PHOTO CONTACTS PRO 5
Windows Mobile Pocket PC Edition
Photo Contacts PRO empowers your phone with Advanced Call Filtering, fully integrated Scheduled, Automatic and Temporary Phone Profiles, Distinctive Ringtone and SMS tone capabilities, Today Screen plugin showing pictures of favorites and recent callers, fast Photo Dialing integrated with Business and Full screen Photo Caller ID and advanced contact management capabilities.
"By the way, I cannot live without this application. Call management has never been so complete. I'd buy an iPhone today except that it won't manage my calls as efficiently as PCPro." - Jon-Michael (a satisfied customer)
NEW - DISTINCTIVE RINGTONES and SMS RINGS
This fully featured picture contact manager lets you assign distinctive ringtones and distinctive SMS rings/sounds to contacts, contact categories and Unknown and Private callers on your phone. All popular ringtone formats including MP3, MP3-DRM, WMA, WAV and MID sounds are supported.
NEW - BUSINESS and FULL SCREEN PHOTO CALLER ID with Silence, Speakerphone Answer and Reject+SMS buttons
During an incoming call, you will easily see who is calling you on the Pocket PC's screen before you choose to answer. Photo Contacts PRO features Full Screen Photo Caller ID and the new Business Photo Caller ID mode that shows the company and title of the incoming caller in easily readable large text.
In addition the program lets you easily silence an incoming call without rejecting it, answer with the speakerphone enabled or Reject a call and instantly send a quick SMS text message to the caller (eg. "I am in a meeting").
NEW - AUTOMATIC PHONE PROFILES WITH MEETING DETECTION
Do you always forget to silence your phone before going into a meeting? Never be disturbed by an incoming call in a meeting again! Photo Contacts PRO adapts your phone to your schedule by automatically switching to a specific profile (eg. vibrate, silent or fully custom) when it detects a meeting in your calendar.
1. Profile Scheduler - take full control of your phone and incoming calls by automatically switching profiles based on your schedule (based on hours, days and/or meetings in your calendar)
2. Automatic Profiles detect meetings and appointments and automatically switch profiles when appropriate
3. Timed Temporary profiles enable you to switch to a certain profile temporarily (silent for 2 hours when in a cinema for example), automatically switching back after the time passes
Fully customizable Phone Profiles let you group and customize call filtering, ring tone, sms tone, ring volume and ring type settings and use them manually or automatically.
NEW - SEE RECENT CALLER PICTURES ON YOUR TODAY SCREEN for quick re-dialing
With Photo Contacts PRO important phone information is right on the today screen:
1. Favorite Contact Pictures - call your favorite contacts quickly by tapping on pictures on the today screen
2. Recent Caller Pictures - see pictures of your recent callers and if the call is accepted, rejected, missed or automatically rejected or hanged up by the call filter.
3. Active Profile and Battery and Memory status
NEW - ADVANCED CALL BLOCKING and FILTERING with SMS ANSWERING MACHINE
Call Filtering enables Complete Privacy - Automatically Reject unwanted callers, groups of callers and Unknown and Private numbers. Fully integrated automatic Call Filtering allows users to specify the following settings to incoming calls:
1. Reject - the call is automatically rejected and sent to voicemail (if available)
2. Hangup - the call is automatically hanged up (for complete privacy)
3. Silent - the call is permitted to come through but the ring is silent
4. Vibrate - the call is permitted to come through but the phone will vibrate
5. Reject+SMS - the call is rejected and a custom SMS message is automatically sent to the caller
6. Bypass - the call is allowed to bypass the call filter in case of a global default setting
NEW - Fast PHOTO DIALING and SMS sending
Simply double-tap on a contact picture on your Today Screen or in Photo Contacts PRO to call or SMS a contact. Photo Contacts PRO is the best in business for fast Photo Dialing and SMS sending with your finger - making it especially useful when you need to concentrate on other things. Plus, easily send quick, pre-defined SMS messages.
EASILY ADD LARGE, CLEAR PHOTOS TO CONTACTS
Intelligently add large photographs to your contacts then browse, create and edit your contacts with photographs utilizing the four intelligent contact browsing views. Photo Contacts PRO also lets you send email, SMS messages and share photos with other users.
