Welcome to PocketWatch+

Give your Palm handheld a m100 style clock!

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License

This software is shareware and comes with LIMITED WARRANTY!
You can use it and redistribute it under the terms of the accompanying License document 'license.txt' which is part of the package distribution.

1 Overview

PocketWatch+ turns your handheld into a pocket watch: If you turn on your handheld with the power button or tap on the upper-left corner of the silk area, PocketWatch+ shows a clock window on top of the current application for a few seconds. If you press a button or tap on the screen the clock disappears immediately. An optional auto-off feature will turn off the handheld after showing the clock, if it was powered on by a button.

1.1 Features

Support for Palm OS 2.0 to 3.5
Power-on activation with power button or datebook button. Power-on activation can be disabled.
Digitiser activation with a choice of silk-screen taps and strokes. In particular the m100 style upper-left corner tap is supported.
Four different clock faces: Classic, LED, Mono and Bold
Multi-language awareness for displaying weekdays: Currently supported are the languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. This feature is independent of the Palm OS version.
Selectable clock display time-out
Auto-off function, which can be disabled
Full Screen or Popup-Window presentation
Display of seconds, which can be turned off
Display of date and weekday, which can be turned off
Choice how digitiser taps and other events get handled. They can be consumed by PocketWatch+ or passed on to the background application.
Pending alarms are detected by PocketWatch+ and displayed with priority instead of the clock.

1.2 Comparison to PocketWatch for OS 3.5

PocketWatch+ is the successor of the 5 cow rated freeware utility PocketWatch for OS 3.5. PocketWatch+ is a redesign based on a HackMaster extension architecture. This allows it to run on older Palm OS versions. Besides the architecture difference, PocketWatch+ contains many new features, is more user-friendly and is multi-language aware.

2 How to Order

PocketWatch+ is distributed by PalmGear H.Q. To order PocketWatch+ visit http://www.palmgear.com and use the secure online ordering service or order by phone +1-817.640.6558 or fax +1-817.640.6614.

If you place an order you will be asked to quote a RegCode or Registration Code. Please quote here the 18-digit Registration Code shown in the "Registration Info" dialog. You find the "Registration Info" dialog if you start the HackMaster application and press the plus icon to bring up the PocketWatch+ Preferences dialog and press then the Register button.

3 Installation, Setup and Registration

Please read the Read Me Notes. They contain last-minute product information for PocketWatch.

3.1 System Requirements

PocketWatch+ runs on Palm OS versions 2.0 to 3.5. It will not work on any handheld that has Palm OS 1.x.

PocketWatch+ is a HackMaster extension and requires HackMaster or a compatible system extension manager installed on your handheld. The system extension manager is not part of the PocketWatch+ package and has to be licensed seperately.

3.2 Before using PocketWatch

PocketWatch+ is a HackMaster extension and all the precautions usually recommended when installing a hack should be considered to protect yourself against potential data loss:

First hotsync and backup your handheld (use a backup program like BackupBuddy or the freeware BackupAll)!
Make sure that you are using the latest version.
Check the "Known Issues and Incompatibilities" section in the Read Me Notes.
If you experience problems it is the best to disable all hacks, enable PocketWatch+, test it and then enable the rest one by one.

3.3 Installation

Before you can use PocketWatch+ you will need HackMaster or a compatible system extension manager installed on your handheld.

Install PocketWatch+ and perform a HotSync operation (refer to your handheld manual if you do not know how to do this). After PocketWatch+ has been synchronised onto your handheld, you will be asked to reset the device. This is a normal procedure.

After the reset, you will need to activate PocketWatch+ in the HackMaster application: Run the HackMaster application on your handheld. Check the box to the left of "PocketWatch+" in the list of hacks. The question mark icon to the right of "PocketWatch+" brings up the About dialog and the plus icon brings up the Preferences dialog.

PocketWatch+ is now enabled

3.4 Registration

Unless PocketWatch+ is registered and unlocked with a valid Unlock Key it will run in Trial Mode. In Trial Mode it will run for five days without any limitation. After five days it will display a registration reminder box for 3 seconds before showing the clock.

Registration Reminder

After you have purchased this software package you will receive an Unlock Key which consists of a sequence of numbers and letters. To unlock your unregistered version, start the HackMaster application and press the plus icon to bring up the PocketWatch+ Preferences dialog. In the Preferences dialog select the Register button and then the Unlock button which brings up the following dialog:

Entering the Unlock Key

Enter your Unlock Key into the corresponding field and press the Unlock button. PocketWatch+ is now registered.

4 Preference Options

The Preferences dialog allows to select different options how PocketWatch+ behaves and shows the clock. It can be accessed through HackMaster's preferences icon. The preferences should appear as pictured.

Preferences dialog

Clock Face

Clock Face sets the font style of the clock.


Classic	LED	Mono	Bold

Presentation

Presentation selects pop-up window or full-screen mode. With Popup the clock window superimposes the current application. In both modes PocketWatch+ will return to the current application.


Popup	Full Screen

Button

Button defines which hardware button you want to use to show the clock when powering up the handheld. You can disable power-up launching with None.

Silk Area Stroke

Silk Area Stroke defines a digitizer tap or stroke to show up the clock at any time after power-up. U/l Corner means a tap on the upper left corner of the silk area. 123 Corner means a tap on the numeric keyboard dot in the lower right corner of the silk area. Calc to Find means a stroke from the calculator button to the find button.

Silk Areas
1=U/l Corner, 2=123 Corner,
3=Calc to Find

Time-Out

Time-Out makes the clock disappear automatically after a certain time. After the time-out period the device may shut off if Auto-off is enabled as well.

Auto-off

Checking Auto-off enables shutting off of the handheld after the time-out period has expired. It applies only if PocketWatch+ was launched by a hardware button. Auto-off doesn't apply if Time-Out is disabled.

Eat Tap Events

Checking Eat Tap Events makes PocketWatch+ consume events like digitizer taps rather then passing them to the background application. If full-screen presentation has been chosen and this option is unchecked, a tap on the clock form dismisses.

Display Seconds

Checking Display Seconds enables the display of seconds. With seconds the am/pm text gets displayed in front of the time, without after the time.

Display Date

Checking Display Date enables the display of weekday and date.


Display Date	No Date

5 Support

We provide electronic support and feedback for Pocket Watch+. Please use the Online Support page at: http://www.focus-sw.com

Alternativley you can send bug reports, suggestions or anything else that you think, to: support@focus-sw.com

Your feedback is welcome. It helps improving PocketWatch+.

The latest version can be downloaded from: http://www.focus-sw.com

Also, there is a Palm OS software mailing list to keep you informed about updates and product news. Please use the Online Subscription form at: http://focus-sw.com

Alternatively you can send an email with the line "subscribe palmnews" in the message body to: listserv@focus-sw.com

6 Notices

All product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.