Is there an application that can add a slider when trying to make an outbound call? I've looked around and the closest I could find was the slide to sms in this forum. Perhaps S2U2 has a module or add-on?
I think it would be a great alternative to having a lock screen on phones, since the lock screens make it harder to get to a call unless you want to pick it up without seeing the caller ID.
With a slide to call feature, you wouldn't need a screen lock app as the phone couldn't make a call without you sliding.
Perhaps there could be a feature where certain phone numbers would be excluded from needing a slide to call, such as 911 in the US.
Just a thought, and I'm sure lots of people would get it just to stop their phone from calling people randomly.
I know there's pocketshield, but I thought this might be more useful. Plus, just yesterday I accidentally dialed a number from my call history right before putting my Touch Pro in my pocket.
Thanks for any assistance!
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I added a poll since a few people are viewing this thread. Perhaps it will give some an opportunity to give their opinion quickly. Thanks to all who vote!
I would love something like that .. I hate the wm calling screen.. i search a lot for something only thing that i found it's iconsoft phone but it's not freeware i tried it and it's very beautiful...
Poll is closed, but I would have voted YES as well
If i recall there is an app available for that. Found it on some other forum. Its called slide2call check google for slide2call review (I'm not allowed to post links yet )
Thank you! I had not looked again since I posted this. My TP2 doesn't need it because Exchange security policies make my phone's screen lock when not in use, so no accidental starting of any apps at all. But, my wife's TP2 may still benefit. Wow, I post it, and then it comes true, albeit much, much later.
yeah that would be great And easy to call from...
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Quite a while ago i had software on my Symbian OS Nokia that worked as an answer machine. It was great. I have had no luck finding one for the Pocket PC. Has anyone seen one about.
Some key advantages included:
No cost for reteiving messages from the network
Quick access to messages
Multiple answer recording depending on caller and situation ie friend calls answer 'hi man in a meeting leave a message' vs business caller 'Sorry i am in a meeting at moment...'
I have found a couple that uses sms to reply but none that actually record the voice.
Any ideas?
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Do Not Disturb 3.3 ppc site - http://www.jgui.net/index3.html
Shareware $9.95
link - http://www.hpc.ru/soft/download.phtml?id=10879 - wait 5 sec for downloading
Im sorry, I might not have explained my self. I'm after software that will do voicemail. I want to take a voice recorded message from the caller rather than have it diverted to my network voicemail.
I like the sms idea though and I'm sure the 2 applications could be integrated etc.
Hi
I have been doing a lot of investigation into this subject as i think its a neat idea. I know it has been asked many many many times before in this forum as i have dredged deep into the archives so I'm just wanting to share some info as to what i have found and find out if there have been any new developments since the last relivant posts a few months ago.
I have found this software i used to use called smartanswer for a symbian nokia
http://www.symbianware.com/product.php?id=sanswer60&pl=n6600
So i know it is possible on a similar system but different OS. I haven't managed to found any real reason for it not being able to be done on a pocket pc yet although I'm sure there is a reason or else it would have been created several times over already.
Anyway its just my small blabber wasting time in my lunch break.
phatbloke:
I've been asked about this numerous times, and you say that you've found no good reason why it's not happened yet:
Basically, as I understand it, and I know next to nothing about this area, but basically, the Phone PocketPC is just a pocketpc with an entirely seperate piece of hardware for the phone. The two are independant.
Inorder to control the "phone", the pocketpc comunicates with it through a COM port, sending commands to start calls, data connections etc. However, as I understand it, we have no direct means to access the audio/in out. So, although this is bog standard on many intelligent phones, the pocketpc was never designed around phone hardware, but merely slapped on piggyback.
Being able to record the calls is obviously essential to the answering machine. Some of the clever boys on this site have said that this is impossible or unlikely until we reverse engineer the drivers, and this hasn't happened yet AFAIK. Again, if this is all ball-ocks then someone please correct.
I can monitor missed calls, hangup incoming calls, log all that and so on, but spooling audio in and playing something down the line evades us for now.
Look here towards the end for discussion and futile ideas I had:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=20691&highlight=
and here if you're Italian:
http://www.ppcvideo.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=8954&st=0
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PS if you follow the first thread, someone mentioned that Resco Sound recorder can record both in and outgoing audio on calls. Can you try that software? If that works, it might be possible. But I've seen no verification and don't have the opportunity to check it myself.
Hi all,
I am understanding; Microsoft don't publish some "sensitive" APIs like recording audio from downlink, etc. ..... I am Symbian Software Engineer; That is everyday life for me.
