Updated review of SMS related applications: how to enhance your SMS function
This time we have updated our review with a very useful SMS related application called Magic Message Manager. Magic Message Manager is software which sorts (filters) any incoming and outgoing message. It filters emails, SMS and MMS messages, beamed files and can do any action using powerful filters. If you wish to know all advantages of this app please find detailed information in this review.
This review will help you to choose the right way to enhance the SMS function on your mobile phone with the newest and most interesting applications.
Here is brief information about the applications to be analyzed:
| App name | Vendor | Price | Size, Kb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call and SMS Spam Manager | Mobisy | Buy $8.49 | 89 |
| Best MessageStorer | Smartphoneware | Buy $10.95 | 80 |
| SMS Diary | Ola Melen | Buy $10.00 | 129 |
| CryptoGraf Messaging | CryptoGraf | Buy $19.79 | 726 |
| Magic Message Manager | SymbianWave | Buy $15.95 | 92 |
Call and SMS Spam Manager
This application helps you to block unwanted calls and SMS.
You are offered the trial version which will expire once specified number (in this case 5) of calls/SMS have been blocked by Call and SMS Spam Manager.
When opening the application for the first time you will see the main screen with –no data- text. To start using it you have to click left soft key Options and Add numbers of users into your Spam list (this can be done manually, from the phonebook or the list of unsaved numbers):
When receiving a call or SMS from the user present in the Spam list, the calls/SMS are blocked by the application.
Entering the Spam Call Log screen you will see the list of the blocked calls/SMS. Unfortunately it is not distinguished whether Call and SMS Spam Manager blocked a phone call or SMS:
You can also choose to select whether this application should be started automatically at startup or not by clicking left soft key Options → Autostart at Powerup.
Best MessageStorer
Best MessageStorer lets you easily and conveniently save your SMS, MMS, emails in a text or CSV file.
You are offered to download the 15-day trial version to try the application before purchasing it.
The main screen looks alike with the inbuilt Messaging application, allowing to navigate through Inbox, Outbox etc.:
Every folder contains the list of your sent, received or saved messages:
Inbox Outbox
Sent My folders
Left soft key Options of every folder allows you to perform the following actions:
• Open – open the current message
• Save message – save the message as Text or CSV
• Message details – overview the details of the current message
• Filter – choose to filter all messages, or only SMS, MMS or Email
• Sort – sort messages by Time, Sender, Type or in Descending order
• Mark/Unmark – mark/unmark one or all messages
• Misc
• Exit – exit the application
This application is very convenient for accurate sorting of all your messages, allowing to perform various actions with them.
SMS Diary
SMS Diary lets you create an SMS diary from your text messages in your phone.
The trial version displays only 10 messages correctly.
The SMS Diary application has unusual interface:
First it scans all your messages in the mobile phone, and then displays the following information:
The diary consists of three pages:
• One page with a table of contents and statistics on how many messages you have sent and received
• Next page lists all your messages sorted by date
• The third page lists all messages sorted by name
When clicking the Read diary button you will see the following screen:
The statistics shows the detailed information about:
• Number of messages
• Average message length
• Total message length
Choosing the definite date you will be able to read the whole text of the message and view the detailed information about it:
CryptoGraf Messaging
The CryptoGraf Messaging application allows you to send encrypted and digitally signed SMS and MMS.
The main screen has the following view:
First you have to start from creating My Crypto Profile:
To do this you have to:
• Select an image
• Enter name
• Organization
• Country
• Expiry date
• Phone number
• Email address
It is also essential to enter and confirm the password to protect MY Crypto Profile.
To generate crypto keys in a secure manner, it is necessary to use the Randomizer.
Having created the profile you can exchange Crypto Contact with others. Press left soft key Options → Send Contact via Bluetooth (high trust crypto contact) or SMS/MMS (low trust crypto contact).
Afterwards you can send encrypted messages with your Crypto Contacts.
CryptoGraf Messaging application sends encrypted and digitally signed MMS with a minimum overhead of 10 KB, and encrypted and digitally signed SMS with a minimum overhead of 3 SMS packets.
