ActiveHomeScreen is an independent “homebrew” application for Palm Pre and is NOT developed by Palm Inc.
As any other apps installed on your Pre, AHS can be closed or uninstalled anytime you’d like – no changes are ever made to your OS. It’s the same type of software as Tweed, Where or any other program for Palm Pre.
AHS can be easily installed via USB. No rooting is required. More about USB installation: here.
MAIN FEATURES
- Editable launchbar with 7 icons (+4 on default Palm quick launch bar, usable within AHS)
- Four swipeable widgets for your main screen
- QuickCall and QuickContact Widgets – One Click call, text or email your fav people
- News ticker – scrolling 14-20 headlines; select from 20 different news feeds
- Weather Widget for any US location and more than 20 major world cities
- Clock Widget – 3 different analog clocks
- 40 different weather icons (for day and night)
- 12 wallpapers + ability to use your own photos or pictures as a wallpaper
- Todo list
- Easy access to 8 online games
- News reader – read 20 different feeds or search the latest news
- Fast and easy to use
- Very low (almost unnoticeable) impact on battery life – tested by more than 300 people!
and more…
Original thread:
http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-development/189712-my-home-screen-work-progress.html
Forums: http://apps.forwebos.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2
More screenshots: http://picasaweb.google.com/webOSDeveloper/ActiveHomeScreen#
27 Comments on “Active Home Screen for Palm Pre 0.3.5b”
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Brett says:
Dropping a little coin in the bucket, keep up the good work, it looks great, and I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it!
Brett
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 3:43 pm.
Idea says:
I think you should really consider touching the code behind pre’s home button. Would’nt it be great if you could toggle between the cards view (pre’s homepage) and this awesome Active Home Screen app? I bet people would donate for this feature only, so if you don’t think it’s important yourself, you could have someone else do it with that extra money, perhaps? Hope to hear your thoughts about it.
Posted on July 13, 2009 at 9:01 pm.
Michael says:
yea this home page looks so sick, can the user choose what apps to put in the new launcher? and does it operate the same as the generic one? i cant wait to get this on my phone.
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 1:23 am.
Idea says:
@Michael,
To my knoweledge the launcher is static atm with hardcoded apps in it. In the future it is going to be scrollable (to left and right, i think)and you can configurate the apps shown in there.
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 11:08 am.
Daniel says:
@idea, @michael
He has updated so you can change the launcher apps. it is an editable launcher.
Posted on July 15, 2009 at 3:57 pm.
caesar says:
hi, this app is great! love the various widgets, but in regards to the calendar app, can you ensure that the time in which the various events are scheduled is also listed? i.e. 12:00pm lunch with jenn 2:30pm meeting i noticed the screenshots do not have them, and it would be very valuable to have that info right up front. great work!!
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 9:24 am.
caesar says:
ps: what is the battery drain with these 10 min updates? makes sense for a computer that’s plugged in, but with the battery life on the pre as it is, i’m already mindful of getting rid of all cards as a habit to save battery.
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 9:25 am.
Alan says:
Re: “ALL updates are now on 10 min timer – news, weather, calendar/date icon”
Is there a way to adjust how often the updates are done?
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 12:47 pm.
corq says:
Only thing I noticed so far: when email notification is present, the news headlines are obscured utterly. I tend to get lots of email, and I clear the notifications, but that region in AHS seems to get obscured easily rfom the standdard webOS notifications.
THIS APP IS AWESOME.
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm.
Drew says:
Great app…looking forward to updates
Posted on July 23, 2009 at 7:00 pm.
Juan says:
Where can I get it and how can I install it? Does anyone have a copy of the Alpha?
Posted on July 26, 2009 at 1:10 am.
bbuynum says:
Awesome!!!
I’ve been watching and rooting for this since your first post. Looks great, keep up the good work!
Posted on July 28, 2009 at 8:40 pm.
Mark G says:
Wow – This home screen is flat out awesome! I just thought that this would be a great way to add more icons to the launch bar, which is good. Then you also have the quick call phone numbers, better. The calendar display with the next event, even better. Finally there’s the RSS feed! Wow! I’m excited as to where this is headed! I’m telling everyone that you guys are the real deal! Happily donating for you guys to keep up the excellent work!
Posted on August 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm.
Mark G says:
Ok, you guys should be getting a few mor donations. I spread the word pretty quick. I have noticed another issue. The quick call cards don’t appear in the quick launch bar. I couldn’t understand it for a while and then I realized when I touched the bar in a different area I would get a different phone number.
Thanks for the update!
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 1:21 am.
cha says:
how can i get the alpha version? i saw someone else have it on their pre and i liked it a lot. thanks
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 5:10 pm.
Mandy says:
I would really like to know how to get this app as well. It looks perfect. The calendar is just what I was missing on the pre since I got so used to it on my treo. Would really love to get this app. Thanks
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 7:54 pm.
Jose says:
This is almost perfect. Close enough to get me to donate at this early stage. Is there a way already to get the “To Do” part to automatically pull from the Pre’s calendar?
Posted on August 11, 2009 at 2:05 am.
Thom Lanphear says:
I recieved the latest download last week but everytime I go to activate the screen greys out and it does nothing. I have the entire email in lowercase but it doesn’t make a difference. I love the program but I can’t get it to work any ideas?
Posted on August 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm.
ttocs says:
If I pay 5 bucks I can get this app??? I need to know I need to have this..
Posted on August 12, 2009 at 5:25 pm.
fred says:
I donated and received the current build but am not able to install it on my pre any one have an older version or suggestions i do download IPK files.
Fred
Posted on August 13, 2009 at 3:05 am.
Mandy says:
I agree with Jose. I would love to have the “To Do List” pull from the Calendar so I don’t have to constantly add them in. Also would love the “To Do List” to list the events down the homescreen like the Palm Treo’s do. Miss being able to see my upcoming appointments on the homescreen for the week. Thanks, love this app.
Posted on August 13, 2009 at 10:43 pm.
Steve says:
Just donated – how do I download?
Posted on August 15, 2009 at 3:32 am.
Troy says:
Just downloaded. Do I need to place BOTH IPK files onto the phone?
Thanks
Posted on August 15, 2009 at 10:33 pm.
jsd says:
Where can i download ahs? I’ve searched everywhere!!!
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 8:02 pm.
nullr says:
Can anyone guide me to a link (that is not dead) to either download or donate to download for this app. I looked for 2 hours and everything was dead.
Posted on November 15, 2009 at 9:17 pm.
deivid says:
where can i get this app??? im searching now many hours for it…
Posted on December 16, 2009 at 7:40 pm.
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