SMARTNAME
With Photo Contacts PRO, assigning photos to contacts is easy! Assign photos on your Pocket PC using the intelligent photo crop engine, or with your desktop PC using our SmartNameTM technology.
COMPATIBILITY
Photo Contacts PRO supports Windows Mobile 6, Windows Mobile 5 and Pocket PC 2003 devices with regular, VGA and square screens.
* MP3, WMA, WAV and MIDI SMS Tones are supported on Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6 devices. Pocket PC 2003 devices support WAV SMS tones.
IMPORTANT - Please Note: This is the Pocket PC Edition of Photo Contacts PRO for Windows Mobile devices with a touch screen. If you have a Windows Mobile Smartphone (without a touch screen), like the Motorola Q, Samsung BlackJack, Samsung i320, Mpx 200/220, Cingular 2125/3125, SMT5600, Orange SPV, T-Mobile SDA, Samsung i600, etc., then you will need the Smartphone Edition of Photo Contacts PRO available at Smartphone.Net.
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Installing and running Photo Contacts PRO
Installing the program onto your device
Note: For best operation, the program needs to be installed in main memory on the device (memory cards have slow wake up times on
Windows Mobile devices). The program uses only ~1MB of storage memory.
1. After purchasing the program, you will be prompted to download the installation package (.zip file). Save the file onto your PC's
Desktop. Double click on the .zip file and un-zip it into a new folder. This folder will contain the .exe setup file as well as program
documentation. Please save the installation files in case you need to re-install the software in the future.
2. Un-install the demo version (if it is installed) by opening the demo program and tapping on Tools>Exit. Then go to
Start>Settings>Remove Programs to un-install it.
3. Soft-reset the device (this is an important step).
4. Connect your device to your PC (or cradle) and establish an Activesync connection.
5. Double click on the .exe setup file to start the installation process. Follow the installation wizard that installs the application onto
your device. Install the program in the default location (internal/main memory).
6. Photo Contacts PRO will load automatically after installation. You can also Photo Contacts PRO from the START>Programs menu on
the Pocket PC.
Note: Photo Contacts PRO needs to always run in the background to manage Photo Caller ID,
Ringtones and Call Filtering. When the program is
running, a small tray icon is by default visible at the
bottom of the Pocket PC's Today Screen.
Tray Icon Operation:
Tap-and-hold to open Photo Contacts PRO
Tap once to select or activate a Profile
TIP: After installation Photo
Contacts PRO will automatically
associate itself with the Contacts
button so you can open it fast (this
can be disabled in Options).
A new icon called Contacts (default)
will also be placed in your Programs
menu. This allows you to open the
regular Contacts program if you need to.
Un-installing the demo or the full version
To un-install either the demo or the full version go to Start>Settings>Remove Programs and select it from the list. Follow
up with another soft-reset.
Important: Please make sure that Photo Contacts PRO is not being terminated if you use SPB plus, Wisbar or some other task
manager. Configure SPB Plus to minimize and not close Photo Contacts PRO.
Browse in style
Photo Contacts PRO enables you to find contacts fast with just a few finger presses and features four intelligent contact views.
Contact management is tightly integrated with Ringtone, SMS Tone, Call Filtering,Business and Full Screen Photo Caller ID and advanced and Automatic Profile management.
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Obtaining Help and Additional Information
PHOTO CONTACTS PRO TM
Windows Mobile PocketPC Edition
For Windows Mobile phone devices with touch-screens
Transform your phone into an invaluable mobile companion.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Photo Contacts PRO (Pocket PC Edition)
Last updated 2/17/2008
Photo Contacts PRO - Best Practices
Here are a few general best practices for using Photo Contacts PRO:
1. Keep ring-ones and pictures in built in storage or internal storage memory (not on a
memory card). Memory cards have wake up problems when the device is in standby
mode.
2. Make sure the program is not being terminated if you use SPB Plus, Wisbar or some
other task manager. Configure SPB plus to minimize and not close Photo Contacts PRO
when the (X) button is pressed.
3. If your phone has a Task Manager feature enabled to Close programs when the (X)
button is tapped, disable this feature in Start>Settings>Task Manager.
