The PDA of tungsten

Equipment as iPhone or the HTC Touch has introduced definitively in the world of the PDA and smartphones a new way of navigation with touch screen: to use the fingers to touch and “to drag” the elements. Without a doubt, a much more natural way to interact with the equipment, although has still its limitations (for example using a virtual keyboard with the finger to write messages is not nothing precise, compared with a physical qwerty keyboard).

TouchFLO technology of HTC, to the style iPhone of Apple

We know that in Palm they are not indeed going to be fast introducing these new features in his equipment (perhaps ALP…), but also it is certain that PalmOS always is outstanding by the great level and implication of its users and third companies. And once again it is demonstrated with this program of management of contacts, 2cool4u, development by Metaviewsoft, the creators of many other excellent programs (the viewfinder PalmPDF, Crimson Fields, versions for PalmOS de Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, etc). An image is worth more than thousand words, and a video much more still:

Although still it is in first stage of development, this second version already incorporates improvements suggested by other users:

• Entrances great, easy to guess right with the finger.
• The view of entrances has been divided, a part to the left with great them for fast calls (using the first stored telephone number in the contact), and a part to the right with the smallest entrances, to see all the details: all the telephone numbers, direction of mail, Web, etc.
• Continuous sliding, that when arriving in the end returns to begin by the principle.
• Diverse options of arrangement: by name, last name, company, etc.
• Bar of state with information of the battery, power of signal of the wire net and bluetooth, present supplier and own telephone number.
• Reduced consumption of battery.
• And many corrections of errors.

Without a doubt a program to try, that demonstrates the effort that the lovers of the PalmOS are making maintain to the height this dear operating system. You can unload it here. In order to be abreast of the new versions we have blog of the creators.

Published: the unloading no longer is available. Nevertheless, Stevenson Ramirez has been so amiable to send it to me by email, I have placed and it to unload from here.

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