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If you are looking for a livelier Pocket PC Today screen or Smartphone Homescreen, the folks at V2R may have something you are looking for (and for free, nonetheless) in Active UI - 

V2R Active UI has been developed as a Todayscreen plug-in (for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs) and Homescreen plug-in (for Windows Mobile Smartphones) with a standard V2R icon- and animation-set.

The V2R Active UI plug-in allows users to access the most wanted applications, settings or documents directly from the Today-/Homescreen. The standard version, which is for free, is shipped with predefined templates for animations, designs and functionalities. On the V2R Web page users can find more animations, designs and functional plug-ins which will feed all the different user needs. In the future, V2R will regularly release new free and payable plug-ins for the V2R Active UI with different plug-in sizes, animation styles and functionalities.

Features:
The V2R Active UI is available, straight from the Pocket PC Todayscreen or the Smartphone Homescreen. As long as the plug in isn't focused, the icons of the plug-in are in the original (reduced) size to provide more space for other Today- and Homescreen plug-ins.

As soon as the plug in gets the focus, the icon size is increasing in a smoothly animated manner.
The user can easily navigate through this new menu structure by using the D-Pad, joystick, stylus or even the finger.

Clicking or tapping a selected icon opens the submenu or assigned appliction.

• Quick start your favourite programs
• Dynamic menu and sub-menu structure
• Finger, stylus and D-Pad control
• High speed graphic animations
• Many different animations are available for free
• Many different icon packs are available for free
• Easy to use menu
• V2R offers to build your personalized animation and design

You can phone the Pocket PC and Smartphone versions of Active UI from the V2R web site.