SBSH PhoneWeaver: The Better Way to Control your Ringer

Rory Rezzelle — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:45:20 +0000

Windows Mobile’s built-in ringer manager is good, you can manually set what ringer you want or set it to Automatic and have it set itself to ring when you aren’t busy (according to your calendar) and vibrate when you are. But what about those times when you are busy and you don’t want it to ring at all, like at night?

I wanted to be able to have my SMS, MMS, and email make a noise during the day but not wake me in the middle of the night, and WinMo’s options will not let you do that. So I set out on a search, as I often do, to find something that would fill the need I have. And I think I found exactly what I am looking for — PhoneWeaver.

PhoneWeaver lets you set up profiles that control when your phone rings, when it vibrates, or when it’s silent. It can trigger the profiles with time, your agenda, manually, or whether it is connected to ActiveSync/AC Adapter. You can have lots of profiles all set differently and have them override each other with different triggers. It comes with 4 profiles already created and you can tweak these, copy them, rename them and disable/enable them to your heart’s content.

If you are using a Today screen on your Windows Mobile device there is even a plugin for PhoneWeaver to let you choose your profile or options directly from there. If you aren’t using the normal Today screen you will have to just run the PhW Menu from your Applications to get the menu to choose profiles or edit options/profiles.

You can purchase SBSH PhoneWeaver from the store for $14.95. There is also a trial if you want to try it before buying, which has all the same stuff as the pay version, there is just a trial limit.

Face Contact: Manage your contacts in 3D

Rory Rezzelle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:14:42 +0000

Sure the contact app for Windows Mobile 6 is pretty good, especially if you are running a touch device and can flick through your contacts, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a few contacts that you call all the time on your Today screen? And then wouldn’t it be even more nice to be able to call and sms straight from your Today screen as well? Look no further, the Face Contact plugin does all of this and more!

Face Contact is a today screen plugin designed by CNetX that allows you to flick through pictures of your contacts on the Today screen, like you do with your contacts’ names in the contact list, and choose how you will contact them. Through the plugin you can call, SMS, email, or visit the contact’s webpage, all of which you set up like normal — all you have to do is add the contact to the plugin via the “Add Contact” button in Face Contact’s settings and off you go!

You can download a 10-day evaluation copy of Face Contact or go ahead and buy your own license for $14.95!

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SBSH PhoneWeaver: The Better Way to Control your Ringer

Face Contact: Manage your contacts in 3D