Office Hot Shot- A New Way to Lock Your Screen Along with a Fun Paper Toss Game

by Collin Sorp

20 February 2010 No Comment

This app is just awesome. When your using it as a lock application, the Office Hot Shot screen will display when any of the user configurable lock conditions are met. For example, you could configure it so the lock screen displays everytime the backlight times out, keeping prying eyes from seeing what’s on your device. Touchscreen users could set Office Hot Shot to launch when connecting on a phone call, keeping your device safe from accidental touches from your cheek during a call. Once activated, Office Hot Shot displays on your device, letting you see in a glance useful information, such as the day, date, time, unread emails, missed calls, battery level, and more!

Office Hot Shot comes bundled with a free game where you try to toss a ball of paper into the office trash can. You have to account for wind speed and direction to guide the ball into the can. Set the record and claim the title of Office Hot Shot!

Lock your BlackBerry on some, all, or none of the following conditions:

- When your phone connects. This is useful on a touchscreen device so weird stuff doesn’t happen from pressing your cheek against the screen.
- When your phone disconnects.
- When you holster your BlackBerry.
- When you are charging your device.
- After the backlight dims.
- When you press the lock button (only available on some devices).
- On power up.
- When launched from the Application Icon (this can be mapped to a convenience key if you don’t want to use the device Lock button).

When locked or when playing the game, the screen displays the following information

- While displaying the lock screen on a phone call, the desk phone shows the elapsed call time.
- Desk calendar displays today’s date, day of the week, and month.
- Desk computer shows number of unread messages on the BlackBerry.
- Desk clock shows time in 12 or 24 hour format.
- Desk phone shows number of missed calls.
- Water level in the cooler shows the battery level.
- While charging, bubbles appear in the water cooler.
- Battery Level: Press “B” or touch the cooler to display the remaing battery percent.
- Signal Level: The plant gets healthier as the signal strength grows…5 bars equals 5 flowers.
- Press “S” or touch the plant to show how many bars of signal are available.
- Optionally shows Device Owner Information.

** Office Hot Shot is intended to be a fun and useful way to lock your BlackBerry. Even though you can optionally set a 4-digit PIN that will be required to unlock your device with Office Hot Shot, it is not a highly-secure way of locking your device. For optimal security, use the native lock that comes installed with the device OS.

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