Alerts! Upgrade Features Profile Switching and WM5 Support

[Mike Temporale]

http://www.omnisoft.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PN=1&TPN=1

John Cody's Alerts! is easily one of my most used and favourite Smartphone applications. If you've never heard of it before, check out my review of version 1.0 over here. I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when I upgraded to a Windows Mobile 5 device and found out that Alerts! was not compatible. All that is changed with the release of version 2.0 (beta).



Not only does version 2 add support for Windows Mobile 5.0, it also adds a number of new features like support for powering off or restarting the phone, switching profiles, execute local file, and a number of other cool things, all on a schedule that you can setup easily. You can see from the screen shot above that I have my phone set to switch to the Normal profile when I leave the house in the morning, and switch back to Silent when it's bath/bed time for the kids. Isn't that great?! :mrgreen: The current beta release will work for the next 10 days or so. After which point there should be a final release and a small upgrade fee for existing users. It's well worth the cost for the profile management alone!

[Mike Temporale]

http://www.omnisoft.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=464&PN=1&TPN=1

John Cody's Alerts! is easily one of my most used and favourite Smartphone applications. If you've never heard of it before, check out my review of version 1.0 over here. I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when I upgraded to a Windows Mobile 5 device and found out that Alerts! was not compatible. All that is changed with the release of version 2.0 (beta).



Not only does version 2 add support for Windows Mobile 5.0, it also adds a number of new features like support for powering off or restarting the phone, switching profiles, execute local file, and a number of other cool things, all on a schedule that you can setup easily. You can see from the screen shot above that I have my phone set to switch to the Normal profile when I leave the house in the morning, and switch back to Silent when it's bath/bed time for the kids. Isn't that great?! :mrgreen: The current beta release will work for the next 10 days or so. After which point there should be a final release and a small upgrade fee for existing users. It's well worth the cost for the profile management alone!

[John Cody]

Hey Mike,

I like how you give yourself a whopping extra 15 minutes to sleep on the weekends :lol:

[Mike Temporale]

Originally Posted by John Cody

Hey Mike,

I like how you give yourself a whopping extra 15 minutes to sleep on the weekends :lol:

The weekend one is disabled by default. I only turn it on when there's a reason for it. It doesn't matter either way because the kids usually wake us up around 5:30 anyway.

[John Cody]

LOL - I'm glad you have a "backup" alarm just in case there is a bug in the beta.

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by Mike Temporale

It's well worth the cost for the profile management alone!

I agree.

Awesome job, John!

[John Cody]

Originally Posted by Kris Kumar

Awesome job, John!

Thanks Kris

It was a real challenge figuring out why my eVB apps would not run on the newer WM5 Smartphones, when they ran just fine under 2003SE (another .net-based OS).

A technical article on how I did it will be posted in a few weeks so others can develop windows mobile smartphone apps using the free eVB tool.

[Kris Kumar]

Originally Posted by John Cody

It was a real challenge figuring out why my eVB apps would not run on the newer WM5 Smartphones, when they ran just fine under 2003SE (another .net-based OS).

A technical article on how I did it will be posted in a few weeks so others can develop windows mobile smartphone apps using the free eVB tool.

Wow, eVB is alive and kicking. Way to go, John. 8) I thought Microsoft had dropped it completely.