IntelliScreen: A Real Today-Style Screen

by Eric March on May 13, 2008 at 10:09 pm

Okay, so you’ve got one of the Caterp…uh, Kate features to choose from, and the recently released iToday that give you Today-style features for your lock screen. They’re not particularly elegant, but they work. Now you have a third option: IntelliScreen. Take iToday, subtract the video wallpaper, and Kate’s today feature, then add a bunch more stuff, dress it up, and you’ve got IntelliScreen. I have to admit, I really like this one. Although beta, and could use a little organization, it still does what no other lock screen info panel does. Just feast your orbs on this list of features:

View Calendar, Email, Text Messages, News, Sports, and Weather from your iPhone “Slide To Unlock” screen
Smooth scrolling across each item to quickly glimpse at your data
Auto-Checks Email when you view the unlock screen – no need to “Refresh” from Mail.app or wait 15 minutes
Go directly to the application of your choice with a “Swipe”
Precise International Weather (by Zip) provided by Weather Underground.com
News Feeds include Yahoo!, CNN, Fox News, and Reuters (more coming soon!)
ESPN Sports Feeds include MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA Men’s Football and NCAA Women’s Basketball
Customizing your IntelliScreen is easy! Choose which content you want to view and where
Mail and Text Messages can be shown only if new items are available

And there’s still more on the way — have a look at the list of planned features:

Location of content/content window Resize (especially for Date/Time display on Unlock screen)
Option for Non-US (Including Farenheit or Celsius, Phone Number Display, Date)
Multiple Cities for Weather
Add custom RSS Feeds to News
Remove SMS Alert when enabled
Today Only option for calendar events
Configurable Interval time for Sports/News Update
Configurable Interval to show Unlock screen before dim

Personally, I’d like to see missed call notifications listed here, too. Maybe in a future, future version. Still looking for more information? ModMyiFone has a good thread on the topic. And in case you’re still not convinced, check out the gallery: