[HTC Excalibur] NRGZ28:
Here's Chome Weather 3.0 with a 10 day forecast. Download the cab and enjoy.

1) Install the cab in the link at the bottom of the post.

2) It should ask to reboot ! Press "Ok" :)

3) Go to your Start Menu and find "Weather Options", or go down to the Settings slide on your homescreen and the second slide will be the CHome Weather options slide.

Set your Zip / Location Code to your zip code if you're in the US or a "location code" if you're anywhere else (ex: ROXX003 for Bucharest). More info on finding your specific code is here http://developer.yahoo.com/weather/#req . Set the "Fahrenheit / Celsius" option. This will only affect the reading of the current conditions panels, not the text descriptions in the forecast panels. Those will always be in Fahrenheit.

Specify whether you would like the application to attempt to connect your default GPRS connection first, before updating. If you have a constant data connection on, leave this on "N". Finally you can turn off the autoupdate feature with the last option #7.

4) Now it might be a good idea to go to Start and find "Update Weather" and run it to update the weather data! Alternatively you can click the center button while you're on any of the forecast panels.

5) The cab should set your Home Screen to "Sliding Panel + Weather!" automatically.

6) Enjoy and report any bugs you might encounter, please. :)

New features:

- New 6 day forecast layout (layout #7)

- Autoupdate using Yahoo's server time. No manual control over update interval anymore.

- Revised layouts to ensure correct wrapping

- HomeScreen update feature. No need to reboot to see forecast or layout changes. This option is turned off by default because it doesn't work for everybody. If you turn it on and you see problems with your phone's radio turning off, phone becoming very slow etc... turn it off. (it's option #10)

- Added new panel to the Settings panel at the bottom for easy access to the weather updates and settings.

- "Stardock icons" are default for forecast and regular panels.

Screenshot descriptions:

1- IPhone Layout (this is the default layout)

2- Forecast Panels screenshot

3- Slim Panels Layout with the background options enabled

4- HTC Slim Layout while updating

5- HTC Slim Layout in normal mode

6- The HomeScreen with the weather plugin in its "condensed" state at the bottom, showing current conditions

7- Regular Panel Layout with no background.

8- IPhone Slim Layout

Download link >

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4mh11j

Vox Version (Currently still at 3.0.1) >

http://www.sendspace.com/file/0bie7d

Current Version: 3.1

Changes in 3.1

- Rearranged the order the various subroutines run.

- Fixed autoupdate issue.

- Removed HTC icons and background PNGs from the cab. Please download them separately from the addons post if you plan to use those layouts.

- Added option to show extended forecast panels on the homescreen or not.

- Added detection routine to detect if your phone's keypad is locked and NOT to update the homescreen is that's the case. Should help with the "Phone - Incoming" message problem that's been reported

- Edited some CPRs for better alignment

- More verbose status messages

- Etc...

More to come soon. The next version will update your clock panel with current conditions info. Just wanted to get this update out of the way first.

Changes in 3.0.1:

- Added 6 day forecast layout.

- Autoupdate feature based on Yahoo server's time.

- Small bugfixes, revised Options panel.

- Compressed PNGs.

- Complete portrait support for the new 6 day layout.

- Background used in screenshots included in .cab.

Changes to 2.0.3:

- completely redesigned Options panel. Hopefully things will be easier to get around. Now it tell you what the current layout used is.

- Fixed HTC Layout (5) text not wrapping down issue.

- Added option NOT to check for internet connection before connecting.

- Options panel keeps track of what layout you're running.

- added blue, purple, WM7 style or original glass panel selection to options panel.

- updated portrait CPRs.

- forecast panels should now display "N/A" icons when a forecast is not available instead of a red x.

- ability to choose between european ("rest of the world pretty much...) or american style dates on the forecast panels.

If you like this application and feel the need to support my work, here's a link to donate to me via PayPal.

PayPal Donate Link

DO NOT install this to the storage card. It will not work that way!

p.s. Portrait support is included for the new 6 day layout.

p.s.s. The cab seems to take a few minutes to install, especially if you're installing over 2.0.3. So just be patient I guess... :)