4. Just like other applications Photo Contacts PRO requires memory to run. Check that
your device is not running extremely low on Program Memory (tap on
START>Settings>Memory). If you have less than 8MB of free Program Memory, softreset
the Pocket PC.
Tip #1 : Soft-reset your phone once in a while to keep it running in top shape (once
per week is recommended)
Tip #2 : Photo Contacts PRO automatically loads when your device soft-resets and then
always stays running in the background so it can manage Photo Caller ID, Ringtones,
and Call Filtering. You will see a small icon in the Tray of the Today screen (bottom of
Today screen) when its running. If you tap on this Tray icon once, you will be able to
change the current Profile. Tap-and-hold on this icon opens up Photo Contacts PRO.
If you dont see the tray icon the program has either been closed via Tools>Exit or
terminated by some other process or an extremely low memory situation.
Tip #3: See the Usage Tips to find out how to use the program to its full potential.
Tip #4: See the latest revision of the Visual Users Guide for detailed information about
using the program. Thank You!
Installation
Question "Could not find ...CEAppMgr.exe..." message is shown when trying to
install the program
Answer
If you have a PC running Windows Vista please make sure that you have the latest
version of Windows Mobile Device Center. Microsoft had issued an update (to
version 6.1) to this component of Vista that is required in order to install the
software.
If you have a PC running Windows XP or earlier, make sure you have ActiveSync
installed.
Question When I try to run the application from my phone I get this message: "
'PhotoContactsPro_PPC_v508_full.exe' Is not a valid Win32 application."
Answer
Photo Contacts PRO contains a desktop installer. It is installed by running the
installation process on your desktop PC (not on the phone) with the phone
connected to Activesync or Windows Mobile Device Center.
Make sure you're running the installation on your desktop computer as per our
installation instructions.
Question When I try to install the program, I get this message: "Installation of
PocketX Photo Contacts PRO.CAB was unsuccessful"
Answer
Your phone might be running low on storage or program memory:
First, soft-reset your phone. This will ensure your phone has enough
free program memory. Then try installing again.
If you're still unable to install, check free storage memory on your phone
(Start>Settings>Memory). If free storage memory is low (under 5MB), go
to Start>Settings>Remove Programs and un-install some unneeded
programs; Alternatively, delete some large files from the device using File
Explorer.
Question Should I install Photo Contacts PRO onto a memory card or in main
memory?
Answer
We recommend that the program be installed in internal memory of the device for
faster loading and better reliability. Memory cards have very slow wake-up times
on Windows Mobile devices.
Operation
If you cannot get the program to install on the phone, please make sure to follow the installation
instructions.
If the program is not behaving as you would expect, make sure to follow the Photo Contacts PRO
Best Practices. Also see the General section below.
Compatibility
Question Is this the correct software for my phone? Do I need the Smartphone or
the Pocket PC Edition of Photo Contacts PRO?
Answer This is the Pocket PC Edition of Photo Contacts PRO for Windows Mobile phones
with touch-screens.
If your phone does not have a touch-screen it is running the Windows Mobile
Standard O/S so you will need Photo Contacts PRO (Smartphone Edition).
Question Is Photo Contacts PRO compatible with my phone?
Answer
This edition of Photo Contacts PRO is compatible with Windows Mobile 6
Professional/Classic devices, Windows Mobile 5 and Pocket PC 2003 Phone devices
including the T-Mobile Wing, HTC Tytn/Tytn 2, HTC Touch/Dual, AT&T Tilt,
AT&T/Cingular 8125/8525, Palm Treo 700w/700wx/750, HP
h6300/hw6500/6800/6900 series, Audiovox 6600/6700/6800 series, XDA series,
Samsung i700/i730/i830/i760 and other devices running Windows Mobile 6/5.
We encourage you to try the free demo version of the software before purchasing.
If you own a Windows Mobile Standard phone without a touch-screen such as the
Motorola Q/Q9, Samsung BlackJack, T-Mobile Dash/Shadow, MPx200, MPx220,
Orange C500, Audiovox SMT5600 or the Samsung i600, you will need the
Smartphone Edition of Photo Contacts PRO.
Question Is Photo Contacts PRO compatible with Windows Mobile 6 and Windows
Mobile 5?
Answer
As of version 5.0 Photo Contacts PRO is compatible with Windows Mobile 6 devices.
