Sending a SMS with Palm'a using your cell phone, seemingly trivial, but the subject is constantly raises many questions among PDA users. The author of this article found on the web a lot of software that can provide this simple operation. Programs have been carefully studied and tested. Those from which it was possible to achieve at least some results, get into this review. As a guinea for the study programs has been selected Palm m505. Color screen of the PDA allows you to evaluate the quality of implementation of the color interface, where provided. Palm m505 running OS version 4.0, the latest generation. This allows you to check the compatibility of programs written some time ago, with modern devices. On PDA was set free crack CyrHack II version 1.10 with the corresponding module for the fourth version of the PalmOS. Of the auxiliary programs used X-master with a hack for taking screenshots. Researched programs have been installed all at once. It has not caused any problems with stability. No program does not interfere with another, and so further tests were carried out exactly in this configuration. As a test GSM-phone used phone Motorola Timeport 250. The choice of this model to test in reality nothing is due, it's just my personal phone. However, the fact that all the programs completely coped with the task of sending an SMS through that is not the most popular device means that they probably will work with most standard phones. Relationship with the CCP carried out via the infrared port. This wireless method proved to work reliable enough interruptions during the transmission was not observed once, and for the relative positions of devices, I almost did not attend. However, you can not call this method is very convenient. If sitting at the table, simply place the device on the surface of the ports to each other, to perform such operations on the weight of it was rather difficult. It remains to await the appearance of a standard radioprotokola in mobile devices.
Overview of Programs
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| All programs at a glance |
So, we proceed directly to consideration of programs. Just below you will find the author's personal experience of working with applications, but at the end of articles - table of the key features for each of them.
funSMS 3 + funBOOK
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| The startup screen of the program funBOOK |
This program is the most beautiful of all tested. It is without doubt Mighty commercial product. Interface is designed to the smallest detail, and the familiar PalmOS standard buttons are hardly used. All details are carefully drawn specifically for funSMS and funBOOK. Not too lazy to even create your own font, which is much smaller system, but it is very well read. However, everything is beautiful can be seen in the screenshots, so dwell on how the program carries out its direct functions - works with the phone book and SMS.
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| Phone Book mode |
Phone Book mode (Annex funBOOK) performed brilliantly, like everything else in this program. Unlike most other programs, telephone books (and there may be several) are stored in native format, thus allows you to export books in the standard application Address.Own storage format is advantageous because it can be used to edit the serial numbers in the phone records, as well as to throw the records from the phone to the SIM-card and vice versa. Program settings are also well designed. By default, the program "knows" a lot of mobile operators, grouped by country, and if I had desired operator is not found, it can easily be added to the list yourself. Also incorporated into the program data on a set of models of phones that are ordered by manufacturers.
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| Post Editor |
SMS-functionality is implemented simply and clearly. There is everything you need: boxes of incoming and outgoing messages, a log of all sent and received messages and a box of message patterns. Reportedly, you can assign categories, exactly as is done in standard applications PalmOS.
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| Mailbox for outgoing messages |
Perhaps the serious shortcoming of the program alone. She, like all other foreign developments, not able to work with the coding UCS2, which is necessary for the correct SMS transmission in Russian. But even if she was able to, with the Russian is still having problems, as in his own script of this program is not the Cyrillic alphabet.
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| Settings screen of the program |
So I can safely recommend this program if you for some reason do not want a job with the Russian language in the SMS. On the quality of implementation, the beauty and convenience, it is a cut above its competitors. Moreover, in contrast to many analogues program is not puzzling question of what is being asked to pay money.
GSMtool
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| Main Menu |
This program leaves a strange feeling. On the one hand, it implements all the basic useful features, and they work. On the other, it seems that at the interface of the program the author has not thought at all. All modes are selected from a list of the system menu. Switch between them only using the same menu. Provided that no application references sections at each other. Nevertheless, the interface - it's probably the only complaint about the program. Perhaps it is focused no longer on the average user, but on a professional who works exclusively with hot combinations and do not pay attention to the interface. This is confirmed by the fact that only in this program is realized as a standard terminal, where you can manually communicate with the phone using AT-commands.
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| Dialing a number manually |
You can call any number in a book or dial a number manually drawn on a large keyboard. True, it remains unclear to what might need those features. Choose a number from the phone book, in my opinion, much better than to associate the two devices with infrared ports, and to work with a book on Palm'e.
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| Terminal Window |
I can recommend this program only to those who are not annoying its interface, or rather its absence, or those who are bound for something needed terminal.