So, while using Symbian, you have the possibility to make requests to Symbian or Nokia for getting access to their internal API. We do that several times... perhaps for muting microphone, GSM trace information, etc. Exists there a business case to get access to Microsofts internal API?
A contact will be very helpfully!
Thanks a lot!
Br
Adrian
Hi!
I need help for voice cal recording - automatic voice answering.
I want to find b u s i n e s s partner in this field.
Sincerily,
Leo
Why I Secretary can’t mute the microphone of my xperia x1 and why the caller can’t hear my answer message
How can I fix this using registry or any tweak tool for windows mobile 6.1
thanks
Hi,
I'm looking for a program (cab) for my Touch HD that does do the following:
- during office-hours (08.30 tot 17.30) I want my calls being forwarded to my office, so my secretary can answer the phone there instead of calls being forwarded to my voicemail.
- during the weekend and evenings (non office-hours) I want calls being forwarded to my voicemail (when I don't answer the call of course).
Does such a program exist? If not, is someone eager to produce it?
Thanks!
Axum
I am sure that exist but don't know the name. Try some auto profile search on google.
Why do you want a phone anyway ?
Vanstra said:
Why do you want a phone anyway ?
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Vanstra,
I want this program to work when I am not able to answer calls, just like you probably use your voicemail as well
Of course, when I am able to answer my phone, I will.....
I'm sure even on older phones (Sony Ericsson three or four years ago) there was a simple way to do this. Not automated, but witha click of a button you could change the call divert settings, so goo luck on the hunt.
You might prefer a more manual approach anyway, so that you can flick the switch as you walk out the office door, rather than find you are working half an hour late and need to cancel the auto-change etc. Might get annoying unless you're on a perfectly regimented 9 to 5.
Let me get this right firstly. During office hours if you cannot answer your phone instead of going to VM you want these calls to go to your secretary and, out of hours you want them to go back to VM?
This is what i get right?
Ok the problem is with phone forwarding you wont be able to get a cab to do this as phone cannot handle this. The only way to this ATM i believe is to change the numbers manually. sorry
nobody has a solution ?
I searched google but I didn't find anything yet, but was hoping (or expecting) that the great people of XDA would know the answer....
Axum
Maybe change the topic of your post to something more informative, then someone browsing through the forum titles may spot it (not everyone's going to click into the thread to find out which special program you're after
You may want to try "AutoFlight v6.0".
Just google for it, 'cause I'm a little in hurry.
Maybe skSchema or Mortscript?
Success,
Rob
Hi folks,
I have found it from time to time too easy to dial a contact resulting in an accidental dial to someone. This is usually due to the fact that I thought I was selecting a contact when tapping on it rather than immediately dialling the number. Perhaps I am too new to the TP2 and Windows Mobile phoning, but it seems to me that it would be useful to have a popup yes/no window to confirm that you want to dial out.
It is a bit like the delete in the email section which deletes without confirmation. I accidentally selected a few emails and then accidentally tapped delete and then saw half my email disappear.. No big deal. But no confirmation box or undo facility that I could see.
Perhaps there is a way of altering the behaviour for the above...???
Any thoughts appreciated....
Sam
Same here. On the missed calls screen I always tap a contact to go to their contact card, but instead I obviously call them immediately.
For me it is just the change from going from Symbian to WM...
I'll get used to it eventually
I think that an extra "Are you sure you wanted to do what you did?" screen would get REALLY irritating very quickly
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I think that an extra "Are you sure you wanted to do what you did?" screen would get REALLY irritating very quickly
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True.
However the number of times I have accidental touched a contact name (even during call) does make you wonder...
I ended up installing Pocket Shield to prevent it and handle the much to sensitive power button.
rbroudo said:
True.
However the number of times I have accidental touched a contact name (even during call) does make you wonder...
I ended up installing Pocket Shield to prevent it and handle the much to sensitive power button.
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So you have PocketShield really running correctly?
I tried, but it's a weird program - installation is correct, changing parameters etc. is no problem, but when it should cick in it gives me errors.
Hi,
The PocketShield Program is an interesting program and potentially solves issues that I have not come across yet probably cos I am new to WM6.1. However I can see the touch screen being a problem, so good find.
HOWEVER.... I do not think this solves my underlying question and that is that once you tap on the contact be it accidental or not it will dial and I think it would be good to have the option of having a "confirm" screen. This is also true with "delete" for the email inbox. I have yet again accidentally deleted an email and even could not get it out of the "Deleted" folder.
