PhoneAlarm

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PhoneAlarm is a Windows Mobile program designed to be operated on Windows Mobile 5 and earlier. It can be found at http://pocketmax.net/phoneAlarm.html. It is also great for one-handed use (see WM Easy of Use / One Hand Tips).

PhoneAlarm (or PA) is a Today Plugin 

...giving you total control over your Pocket PC Phone. Never miss an important 
call, SMS or Email again. Automatically switch profiles and quickly access Inbox, call history and 
control the state of bluetooth directly from the Today screen. Optimised for one-handed and in-car 
use. [1]

Essentially the software offers users of the Treo 700w/wx full control over how their device responds to incoming calls, emails, text messages and voicemails. For instance, one can set PA to notify that they have a new email by flashing the LED, pop up notifcation and a specific sound file. It is analogous to the PalmOS program Butler with the addition of a Today plugin that provides counters for email, SMS, Voicemail etc.

The program also supports Profiles such as "Home", "Work", "Meeting" etc. These profiles can be set on a time table by day as well as in sync with calendar appointments.

Some other key features listed from the pocketmax.net website:

  • Provides repeating alarms on new SMS, Email, missed calls & voice messages
  • 7 Custom Phone profiles with manual / time-based automatic switching.
  • Alarm notification on weak battery and phone signal (WM 5.0 only)
  • Customise sound, volume and options for each alarm type in each profile
  • Mute device and phone volume
  • Skinnable user interface (How to create skins)
  • Bluetooth and Flight mode control via profiles (also for Widcomm/Broadcomm stack)
  • Auto-profile change on <'ActiveSync'> (Work) and <'Power - no ActiveSync'> (Car), also based on time or Appointment category
  • 1-hand skin navigation and quick-dialer for last 10 numbers (only for WM 5.0 & WM 2003 SE)
  • Icons provide direct access to Inbox, missed call history etc.
  • Task-switcher pop-up to close running applications
  • Option to cycle radio (off/on) to change user on dual SIM
  • English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Czech, Hungarian, Russian and Chinese user interface
  • Supports VGA display
  • Optimised for fast performance and maximum platform support
  • Simple installation

The developer of PhoneAlarm is Bruce aka "Penguin" and can be reached via his support forum located at : http://pocketmax.net/smf/index.php. He is considered to be one of the most responsive developers in the Windows Mobile community, taking direct requests for enhancing the progam from his users.

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