[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chibifs:
Short version:

I got a little out of hand with this post, so a quick summary:

I'm looking for a developer for, or a PIM application which keeps custom set variables on the today screen, with easy access to modifying them, and in addition allows automatic calculations based on these variables, which can also be displayed on the today screen. Idealy, these numbers can be stored in a calendar interface whenever they are modified to make it easier to see their progression over time, but this is not essential. I can donate around 20 dollars to start.

Long Version:

I'm essentially looking to replace a tool that I have used for far to long, that takes up much more space than my phone. I am willing to donate to anyone willing to make this sort of app, but all in all, I think it's something everyone can benefit from.

I have this 'Pink Book' that I use to keep track of things, eating habits, spending habits, something I might need to be doing every day, etc. To do this, every day I will draw out a box and put the things from the day inside. What I weighed in, progressively added calories, if I exercised, if I spent more than 25 dollars on something, how much money I should have in my bank account, how many hours I was actually clocked in at work; you get the drift. I'd like to get rid of this book in favor of software.

The general idea would to be able to set an (infinite) number of variables with certain properties, and display them on the today screen. This application would need some sort of calendar backend. Idealy, a calander view could display numbers over the day based on a variable selected from a dropdown above the calendar.

These are the types of things that we would want this app to support.

Creating a variable:

~A variable~

Variable name:_______

Short name:____ (for calculations or today screen)

Icon:___ Associate an icon with the stat for the calendar and today screen, I can make stock icons for this.

Initial ammount:______

Type: (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, Infinite, etc: this determines, how often this variable is reset to the starting ammount; however, the data is always kept and stored on days that it is changed for review. This option exists for the sake of counts such as hours exercised in a day, bus rides in a month, bill payments in a month etc.)

Show on today? X

Meter? X (Display a meter on the today screen with a maximum and minimum)

Meter Maximum:___

Meter Minimum:___

Plus/Minus? (Plus,Minus,Both,None : A quick button that would appear next to the variable on the today screen, for quick addition or subtraction to the variable.)

Ammount: (The ammount that the quick buttons would move the plus and minus keys. for example, quickly adding 400 calories to a calorie counter, as the average small meal.)

~A note~

This would use the calendar backend to keep a note in your stats screen. A daily task or reminder. Or, we could also add more functions to the variable interface to make up for this, such as hiding a stat on the today screen if it meets a certain maximum; so a note would instead be a variable that displays no number, starts at 0, and will disapear if we make it 1. Example uses, pay the bill for this month; have you exercised today?; I guess this functionality is in WM tasks, but it would be nice to have in a central app.

~A calculation~

For advanced things, such as multiple bank account balances, here we could have something that is not recorded on every change, but will use simple math, addition, subtraction, devision, multiplication, to solve certain things that you might need to know often. For example, we stack these together to make a calculation for 'Your Next Paycheck' by making one calculation 'weekly pay bt(hours worked*current pay) and using this calculation with (weekly pay bt*.66) to adjust for Income Tax. Short names would be used for calculations.

Modifying a variable:

Idealy, the plus and minus buttons for the today plugin should be sufficient for every day use, but there are times when we need to get nitty gritty and change things thoroughly and precisely, plus and minus don't always work for that, so by taping the variable on the today screen, we should have a popup or full window for entering the exact ammount. we can use this as a place for a finger friendly dialog as well, by using a simple calculator style interface.

+,- 1234567890 <-. If plus or minus is not defined, it will set the absolute number.

While the calendar function is not entirely necessary, it would be helpful, but overall, the only things that matter are the ability to set a number to a name, calculate variables, and have a number reset after a certain repetition.

I can put down about 20 dollars at the moment, but I hope someone can whip something up or find something like this, as I'm sure the core idea of this is something that EVERYONE can use to keep track of SOMETHING. :3

Thank you for your time!