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Old 01-15-2008, 02:37 AM
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Ok this is the iPhone skin for the above PCM Keyboard this was developed by 2manyphones over at xda-developers and is also a Senior member to that great forum he has taken his time to create a skin that looks alot like the iPhone if you use this software please consider giving a donation.

The original post can be found here
iPhone skin for PCM Keyboard - refined - xda-developers

This is another cut and paste from xda-developers

iPhone skin for PCM Keyboard - refined
After many months of tweaking this skin, I think it is about as good as it can get (for my personal use). For those of you not familiar with PCM Keyboard, it is a program being developed as a replacement on screen keyboard for PPC devices.

I am providing the skin and layout files only, please refer any program or device compatibility questions to the developers thread or website.
The latest version the application can be downloaded at this link (keep in mind the developer currently puts an expiration of 30 days on each version until it is commercially released. So plan on upgrading to the newest version each month or plan on purchasing the software when it is launched):
http://pocketcm.com/keyboard2.php
Support:
http://pocketcm.com/phorum/index.php?9
XDA thread with the latest version information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321712

There are two files that have to be loaded onto your device and selected in the options/settings for this skin to work: The keyboard layout file: Eng iphone12 and the keyboard skin file: iPhone 12 When changing the layout or skin files, I suggest restarting the device to make sure everything has changed correctly.

This design was done to allow almost any layout work with this skin, so I have also included a multi language layout (File:GrayIphone(qwerty) and a "azerty" layout created by ialu in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330525

Here are some features of this skin:
Main screen:
-Numbers pop up if you press and hold the "123#?" key
-ESC, TAB, Home, End and Del pop from the , (comma) key. Note the Tab and some of these buttons don't work with all applications.
-Basic symbols pop up from the . (period) key. Period is the default pop up key, so if you press and hold too long and don't slide to another symbol, you will still get just a period.
-If you press and hold a letter, you will get a caps letter (idea borrowed from my BlackBerry).
-If you press and hold the space bar, you will get a period and a space (also from BB).
-Caps lock is still double press on the shift (up arrow) and double press to change back to lower caps.
On the symbol keyboard (one press of 123#?):
-If you press the internet explorer key you will get "http://www."
-If you press and hold the internet explorer key you can choose: https://, .net, .org, .com or www.

This skin / layout also supports landscape. This was not easy and I had to compromise some eye candy to get all the buttons to look right in both orientations. It does take up a LOT of screen in landscape, but I didn't want to make the buttons smaller for portrait use.

Keep in mind all of this customization is set in the layout file and can be opened and modified in wordpad. The only trick is making sure it is saved as a .layout file. I suggest making a copy of the layout file you are changing, rename it, make your changes and then save it (not save as).

I made this skin for my personal use and am sharing because I haven't seen anything else that works as good - for me. I am not a developer or a designer, so again please try to search for questions in the thread links I have provided. Please feel free to modify, use, distribute any of the graphics or file settings - no need to ask

If you prefer black keys with white letters, got to this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...9&postcount=26
If you like some color in your keyboard, try this version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1&postcount=21
Layout file with ( ) that pop up from the "." key:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...3&postcount=46
HTC Touch Style Skin, with help from Kin0Kin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...08&postcount=2






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