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let's make a better sms manager for ppc phone

isn't anyone goung to complain about how un-ergonomic the built-in messaging client is? sure you can text with one hand with intellipad, and search for contacts with one hand using .mobile contacts, but what about forwarding? reading while replying?
i like intellipad, but i think it's still too small for rapid thumb-texting. also, don't you wish you can read the message you are replying to? or type nicknames in the to: field and then when you press send it looks up nicknames and replaces them with phone numbers?
don't you miss being able to send SMS on a scheduled date and time?
i don't think there is an app out there that does this. phoneplus is close, .mobile contacts solves some of the problems. but for the rest, let's develop one! does crossfire ring a bell?

stupid question -setup text messaging T-Mobile USA

I did try to search for the info on this, but no luck.
How do I setup text messaging on my jasjar? I have a plan with text messaging, but I don't know what to do to send and receive with jasjar. I know I have been sent messages, but I get no notification. Help will be appreciated.

ok now
Called T-Mobile tech support. In messaging you have to
Menu - find text message voice dial option then Get Settings to let it find it from the network.
But then it seems there is something they have to do on their end, because it didn't work until the tech support fellow changed something on his end.
anyhow, working now

Visual Voicemail App

Looking for suggestions on how to build a visual voicemail app, for instance at the moment I have mvisualvoicemail installed,it captures the information from my inbox and displays the number that called, the time and length of the voicemail and lets you play it (you have to set activesync to download the entire message). What it doesn't display is the transcripted text and that is what I'd like to have or create.
Here is what I know:
My provider sends my voicemail to spinvox, spinvox transcribes and sends me a wav attatchment and in the body there is a transcription of the voicemail.
It Looks like this:
FROM: <10digit Phone Numer>[[email protected]]
TO: [myemailadress]
Subject: "Voicemail for" [myphonenumber]
Attatchment: 001voicemail.wav
Body:
You have a new voice mail from ########## sent on YYY/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss.
The converted text is:
"converted text here"
To hear the message, dial in and press ##17.
The voicemail is attached. Spoken through SpinVox

there are other visual voicemail out there did you want to stick wit spinvox or would be willing to try something different i know youmail.com and callwave transcribe and can send the emails to you if you don't mind switching you might want to check those out i don't think callwave is free but if you want to try it out let me know i'll see if i can still do the free account thing

I am already a subscriber to spinvox which is through my carrier (Telus Canada), I get it for 7.50 unlimited so I am really looking for a solution to that service. Like I said in my previous post mvisualvoicemail works great for this it actually identifies which of my email are voicemail and only displays those however I would like an app that pulls in the transcripted version too, so I can be selective in which ones I want to listen to. I figured if a program like throttle launcher can pull in the header information and display it, it wouldn't be too hard to make an app that pulls the information from an emailed voicemail and displays it nicely for review. Maybe I'll post over in the throttlelauncher thread as a request for a plugin actually.
Spinvox apparently has an app for windows mobile in a private beta test but they will not allow subscribers who subscribe through their carrier partners to use it yet.

oh okay yea the plug in for throttle launcher sounds like it might be a good idea i wish some of the us carriers would pick up visual voicemail for there service too i'd like to switch to sprint so i could use sero but they don't have call forwarding so that takes out the use of callwave or youmail aww well hope the throttle launcher plugin helps
now that i'm thinkin about it the emails that you get do they have a certain wording in the subject line of the email because i know in pocket outlook if you start typing what your lookin for it will sort if you could get it to where it's kinda predefined to type a certain word could probably run a script that outputs the info
but then again after reading all i just right might not be what your lookin for it to do
sorry just tossing ideas out

Reject Call With Text Message

Does anyone know how to get this to work?
It can be found in Start - Settings - Phone - Advanced Tab
Mine is ticked but doesn't seem to do anything when I choose Ignore to an incoming call (i.e. the caller is not sent a text message saying the above)
Any ideas

I have wondered about this for a long time, but haven't come up with anything to make it work, sorry.
I usually disable it sooner or later, just in case.

K_Hismoom said:
I have wondered about this for a long time, but haven't come up with anything to make it work, sorry.
I usually disable it sooner or later, just in case.
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I have unlimited text messages so charges isn't an issue for me.
All I can find is the option to send a text message when a call comes through, but nothing to automatically send a text message on an ignored call.

Hm, I think it's like this. Someone is calling you and if you wan't to ignore/reject the call, put your phone upside down on a table(with screen to the table), the call will be automatically ignored and I think THEN the message will be sent try it, not sure

I think, I have figured it out.
On an incoming call, you have the option to click on "Send text" in the lower left corner. The call is then rejected and you can compose an SMS to send to the caller.

