Version 2 has now been released...

Cross River Systems is pleased to announce that PocketDay v2 for the Blackberry platform has now been released. Try it at: http://www.crossriversystems.com/pocketday




Features include:

• 
  Today Summary Page which is completey user configurable (order and Color)
  Shows details (missed calls, unread email, appts and tasks
  Read and reply to email directly in PocketDay
  Speed Dial directly from PocketDay
  5 weather profiles available
  Built in Stock quotes
  Redial a missed call (highlight it, press the trackwheel and select Call
  Hotkey access to many of the built in BB apps
  Won't lessen your battery life (using certain backlight options may use a bit more battery)
  Able to turn the Backlight on when you take the BB out of the holster
  Able to turn the Backlight on when an Alarm sounds
  Able to change the Reply-To address field when using the Blackberry Web Client
  Show the battery as a %
  
  Today Summary Page
  Shows Missed Calls, Unread Email count, Today Appointments and Tasks
  Redial a missed call instantly, no more fumbling around
  

Calendar

• Day, Week, Month Views
  Day and Week Views can show integrated task information
  Week view shows anywhere from 7 - 21 days of information
  Show the 1st line of the events notes for each item

• Tasks
  Tasks can be shown in the calendar as well as a separate Task Only view
  Sort by Priority
  Show notes in-line
  Tasks can be color coded by priority (foreground color or background color)

BlackBerry Integration

• Hot keys for the following:
  Compose Email (c)
  Mail App (m)
  Contacts App (a)
  Phone App (p)
  Profiles (f)
  Calendar App (l)
  Tasks Application
  Enable Backlight on Alarm - turns the backlight on whenever a sound based alarm goes off
  Backlight on Holster removal - turns the backlight on whenever you take the device out of the holster
  Reply-To Settings - allows you to configure multiple Reply-To addresses so that when composing an email, if you use more than one email address, you can specify which address the user will reply-to. This only works with the Blackberry Web Client.

Full compatibility with the built in databases
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Thanks for a superb and necessary BB application!

Excellent first release! Check out the HowardForums thread, there's a lot of compliments there (plus a minor display issue with the Month view regarding 8:00am appointments)

I paid.

But I got no key to fully activate the App???

If you paid with Paypal check the e-mail account that you have associated with Paypal. They got in touch with me very quickly after PayPal payment.

Looks like an excellent application and a much needed tool for Blackberry users. Great job!

Check your Bulk folder. I noticed some PayPal emails got moved there (blame those darn phishing emails for making spam filters so nervous of PayPal emails.)

tru2life...did you get a key. I don't know who you are, but I issued keys to everyone I got a paypal receipt from yesterday.

Thanks for the news, is very nice and basic this application

I'm loving it. Nice app.

Download doesn't work :(

Which download doesn't work? I and many others have used them all successfully.

I\'m lovin the app as well. I love the customizeable shortcuts.

Posted wirelessly from a BlackBerry using wap.BlackBerryClub.com

I swear it didn't work when I posted that. Seems to be fine now.


John

Mark Tirsgh,

Yea I got my key........you sent it to me.......Thanks.

I do have a question.....it seems my missed called indicatr does not regresh?
It always said 10 even though I deleted everything in there?

Any ideas?

Any other good sites to have come up in the browser? I have tried a couple but nothing seems to work real well.

tru2life,

Check your missed calls folder...Use the Mail app, select Folders from the menu then Missed Calls.

I haven't found any other good web sites for the browser yet.

Mark

Mark,
Great app. BB has needed this for a LONG time. Mark was great to work with during the beta phase. My compliments on a lot of hard work and a wonderful application.

- - cw - -

Any plans for an OTA download?

Bear,

It's already there:

http://www.crossriversystems.com/files/PocketDay.jad
http://www.crossriversystems.com/files/PDUtils.jad

Mark

Is there a way to make PocketDay my default screen (or ribbon??). Id like this to mbe my fault app instead of the blackberry icons. Im using a 7520 from Nextel

auser

auser,

No ways currently. The BB developer tools don't allow this.

Mark

tirsch,
is there a way to have the Unread Email line reflect both BES and BWC email counts? if I get email in to my BES address, the number changes. Anything into my BWC email does not get reflected in the count.

Also, the program written by the rustyredwagon guy starts up when you intially turn on your phone, would that at least to part of what auser wants?

thanks,
Ed

casmer,

I'm going to be working on the email count for users who are using both BES and BWC. I know what the issue is...

I could make PocketDay startup when you start the device, but I was going to try and make that an option in a later release.

