Samsung Today 2.0

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Samsung released a modification to their popular Samsung Today homescreen that replaces the AT&T Navigation link at the bottom with a much more useful Calendar listing.

Just install the CAB file on your Samsung Epix and  go to Start > Settings > Today > Items tab  and select  Samsung Today.

The addition of the Calendar items is a great addition to this already great Today screen.

OS X Leopard

Download (Requires rlToday)

Update: This theme has been updated. The “Calls” button now takes you to the Missed Calls screen. Please re-download and re-install this theme.

This is my first stab at creating a theme for the Samsung Epix. If you’re familiar with MyBlackjack2.com you know that I enjoy making simple yet elegant themes that are easy to install.

This theme relies on the rlToday plug-in (I wish there was a way to make themes like this without using a third-party plug-in), so if you haven’t installed it, you’ll have to to install rlToday to use this theme.

This theme lists the Date and Time, a shortcut to the Alarms settings, and supports up to 5 application shortcuts (defined within the rlToday plug-in).

I’ve created a handful of “hi-res” (42 x 42px) icons that can be used for the shortcuts. You can use default shortcut icons if you want, but they tend to look very “jaggy”. These icons are located in the /Program Files/rlToday/OS X Leopard/icons directory on your Samsung Epix, and can be set within the rlToday plug-in.

Also, when using this theme, set the Theme background to the included “theme-background.png” file. After activating the OS X Leopard theme, go to:

• Start > Settings > Personal tab > Theme
• Uncheck “Use default image”
• Press the “Browse” button
• Select My Device > Program Files > rlToday > OS X Leopard > theme-background.png
• Press “OK” and apply the new background image.

If you’re handy with Photoshop and make other 42 x 42 px icons for shortcuts, e-mail them to me and ill re-package the theme to include them.

Samsung Today

Samsung’s created a pretty cool theme for the Samsung Epix called “Samsung Today”. For being such a nice theme, much nicer than the default Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro homescreen atleast, I found it strange that was relatively hidden on the Epix.

 To use the Samsung Today homescreen: 

1. Start > Settings > Today
2. Select the color scheme/background to use in the “Select a theme for your device” list.
3. Click the “Items” tab at the bottom
4. In the “Checked items appear on the Today screen” list, select “Samsung Today”
5. Click “OK” in the upper left corner of the screen
6. Return to the homescreen

The one thing I don’t like about this theme is the AT&T Navigator link at the bottom. This may be removable, I haven’t had a chance to check though.