Version 4.0 or higher is required for Windows Mobile 5 devices.
Make sure that you select the correct edition based on the first question above.
Question Is Photo Contacts PRO compatible with square screen devices (like Treo
700w/700wx/750 and HP 6515)?
Answer
As of version 3.2, Photo Contacts PRO is fully compatible with square screen
devices as well as landscape operation. As of version 4.01, Photo Contacts PRO is
Treo 700w compatible.
Contacts
Question Which contact database does Photo Contacts PRO utilize? Does Photo
Contacts PRO use Outlook?
Answer
Photo Contacts PRO uses the regular Outlook contact database on the
phone/Pocket PC. This contact database is also used by the regular 'Contacts'
program.
The Outlook contact database on the phone synchronizes with MS Outlook on your
desktop computer via Activesync. This allows you to add/edit contacts on both the
phone with Photo Contacts PRO and your desktop/laptop computer in Outlook
while keeping contacts synchronized and backed up on both. This is one of the
most powerful features of Windows Mobile.
If you use a different contact database like ACT!, Maximizer or similar, there are
3rd party synchronization tools available that let you transfer contacts to the phone
for use with Photo Contacts PRO.
Question I have contacts stored on my SIM card - how do I transfer them to the
phone?
Answer If you have SIM contacts you can transfer them over to the phone by using the
SIM Manager or if your phone does not have one, the regular Contacts program
itself will have an option to copy from SIM to phone.
If you have a lot of contacts on your SIM card, you can easily automatically import
all SIM contacts by using a small utility like SIMImp.
There are numerous benefits of using regular Outlook contacts on a Windows
Mobile phone - more contact data fields, easy backup and synchronization with
your desktop computer via Activesync, etc.
Ringtones and SMS tones
Question Which sound formats can I use for ringtones in Photo Contacts PRO and
can I use MP3s?
Answer
Photo Contacts PRO lets you assign .WAV, .WMA, .MID, .MP3 and MP3-DRM files as
ringtones but their use is device dependent.
Most Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices can use all formats. Older Pocket PC 2003
devices can use .WAV and .MID ring tones only.
Photo Contacts PRO is able to preview .wav, .mp3 and .wma files.
Question Where are the Ringtones and SMS tones stored?
Answer
Ringtones that come bundled with your phone are stored in the \Windows or
\Windows\Rings folder on the phone.
One high-quality Ringtone and two SMS tones that are bundled with Photo
Contacts PRO are stored in the \Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the phone.
This folder will be on the top of the list when you browse for sounds.
Question What kind of sounds can I use for SMS tones?
Answer
It is best not to use long ringtones or MP3 songs as SMS tones as this will put an
unnecessary resource load on the phone.
For best operation, use short (up to 5 seconds long) sounds as distinctive SMS
tones. You can find short sounds in the \Windows folder on the phone.
Photo Contacts PRO comes bundled with 2 high-quality WMA sounds you can use.
They can be found in the \Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the phone.
Get more high quality ringtones and SMS sounds in our online store.
Question Where should I store my custom RingTones/SMS Tones?
Answer
If you create or use your own Ringtones and SMS tones they should be stored in
internal storage memory on the phone. This ensures fastest and most reliable
operation. You can store the files in any folder on the device.
Question How do I assign a ringtone to a group of contacts?
Answer
To assign a ring tone to a group of contacts first assign a category to those
contacts in Outlook.
You can use Photo Contacts PRO to do this by selecting a contact, tapping on
Contact>Edit and editing the category field of the contact.
Then open the RingTone manager in Photo Contacts PRO and assign a new
ringtone to that category.
Question How do I assign a ring-tone to a contact using Photo Contacts PRO?
Answer
Here is how to assign a simple ring tone:
1. Open Photo Contacts PRO
2. Tap-and-Hold on one of the contacts and select RingTone>Assign
3. This brings you to a file browser. Browse to the Windows folder
4. You will now see a list of folders and ring tones. Scroll down until you see a
ring tone (example alarm1.wav) and tap to select it
5. You can press the PLAY button to play it (preview)
6. Tap on SELECT to assign it to the contact
Thats it! You will now see a small ring note icon on top of the contact's picture.
When that contact calls you, their ring tone will play.
