Jim, you are right that it's definitely a tradeoff. Unfortunately with the Sprint Pre, it can sometimes take 5-10 seconds to launch an app, then you need to click on the person's icon which launches, the phone app which can take another 5-10 seconds, so for me I like that it's just one click and you're launching the phone app. I just installed it yesterday though and still haven't had to call anyone, so we'll see if it's worth the screen real estate. Speaking of which, I have one of the patches that increases how many app icons you get on the screen (4x4 icons v3) as well as the newer launcher patch (Advanced Configuration for App Launcher) that among other things lets you set the quick launchbar not to show when the launcher is visible. Together these let me see 20 apps on one page, although the bottom row of apps cut off about 10-20% of their lower part. I've set it up so far so that I have 10 launchpad icons (9 for phone, 1 for SMS) at the top, and 10 of my most used apps at the bottom. I would say 95% of my contacts are to these people (mostly family), so once in a couple weeks I can certainly be bothered just to type someone's name and get their contact via universal search. These are also the 10-most used apps I have, so for the most part don't need to be hunting (or typing) for other apps, except once maybe every few days. But outside of this and one other launcher page of my most used apps after these (which is only one page away), all my other launcher pages (I have 10 in all), are categorized. So far it works pretty well, although I still would prefer a UI that allows for a bit more flexibility...
Levi Wallach blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Jim Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: > I have Speed Dial Pro on my primary (i.e. wave) launcher, and it works well > for me. I like that it only takes up one icon, and provides two lists (I use > List A for Personal, and List B for Work), and as well, the ability to > either call or text that person. > > I also downloaded Launchpoint to try. Not bad, but IMHO it requires > that it take up a lot of space (i.e. separate icons for each person, at > best) on the launcher pages. Given that Palm has limited the horizontal > launcher pages to three (unless you install a patch, which I now > have), I want apps instead of speed dials taking up that valuable real > estate. I suppose it matters what one primarily uses the phone as... as a > phone or as a smartphone for apps. > > I may give Launchpoint a more serious try, if I can figure out the best way > to easily configure all of the icons I need/want across all of my launcher > pages. > > > Jim > (Via Palm Pre) > On Jun 9, 2010 7:37 AM, Michael J. Barnes > <[email protected]<lt%[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been looking at speed dialing programs for my Pre+. I had tried out > Quick Contacts and thought I liked it well enough to purchase it, but it > often has really slow load times and I mean REALLY slow (like forget you had > the program on go back to it &amp; see your contacts). &nbsp;This is > hardly speed dial. &nbsp;I figures I would ask opinions to see > reactions. &nbsp;I have a couple others loaded, but some in the app > catalog don't have light versions to try before you buy. &nbsp;Is Real > softwares possibly worth 4x the price of others? > > > > So...if you have a speed dial/quick launch program and like it, why is it > the best to use? > > > > Michael > > Michael J. Barnes > > VOCALease > > > > Sent from my Palm Pre on AT&amp;T > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
