http://www.brains-N-brawn.com/spHme 12/31/2003
this is not a dev article ... just for fun
so i had previously written a little app to convert image files into PocketPC today screens (.TSK). '.TSK' stands for Today Screen...Krap, i dont know what the 'K' stands for. could point the app to a directory of images, and in a couple minutes there is a corresponding directory with TSKs. was about to do the same for SmartPhones, when i realized that people had already put effort into cropping the images and picking a color scheme, so there was no need to do that again. instead, i decided to further reverse engineer (aka Paycheck movie) the TSK format to pull out the color info, map that color info into corresponding SmartPhone home screen (HME) settings, and then build the .CAB file from that. so you would just pick your favorite TSK, run this app against it, and out plops your favorite PPC theme as an SP HME. of course i decided to webify it too, so that you could convert your own:
click here to download SP (and PPC) themes that have been converted (WARNING no telling what images will be displayed END WARNING)
below is a side-by-side comparison. Aqua Teen Hunger Force ... if you didnt know. i made the PPC one by hand, and then generated the SP one with the conversion tool
NOTE MS provides a free SmartPhone Theme Generator if you want more control
as well as a corresponding Pocket PC Theme Generator for free too
my PPC theme creator described above has a web interface here: /tskTsk
1/17/2004 this now generates a preview image of the .tsk files that are uploaded. also the preview page now shows a side by side preview of both the SmartPhone and PocketPC themes. the preview page has been updated to support different categories of themes, available in both formats. also, the /tskTsk generator now generates SmartPhone themes from images as well as PocketPC themes. finally, am coding along on my own moblog setup