You can use the Ring Tone Manager to see all the ringtones assigned to contacts
by tapping on Options>RingTones.
Question I assigned a ringtone but I am hearing a beeping or clicking sound when
someone calls
Answer
The assigned ringtone is of an incompatible format for your device. Most devices
support .wav and .mid ringtones and newer devices support formats like mp3 or
wma.
Pictures
Question How do I add contact photographs to my device?
Answer
There are four ways to utilize contact photographs with Photo Contacts PRO.
PHONE CAMERA
If the device has an integrated camera then simply select a contact, tap
Photo>Assign and browse to the folder where the camera stores photos on your
device. This is most likely the \My Documents\My Pictures folder.
COPY FROM COMPUTER
First re-size then copy photos from your desktop/laptop computer to your phone
via Activesync. Assign them in Photo Contacts PRO by selecting a contact and
tapping on Photo>Assign.
SMARTNAME TM
The best way to assign many large, clear photos is the SmartName method
outlined here and in the Users Guide. This is as easy as cropping and naming your
photos on your desktop computer and then transferring them onto the phone. This
method allows you to assign large and clear pictures easily.
OUTLOOK PICTURES
Photo Contacts PRO will import your Outlook pictures automatically on first start.
However, Outlook pictures are of low quality as Outlook resizes them to a small
size. Once you get more familiar with the program, we recommend assigning larger
pictures by using one of the first 3 methods above. You can also import photos
from Outlook manually by tapping on the Import button in Tools>Options in the
program.
Question I am using Outlook pictures but they are too blurry and of low quality.
What should I do?
Answer
Outlook pictures are generally too small for Full Screen and Business Photo Caller
ID. Outlook re-sizes pictures to the 72x72 or 72x96 pixels resolution maximum and
this is just too small.
You can use SmartName or one of the other methods described in the section
above. All you do is crop a few pictures, name the pictures with the name of the
contact (i.e. "Lisa Green.jpg") and transfer them to the phone. It's that easy!
We recommend using 200x200 or 240x240 pixels of resolution for a contact picture
(jpg). This will ensure sure the picture is large and clear.
Question What is the recommended image size for contact photographs?
Answer 200x200 pixels is the optimum size for a contact photo. By default Photo Contacts
PRO saves photos with this resolution (this can be changed in the Options screen)
Question
I am using SmartName to assign photos to contacts. I have named by
images properly and transferred them to my Pocket PC but they are not
showing up.
Answer
Please make sure you're not adding a double ".jpg" extension to your images in
Windows on your PC. Open 'My Computer' and click on Tools/Folder Options/View.
Make sure that the "Hide extensions for known file types" is NOT checked.
Question Where are contact pictures stored? Where should I store my contact
photos?
Answer
By default Photo Contacts PRO stores contact photos in this folder on the device:
\My Documents\Photo Contacts\
All the contact pictures in this folder will follow the SmartName naming scheme.
Contact photos can be stored in internal memory on the device itself (default),
built-in-storage, or a memory card. For most reliable operation we recommend
storing pictures in internal memory on the device.
If you wish to store photos on a memory card then go to Tools>Options in Photo
Contacts PRO and select a memory card as the "Photo Location". Photo Contacts
PRO will automatically create the above folder structure on the card. You can also
type in a fully custom location in the Photo Location field.
SMS Messaging
Question How do I add my own quick-sms responses or edit the pre-defined list?
Answer
Open and edit the "SMSPresets.txt" file located inside the Photo Contacts PRO
installation folder on the device (\Program Files\Photo Contacts PRO).
Add one line per custom message.
General
Question Photo Contacts PRO is closing or the tray icon is shifting to the left. What
should I do?
Answer
You might be running a task manager program and terminating Photo Contacts
PRO when you tap on the (X) button at the top right of the screen, or your device
might be extremely low on memory.
Normal Windows Mobile operation is to minimize (hide) and not terminate
programs when you tap on the (X) button.
Your phone might be configured with an HTC utility to terminate programs
when the (X) is pressed. Go to Start>Settings>Task Manager (or similar)
and un-check this option.
If you use a task manager program like SPB Plus or Wisbar, configure it to
minimize and not close Photo Contacts PRO.
