[Bittermormon]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

Pop3 and IMAP don't use that scheduler.

ah true I didnt' think of that. I also really like Phonealarm, but like you said this sort of thing should be built in. Oh well.

[Bittermormon]

Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry

Pop3 and IMAP don't use that scheduler.

ah true I didnt' think of that. I also really like Phonealarm, but like you said this sort of thing should be built in. Oh well.

[Richard76]

I also agree that these changes should be integrated into the OS itself. I have been a full-time converged device user for a few years now and believe that there are many users out there that would use this felxibility.

Personally, I charge my unit every night but it is on 24/7. I consider myself extremely lucky as I think the alarm clock function has actually transferred and enbedded itself into my brain. If I need to wake up at 6 am, I typically wake up about 5:50 am, so I generally don't need to use the alarm function.

On the down side, when I travel I usually plug my device in beside the bed just in case there is an "emergency call" from home. If I don't want the SMS and email notifications going off all night long, I have to manually go in and change each one. Needless to say I have gained a reputation among my friends during weekends away when I forget to do this.

[fyiguy]

It too am a big fan of PhoneAlarm and it is one of the first apps I install on a device. I have the profile settings saved on my storage card so I can easily transport it from device to device. I really like the way it automatically switches the volume settings and radio stacks on and off as it enters different modes through out the day. I have it go into home mode when I wake up, car mode with bluetooth on the way to work, work mode with low volume settings, bluetooth off and wifi on, can easily jump to meeting mode with one of the cool skins available for it, easily turn off the radio sets when taking a flight,automatically goes back into car mode on the commute home,switches to home when I get home shutting off bluetooth, and turns into night mode shuts off all radios-so in case I forget to charge it, it will still have some juice left. Alarms can be tailored to how I like 'em and they work. I have cool R2D2 sounds for different SMS, Email, missed call and voice mail. Backlight settings and push mail are enabled in different profiles. It is a great free program and even better if you pay for it.

I had shown it to some of the Product Managers for Mobile Devices at the last MVP summit and he really liked the idea and "would look into it", this is something I have been waiting to see for several years to bring it on par with Smartphones. It would be great to allow it to work with a jog dial or volume button to quickly select and choose the modes.

Like the X close button/smart minimize button, at least there are third parties around to remedy the problem for some.

[C2k4]

I've overcome most of these shortcomings with PocketZenPhone.

Well worth checking out.

http://www.pocketzenphone.net/PZPForum/index.php