Chimester will remind you of the passage of time. It has several user configurable options and a built-in popup clock and keyguard to give you a unified view of the device status. The clock displays the alerts, sound, message, email, battery level, tasks and appointments status.

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• Unified, identical views for Clock, Popup and Keyguard.
• Smooth, fast operation.
• Cool tabbed user interface.
• Uses a high quality font and not bitmap images for large clock display text.
• Complete device status display on one screen - pending alerts, device volume status, new message counts, new email counts, pending tasks count, upcoming appointments, battery level and memory status. Additional gadgets for signal strength, roaming indicator, current carrier name, day-of-week and even the standard, boring, BT, signal and battery gadgets.
• Use as a mini applications launcher.
• Use system MIDI tones for chimes.
• User-configurable keyguard unlock buttons.
• Tiny PRC (~ 52 KB), NO hooking to 'hede' notifications.

The latest version of Chimester can be downloaded here: (PRC | ZIP). The latest version of this user manual can be viewed online here.

HotSync or copy Chimester.PRC to your Treo phone. It will apprear in the Preferences Panel under "Other". It should be installed in the internal memory for proper functioning.

Delete Chimester from the [Home]->[Menu]->[Delete] window.

Chimester should work as described with the Treo 600, Treo 650, Treo 700p, Treo 680, Treo 755p and the Palm Centro Smartphones.

Invoking Chimester from the Preferences Panel will display the Chimester Preferences form. The options are straightforward and self-explanatory.

• Chimes may not be accurate to the second. Time is flexible, after all.

• New email counts are sometimes not accurate. Cause unknown.

Version	Date	Remarks
1.0	04-Jul-2006	Initial Release. Chimester is derived from TreoHour, but is a fresh implementation. Many features of TreoHour have been dropped and Chimester offers smoother and more reliable operation.
1.1	05-Jul-2006	Added Chimester icon. Cleaned-up button handling routine. More button options available, including side buttons.
1.3	09-Jul-2006	Added RSSI, roaming gadgets in addition to the standard BT, Signal and Battery gadgets to clock display.
1.4	09-Jul-2006	Added day-of-week and current carrier indicators. Re-layout of clock screen.
1.5	10-Jul-2006	Signal strength indicator also works in CDMA devices. Added option to disable unlock text in keyguard. Don't enable this if you are the forgetful kind. Fixed minor bug that prevented clock display on manually enabling keyguard.
1.6	12-Jul-2006	Full one-handed operation for popup activation and keyguard deactivation (except for "Menu" key). Center key popup activation and keguard de-activation is handled properly. Signal strength value is correctly displayed in CDMA devices. Re-layout and UI adjustments in clock display.
1.7	14-Jul-2006	Complete device memory status display in clock - Storage RAM, Dynamic Heap, DB Cache, Card.
1.8	15-Jul-2006	Added no-timeout option to popup. If selected, the clock display will be displayed till it is manually dismissed or auto-poweroff kicks-in.

• Jaap Steilberg, (author of the unbeatable WatchMaker and BellTime) for helping me figure out a few things about PalmOS.
• Large time-display font is Tw Cen MT Condensed from Windows XP.

• Chimester is not free. Do not redistribute.
• I retain the copyright to everything in the software, its features, functionality, the customization interface and the user interface.
• Chimester is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See especially the following:
  1. THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/ OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.
  2. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
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• You may wish to contact me at info@swCP3.com for any bugs and suggestions.