I've been looking for a program that could send SMSes to lists, like forward an important SMS to colleagues, jokes to friends etc. The cases are numerous. But even after having created custom categories and assigned them to each contact, there still didn't seem a way to use the categories for this purpose.
But I found Group SMS 1.4.1 over on softonic that adds a menu item "Add Group" which lists the categories that exist in the contact list, and lets you check which you want to add people from. On the next screen you remove checkmarks from those in those categories that you dont want to be added.
Very helpful, I hope it comes in handy for someone else.
Hey Shen why did you not post this just one day earlier. Yesterday was our Eid Festival and I was scrolling through my list of around 400 contacts selecting one by one whom to pick and whom to leave out while sending out "Eid Greetings" message. It took me kind of 45 minutes for just that. You know I really cursed MS for not building into their operating system something as basic as this. So well done I have not tried this yet but I am sure this is what I need.
Yeah I know how annoying that was But I had just found out about that program an hour before I posted here
yeah its a great app used it on my hermes as well to text my team, didn't know there was the add group function on my contacts list when i installed it until last week. Just by chance i found it.
It sure was frustrating when I didn't find any "Send to list" or "Send to group" option when i tried adding recipients for the first time.
Anyone know if theres any app for the TyTN II that combines group sms with disctintive sms sounds?
Is there a way to mark a new email as read from the Touch Flo email area. It does it when you read a text message.
good question!
drove me mad today when i setup my email account.
The best work around i had was to let it download everything, then open the last mail (in inbox) then press the left key on the dpad to scroll back through emails till i got to the front.
96 emails later all were marked read. It doesnt take that long because the diamond renders them very quickly. Maybe 1 second an email, and you only really need to do it the first time u sync.
This little CAB adds an option to your inbox to "mark all as read". Don't know where it came from, but whoever made it, priceless stuff.
Hey guys,
I'm looking for a program that will allow me to add peoples numbers in my call log to an appointment in my calendar. I would like to be able to long press and select add to calendar or something o that effect. I get tons of call for apartments and it's really a pain having to copy and paste the number every time. I would also like some time of program that will make appointments from the conversation I'm having over the phone. I thought I remembered something like that for BB a while back and I was wondering if there is something for Android. I have looked in the market place for apps like these but have found nothing. Can you guys suggest any or maybe someone wants to build one . These would be great apps for people like me who get tons of phone calls and need to set appointments.
Thanks
same here,but for WM...
Ok, if I am missing something you guys can flame me for ever.
but....
go to ur contacts.. how do you call them from there?
u can edit them, get their nifty updates that i could really care less about. but you cannot initiate the call from your contacts view.
you have to go to your home page or the next page, then hit the phone tile then search in phone book at that point.
Which brings me to another point.. every touch phone I have used, even old non touch nokias let you either scroll on the side of the list to the name you want faster then scrolling through the entire alphabet, or type the letters of names to jump to them.
Both of those functions I do not see..
The more I use this phone, its becoming a glorified tile play thingy with a simple phone feature... am i missing something great here?
rysky007 said:
Ok, if I am missing something you guys can flame me for ever.
but....
go to ur contacts.. how do you call them from there?
u can edit them, get their nifty updates that i could really care less about. but you cannot initiate the call from your contacts view.
you have to go to your home page or the next page, then hit the phone tile then search in phone book at that point.
Which brings me to another point.. every touch phone I have used, even old non touch nokias let you either scroll on the side of the list to the name you want faster then scrolling through the entire alphabet, or type the letters of names to jump to them.
Both of those functions I do not see..
The more I use this phone, its becoming a glorified tile play thingy with a simple phone feature... am i missing something great here?
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To start a call... you tap the text that says "call mobile" or whichever number you are trying to call under the contact's entry. That text seems rather self explanatory...
And to jump quickly to a certain letter, you tap any of the letter headings, and then tap the letter you want to jump to.
Also, there's a search symbol at the top of the contacts page, allowing you to search within contacts .. or, you could press the search hard key when in contacts view.
Thanks guys, did a reboot and then it started showing numbers for my contacts, when I first imported them, it showed their names, and profile to click on but no numbers or options to call or text them.
