Xtndr—Steroids for Your Treo

[Ulfrinn]

Hey there, Treonauts! I’d like to introduce to you a handy extension for your Treo: Xtndr.

Xtndr is an extension for your Palm Treo smartphone. It allows you to assign more application to the application buttons on your device, it features a customizable info pop-up that can show you all kinds of information, including but not limited to the current time, the phone and bluetooth statuses, and the number of unread SMS and email messages. This handy info pop-up can also replace the system default Keyguard. But Xtndr doesn’t stop there. In addition to all this it lets you customize the alternative character selection system that is provided when you press the Alt key.

Xtndr supports the Treo 650, 680, 700p and 755. Testing has mostly been done on the Treo 680.

Xtndr is shareware, the trial version, however, is neither feature- nor time-limited. A registration code can currently be obtained through the bloo7 website, though I will probably make it available through Palmgear eventually as well.

Check it out at http://en.bloo7.com/xtndr.

Any kind of feedback is appreciated, be it praise, criticism, bug reports or feature suggestions!

German users might also want to check out the thread on the forum at Nexave.de: Nexave PalmBoard | Software | Xtndr & Diskussion (ehemals Treo Extender)

[bgattis]

This looks nice. I will have to load it when I get home and give it a try. Your site doesn't have a price to buy the software though. How much is it?

[Ulfrinn]

Originally Posted by bgattis

This looks nice. I will have to load it when I get home and give it a try. Your site doesn't have a price to buy the software though. How much is it?

Thanks for pointing that out, the price is only visible when you click the Buy Now buttonÂ*– I will fix this right on.
If you buy the registration code directly at my website, the price is EUR 9,99, which is about USD 13 (depends on the daily changing exchange rates). When PalmGear has approved my submission, it will also be available from there for USD 15.

[bgattis]

Also some of the screen shots are messed up and point to the wrong picture.

[Ulfrinn]

Originally Posted by bgattis

Also some of the screen shots are messed up and point to the wrong picture.

Has been fixed – Thanks again!

[Ulfrinn]

I’ve just uploaded version 1.0.1 that should improve the e-mail widget. You can get this new version either at my website or by using the Check for Updates command in the Options menu in the Xtndr application itself.

[Ulfrinn]

I’ve just uploaded version 1.0.2 that should hopefully make the operator widget in the info pop-up compatible with the 700p and fix the crashes that occured when pressing the home button on the the same model. The fix for the latter problem was to simply disable the ability to remap the home button. You can get this new version either at my website or by using the Check for Updates command in the Options menu in the Xtndr application itself.

[Ulfrinn]

I’ve just uploaded version 1.0.3 that should features rewritten info pop-up handling. This should fix an issue with the Treo 680 where the device would crash when being turned on after a missed call. This version also introduces info pop-up shortcuts: You can now open the applications assigned to the info-widgets by pressing a shortcut character. Quote from the manual (that is sure worth a read):

Originally Posted by Xtndr manual

Instead of tapping the info widgets, you can also press the respective shortcut key. The shortcut keys are K for the clock, I for the internal memory widget, C for the expansion card widget, S for the messages widget and M for the email widget.

To get this new version either visit at my website or use the Check for Updates command in the Options menu in the Xtndr application itself.

[Ulfrinn]

I’ve just uploaded version 1.0.4 that should circumvent a bug in the system-supplied operator widget on the Treo 755 similar to that on the Treo 700p. There is now also a Calendar widget that shows the next upcoming event from the Calendar application. Tapping it will take you to the displayed event.

To get this new version either visit my website or use the Check for Updates command in the Options menu in the Xtndr application itself.

[Ulfrinn]

I’ve just uploaded version 1.0.5, that should further improve the operator widget on CDMA Treos where a bug in the Palm OS system software prevents me from using the Palm-supplied one. This version also includes some other minor improvements.

There also appears to be a bug that can cause your device to crash when using the Pics&Videos application and then launching another application, though it’s not yet sure, whether this bug actually is in Xtndr or in the Pics/Videos application or in the Palm OS.

This latest release can either be downloaded at http://www.en.bloo7.com/xtndr or directly using the Check for Updates command in the Options menu of Xtndr.