calls, and setting your clock and alarms. Underneath is a list of all your programs and settings. And when we say all, we mean it. If you've got Pocket Informant installed, for example, you'll see at least 7 icons for launching PICalendar, PIContacts, PISearch, and other Pocket Informant subprograms.
So it's a good thing that there's also a favorites section giving you easy access to the applications you use most often. But for some reason, VITO thought it would be a good idea to include the running programs and favorites in the same section. Although favorites are marked with a star and running programs feature a little triangle, it's difficult to tell at a glance which applications are currently running and which are favorites.
Right now, we're not convinced GoodWin is worth the $20 asking price, but if VITO adds some folders and/or tabs to make the display a bit more manageable and separates the favorites and running programs sections GoodWin could be a useful little application. There's a free trial available for Windows Mobile 2003 and newer.
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dorian said 1:44PM on 12-05-2007
for Palm, i have Zlauncher. it's not prefect but i've been happen w/ the some of the tweets and custom themes (the free themes).
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John said 12:07PM on 12-06-2007
The demo does not work. How in the world did you guys try this out? Or did you just blog it from the description?
The contacts demo works flawlessly - very impressive!
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Brad Linder said 11:56AM on 12-06-2007
It worked fine on my Dell Axim X50v.
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