Contest: Win a Handy application for any mobile phone!

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Hello,

My name is Jonas and I'm working for Epocware as a translator.
And now, Epocware, makers of the Handy applications, are giving you the chance to win one of their applications, and you can choose which one of them you want!


Handy Shell:




The contest:

To participate in this contest you have to come up with the most creative improvement for one of the 5 applications listed below. The 5 best proposals will be rewarded with any Handy license you want (it dont have to be one of the 5 listed below)! The contest will end 3. July 2009, 23.59 and Epocware and I will announce the winners within 10. July 2009.


Handy Shell
Handy Expense
Handy Shopper
Handy Alarm Pro
Handy RSS


Rules:

Everyone can participate with as many proposals as they want, but spammers will be ignored.

ONLY post proposals here, so it will be easier to go trough the improvement proposals.


About the applications features:

Handy Shell:

Handy Shell provides you with 3 additional Standby screens (Today, Applications, Contacts) which will completely change your smartphone’s look and increase its productivity. Handy Shell is fully integrated with main smartphone applications: Clock, Contacts , Calendar, Messages, Profiles, Themes.

Handy Expense:

Calculate all your expenses with Handy Expense on your phone! It’s always on hand. Few seconds and new expense is in your phone. You will never forget or lose it!

Handy Shopper:

Handy Shopper is an easy-to-use shopping management application. It maintains the grocery shopping list on your mobile phone. Entrust your future shopping plans to Handy Shopper and get rid of endless paper notes!

Handy Alarm Pro:

Set up alarms and reminders on your smartphone and you will never miss any important thing or fixed time. Handy Alarm Pro software supports alarms and reminders for any case.

Handy RSS:

Handy RSS allows you to read RSS items, displayed as feed headers. Download the latest RSS feed headers from your personal list of channels. Easily open the full article you are interested in from Handy RSS via web browser.



Read more about all the Handy applications for your phone at Epocware's website!


DM does not hold this contest.


Best regards from me and the Epocware team!

[HeldvomFeld]

First !

my Proposal: Make wallpapers available for Handy Shell. There are awesome wallpapers for the 5800, but unfortunately they wont be shown when using handy shell......

[mster911]

Proposals for handy shell...

1)  Add a music plugin to allow he music player to be controlled via the homescreen (Basic options such as play/pause, previous and next)...

2) Make wallpapers available for the homescreen

3) Allow another tab so that users can select the default homescreen, along with the ones in Handy shell...not everyone likes a cluttered and crowded homescreen....

4) Add another tab so that we can view the images in our gallery...(something similar to what they have in the touch flo interface in the HTC phones)

[Phat^Trance]

Please note that DM does not hold this contest =)

GL and HF

[remcyl]

Proposal for Handy Shell

I love how the Nokia N97 has some movable widgets (in Handy Shell's case, plugins). If this was to be done to Handy Shell, i think the movability of the plugins would be a lot easier for users depending on priority of plugins [e.g. a new plugin of contacts on the topmost row, list of apps (that could be modified) on the middle row, weather forecast on the bottom row, and on top of everything, a digital or analogue clock with the date]

[Phat^Trance]

Proposal for Handy Shell

Can you make sure that we can add shortcuts to application from the ENTIRE screen? like 10-20 apps. i want to cover my screen with shortcuts to my own apps =)

that would be great.

ps: dont need a license since i already bought one!

[Pece1976]

Proposal for Handy Shell


I alredy mailed epocware team about this bug maybe 2 months ago (no response yet) , it would be great if you fix the dialing from contacts , when I try to call from contacts I always get busy signal (messaging  works OK tho)
and it wold be great if we get another row in shortcuts (10 apps instead 5).

another year free of handy weather will be nice 

btw Handy Shell is best app. IMO  , keep up the great work epocware 

[radical24]

Let's face it Handy Shell is really the only one of its kind. It's almost perfect. I would like to see more plug in options for the home screen.

