What is a doan you may ask? In Zen practice it is the person responsible for ringing the bells at the beginning and end of a meditation. Like a traditional doan, the PocketDoan meditation timer informs the user when to begin and end a session. It frees one from having to keep track of time, and thus allows one to more fully engage in one's practice. Even though doan is a Zen Buddhist term, this application has no particular tie to Zen. PocketDoan is quite flexible and can be adapted to many styles of meditation. It supports both single and multi-stage sessions. Additionally, a variety of alert types are provided with varying degrees of discreteness (audio, visual, and vibration). This makes PocketDoan suitable for both solo and group meditation sessions.

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Version History

Version 3.4.1

• Now supports up to 40intervals per session.
• New Utilities menu item with 3 options:
• o Move - built-in .wav sounds to a memory card/drive (frees main memory).
• o Delete - built-in .wav sounds (if they aren't support or desired)(frees memory).
• o Create - /PDoan directory on memory cards and drives (for playing any .wav file).
• New Hardkey Only key mode (ignores screen taps when running).
• New Random chime interval (rings on the hour and randomly in between).
• Vibration support for Treo 680, 700p, and 755p models.
• Vibration support for StyleTap® platform (emulator for Windows Mobile devices) * New single .prc distribution file.
• Various bugfixes

v3.3.0

• New custom per interval minder triggers.
• New seesion loop count selector in session preferences.
• New running screen background color selector to global prefererences.
• Added halfway minder trigger type.
• Added 2 new vibration minder alerts (they work on Tungsten, m5xx, pre-OS5 treos, and kyocera devices).
• Expanded minder alert list to include all interval alerts.
• Added high resolution font for initial delay countdown.
• Fixed double alert at session end when last alert was long (>14 seconds).

Version 3.2.0

• Hourly Chimes
  • Can ring every 60, 30, 20, 15, 10 minutes, etc..
  • Two alert types: hourly and non-hourly.
  • Can set start and end times for the day.
• 3 New volume levels:
  • Alarm Pref (follows palm pref setting)
  • .wav 125%, and .wav 150% (volume overdrive for .wav files)
• Vibration alerts enhanced for Kycera devices.
• New key shortcuts from main screen.
• Improved power saving for Treo and non-Palm OS5 devices.
• Various minor bugfixes.

Version 3.1.0

• Support for running on Windows Mobile™ devices with StyleTap® emulation (fixed sound & graphics issues).
• Two new sounds: mu-yü (mokugyo) and tingsha.
• Exiting pause & blocking dialogs now suspends PocketDoan until relaunched.
• Pause and blocking dialogs now have menus with items for changing the current interval, restarting the session, and exiting PocketDoan.
• New main menu option for starting a session at any interval.
• New seconds field in custom interval time dialog.
• 5-way right on main screen now pops menu.
• Various updates to graphics.
• Sound bug effecting some Treo 600's fixed.
• Various minor bugfixes.

Version 3.0.1

• Fixed sound capabilities detection bug effecting some 2-button Zire devices.
• Fixed erratic screen on-off behavior during session runs on some OS5 devices.
• Fixed incompatibility issue with RecoEcho.

Version 3.0.0

• Can play .wav files (including voice recordings) from memory cards and flash drives.
• Fixed sound preference overwrite bug effecting some OS5 devices.

Version 2.2.0 (26 Oct 2005)

• Added new flute, lark, & bong sounds.
• Fix for 1 minute auto-off bug effecting default auto-off mode (could play alerts twice).

Version 2.1.2 (bugfix release)(9/24/2005)

• Vibration alerts on Treo 600 & 650 now work.
• Improved quality of sounds for T|3 & T|E2 devices (maybe LifeDrive too).
• Notification alarms (for other app's) now work properly when an end-of-interval/session dialog is popped.

Version 2.1.1 (bugfix release)(9/1/2005)

• Added new Thunder sound.
• Fixed bug where changing default duration in the Global Preferences panel would cause crashes (all OS versions).
• Fixed bug where changing duration of an interval would cause crashes (pre-OS4.0 only).

Version 2.1.0

• Custom durations now have a resolution down to 15 seconds (in steps of 15 & 20 seconds).
• Total session time now shown on the edit screen.
• New Now/End time selector (tap time on main screen).
• Now supports 5-way navigator on Treo 600/650, T|5, T|E2, LifeDrive, & Zodiac devices.
• Vibration support for Treo 180/270/300 devices.
• VibeL (long vibrate) minder alert added.
• When PocketDoan is mapped to a hardkey, that key can now be used to start the current session.
• Pausing and blocking dialogs now have red/green buttons.
• New high resolution bitmaps.
• Many minor improvements (see history log for full details)

Features

• Single and multi-stage meditation sessions.
• Each stage can be assigned a unique time duration and alert.
• All stages can be viewed and configured from a single edit screen.
• Can have more than one session (thousands actually).
• Large screen buttons for stylus-free (finger) starting and stopping of sessions.
• Analog progress wheel.
• Various audio (bells, gongs, birds, notes, etc), vibration, and LED alerts.
• Five volume levels (including "off" and "whisper" modes).
• Power saving: Device and screen can turn off to conserve batteries.
• Stages can be set to block upon completion requiring user input to move to the next stage.
• Support for 5-way navigator and jog dial controls.
• Freeware.