Sam
Same problem for me.
I found that the contact sorted top on TouchFlo favourites page would get dialled accidentally. I solved this by setting the default number for a contact to be a dummy invalid number. So now at least no call is made when the contact is dialled by accident. This approach may work elsewhere. Not ideal but...
Since YouMail have released their API with documentation, I was hoping someone would be able to whip up a nice Windows Mobile client for this service. I can't be the only one who uses YouMail and would love to have it on his phone without going through Opera. Anyone interested?
I use youmail too, but I never really felt the need for a separate app. My wife has an Iphone, and I've seen the app on hers but wasn't impressed. I just set it up on the favorites panel. And I get emailed with a link to the message anyway, so I dont even launch it that way very often.
I'm not trying to discourage you, just giving my point of view.
I actually have an iphone with the youmail app on it and I find it invaluable. It's a far better solution for me than having to open up safari to go to the mobile site. The program sends a push notification rather than clogging up my email inbox with useless junk, and it's just all around a much more pleasant experience. Considering they felt the need to make clients for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry, obviously a lot of people agree with that sentiment. But to each his own I guess. I'm still hoping someone with some programming talent will be willing and able to whip something up.
I use and love you mail. I'm starting a project for a WM client. Dont wait up because I wont have much time to work on it. Once it progresses enough I might ask someone here to do some graphics for me. It will work by intercepting you mail sms messages. When it catches a message from youmail it will sync with the online acct. It will also feature a chome plugin to replace the existing missed call and VM plugins.
If possible I will also suppress the system missed call notification and show my own. Currently it annoys me that i get a text from youmail for notification of missed calls and I still get the built in missed call notification. I would like to disable the built in one. One advantage of youmail is that if someone calls you and your phone has no signal or is off, you mail still sends you a missed call notification. On the other hand if someone calls and hangs up before it goes to voicemail the system will show a notification but youmail is never aware of the call. Therefore I will suppress the system notification and show my own notifications if the system gets a missed call or if youmail gets a missed call (and each time I will need to check to see if they are notifying of the same call or if a different one occured). Better get coding.
I hope you get some time soon to work on it. Sounds great! I did a mockup of how I envisioned such a program and made some rudimentary graphics. Feel free to PM me if you are interested in them.
I'm interested too!
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I use and love you mail. I'm starting a project for a WM client. Dont wait up because I wont have much time to work on it. Once it progresses enough I might ask someone here to do some graphics for me. It will work by intercepting you mail sms messages. When it catches a message from youmail it will sync with the online acct. It will also feature a chome plugin to replace the existing missed call and VM plugins.
If possible I will also suppress the system missed call notification and show my own. Currently it annoys me that i get a text from youmail for notification of missed calls and I still get the built in missed call notification. I would like to disable the built in one. One advantage of youmail is that if someone calls you and your phone has no signal or is off, you mail still sends you a missed call notification. On the other hand if someone calls and hangs up before it goes to voicemail the system will show a notification but youmail is never aware of the call. Therefore I will suppress the system notification and show my own notifications if the system gets a missed call or if youmail gets a missed call (and each time I will need to check to see if they are notifying of the same call or if a different one occured). Better get coding.
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i hope you get some a chance to work on this i would be interested in testing this it would be nice to have a more functional youmail app it would be nice if this could work with google voice also as far as the notifcations system
this is a quick little app i whipped up like a week or two ago its nothing special but it works for your basic youmail needs. this is a quick easy solution to my needs so im sharing it with you all.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=98059
doesnt store number
works on acer neotouch but doesn't store the login info. Better to just use a favorites link on desktop and use that instead. thanks for trying though.
I've been working with SIP clients lately, and needed to test call quality, reliability, etc. I figured there had to be something out there, besides a friend, that I could get to call me back, or test call quality. I went looking and found The Telecom Toolkit.
So quit bugging your friends with random calls asking things like "is my call echoing, echoing, echoing", or "can you hear me now"? Bookmark the site, and save the number to your contacts. And no, I'm not affiliated with this site in any way, shape, or form. I love free tools, and figured this might save a few friendships.
Web URL: The Telecom Toolkit
The number: 1-914-338-8802
And before someone goes and says "shouldn't this be in a general thread?" I say "NO, go away stupid!". I'm posting this is a dev thread because we're the ones that will use it. And if your curious as to what the tool is used for, call it. Its a machine, it won't get pissed at you...
I use SIP, so thanks for this!
I would rather bug my friends. Thanks for the info though.