Choices In SMS Reply Software

[Jon Westfall]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&jid=CCX8XB9A794B45D8CFC5F13F5ABE8D93&platformId=2&productType=2&productId=167507&sectionId=0&catalog=30&topSectionId=-1' target='_blank'>http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/...topSectionId=-1</a><br /><br /></div>Recently, a new type of program has come out: An automatic SMS sender. Useful for when you're away from your phone and want to let others know why you failed to answer their ultra-important phone call. 2 Programs are now available that do this, one new, one a few months old:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/westfall-20050624-smsans.gif" /> <br /><br />The first piece of software (SMS Answering Machine, link in post title) worked fairly well (it sent messages, but the UI was way to screwy) for my 6315. While I don't know if it's worth $24.95, for a limited time they're dropping the price to $21.95, so if you try it out and like it, maybe that will pursuade you to part with your currency of choice. JGUI's product, the recently upgraded <a href="http://www.handango.com/ampp/store/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&amp;platformId=2&amp;productType=2&amp;productId=163596&amp;sectionId=0&amp;catalog=30&amp;topSectionId=-1"> Do Not Disturb </a>, is a little less expensive ($14.95). I tried JGUI's product on my iPAQ and it worked in about 50% of the tests I did. Both these pieces of software look promising (So keep an eye on them), and with a bit more reliability (And a better UI), they'd both be fighting for a spot on my handango shopping cart.

[andrewjhscott]

Hi, I was the first person to post a message in Boo Interactive's forums so they kindly gave me a copy of their application as a prize (well actually their moderator did, I'm not convinced the rest of the company was so thrilled about the software being given away...).

It's not currently compatible with WM2003 Second Edition, or at least not with my T-Mobile MDA Compact, but they are are working on testing the application across a range of devices and have promised to let me know when they're done.

I like the concept of the application - one suggestion I've made is the ability to tailor SMS messages by Category as well as individually, eg. one message for all my business contacts and one for all my personal contacts.

As Jon says - probably a couple of applications to watch as they get them running well across a good range of devices.

On a slightly separate topic - I'm finding a lot of applications not designed for Second Edition and therefore varying success rates at getting them to work. Anyone else in the same boat?

Cheers

[Jon Westfall]

It's not currently compatible with WM2003 Second Edition, or at least not with my T-Mobile MDA Compact, but they are are working on testing the application across a range of devices and have promised to let me know when they're done....
On a slightly separate topic - I'm finding a lot of applications not designed for Second Edition and therefore varying success rates at getting them to work. Anyone else in the same boat?

Cheers

As anyone who uses a 6315 is painfully aware, it doesn't run 2003 SE... it's still stuck at 2003, so I guess that doesn't explain why the UI was pretty slow on my phone. Hopefully they'll iron out most bugs in the near future.