A6.Times (English) 1.1.4    

Author Alien6 Technologies inc. Website Alien6 Technologies inc. - A6.Times (English) homepage Licence Commercial Price $19.95 Date Released October 18, 2006 Downloads 72 Filesize 812 kB Requirements Windows Mobile 2003 or later. , Microsoft .Net Compact Framework 2.0 Your Rating   - click to rate - you will be first!

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Introducing A6.Times, a user friendly electronic newspaper for your Windows Mobile device that gives you news updates in real time. Discover a newspaper like you?ve never seen before.

A6.Times is an enhanced news feed aggregator of surprising power. What sets it apart from conventional news aggregators is that it formats and displays news in a traditional newspaper format, adapted to the small screen of your Windows Mobile device.

Synchronize it anytime and then bring it with you wherever you go. And, unlike ordinary newspapers, it fits in your pocket.

RSS? RDF? ATOM?

If acronyms like RSS, RDF and ATOM are Greek to you, don?t worry. They are simply the names of different new technologies that allow you to more easily access the news offered on websites.

But you won?t need to understand those concepts to start using A6.Times. As long as you know how to use a regular newspaper, you?ll be OK.

Extra! Extra!
It?s on the Front Page!

The very first page to display in A6.Times is called the Front Page. In fact, every time you start A6.Times up, it greets you with a reader-friendly news article, randomly chosen from among the news you have not yet read.

If you like reading in this mode, just TAP on the ?down? button and a brand new front page will be generated for you to read.

The Front Page uses a header picture to give you an idea of the section of news displayed, as well as offering a pleasing and attractive look to the news.

The next time you take a ride on a BUS or a plane, use the Front Page function to browse the headlines.

Configuring Your Newspaper

As soon as you become familiar with A6.Times, you will most likely want more news. A lot more maybe. That's when the Newspaper Configuration Window comes in handy.

A6.Times allows you to choose from a wide selection of preconfigured sections already linked with news sources from around the world. You can also ADD, modify or remove the sections that are included in your newspaper. Or, if you want, go ahead and create your own sections.

When you would like to ADD news sources to a section, you can ADD them yourself if you already know the internet address. You can also use our online keyword search feature to retrieve other news sources more in tune with your interests.

The Section Guide:
Divide and Conquer

Right after the Front Page, the Section Guide is the logical next stop in any reading session. It displays all your sections, the number of news articles in each section, and the number of articles that have not yet been read.

If you feel you can?t live with a limited number of sections, don't worry. The Section Guide can hold as many sections as you care to ADD.

Want to try it?

We could take up your precious time describing A6.Times and all of its features, but why not just try it instead. We hope you will have as much FUN using it as we have had developing it.

A6.Times. For news about your world.

