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Monday, April 23, 2007

Photo Contacts Pro 5 Giveaway at Pocket PC Thoughts

Posted by Mike Temporale in "EVENT" @ 07:00 PM

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=434804
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Darius at our sister site Pocket PC Thoughts, has posted a nice little giveaway. They've got 5 copies of Photo Contacts Pro for Pocket PC or Smartphone devices to giveaway. All you need to do to enter is post the number of contacts you have on your device along with the device type. So if you're looking for a cool Caller ID application for your device, this is one contest you'll want to enter. Just post your answers to this thread on Pocket PC Thoughts.

Tags: thoughts, pocket, contacts, giveaway, photo

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Assign Unique Sounds to Contacts for SMS

Posted by Jerry Raia in "SOFTWARE" @ 01:00 PM

http://oldsap.blogspot.com/2007/01/oist-freeware-smartphone.html
Here is a little utility that lets you assign custom sounds to individuals for incoming SMS messages. Best of all, it is free! I have not heard of any other application that does this. Any takers, give us your thoughts.

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Tags: contacts, sounds, unique, assign

Friday, January 5, 2007

Dial Contacts with Ease Using VoiceDialIt

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 11:15 AM

http://software.smartphonethoughts.com/product.asp?id=9908
"VoiceDialIt� is the premier Treo� voice dialing application for the new Motorola Q smartphone. This simple-to-use application allows you to dial your contacts with ease by simply saying their name. Within minutes you can train multiple contacts and enable quick, easy, and accurate dialing with just your voice."

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Looks like the guys over at VoiceIt have been busy working on Smartphone versions of some of their cool apps. VoiceDialIt does just what the name says - it allows you to add voice tags to your contacts and thus dial them quick and easy. I wonder if it's possible to back up and save your voice tags? I always hated having to redo those on my HTC devices. And don't forget - you can win if you buy a copy this month with our charity drive. Trial and full version is available on our affiliate store.

Tags: contacts, with, using, dial, ease, voicedialit

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

PocketX Software releases Photo Contacts PRO for Windows Mobile Smartphone Devices and Motorola Q

Posted by Rocco Augusto in "NEWS" @ 07:59 PM

http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_sm/
"PocketX Software Inc., a leading developer of mobile software solutions today announced release and immediate availability of Photo Contacts PRO for Windows Mobile Smartphone devices. Photo Contacts PRO enhances Smartphone devices by integrating Call Filtering and Distinctive Ringtone functionality coupled with a best in class user interface that lets users browse contacts with pictures and enables Business Photo Caller ID."

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Look at the size of that contact image! I have no idea what Microsoft was thinking when they integrated those tiny contact images into WM5. Picking up where Microsoft left off though, Photo Contacts PRO looks very promising. With its ability to filter calls, block numbers from unwanted callers and assign ringtones to category instead of a single contact this could be that one must have piece of software that every user dreams of :)

Tags: software, windows, mobile, smartphone, contacts, photo, devices, pocketx, motorola, releases

Monday, January 9, 2006

Are There Too Many Ways to Locate Contacts on Your Smartphone?

Posted by Mike Temporale in "ARTICLE" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.theunwired.net/?itemid=2847
"During the past two weeks, I heavily played with my new i-mate SP5 Windows Mobile Smartphone and one question came into my mind almost every day: how many contact buttons does a regular mobile phone user needs?As a matter of fact, the standard Windows Mobile 5.0 platform offers three ways to open the contacts: two from the Home screen and one from the programs menu. However, HTC just added a third way to open the contacts from, let's say, everywhere and I came to the conclusion that two of the options are too much."

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Arne Hess over at the::unwired, has posted an article talking about the number of different ways he can do the same thing - open contacts, on his new SP5 Smartphone. Grand total: 3 from the home screen (non SP5 phones have 2), and 1 from the start menu. I agree, it seems like overkill. I didn't realize that the SP5 had a dedicated Contacts button. I can't imagine it will be long before someone figures out how to hack this button and have it run whatever application you want.