HandPhone SMS
This program is a set of Mobile Internet Kit for Palm. Program to the disgrace just may have it - at least. One would appreciate this approach, if implemented functions were extremely easy to use. However, the situation is opposite. To simply send an SMS-ku, must every time you log into the program choose the type of connection to your phone, or for any action that requires a connection to a mobile phone, an error, which is not immediately guess that still need to configure the application to run .
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| This menu reflects all the features of the program |
In this case, the program has one interesting feature - it can automatically retrieve the phone number of the SMS-Centre. It is strange that in other programs, this simple operation is not implemented, and the number must be entered manually. But it is doubtful whether one can justify the plus weak in other respects the program.
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| Post Editor |
Thus, the elegant little utilities at the developer did not happen, but that turned out not stand any competition with the leaders. And this despite the fact that the program is worth the money. Mobile Internet Kit - product sales, and only some models of Palm include it in the kit.
Master SMS
Master SMS - unpretentious, but very handy program. All that she can easily determine at a glance: looking at the screenshot, once it becomes clear where and what to click. Of the features include the ability to combine a group of recipients and send a message to all members of the group in one click. Still, the program automatically divides the text into several SMS messages, if it is longer than the standard 160 characters. Demo version of "fun" over the user and splits the message to 50 characters. In general, if you lack the features of the program, this is a good choice.
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| The main screen |
MonkeyMessenger
Program with a standard set vozvozhnostey. The interface is implemented certain metaphor associated with the simian theme, in my view inappropriate and absurd. Perhaps the program is aimed at children, but children do better with a simple program logic and merry interface. Here are all pretty boring and ordinary. The program has only one interesting feature - it can work with Nokia models 61hh. These phones do not have built a standard modem, though have an infrared port, so most programs can not use these devices in this series. Conclusion: The program for owners of phones Nokia 61xx, or for the Brazilians, which is found in the woods a lot of wild monkeys.
PhoneMan
Another little gray programm. Key features implemented, but to use all of these are extremely uncomfortable. Can pull out the phone book, but keep it in the Address can not. Nowhere even save messages as templates for future use. The editor reports the number of books can not be selected. Also seen were some problems with importing messages from your phone. In addition to real-life communication program pulled out three more empty. With so many comments, perhaps, I can not recommend this program to anyone.
RuSMS
This program - the only one that knows how to send messages in Russian. Own, for their uniqueness and won first prize in the competition "Palmovaya branch. Besides common operations send a message is implemented, in my opinion, the best. Message Editor window is the main program. All that is required to do - select a contact from the Address and the desired message template. Append a few words and press the Start button. Everything is so simple that there is nothing to tell. Of course, depending on a program does not live up to commercial developments discussed above, but in their daily work, the program I liked most. Lacks only the opportunity to sneak out of the phone book. And this is the only free program that I found! With a clear conscience I can recommend the program to anyone who needs to "go" and not "have cheap;) To" have cheap "- suggest a closer look at funSMS.
Conclusions
By and large for myself, I found only two-plus-to-use PDA to send SMS. The PDA is much easier to fill the text. More on the PDA, you can store a huge number of templates for the message, which is also very convenient. However, the need for mutual orientation of the device (combining their infrared ports) for the exchange of information - a serious drawback. I think that those who often have to use SMS, should seriously look into smartphones. Fortunately, in recent years on the market for a noticeable recovery, and already have plenty to choose from. Overall, however, the technology was fully applicable, and if you have a PDA phone with an infrared port, it is a sin not to take advantage of this opportunity and do not find yourself in a handheld naborchik most commonly used SMS-ok, then to the touch pen to send them to your friends causing a genuine interest in others. For convenience, I suggest you choose a small plate, where all vyshepredstavlennye programs are described in a more concise without unnecessary words and personal experiences.
| Programs | funSMS 3 + funBOOK | GSMtool | HandPhone SMS | Master SMS | MonkeyMessenger | PhoneMan | RuSMS |
| Version | funSMS 3.0.0.3.1, funBOOK 1.0.0.3.0 | 1.42 Beta | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.52 Demo | 1.2.3 | 0.10 |
| Color Support | is | No | No | No | No | not (in color only icon and About) | not (in color only icon and About) |
| Opportunity to work with phone book | is (funBOOK) | is | No | No | No | is | No |
| Templates | is | there (you can insert text from the Memo) | is the (box Draft) | is | is | No | is |
| Russian support | No | No | No | No | No | No | is |
| WEB-page program | Fun4Palm | GSMtool | Palm | Palmgear | primatesys | zenobyte | http://oskin.msk.ru |
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