If you are not using a task manager then it is possible that your phone is
running extremely low on memory (this can happen if you use Pocket
Internet Explorer a lot - it eats up memory fast). In this case just make
sure to close running programs by going to Start>Settings>Memory and
soft-reset the phone once in a while.
Photo Contacts PRO will automatically start about 10 seconds after you soft-reset
your phone. If this is not the case, go to Tools>Options in Photo Contacts PRO,
check the "Load Program on Startup" box, and tap SAVE. Now soft-reset your
device and Photo Contacts PRO will start automatically.
Question Does Photo Contacts PRO work with non-English language devices?
Answer Photo Contacts PRO is compatible with all languages. We encourage you to try the
demo version and see how it works for your language.
Question Will Photo Caller ID work on my Audiovox Thera 2032, Toshiba 2032 or a
Pocket PC with a proprietary phone add-in card?
Answer
Photo Contacts PRO will work on these devices but Photo Caller ID, custom ring
tones and photo-tap-dialing is not supported. These phones are Pocket PCs with a
proprietary phone implementation - they are not Pocket PC Phone devices.
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PHOTO CONTACTS PRO TM
Windows Mobile PocketPC Edition
For Windows Mobile phone devices with touch-screens
Transform your phone into an invaluable mobile companion.
Usage Tips
Photo Contacts PRO (Pocket PC Edition)
Last updated 1/30/2008
Tip #1
Quickly find contacts and dial with your finger
Using your finger, tap the large 123 button to open the intelligent search keypad, then
type a few letters of the contact's name, company or job title.
Once the program shows the desired contact, double-tap on the contact picture to dial.
Photo Contacts PRO is fastest at quickly finding and dialing contacts on Windows Mobile
phones.
Tip #2
Quickly jump to contacts beginning with a certain letter
Tap on the ABC button to open the vertical letter-bar. Slide your finger up-down until you
select the desired letter. Photo Contacts PRO will scroll to the first contact starting with
that letter.
Tip #3
Use short, high-quality sounds for distinctive SMS tones
It is best to use short (up to 5 seconds long) sounds as distinctive SMS tones.
Photo Contacts PRO comes bundled with 2 high-quality WMA sounds you can use. They
can be found in the \Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the phone.
Get more high quality ringtones and SMS sounds in our online store.
Tip #4
Store your ringtones in internal storage on the phone
Storing ringtones in internal storage (built-in-storage) ensures best and most reliable
performance and does not waste any memory used for running programs. It is also more
reliable than using memory cards.
Photo Contacts PRO comes bundled with one high-quality ringtone you can use - it can be
found in the \Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the device.
Get more high quality ringtones in our online store.
Tip #5
With Automatic Profiles and Call Blocking, Photo Contacts PRO adds real
intelligence to your phone.
Case #1: You wish not to be disturbed at night except by calls from your core
family
Assign your family members to the Family category by editing contacts in Photo Contacts
PRO. Then set the "Family Only" profile to reject all calls (DEFAULT = Reject) except
from the Family category (Family = Bypass). Now use the Auto Profile Manager to
schedule times when you wish this category to be active (eg. 11PM - 7AM).
Case #2: You wish your phone to automatically switch to Vibrate when it
detects a meeting in your calendar
Go to your Home screen, select the Profile section and select the Automatic Profile called
"Auto-Meeting". Now when a call comes in during a meeting your phone will vibrate.
Case #3: You are tired of being disturbed by your phone during a meeting but
you wish to allow calls from your boss.
Configure a new profile called "Boss Only" to reject all calls except from your boss
(Default=Reject, Boss=Bypass). Use the Auto Profile Manager to add a meeting trigger.
Assign the "Boss Only" profile to the first Meeting trigger. Activate the Automatic Profile.
Now whenever a meeting is detected the phone will automatically reject all calls except
from your boss.
Case #4:You wish to conserve battery power on your phone automatically
especially since when at work, you don't use your Bluetooth headset
Set up a new profile called "Work" with your desired ring volume, SMS volume and
ring/SMS type preferences. Set the Bluetooth option to Off in this profile. Now in the Auto
Profile Manager, set the Work profile as default during work hours.
Case #5: You want to completely block calls from an undesired individual
Select a contact and tap Call Filter>Hangup. Now all calls from this individual will be
automatically rejected. If you wish to send these calls to voicemail, select Call
Filter>Reject.
