[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] kfreels:
Well, I broke down and did the upgrade. Had some trouble with the player again, but I completely removed it, deleted all registry entries for the install, then reinstalled using a fresh download from the author's website and it seems OK. Maybe my file is corrupted.

I have to say, this is VERY nice. So nice that I'm going to give it a swing without SPB mobile shell. To do that, there are a few things I would like to do, but I'm not sure if I can or not. Here's a list.

1.) Is there a way to point all SMS links on the bottom tab and the notification icons to VITO's SMS chat?

2.) I have mixed feelings about these clouds drifting around. They are neat, but after a few days I think I will be annoyed with them. Any way to turn them off without disturbing the overall feel and look of the rest of the interface?

3.) When I select the "phone" app, none of my contacts are listed. I am on an exchange server and on previous ROMs, this section above the phone keypad had all of my exchange contacts there and it was quickly searchable. It's kind of strange really. The white space scrolls as if there is data there, but there isn't. Also, if I ounch in the numbers 486235 it will display the word "GUMBEL" which is one of my contacts, but doesn't let you do anything like that. So I suspect it is interacting with my exchange contacts or it wouldn't have interpreted those numbers in such a way, but I have no idea how to make this work properly. Is there a fix? Or is there a way to revert to the standard phone? I do know that the contacts are properly imported because I was able to setup several favorite contacts and the list I was given to choose them from was the outlook contacts list and when i choose "all people" I can see them.

4.) Is there a way to create a folder with links to several items and then set a quicklink to access that folder? That way I could get maybe 12 "utilities" that I use most often into a single screen that I could access with a single button.

5.) Can I get the Calendar widget on the home screen to show 2 or 3 appointments instead of just one?

6.) OK. I have read way too many articles with 50 different ways to make tethering work despite AT&Ts determination to not let it. My Treo didn't require a tethering plan or a crack to make it work, it just worked out of the box. I only need it on occasion and AT&T's new policy means that for me to add tethering, I went to the AT&T site to add a plan but then I found that I would have to pay $30 MORE per month while at the same time I would no longer get unlimited data! I don't mind paying more to get more, but I absolutely refuse to pay more and get less.

So is there a way on this ROM to make tethering work without a tethering plan? It's not like I don't already pay ATT $120 per month for fiber to the home and $270 per month for my family plan with data for everyone. I'm not using it to take the place of my home network.....that would be way too slow for me! I think I pay them enough to not have to pay more and reduce my available bandwidth. Call it peaceful protest.....

7.) I really don't like the "preview" screens for SMS and email. Yes, they are eye candy and great for someone who gets an occasional email or text. But when I set the phone in the holster for a 1 hour appointment and come back, I have 10-20 emails and 10-20 text messages to view. For me it is best to see as many of these at once rather than flipping through them one at a time. I do see the "inbox" softkey and the "all messages" softkey, but it is an extra button push that doesn't have to be there. Any way to get those screens to default to their respective inboxes? (on the SMS, I want it to default to the SMS chat inbox)

8.) In fact, is there a way to keep everything except that sliding bar at the bottom? It would be great if it functioned sort of like a start menu where you had a settings, connections, apps, navigation, multimedia, messaging, tools, etc button and the area above would be icons for each of these things, but as it is, it seems pretty useless to me. I keep trying to use it, but it tends to hang a little when i overshoot something and have to go back, and

9.) Finally...where do i make a donation?