Tags: smartphone, contacts, your, many, ways, there, locate

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Contacts Menu Makes it Easy to Share Your Smartphone Contacts

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 09:00 AM

http://www.airfagev.com/downloads.asp?cat=Utilities
"This free Contacts Add-On has been inspired by RJV SendContact. Since the SendContact has many drawbacks like you can't use T9 search from list of Contacts, etc., Ondrej has developed this and shared it to airfagev as a freeware. After installing the app, you should see Send via email/SMS added to your contacts menu. This utility also allows you to select which contact info you want to send like Name, Mobile No., Work No., etc."

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If you have ever attempted to share a contact before, you'll appreciate this handy little application from Ondrej Hanak over at airfagev.com. Nice job!

Tags: share, smartphone, contacts, easy, your, makes, menu

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Save $5 on Photo Contacts 2.0 from PocketX Software

Posted by Jason Dunn in "SOFTWARE" @ 03:45 PM

http://www.pocketx.net

Photo Contacts 2.0 is a very popular application that allows you to associate photos with contacts on your phone, giving you caller display with photos. If you'd like to save $5 on this application, go to the PocketX Web site and use the code JUNES during checkout.

Tags: software, contacts, photo, from, pocketx, save

Sunday, February 15, 2004

Copy Contacts From Your SIM to Your Phone Using M2SimCopy

Posted by Mike Temporale in "SOFTWARE" @ 02:00 PM

http://www.marauderzstuff.com/programs/m2simcopy/default.aspx

"The O2XPhone doesn't come with a SIMManager program that allowed people to quickly copy their contacts on their SIM card to the Outlook Contacts database on the phone. Since the phone DIDN'T come with the program users had to copy the contacts manually one by one, and was giving people a lot of headaches..."

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Most of the phones I have used in the past had a SIM Manager application. I was a little surprised that there was no SIM manager application on the Smartphone. For most people this might not be a big issue because we run Outlook on the desktop. However; not everyone runs Outlook, and not everyone buys a Smartphone looking to Sync contacts with their desktop.

Marauderz has written a great little SIM Manager appliaction for the Smartphone. You can check out this application and others on his website.

Tags: phone, contacts, your, from, using, copy, m2simcopy

Friday, December 12, 2003

Photo Contacts 2.0 Giveaway Winners

Posted by Robert Levy in "THOUGHT" @ 11:25 PM

http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/software_detail.asp?id=128

Congratulations to canux, nosaturn, chaotictc, Santa Fe, and alamr who have each won a full copy of Photo Contacts 2.0! For those that didn't win, be sure to download the free trial or purchase it from our store. Why should you take the time to try it? A list of good reasons as posted by our readers is here.

Tags: contacts, giveaway, photo, winners

Thursday, December 11, 2003

1 Day Left For Photo Contacts Giveaway

Posted by Robert Levy in "THOUGHT" @ 09:20 AM

http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,4531

Want to win a free copy of Photo Contacts 2.0? Be sure to enter our giveaway by tomorrow. As of right now, the odds are looking pretty good for everyone that enters. 8)

Tags: contacts, giveaway, photo, left

Friday, December 5, 2003

Photo Contacts 2.0 Trial and Giveaway

Posted by Robert Levy in "EVENT" @ 09:20 AM

http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/software_detail.asp?id=128

Photo Contacts 2.0 was released earlier this week and, among other things, solves the problem of the built in caller ID not working on the MPx200 and i600 Smartphones. I just got an email from PocketX reporting that they now have a free trial version available so you can give it a try before deciding whether to spend the $19.99 to buy the full version.

But wait - there's more! We're going to give away 5 free copies of the full version. Here's how you can enter to win: download the trial version, play with it for a while, and reply to this post describing your favorite feature. Tomorrow morning, I'll randomly pick 5 winners from those who have entered. Good luck!

UPDATE: I'm extending the deadline on this to next Friday so people should have plenty of time to enter.