The scroller is a bit odd, cause if ur half way through the B's for example u have to get down to C, catch that little blue C and then select N's if that is what is needed.
Good luck doing that on the high way.
Question on email, how do you select all? on HD2, you go to options and select all and it would select all the emails listed, and easy to remove or delete.
Also how do you view several email accounts without having to go back to the home page tiles?
I run 3 diff email addies for my businesses, and really annoying to having to go go to home page every time to change which one Im viewing.
Crazy the book sais nothing of this.
Thanx
I have added my Live contact and outlook contact into my phone.
Is there a feature which allow me to filter and hide all my live contact.
I stored all my business contact in outlook, having live contact is expanding my contact list and making me confuse..
If your live account is the default account that you set the phone up with then no, I don't think there's a way to hide them at the moment.
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Thanks guys, did a reboot and then it started showing numbers for my contacts, when I first imported them, it showed their names, and profile to click on but no numbers or options to call or text them.
The scroller is a bit odd, cause if ur half way through the B's for example u have to get down to C, catch that little blue C and then select N's if that is what is needed.
Good luck doing that on the high way.
Question on email, how do you select all? on HD2, you go to options and select all and it would select all the emails listed, and easy to remove or delete.
Also how do you view several email accounts without having to go back to the home page tiles?
I run 3 diff email addies for my businesses, and really annoying to having to go go to home page every time to change which one Im viewing.
Crazy the book sais nothing of this.
Thanx
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have you read the manual or clicked on the text that shows up on first boot with tips and tricks???
If you click on people, you can click on the first blue letter/symbol to get the popup of the alphabet to sort.
Maybe you shouldn't drive and talk on your phone?
You cannot combine all the emails on this phone.
You also cannot select all messages, but if you press on the left of the message, check boxes appear and you can select or deselect messages, then delete, mark as read, mark as unread, move to folder.
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have you read the manual or clicked on the text that shows up on first boot with tips and tricks???
If you click on people, you can click on the first blue letter/symbol to get the popup of the alphabet to sort.
Maybe you shouldn't drive and talk on your phone?
You cannot combine all the emails on this phone.
You also cannot select all messages, but if you press on the left of the message, check boxes appear and you can select or deselect messages, then delete, mark as read, mark as unread, move to folder.
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ive read the manual, the full one that u dl of of htc site,
the reason i ask is because select all in email, or select diff email accounts from eamil view pane is basic features that ever phone I have ever used has had, even old nokias that were not smart phones, HD2 has that ability.
On select all, hell every phone dating back from the old 6190's had that on SMS and email.
Just surprised that this phone does not have that, its like many basic features are missing from a release model, which to me is dumb, why release a half done product.
Im not asking for special features, but if they put out the phone in a hurry for the holiday season, at least make it competitive with other OS's.
Ill give them that its simple, almost to simple cant even choose normal colors for your tiles, just girly ones, or make the colors different in ways that it looks interesting, but features like select all, copy, paste, multi tasking and (in contacts list ) the ability to scroll through letter choices without having to catch a blue letter should be there. I have over 340 contacts, so if i am half way through my list of J's and I need to jump to N, i have to scroll up or down to get to I or down to K to then select one and get the letters mode, then select which letter and hope its the right one while doing it on the move. Not efficient.
rysky007 said:
Ill give them that its simple, almost to simple cant even choose normal colors for your tiles, just girly ones, or make the colors different in ways that it looks interesting, but features like select all, copy, paste, multi tasking and (in contacts list ) the ability to scroll through letter choices without having to catch a blue letter should be there. I have over 340 contacts, so if i am half way through my list of J's and I need to jump to N, i have to scroll up or down to get to I or down to K to then select one and get the letters mode, then select which letter and hope its the right one while doing it on the move. Not efficient.
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.........or you could click the Search button, which is always there, and be done with it.
WP7 does have voice command.. Perhaps instead of having to look down at your phone while driving you could use your hands free set and hold down Start to call whoever you want. Just a thought .
i just use the voice command lol
CallWho is a context aware contacts widget.
CallWho is displaying contacts by its relevance to the current time of day.
