GPS Skinner: Download

Free trial version downloads for the GPS Skinner application and other stuff.

System Requirements

GPS Skinner is currently compiled for Xscale/ARM processors. It currently runs on Windows Mobile devices;

- Pocket PC 2002
- Smartphone 2002
- Windows Mobile 2003 (Pocket PC/Phone Edition/Smartphone)
- Windows Mobile 2003 SE (Pocket PC/Phone Edition/Smartphone)
- Windows Mobile 5 (Pocket PC/Phone Edition/Smartphone)
- Windows Mobile 6 (Classic/Professional/Standard)
- Windows CE .Net 4.2/5.0/6.0 (still under testing but working, email me for details)

We plan to release a Windows XP version as well as versions for older ARM/MIPS/SH3 Pocket PC processors. Image file formats may be limited in pre-2003 devices as the SHLoadImageFile API is either unavailable (PPC 2000) or only supports bitmaps (PPC 2002).

GPS Skinner requires a GPS that outputs NMEA data. Some newer devices feature Network Operator Assisted GPS (aka A-GPS), these GPS devices are often not accessible to external applications and are not supported by GPS Skinner.

Application

Trial versions of GPS Skinner can be freely downloaded using the links below;

POCKET PC / WINDOWS MOBILE CLASSIC / WINDOWS MOBILE PROFESSIONAL
English language;
- Xscale/ARM: Zipped PC Installer, CAB File, Zipped CAB File

SMARTPHONE / WINDOWS MOBILE STANDARD
* Note: This program is not signed (at the moment) and may not install on your phone if it is locked by your operator.
English language;
- Xscale/ARM: Zipped PC Installer, CAB File, Zipped CAB File

Trial Limitations: You may use the trial version for as long as you want, however the GPS will be disconnected after 10 minutes of continuous use. There are no other limitations of the trial version.

Skin Files

	VW Golf R32 Skin Author: Tchart Development Description: Our first ever skin inspired by a truely awesome car, the VW Golf VR32!
	Ferrari Skin Author: Tchart Development Description: What could be hotter than a red Ferrari skin? The Guava Bubbles theme in WM6 compliments the skin nicely too!
	WM5 Dash Skin Author: Peter Bonge (http://www.bestfiles.eu) Description: The skin contains a main and 4 sub pages. By clicking on a indicator on the main page you go to the sub page with bigger indicators or more graphs. Each sub page contains 3 hot spots: Top left, top right and bottom. With both top hot spots you can switch between all subpages. With the bottom hot spot you can always go back to the main screen. There is also a trip counter on the main page. You can click on it to reset the counter.
	Black Skin (Full Screen)   Author: Mario Jurisch Description: This very slick full screen skin contains a main menu which links to several pages. Clicking on the icons or text activates the desired page and each page has a hot spot to return to the main menu. There are also buttons to activate the setup menus as well as zoom pages for the speedometer and compass (click on the smaller ones to zoom in). Note: Some of the text is in German but is easily understood.
	Gradient Skin (Full Screen)   Author: Mario Jurisch Description: This very slick full screen skin contains a main menu which links to several pages. Clicking on the icons or text activates the desired page and each page has a hot spot to return to the main menu. There are also buttons to activate the setup menus. Note: Some of the text is in German but is easily understood.
	Rapture (Landscape) Author: Tchart Development Description: Designed as a "demo" skin for the Smartphone version it works nicely on a Pocket PC in landscape mode too. The skin consists of 9 pages of large graphs, gauges, clocks, speedos and more to show of the features in GPS Skinner! The background photo is courtesy of Gareth Hart (www.garethhartphotography.co.uk).
	Timer (Portrait) Author: Tchart Development Description: A simple one page skin designed as a "demo" skin to show off the new timers available in 1.0.7
	Fahrrad (VGA Portrait) Author: Helmut Haug Description: A nice clean VGA skin design for HTC Touch Diamond (text is in German but easy to understand & translate).
	Suzuki GSX-R (Portrait) Author: Tom Beighley Description: A very slick skin with large instrument views, which the author uses while riding his motorcycle.
	Straight Ahead (VGA Portrait) Author: Berend Hartman Description: Another cool VGA skin developed for the HTC Touch Diamond. Nine slick pages of different information!
	Flo (QVGA Portrait) Author: Tchart Development Description: Another demo skin showing the map object and waypoint integration.

More skins coming soon...

Version History

The current version of GPS Skinner is 1.0.9

Below is the version history of GPS Skinner releases;

1.0.9 (11 September 2008)
- Added page transition animation.
- Added waypoint text and hotspots.
- Added waypoint compass widget.
- Added map object.
- Code fixes for VGA screens.

1.0.8 (16 April 2008)
- Added transparent effect for several widgets (only for WM5/WM6)
- Added average speed text option for individual trip meters
- Added option to round trip distances to 1 decimal place (OP|ROUNDTRIP)
- Added VGA screen support (supports any screen resolution)

1.0.7 (2 April 2008)
- Major memory leak fixes (very stable now, ran a test for 7+ hours without a single memory leak!)
- Added new individually controllable trip meters (TX|TRIP_TIME_TOTAL_1-5... & TX|TRIP_DISTANCE_TOTAL_1-5...)
- Added hot spots to control new trip meters (see documentation)
- Added new Timer skin to show usage of new timers.

1.0.6 (23 February 2008)
- Lots of bug & memory leak fixes
- Added altimeter widget (WG|ALTIMETER...)
- Added auto scroll option for skins (OP|AUTOSCROLL)
- Added automatic bluetooth startup to GPS options

1.0.4 (11 November 2007)
- First release of Smartphone version
- Added rapture landscape skin to installer
- Added elevation graph
- Added reverse deceleration graph (for placement below acceleration graph)
- Added tap-n-hold popup menu for touch screen devices (in case menu bar is hidden)
- Modified behaviour of gauge graphic (if width is less than height the gauge goes up/down instead of left/right)

1.0.3 (9 October 2007)
- Fixed issue with blank spaces at the end of a line (in a skin file)
- Top Speed is now retained between sessions unless reset by the user
- Added option for solid background instead of image (use a defined colour instead of the image name eg PG|1|Page 1|1 uses colour 1 as a solid background)
- Register button has been replaced by a soft menu in preparation for Smartphone version

1.0.2 (17 September 2007)
- Fixed average speed display issue (showed 1.$ when reset sometimes)
- Added top speed text item (#SPEED_TOP)
- Added text item for combined speed & units (#SPEED_CURRENT_FULL)
- Added text item for combined elevation & units (#ELEVATION_FULL)
- Added reset trip & top speed menu items
- Added hot spot item to reset top speed (RESET_TOP_SPEED)
- Changed text item limit to 30 items per page
- Fixed issue with movement tolerance not being set

1.0.1 (5 September 2007)
- Fixed ROUNDSPEED issue
- Fixed text colour for graph widget
- Fixed outline colour for satellite sky plot widget
- Minor updates to graphs in square day/night skins

1.0 (26 August 2007)
- Initial release