Also compatibility with the theme of choice would be great to see. Reduction in app. size footprint and a faster load/screen switch times.
I am rather happy with the 12 spots on the home screen and the apps screen alone holds another 12 apps just like an iphone. The occasional contact screen bug and crashes really  could be looked into as well. It would be great if email option was added to the contact options of dial or message.
I have four nokia phones three of them use handy shell app. It is the most friendly, multi tasker app out there in the app world in my opinion. 

Handy Shell to take over the whole screen and not give me an otption to default under any circumstance to the nokia standy by default screen. it is annoying and unnecessary. I am here looking for a more complete integration of the Shell into the phone footprint.

Email notification as a option plug in, more calendar options including the to do notes etc and not just appointments.
Also ability to disable contact and app screens and just have the Handy standby screen active and nothing else, no default standby nothing just pure handy shell. It would be fantastic.

Another annoying thing i found recently. i have handy weather and something happened. i tried to reinstall the app, input my app code again but i can't seem to make handy weather work on my internet connection no matter what i do. it only allows me to update weather via wap services. this was not the case at all, few months ago it started happening for no reason. i am still baffled as to what in the world happened.

ok here are my few cents about this app. hope your next update will incorporate at least few of the features that you will read on this thread. 

[cipiculla@hotmail.com]

if u can make shortcut bar move like contacts bar on 5530, so we can add more shortcuts   

[blackviper91]

All my suggestions are concerning the s60v5 (Nokia 5800)

Handy Shell:
- Add a touch scroll/icon bar similar to what is used in HTC's Touchflo (as on the Touch Diamond, for example). Another example of a  similar system is in Mobimate Worldmate for S60v5.
- Add another screen that is cleaner and less cluttered. Perhaps with only a clock screensaver and maybe a dialer button overtop of a user-defined background. A kind of aesthetically pleasing idle-screen.
-Sorry if this is stupid, but I don't own Handy Shell yet (hoping to win it =]). Can you allow users to swipe from side to side to toggle through the different screens?

[Adam Downing]

Just one thing really
Make it so when you slide your finger across you go onto the next menu, like iPhone...

[Skyline30]

Proposal for Handy shell
**Gonna keep it short, Just make it as user friendly as possible**

[blackviper91]

All my suggestions are concerning the s60v5 (Nokia 5800)

Handy Shell:
- Add a touch scroll/icon bar similar to what is used in HTC's Touchflo (as on the Touch Diamond, for example). Another example of a  similar system is in Mobimate Worldmate for S60v5.
- Add another screen that is cleaner and less cluttered. Perhaps with only a clock screensaver and maybe a dialer button overtop of a user-defined background. A kind of aesthetically pleasing idle-screen.
-Sorry if this is stupid, but I don't own Handy Shell yet (hoping to win it =]). Can you allow users to swipe from side to side to toggle through the different screens?

Ok, so this is a bit of an addition/modification to some of my previous suggestions above:

So, my idea is touch gestures basically. From any of the main screens, the user can swipe left-to-right or right-to-left to switch through all of the main screens. If the user swipes top-to-bottom, the Handy Shell Dialer/Search comes up. If the user then swipes botton-to-top, the dialer will disappear and the screen they were on before will reappear. If they again swipe bottom-to-top, the sparse clock/screensaver type screen I suggested above will appear. To return to the previous screen, they just swipe top-to-bottom. Also, gestures should be able to be turned off in the options screen.

Dial Start/Search doesn’t currently search music, pictures or movies on the phone I think. Would it be possible to optionally add these to the search (especially music files by ID3 tag) from the options menu? Also, add kinetic scrolling to the search results.

Add a button on the contacts screen that brings up a full list of contacts with similar functionality to the standard nokia contacts except that it has kinetic scrolling (as well as any other features you would deem suitable)

Add a similar button on the applications screen that would bring up a finger-friendly list view of all applications on the phone. This list would have kinetic scrolling.

[kamishly]

I propose to incorporate "HANDY WALL STREET" with ties to news from CNBC and BLOOMBERG! It would sell like hot cakes.

[Paramore]

hey, have more plugins for the handy shell? or only the defaults?