Windows Phone Thoughts: Calendar+ v2.2.0 Reviewed

Installation
Installation of Calendar+ is simple and easy. MohairSofa has even provided three different ways to add this functionality to your Pocket PC. There’s the usual ActiveSync based .exe file, or you can download a .cab file directly to the Pocket PC and execute it there, OR if you’re feeling particularly adventuresome, you can download the C++ source code, and compile it yourself!

As MohairSofa recommends, Calendar+ should be loaded to your main memory in order to avoid any performance problems. I tried it on my CF and SD cards just for a lark and got the expected problems with ‘application not found’ messages.

I’d also recommend that if you are upgrading, remove the previous version first before reinstalling. Because Calendar+ is a plug-in, the application is ‘active’ from the moment you turn on the Pocket PC. Thus, when you attempt to do an in-place re-install of the software with the newer version (like I did, just to see what would happen) you get messages saying that a .dll is in use, and you have to shut it down.

After about two weeks of playing with Calendar+, I’ve found no noticeable degradation of screen-to-screen performance on my iPAQ 2215. But I would kind of expect this, given the small size of the application. I have noticed a slight delay (a second or so at most) while the Calendar+ Today screen refreshes itself, but nothing which interrupts my flow of using the links from the Today screen.

Conclusions
This is a great plug-in! It's simple to use and provides much needed additional functionality, without huge memory use. I really can’t believe he’s giving it away free, but I'm certainly not complaining!. It's definitely a keeper for me.