Logs help to keep track of CryptoGraf usage. It is also a good way to detect unauthorized CryptoGraf use by people who handle your phone temporarily:
Logs keep record of:
• Time the Randomizer was used
• MY Crypto Profile creation details
• Crypto Contact exchange
All CryptoGraf messages in the drafts folder are also encrypted and cannot be read using the system of Messaging App.
Magic Message Manager
Magic Message Manager (MMM) application allows you to sort messages, hide private messages, delete unwanted email or SMS spam, transfer messages and files to specific folders, forward messages to another phone number, automatically clean your message box, receive notifications about unread messages and do much more.
The application consists of 3 views:
• Filters – to work with filters
• Beamed files – opens the Beamed folder where you can work with the files
• Message sounds – to set individual sounds for messages
When opening the application you can see the main view which contains the list of filters (if there are no existing filters or the application is started for the first time you will see the –no filters defined- text):
Left soft key Options contains the following items:
• Filter – to work with filters
o New – to create a new filter
o Edit – to edit currently selected filter
o Delete – to delete currently selected filter
o Disable – to disable currently selected filter
o Enable – to enable currently selected filter
o Move up – to move currently selected filter up
o Move down – to move currently selected filter down
• Privacy – to reveal hidden messages and set the access password
o Reveal all messages
o Set password
• Filter messages – to forcibly run manual, automatic filters, or apply the currently selected filter
o Use manual filters
o Use auto filters
o Use all filters
o Use current filter
• View – to switch between program views
o Filters
o Beamed files
o Message files
• About
• Settings
• Exit – to exit the application
To create new filter you have to define the following fields:
• Name – to enter any name to title your filter
• Message type – to select the kind of messages you want to work with
o Any
o SMS
o MMS
o Email
o Beamed
• Source folder – to select the source of messages you want to filter
o Inbox
o My folders
o Drafts
o Sent
o Outbox
• Message status – to select message status
o Any
o Read
o Unread
• Sender – to set how to handle the sender of message
• Recipient – to set how to handle the recipient of message
• Body – to enter searching string to search in message body
o Ignore
o Match
o Don’t match
• Age
o Ignore
o Above or equal
o Below or equal
• Action – to select the necessary action to work with messages
o Delete
o Mark as read
o Mark as unread
o Move to folder
o Copy to folder
o Hide message
o Reveal message
• Filter type – to select the necessary filter type
o Automatic
o Manual
The Beamed files view when already containing file has the following view:
Left soft key Options allows to execute the following actions:
• Save – to save beamed files to any folder
• Move – to move beamed files to any folder
• Mark/Unmark
• View – to switch between program views
• About
• Settings
• Exit – to exit the application
The Message sounds view contains the list of your contacts, to which you can assign individual sounds for messages:
Left soft key Options shows the following buttons:
• Set message tone – to assign the desired tone to the contact
• View – to switch between program views
• About
• Settings
• Exit – to exit the application
The contact which has the assigned tone has a note sign ahead.
The Magic Message Manager application suggests the following settings to modify:
General:
• Enable MMM – to activate Magic Message Manager
• Extend phone numbers – when Magic Message Manager finds a phone number in an SMS, it searches Contacts and, if found, shows the contact name in front of the phone number
Notify on:
• Unread SMS – to notify you about unread messages
• Unread MMS – to notify you about unread MMS
• Unread Email – to notify you about unread email
Alert:
• Interval (min) – to select a period to repeat notifications
• Sound – to select an audio file
• Vibration – to activate/deactivate vibration
• Silence interval – if you don’t want to be awoken by the phone, define the hours when it should not disturb you
Magic Message Manager is a good security tool that can help you to protect confidential messages from unwanted eyes. All the sensitive messages can be hidden automatically and then be read only with right password. Magic Message Manager works with any type of messages: SMS, MMS and Email (sent, received and draft messages).
With Magic Message Manager you can organize your messages and files for easier access. Magic Message Manager can help you to categorize all messages at one action. Very interesting and useful!!!
Conclusion
As we can see the applications enhance your experience with SMS on your phone in different ways. It’s a bit disappointing that just one of them CryptoGraf Messaging contains the Help file, and together with Magic Message Manager offer Settings options. In the whole SMS related applications are simple and don’t demand any special skills to be used.