One of the gripes people have told me about the Storm is that navigating your contact list is not as smooth as it used to be on QWERTY devices. Phrehnck seems to think the same and decided to do something about it with his new application called acceloDex. It simplifies and speeds up your navigation of your contact list. It is probably not as integrated as the native address book but it looks pretty slick and the features sound just right. At $4.99 it might be a hard sell for Phrehnck but it looks like there is a free trial.
From the description:
Accelerated Scrolling for your contact list. Quickly navigate through your contact list with a new take on the contact list.
Features:
- Accelerated Swipe Scrolling in portrait mode (Flick your finger up and down for acceleration)
- Accelerated Swipe Scrolling rate is controlled by swipe distance
- Accelerometer scrolling in landscape mode Tilt down to scroll up, up to scroll down
- Landscape scroll speed controlled by the steepness of the tilt
- Jump straight to contacts starting with the letter you choose (Touch the very bottom in landscape/far right in portrait)
- Variable sized blocks for easy navigation in landscape mode
- Click on a contact for an “easy click” contact points list
- Portrait mode/landscape mode locking via BlackBerry Menu key
- Voice assist letter navigation (Volume keys enabled. Muted by default)
- App goes completely into sleep mode when running in background(like logMaid)
- Launches native phone, SMS, and E-Mail clients with pre-populated recipient fields
- As always, sound works in .75
- Storm exclusive (no such app on the iPhone =P)
Xandrex Not Registered
Posted: March 30, 2009 at 4:54 PM EST
Ronen, we want a complete video !
Ronen Halevy ( View Profile) Senior admin - Posts: 5298
Posted: March 30, 2009 at 9:21 PM EST
Check out the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzsVGK1RU4g
neng Not Registered
Posted: March 30, 2009 at 9:25 PM EST
very cool app. finally, a quick and easy way to scroll through my contacts. the momentum flick-scrolling in portrait mode is fast, as is the the tilt scrolling in landscape. the audio and vibrating features are also pretty nice. i think it was worth the small price for these features, which i think rim should have implented on oem storms. i’m running it on .114 without any problems.
it would be nice to have the option of tilt or flick scrolling in both portrait and landscape modes…just saying. and having the contact info show more than just one email address (we all have more than just one email address right?)
1.99 thumbs up from me.