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sosha
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 Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: Bigger fonts, please! |
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I am suprised at the size of the font used on the Cingular 2125. Especially for an incoming call in my phone book. Why, oh why can't we use more that 1/10th of the screen (so it seems) to display the incoming name & number? Any software out there to help with this?
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optikalsaint
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Bigger fonts, please! |
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| sosha wrote: |
| I am suprised at the size of the font used on the Cingular 2125. Especially for an incoming call in my phone book. Why, oh why can't we use more that 1/10th of the screen (so it seems) to display the incoming name & number? Any software out there to help with this? |
there is a way to make the font larger. in the settings menu there is an option for accessability. (START>SETTINGS>ACCESSIBILITY)
from here you can make the system fonts larger... now this wont effect incoming calls but everything else will be nice and big 
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sosha
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you very much; too bad there's not an in-between size.
God, I'm getting old......... |
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optikalsaint
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i did a little bit of research for you on my way home. according to my friend, who is a developer of windows mobile devices, the incoming call screen is just an xml file... if i understand correctly.
if it is then just like homescreens i believe this could be edited too. now unortunatly i have not researched it more than making a phone call but at least now you have a starting place for a nice google search 
EDIT: i looked around and searched my phone. unfortunatly i could not find any xml file for the incoming call screen. that doesnt mean one doesnt exist... though its totally possible that i mishead/understood him  |
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optikalsaint
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Mike Temporale
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| optikalsaint wrote: |
i did a little bit of research for you on my way home. according to my friend, who is a developer of windows mobile devices, the incoming call screen is just an xml file... if i understand correctly.
if it is then just like homescreens i believe this could be edited too. now unortunatly i have not researched it more than making a phone call but at least now you have a starting place for a nice google search
EDIT: i looked around and searched my phone. unfortunatly i could not find any xml file for the incoming call screen. that doesnt mean one doesnt exist... though its totally possible that i mishead/understood him |
Yes, the incoming call screen is just a template that can be customized - just not by the end user. Don't get me started on how horrible this is. It's a total broken experience when you consider the caller ID image size.  Anyway, according to my contacts in MS, there is no way for the end user to change this. 
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Kris Kumar
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Mike Temporale
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Did we ever rant about this on our front page? This is baaad!
I would like to meet the person who chose the caller-photo-id image size on the incoming call screen.  |
We did - http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/a...ion=expand,9849 And you'll find the answer along with the person responsible discussing it in the comments.
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