[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wgary:
Awesome job!

After reading this thread, I decided to take the plunge and buy the MBW-150 "regular edition."

General Impressions

1. Moneytoo, along with pcfixitman, have done an awesome job in making this a totally fantastic device. I have gotten SWM working, and everything works as advertised, although see a few small caveats below. I am totally blown away by how cool this is. The screen shots don't do it justice. Very well designed and functional.

2. I thought the watch might be heavy and cumbersome, not so. Quite comfortable. A little on the large side, but generally stylish looks.

3. I have an Athena (HTC Advantage), which is a monster. I was relying on a Jabra BT8010 to vibrate and provide "remote" functionality. That is totally primitive next to the MBW-150.

4. Settings in the program work well.

Installation Experience

Getting it to work was challenging. Here were the "keys" to my success on the Advantage:

1. Follow the directions in post 1 exactly.

2. Adjust the registry settings to set up COM1, as suggested by paultnl, since COM6 seems not to be available on the Advantage. (I had no luck with the configuration program, did this using Resco File Explorer.) Changes:

First key, change PORT to COM1

Second key, change name to BTD_COM1 and change index to 1.

3. I'm not sure if this step was necessary, but it seemed to work. (Coincidence?) I kept getting IOException errors. After checking around, I installed .NET CF3.5 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...49-3c6b-42f1-9fd9-0041345b3385&displaylang=en

After that the errors stopped. Mostly.

4. The following suggestion (linked from Post 1) on startup procedure on the phone was necessary for me:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1871441&postcount=46

Caveats/Suggestions

As I said to begin with, the concept and execution are excellent! All features have worked as advertised. I do have a few small items that I haven't quite worked out. Maybe it's a bug, maybe I don't quite understand.

1. Reconnection seems to be an issue. I had it working last night. Walked out of range, but it wouldn't reconnect when I came back in range. In fact, nothing I did would reconnect. I finally deleted the pairing and repaired. Then it worked. It would be great if this could improved, or maybe someone can enlighten me.

((EDIT: Just now went through a successful disconnect/reconnect. First time! Maybe this will be a good sign!))

2. Appointments do work. But it seems like the next appointment won't show until the current one is finished. It would be nice to scroll to upcoming ones...

3. WMP option didn't work that well. But not a big deal for me, actually couldn't care less since I use CorePlayer.

4. The volume control/select method is a little cumbersome. It does work, but hard to hit the feature you want to times.

5. It would be nice if the setting would revert to the last event. That is, if a text message comes in, hitting middle key would bring that info. Just a thought. ((EDIT: Moneytoo just pointed out that hitting upper right three times will give the last message.))

6. Documentation on the phone and program are "sparse". Took a little experimentation. Here's the quick guide:

* Lower right key: Set watch modes -- BT on/off, etc. (Upper right key toggles the mode)

* Upper right key: Display date, date, SWM current info by successive taps.

* Upper/lower left key: "Volume controls" -- use these to select what function you want to display. Length of bar corresponds to the "numbers" in post 1, but the numbers aren't shown. To make the function appear:

* Middle left key: Invoke SWM function. (Note: if displays date or time, hit upper right key to bring it back)

Summary

The combination of this watch and SWM is totally awesome. I feel so **** Tracy/Star Trek/... Even better, it really works and is really useful! A little "donation" to keep up the excellent work will follow. Awesome work, you guys!