XDA member MichelDiamond presents this interesting add on for your Windows Mobile device that will let you have your updated GPS location in Cookie Home Tab 2 by detecting via GSM-CellTowers. This probably will be on your device already but if  it´s not, it is worth to have. The developer mentions that no additional battery drain in Lookup mode since cell towers don’t need a GPS or Internet Connection to get these numbers. Working only for GSM devices using CHT2.
You can also find on the original thread some great sets of original icons to personalize your device called loco icons.

Originally posted by MichelDiamond
[CHT-AddOn][24-Dec-10]CHTSLoco – shows location in CHT [Xmas-Beta 0.9]

a little Xmas-present to all users of the CHT-Suite (so you have sth. to play with over these days, too) – Merry Xmas from the teams of CHTS & CHT-Dev-group

I’m crazy but you like it… Loca Loca Loca… no… Loco… CHTSLoco

*Design of graphics by Bonito77 & Santod040

A new ADD-ON for CHT as public Beta, that you have something to play with over Christmas. Therefor released as “Xmas-Beta”

Please read the prejudices before installing!

CHTSLoca is an easy-to-use-App, which can detect your Location because of GSM-CellTowers and display them as CHT-Icon.
Later (not now) this will be extended with other location awareness things and is also responsible then for switching profiles because of current Location in CHTS.

For now: It displays in a very nice way your locations. Here you see the Screenshot of the Main configuration page of CHTSLoco and besides a resizeable Freelink in CHT

Continue to the original thread.

The well known movie of The Matrix makes its way to your Windows Mobile device. XDA member sponge_worthy presents this full theme for Sense with Cookie Home Tab 2, psShutXP, S2U2, and Thumbcal with dialer and wallpapers included. This was tested on the Rhodium but should work on any WVGA device with an exception on the dialer, which is having some bugs in other devices. We know MS is trying to kill WM but there are still many members using it and some of them will prefer it over other operating system options because its capability of personalization stuff and its simplicity. So probably, we will have WM for a while!.

Originally posted by sponge_worthy
[THEME] The Matrix – CHT2/Dialer/Thumbcal/Resco uploaded – Sense coming soon

Ok. I’m polishing off my Matrix theme. I have most of it done, but tweaking some things here and there. I hopefully will release most of it by Friday.

First off is the dialer. I will say that I have a Tilt2(Rhodium) and cannot test on other devices. I currently use an Energy Rom with Co0kie Home Tab 2.0 installed. The dialer works for me and I hope it works for you. My other themes seem to have a problem with the dialer for the HD2(Leo). I’m trying to work those problems out with some other users, but this cab might work for you.

Finally, don’t hold me responsible if something goes wrong with your phone. Like I said, it all works for me on my Tilt2.

Enjoy.

You can find more information in the theme thread.

If you are a Facebook socialite and cannot be without reading everything about your friends, XDA member joe_coolish has a fix for your addiction. XDAFacebook for Windows Mobile has been updated to version 4.5, which brings in a very interesting new functionality, unique to this app (in Windows Mobile, that is). Places/Checkins will allow you not only to share your thoughts and pictures but also your location worldwide. The app makes use of the GPS features in your device (if present) and share your coordinates with the rest of the world. Think about the regular Facebook app and Google Latitude having son if you can’t picture what this app does.

There are other improvements on the app as well, so please leave some feedback for the dev and for the continued work on this app.

BETA 4.5!

• Places/Checkins! Yep, the only Facebook client for Windows Mobile to support Checkins and places! Just know that GPS data is sent to Facebook when you use the Checkin portion of the client. Some devices may experience lag!
  • IMPORTANT! In order to use the new Places features, you must Logout and then log back into XDAFacebook. This will cause you to authorize XDAFB to use the Place APIs. I recommend using the External Browser login method to do this.
• Landscape Support! I’ve tried to implement as much of the app with landscape compatibility. There still are some things that aren’t 100% (eg, dropdowns) but they are in the works! If you find something that doesn’t look right in landscape, feel free to bring it up!
• Bug Fixes: A couple of key bugs were fixed. One of which is the old graphics cropping up every once in a while.
• I also added a First Time message that will display key features with each release upon first install.
• Finally I added a donate button in the About menu. Feel free to test it all you’d like!

You can find more information in the application thread.

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