Mark

sounds great. I can go for that on the startup topic. As far as the email count goes, I thought it was me as I haven't seen anyone else complain of that one. I thought maybe I had my BWC account configured incorrectly or something along those lines.

thanks!

Mark,

Is there a timer in the app to check for emails and missed calls? I have had a couple emails come in but nit be shown on the main screen?

tru2life,

There's no timer. Are you using both BES and BWC? If so, then PD is currently only looking at your default mail environment.

I'm working on a fix to this.

Mark

I've just downloaded it & I like what I see so far, but when I go to Week View, the program terminates with:

Uncaught exception: java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException

:(

Steve,

That's odd. Nobodys had that problem yet. Have you changed any of the settings (ie. # days to show in the week view)?

Mark

I haven't seen that one, but I have seen "uncaught exception: java.lang.error" when I start up the application and select "No" for allowing the application access the phone logs. A "Yes" selection works just fine, but "No" causes some issues.

I am on a 7100t with BB 4.0 OS.

@tirsch

I left the setting on the default show 7 days. Oddly I also get the same error while pressing "b" (Go Back One Day/Week/Month) from the current day's Summary View. Maybe it's my config: 7290 running the HK 4.0 firmware. I'll also try ditching BBToday in case that's interfering (although it wasn't active while I ran PocketDay).

Downloaded the trial and just wanted to let everyone who is thinking about getting it know how useful it is. I had a few suggestions for improvement and was wondering if you were working on them:

- ability to change font size
- ability to re-order missed calls, tasks, appts, etc - basically configure screen order
- ability to not display the url for the browser (right now my weather info is "under the fold" and I have to page down)
- also when I click on Internet Browser from the home screen, then I click the clickwheel, it defauls to PocketDay when if should default to "Get Link"

I agree this should be loaded on start-up or function like a theme to potentially displace the home screen. I know you are working on that and also have some limitations, but it is a logical portal for all of your PIM data and it would be great if that could happen someday in a future release.

Thanks again - I think it was a very needed app.

pdxchick

pdxchick,

Thanks for the suggestions. Eventually I'll allow you to change the fonts. ON the Summary screen the fonts are fixed. On all other screens they use your default BB font, so you can vary that. The browser functionality will get better once RIM fixes some bugs they have. Hopefully the next developer release will cure some issues.

Re-ordering the main screen is on my ToDo list.

Thanks,

Mark

tirsch,
one other thing I noticed, it is not that big a deal and as usual could be user error, is that I get the "123" or "ABC" in the upper right corner of my 7100t sporadically. sometimes I can get rid of it and then at other times I cannot. it also shows up randomly. I probably shouldn't say randomly, it is going in and out of the different portions of the application, different views or going to an app from PD, but I have not payed enough attention to tell you exactly what it is.

has anyone else seen this?
thanks!

casmer,

You mean you actuall see the number '123' or letters 'ABC' in the upper right part of the screen? Does this overlay the Cell signal indicator?

Very odd, never heard of that one before.

Mark

yes. these are actually the indicators on the 7100 to let the user know they are in all numeric mode (123) or in the multi-tap alpha mode (ABC) as opposed to the standard sure type entry method. I notice the '123' come up as soon as I start the app when it is asking me for my registration number (I am still running under the trial). I am pretty sure it displays that based on what type of field the cursor is in. I am assuming your reg key is an all numeric key/field and thus it picks up on that. but then it doesn't go away after I get out of that screen. the 123 stays in the upper corner. if I push the '#' key it switches to 'ABC' as I am switching to multi-tap mode. if I go into an app that allows me to type something out, I can make that indicator disappear, but it will reappear later when moving around the application. this could just be a 7100 thing since we are the only ones with SureType (I think).

is anyone else seeing this?

casmer,

Ah, I see. I never noticed that on the simulator. The registration field is a numeric field. I'm not sure why the indicator doesn't go away though.

Mark

Do you also have BBToday? That is a frequent problem with that program.

I did, then I uninstalled it when I started to work with this one. I did reinstall it today to do some testing and did notice the same problem.

tirsch,

great app. Thanks for staying on top of BB needs. I've got the 1.21 installed and will be purchasing in the next day or so. Once I purchase, are future upgrades included?

It's too bad that you can't get this to load on startup. I think it's a very valuable program. My only gripe is the pocket day being the first choice in the t-mobile browser. I've had to re-learn my key sequence. You know how we all hate change.

Thanks again. Great Job.

cbotd,

Load on startup seems to work on all devices except the 7100. Also, you can remove POcketDay from the menus with 1.21. Check the Utils settings. You may have to reboot after changing this setting.

Yes, future upgrades are included.

Mark