I use an app called SMS Minder to do this myself, and I'm quite pleased with the results. You can have it respond to all missed calls/texts (select BLACKLIST & leave the field blank) or only to missed calls from certain numbers (select WHITELIST & add the numbers you want to respond to).
I've been using it for several months and it makes my work so much easier. I'm a cabdriver, and when a call comes in & doesn't get answered for whatever reason SMS Minder sends a message that says "I can't talk now, please text me".
For the longest time I didn't really trust Texting that much, but it's become an integral part of my work now. So much easier to read&reply to an SMS (10 to 15 seconds tops) than it is to dial voicemail, listen through the prompts & recital of the phonenumber, then listen to the message...and finally after all of THAT is done, then return the person's call. Texting is just that much easier.
Especially if I use a program like this to automate my responses...and a program on my desktop to send other text messages just like they were an email (it's got an interface similar to Outlook). I plug the phone into the computer & tuck it away...then any interaction I have with the phone is done by using Jeyo Mobile Companion (SMS interface with additional cool features) and/or MyMobiler (fully manipulable screen-shot of the phone's screen) on my desktop.
Of all the apps I've tried and/or discarded, these three have become almost indispensable to my work.

Use QSMS To Buddy:FullFeatured Free app from android market
Posted Android app on non Android forum by mistake. Sorry!

i believe, given the age of this thread, that it is about the native windows mobile feature to reject calls with an sms and there was no need to bump the thread with an app for another operating system. also, on android, depending on your phone and rom, this feature might also be pre-installed and available from stock, w/o the need for a 3rd party app.

Google Voice usage

Picked up an IO phone, and since we cannot activate the Evo on our Sprint lines yet, I am starting to use my google number for my main number. Figure good time to switch.
Dialing in and out is fine so far. I like that I can control who rings through to what phone etc.
I am not sure I am a fan of how it handles text. Seems like all SMS go into gvoice, AND into handcent, but handcent comes from some 406 number.
Anyone find a way to work around this? Of a way to make texting work more like it does if they text your phone?

Disable Google Voice (on the website) from texting the #, and just use the Google Voice app for SMS w/ the GVoice #.

[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.

Yeah, go to the website and disable SMS to your cell phone and just use the google voice application for texts.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you at work.
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Cool!
I do something similar at work.
I have my GV calls forwarded to my office desk number and my cell phone at the same time. This way I have the option to answer using my desk number or my cell phone.

Bah, this does not seem like a good solution.
Handcent, Chomp, etc, have a great popup that I really like. Going through google voice app all the time isn't as handy.
I was also a little surprised that I am not able to send or receive mms at all through google voice. So any pictures / links have to be sent directly to my phone.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.
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I've been doing this for years. Never occurred to me to tell anyone else about it. Thanks.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.
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Also very handy if you have roomates.

I use both Handcent and the Google Voice app. I add the 406 number to the contact then I know who I am messaging, and if I delete the message I can still message them from Handcent. I emailed the email for the Google Voice app to see if they would be able to add a quick reply somehow within the app. We shall see how that goes.....

fireboy6275 said:
I use both Handcent and the Google Voice app. I add the 406 number to the contact then I know who I am messaging, and if I delete the message I can still message them from Handcent. I emailed the email for the Google Voice app to see if they would be able to add a quick reply somehow within the app. We shall see how that goes.....
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This won't always work as the number changes depending on when the message is sent.
As for setting it up to not send SMS to my phone, I tried that and it didn't work. You have one of two options if you're in my situation. Tell the GV app to not notify you of anything, essentially making it useless. Or have Handcent block the number that GV sends you texts from. You have to block a new one whenever it shows a new number but it works decently that way. I'm just stuck with getting two messages until friday lol

I am with you. The whole txt message thing is why I'll probably never use google voice for much else besides maybe a call forward.

chuckhriczko said:
This won't always work as the number changes depending on when the message is sent.
As for setting it up to not send SMS to my phone, I tried that and it didn't work. You have one of two options if you're in my situation. Tell the GV app to not notify you of anything, essentially making it useless. Or have Handcent block the number that GV sends you texts from. You have to block a new one whenever it shows a new number but it works decently that way. I'm just stuck with getting two messages until friday lol
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You either have to choose - use the GV app or use Handcent or whatever other SMS proggie you like. If you use the GV app, turn off SMS forwarding and all texts are handled within the GV app itself, no charges for texts with your carrier, and there is no need to deal with 406 numbers because the app is all integrated with your contacts.
If you need to use an SMS proggie, then of course you'll have to forward text to your GV account as SMS' and the benefit of GV is lowered.