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Version	Date Released	Status	Release Notes
A6.Times (English) 1.1.4	Oct 18, 2006	New Version	? New application icon. Supports the following resolutions: 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 22x22, 44x44. ? Complete menu reorganization. ? Folder "ImportExport" has been replaced by "My Documents" as recommended in Microsoft guidelines (Smartphone only). ? Sections images have been moved where the database is installed. ? Installer size has been reduced by 50%. ? Preconfigured news sources cannot no longer be moved. However, any custom news source can be moved. ? A6.Times now fully supports the WM_HIBERNATE message. When the operating system requires more memory, it sends to all opened applications the WM_HIBERNATE message. This message means something like: ?Give me all resources you can or I will close you if I cannot get enough?. ? Database robustness: The database engine has been completely reviewed in order to eradicate occasional data corruption. ? News engine use of threads has been improved. ? A Start Wizard takes care of the starting process. ? New parameter "Options / Connection / Allow Automatic Connections". When unchecked, no communications are established without user intervention. ? New choices for font size: Smallest, Smaller, Normal, Bigger, Biggest. ? The refresh interval can now be set independently for each news source. Can be set between 1 and 999 minutes. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Merge Section Headlines". When checked, regroup headlines of all news sources at the beginning of their section. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Show News Authors". When checked, news authors are displayed in news (if available). ? It is now possible to mark an entire section, news source or single news as read (available from Options and context menu). ? It is now possible to refresh a specific section or a specific news source (available from Options and context menu). ? When ActiveSync communication is established, A6.Times automatically starts refreshing the newspaper. ? A6.Times regularly gets updated with new sections/news sources from the Alien6 server. It can also receive various messages like product updates, etc. ? On the Front page you can now see the news' source. ? It is now possible to zoom on an image in a news. Tap on it or simply select it and press the select button. ? The global refresh parameter is replaced by the Refresh Interval parameter in each news source. ? Wait cursor removed during database initialization. ? Startup on full screen mode was not using maximum space available. ? Proxy connection settings were not used correctly. Can be set via Options/Connection. ? OPML import failed on some files due to encoding. ? News sources refresh interval was not accurate. ? Various small bug fixes with the news engine were fixed. ? Sometimes read news were marked back as unread after a refresh. ?Better VGA support.
A6.Times (English) 1.1.3	Sep 21, 2006	New Version	? New application icon. Supports the following resolutions: 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 22x22, 44x44. ? Complete menu reorganization. ? Folder "ImportExport" has been replaced by "My Documents" as recommended in Microsoft guidelines (Smartphone only). ? Sections images have been moved where the database is installed. ? Installer size has been reduced by 50%. ? Preconfigured news sources cannot no longer be moved. However, any custom news source can be moved. ? A6.Times now fully supports the WM_HIBERNATE message. When the operating system requires more memory, it sends to all opened applications the WM_HIBERNATE message. This message means something like: ?Give me all resources you can or I will close you if I cannot get enough?. ? Database robustness: The database engine has been completely reviewed in order to eradicate occasional data corruption. ? News engine use of threads has been improved. ? A Start Wizard takes care of the starting process. ? New parameter "Options / Connection / Allow Automatic Connections". When unchecked, no communications are established without user intervention. ? New choices for font size: Smallest, Smaller, Normal, Bigger, Biggest. ? The refresh interval can now be set independently for each news source. Can be set between 1 and 999 minutes. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Merge Section Headlines". When checked, regroup headlines of all news sources at the beginning of their section. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Show News Authors". When checked, news authors are displayed in news (if available). ? It is now possible to mark an entire section, news source or single news as read (available from Options and context menu). ? It is now possible to refresh a specific section or a specific news source (available from Options and context menu). ? When ActiveSync communication is established, A6.Times automatically starts refreshing the newspaper. ? A6.Times regularly gets updated with new sections/news sources from the Alien6 server. It can also receive various messages like product updates, etc. ? On the Front page you can now see the news' source. ? It is now possible to zoom on an image in a news. Tap on it or simply select it and press the select button. ? The global refresh parameter is replaced by the Refresh Interval parameter in each news source. ? Wait cursor removed during database initialization. ? Startup on full screen mode was not using maximum space available. ? Proxy connection settings were not used correctly. Can be set via Options/Connection. ? OPML import failed on some files due to encoding. ? News sources refresh interval was not accurate. ? Various small bug fixes with the news engine were fixed. ? Sometimes read news were marked back as unread after a refresh. ?Better VGA support.