Tags: contacts, giveaway, photo, trial

Thursday, December 4, 2003

Contacts Replacement For Smartphone 2003 In Beta

Posted by Robert Levy in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:17 PM

http://www.crossriversystems.com/crscontacts.htm

We got an email from Mark Tirschwell, creator of PocketDay (a Pocket PC PIM app written in .NET) about his newest project, crsContacts:

"A complete replacement for the Smartphone Contacts application. Support many more advanced features including:
  • Quick contact detail view in-line with 1 button access
  • Single line or Double Line View with selectable Font Sizes
  • Alternating Colors
  • Dial any number quickly
  • Send emails to contacts
  • Sort by File As (default), First Name, Last Name and Company
  • Filter by Category
  • Create New Contacts
  • Edit existing contacts
  • New re-designed User Interface"
This is now in beta and Mark is looking for people with Smartphone 2003 devices to try it out. You can check out screenshots and download it now from his website.

Tags: beta, smartphone, contacts, 2003, replacement

Tuesday, December 2, 2003

Photo Contacts 2.0 Released - Fixes MPx200 and i600 Caller ID Problems

Posted by Robert Levy in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:04 PM

http://www.smartphone.net/smartphonethoughts/software_detail.asp?id=128

Good news for MPx200 and i600 owners fighting with caller ID problems! Photo Contacts 2.0 was *just* released and, as we posted previously, gets around the issue of the built in caller ID not displaying the name of a caller if you have a large number of contacts.

Here's the full list of improvements in 2.0:
  • 2 new Photo Caller ID modes (SIMPLE mode displays a smaller photo, THEMED mode displays a medium sized photo)
  • Awesome new photo adjust engine lets you crop and adjust contact photographs on the Smartphone
  • Photo image browser lets you easily assign photos to contacts on the phone (great for camera phones). SmartName is still the preferred option for assigning many contact photos at once.
  • SMS/MMS/Email support facilitates easy message sending through Photo Contacts
  • Contact photos can now be sent via MMS, Email and Infrared (via PhotoBeam)
  • Caller ID Name Override feature fixes the Caller ID bug in US based Smartphones (i600, MPX-200)
  • Option to enable continuous ring-tones
  • Ability to sort contacts by Company Name
  • Photo ZOOM feature (just press * to display a large photograph of the selected contact)
  • Incoming Call forwarding info is shown in Themed Photo Caller ID (support varies by network)
  • Enhanced call dialog remembers the last selected number for each contact for Talk-Talk functionality
  • Automatic auto-run at startup loads Photo Contacts in the background
  • Enhanced support for memory cards
  • Performance improvements across the board (everything is faster!)
Photo Contacts was a great app in 1.0 and now it looks like a must-have for American users. To make the deal even better, 2.0 is a free upgrade for anyone who purchased the previous version! You can pick this up NOW for $19.99 in our affiliate store.

Update: The free trial download has not yet been updated to version 2.0. You can use it to try out the 1.0 features, but it does not include the things listed above. We have been told that a free trial for 2.0 should be available by tomorrow.

Here are some screenshots of Photo Contacts 2.0:

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Tags: problems, contacts, photo, released, i600, mpx200, fixes, caller

Thursday, July 17, 2003

GIVEAWAY: Photo Contacts from PocketX

Posted by Robert Levy in "EVENT" @ 04:12 PM

http://www.smartphone.net/software_detail.asp?id=128&associateid=288

"Photo Contacts brings the Smartphone experience to a completely new and exciting level. You can now dial contacts by simply choosing their photograph; when someone calls you, you will easily see their photo on the Smartphone's screen before you choose to answer. You will intelligently integrate your contact and photo databases using our SmartName technology.

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Photo Contacts expands the value of the Smartphone mobile platform and brings new functionality to the Smartphone user � the essential and revolutionary ability to dial a contact by selecting their photo (or mug-shot).

Photo Contacts is the first application for the Microsoft Smartphone platform to enable support for photo dialing. In addition, Photo Contacts integrates Photo Caller ID, PhotoBeam and SmartName technologies into one fun, exciting and easy to use application."

This is another one of those apps that beats out others in the same category by having an incredibly long list of unique and useful features. There are 5 different views that you can choose from. The screenshot here shows "Icon view" but you can click the link to read about all of the features of this app and see the other views. We're giving away 5 copies of this, but you can purchase it for $19.99 or download the trial.

Tags: contacts, giveaway, photo, from, pocketx
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