Monday, September 29, 2008

Find Your W960i IMEI number

To find you IMEI number on you W960i phone simply  type * # 0 6 # from the standby screen and the IMEI number will appear on the screen. It is also located on a sticker which you can see when you remove the battery. You can also find it by accessing the service menu as described in Service Menu via Jog Dial on W960i 



Tuesday, September 9, 2008

QScreenSnap - Free UIQ3 Screencapture Program

After trying a few different screen capture applications on my W960i I decided to use QScreenSnap. 
My reasons for this was:
  • It is freeware
  • It is simple to use
  • It adds enough settings without overcomplicating the program
The user interface consist of two tabbed screens namely "General" and "Timing"

 On the General screen you can change:
  • The location where images are saved (by tapping on "Select Folder")
  • The image format (jpeg, bmp, png)
  • The option to show the floating window or not
  • The option to hide the floating window when capturing

On the Timing screen you can change:
  • The Capture Count (from 1 to 100) - this is how many times screen will be captured from a single tap on the floating icon.
  • The Capture Interval (from 1 to 120) - this is the delay between a tap on the icon and the screen being captured
I changed my save folder to C:\Media Files\Picture\Screenshot\ so that the captured images are seperate from other images in my Pictures folder.
(The default is C:\Media Files\Picture\)

I also tried the different image formats and could not see a noticable difference in quality between the three. The image size however varied a bit and I got the following results by capturing the same screen in different formats.
  • .bmp - 226kb
  • . jpg -    19kb
  • . png -    52kb
I set both the Capture Count and the Capture Interval to 1. 

To sum up - this is a simple application that achieves what it is meant to with the minimum of effort from the user.