A6.Times (English) 1.1.1	Sep 16, 2006	New Version	? New application icon. Supports the following resolutions: 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 22x22, 44x44. ? Complete menu reorganization. ? Folder "ImportExport" has been replaced by "My Documents" as recommended in Microsoft guidelines (Smartphone only). ? Sections images have been moved where the database is installed. ? Installer size has been reduced by 50%. ? Preconfigured news sources cannot no longer be moved. However, any custom news source can be moved. ? A6.Times now fully supports the WM_HIBERNATE message. When the operating system requires more memory, it sends to all opened applications the WM_HIBERNATE message. This message means something like: ?Give me all resources you can or I will close you if I cannot get enough?. ? Database robustness: The database engine has been completely reviewed in order to eradicate occasional data corruption. ? News engine use of threads has been improved. ? A Start Wizard takes care of the starting process. ? New parameter "Options / Connection / Allow Automatic Connections". When unchecked, no communications are established without user intervention. ? New choices for font size: Smallest, Smaller, Normal, Bigger, Biggest. ? The refresh interval can now be set independently for each news source. Can be set between 1 and 999 minutes. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Merge Section Headlines". When checked, regroup headlines of all news sources at the beginning of their section. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Show News Authors". When checked, news authors are displayed in news (if available). ? It is now possible to mark an entire section, news source or single news as read (available from Options and context menu). ? It is now possible to refresh a specific section or a specific news source (available from Options and context menu). ? When ActiveSync communication is established, A6.Times automatically starts refreshing the newspaper. ? A6.Times regularly gets updated with new sections/news sources from the Alien6 server. It can also receive various messages like product updates, etc. ? On the Front page you can now see the news' source. ? It is now possible to zoom on an image in a news. Tap on it or simply select it and press the select button. ? The global refresh parameter is replaced by the Refresh Interval parameter in each news source. ? Wait cursor removed during database initialization. ? Startup on full screen mode was not using maximum space available. ? Proxy connection settings were not used correctly. Can be set via Options/Connection. ? OPML import failed on some files due to encoding. ? News sources refresh interval was not accurate. ? Various small bug fixes with the news engine were fixed. ? Sometimes read news were marked back as unread after a refresh. ?Better VGA support.
A6.Times (English) 1.1	Sep 14, 2006	New Version	? New application icon. Supports the following resolutions: 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 22x22, 44x44. ? Complete menu reorganization. ? Folder "ImportExport" has been replaced by "My Documents" as recommended in Microsoft guidelines (Smartphone only). ? Sections images have been moved where the database is installed. ? Installer size has been reduced by 50%. ? Preconfigured news sources cannot no longer be moved. However, any custom news source can be moved. ? A6.Times now fully supports the WM_HIBERNATE message. When the operating system requires more memory, it sends to all opened applications the WM_HIBERNATE message. This message means something like: ?Give me all resources you can or I will close you if I cannot get enough?. ? Database robustness: The database engine has been completely reviewed in order to eradicate occasional data corruption. ? News engine use of threads has been improved. ? A Start Wizard takes care of the starting process. ? New parameter "Options / Connection / Allow Automatic Connections". When unchecked, no communications are established without user intervention. ? New choices for font size: Smallest, Smaller, Normal, Bigger, Biggest. ? The refresh interval can now be set independently for each news source. Can be set between 1 and 999 minutes. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Merge Section Headlines". When checked, regroup headlines of all news sources at the beginning of their section. ? New option "Options / Presentation / Show News Authors". When checked, news authors are displayed in news (if available). ? It is now possible to mark an entire section, news source or single news as read (available from Options and context menu). ? It is now possible to refresh a specific section or a specific news source (available from Options and context menu). ? When ActiveSync communication is established, A6.Times automatically starts refreshing the newspaper. ? A6.Times regularly gets updated with new sections/news sources from the Alien6 server. It can also receive various messages like product updates, etc. ? On the Front page you can now see the news' source. ? It is now possible to zoom on an image in a news. Tap on it or simply select it and press the select button. ? The global refresh parameter is replaced by the Refresh Interval parameter in each news source. ? Wait cursor removed during database initialization. ? Startup on full screen mode was not using maximum space available. ? Proxy connection settings were not used correctly. Can be set via Options/Connection. ? OPML import failed on some files due to encoding. ? News sources refresh interval was not accurate. ? Various small bug fixes with the news engine were fixed. ? Sometimes read news were marked back as unread after a refresh. ?Better VGA support.
A6.Times (English) 1.0	Aug 2, 2006	New Version	Description reformatting.