Contacts that you may want to get back to due to unanswered call, and contacts that you call frequently.
features included :
Predict calls - CallWho can estimate using your history who would you like to call to and change the order
Big picture - you can identify your contact the best using their picture , so we made the picture as big as we could.
Realizable - from min 2X2 to what you may like .
Reconfigure widget - you can edit the whole widget. you can open the settings and change the widget without deleting and recreating the widget.
Customizable list size - select how many contacts you want to be displayed.
Select default action on click - select what you want the widget to do when clicked ( Call ,send message , open contact info)
Unanswered indication - CallWho will let you know if a contact could not be reached.
Big contacts pictures - to let you know who is that contact.
2 widgets type - grid and stack .
2 modes 2 and 3 columns layout
Rounded images option.
The widget is still under development and fine tuning updates are made often.
fell free to send me mail using the developer mail for suggestions and bug reports.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swarly.callwho
Update
After some testing with alpha group an update was released today to add several features and address some of the issues people post here and using comments.
The update is staged and it will take few day until it will come to everyone.
I'm sure more bugs will appear in the next few days and I will do my best to solve them and will upload a much cleaner version A.S.A.P.
Regards
Arik
Thanks so much!!
u are in the portal
swarly said:
CallWho is a context aware contacts widget.
CallWho is displaying contacts by its relevance to the current time of day.
Contacts that you may want to get back to due to unanswered call, and contacts that you call frequently.
features included :
Predict calls - CallWho can estimate using your history who would you like to call to and change the order
Big picture - you can identify your contact the best using their picture , so we made the picture as big as we could.
Realizable - from min 2X2 to what you may like .
Reconfigure widget - you can edit the whole widget. you can open the settings and change the widget without deleting and recreating the widget.
Customizable list size - select how many contacts you want to be displayed.
Select default action on click - select what you want the widget to do when clicked ( Call ,send message , open contact info)
Unanswered indication - CallWho will let you know if a contact could not be reached.
Big contacts pictures - to let you know who is that contact.
2 widgets type - grid and stack .
The widget is still under development and fine tuning updates are made often.
fell free to send me mail using the developer mail for suggestions and bug reports.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swarly.callwho
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Looks great. Does it support the lock screen?
Good thing? ?
Is it possible to have smaller pictures, or choice to select picture size in the future Or have 4x4, 4x2, etc. ?
I like to see more favorite contacts at once on home screen.
Send from Neat slimed I9300
sevenshorseman said:
Good thing? ?
Is it possible to have smaller pictures, or choice to select picture size in the future Or have 4x4, 4x2, etc. ?
I like to see more favorite contacts at once on home screen.
Send from Neat slimed I9300
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I'll see what i can do with the smaller pictures.
Lock screen mode is enabled also
Good widget:good:
Awesome widget! The only thing I wish it had is an option to force a confirmation pop-up window when clicking on a contact. or something like that. I find myself calling people by accident when I put the phone back in my pocket.
Cheers!
I don't know if this is possible with future updates but I figured I'd throw it out there:
It would be cool if this app could somehow pull data from Calendars or Facebook and let you know "its so-and-so's birthday today" as a reminder for you to call them.
FrankAbagnale said:
I don't know if this is possible with future updates but I figured I'd throw it out there:
It would be cool if this app could somehow pull data from Calendars or Facebook and let you know "its so-and-so's birthday today" as a reminder for you to call them.
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Frank hi.
I doubt that that facebook option will possible since it require network access.
that widget require phone book and call log access that along are Invasive permissions with network access that even worse.
after saying that if the community will ask for that I will check what I can do.
Hi first of all, thank you... Looks good... can you please awnser if it works on locksreen?
Oktasus said:
Hi first of all, thank you... Looks good... can you please awnser if it works on locksreen?
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Hi Oktasus.
The widget does support lock screen mode.
After some testing with alpha group an update was released today to add several features and address some of the issues people post here and using comments.
The update is staged and it will take few day until it will come to everyone.
I'm sure more bugs will appear in the next few days and I will do my best to solve them and will upload a much cleaner version A.S.A.P.
Regards
Arik