With Automatic Profiles it is possible to configure Photo Contacts PRO to help in all of
these simple situations. More complex scenarios including using the SMS answering
machine, configuring different types of meetings and scheduled changes are all possible.
It's easy to use Photo Contacts PRO's profiles to suit your life needs.
Tip #6
Change the look and feel of Photo Contacts PRO
Photo Contacts PRO comes bundled with different color themes that change the look and
feel of the program. To change to a different theme, go to Options in Photo Contacts PRO
and select a new theme from the "Theme" pull-down menu.
Tip #7
Use contact categories to group contacts!
Contact categories are a powerful and easy way to group your contacts and contact
pictures. You can easily assign contact categories to many contacts at once using Outlook
on your desktop computer or by editing contacts in Photo Contacts PRO. Once you
synchronize your contacts to the Pocket PC, you can use Photo Contacts PRO to filter
categories with pictures.
To filter contacts by category, simply tap on the "C" icon above the menu in Photo
Contacts. This is very useful for showing pictures of your family, friends or grouping
business contacts.
You can also use the Joystick left-right buttons to quickly toggle through categories when
in page mode (press the up/down on-screen buttons to enter page mode).
Tip #8
Use Photo Contacts PRO to Speed Dial right from your Today screen!
Photo Contacts PRO is designed to make dialing a pleasure.
The Photo Contacts PRO Today Plugin lets you add your favorite contact pictures to your
Today Screen for fast dialing. To assign a contact as a favorite tap on the contact picture
in Photo Contacts PRO and select Favorite>Add.
Now all it takes is two finger taps on the contact photo and one tap on the number you
wish to call (work, home or cell) to dial a contact.
While in Photo Contacts PRO the 3x3 picture view is the best view for speed dialing.
When you assign contacts as Favorites the program assigns the contact to the "Favorites
PC" category.
To switch to the Favorites category simply use the joystick left-right buttons to switch
through categories, or press the C button and select the desired category.
Tip #9
Easily search for a contact using Photo Contacts
Photo Contacts lets you easily search for a contact by filtering contacts based on their First
name, Last name, Company name, Title or Telephone number. During this process, Photo
Contacts shows you the matching contact photos in real time.
To search using text simply start typing on the phone's hardware or the soft on-screen
keyboard.
Tip
#10
Enable continuous ring tones
To enable continuous ring tones on your device, check the "Continuous Ring" box in
Options>Caller ID in Photo Contacts PRO. Now your phone will ring continuously (without
pause) during an incoming call.
Tip
#11
Add your own pre-defined SMS responses (Quick SMS)
Just open and edit the "SMSPresets.txt" file located inside the Photo Contacts PRO
installation folder on the device (\Program Files\Photo Contacts PRO).
Add one line per custom message.
Tip
#12
Creating your own custom color themes for Photo Contacts
Advanced users of Photo Contacts can easily create new themes to customize colors,
background images and other parts of the program.
Browse to the \Program Files\Photo Contacts PRO\Themes folder on your device
(using the File Manager with Activesync) and you will see that every theme has a folder
associated with it.
This folder contains a background used in the program, a no-photo image used for
contacts without photos and a "theme.txt" file used for customizing colors in the program.
To start, copy one of the existing theme folders into a new folder inside \Themes, and
then modify the files you wish to change. Photo Contacts will automatically pick up the
new theme in the Options menu so you can switch to it and try it out.
If you'd like to share your theme with other Photo Contacts users, please email us and
we'll be glad to post it!
PHOTO CONTACTS PRO TM
Windows Mobile Pocket PC Edition
Release Notes (Version History)
Version Number: 5.09
(Changes from Version 5.08)
Release Date: 8-7-2008
New Features
Added new themes/skins that personalize the look and feel of Photo Contacts PRO. The user can select from more than 15
skins.
o New Business skins (Black, Blue, Pink, Silver)
o Halloween/USA/Redmoon themes
o New All Black/high contrast skins
o Colors can now be fully customized in the program in all views, for dialing, SMS sending and Caller ID
Two new Photo Caller ID modes:
o Large Text Caller ID uses very large text for the name, company and number of the caller for extra easy readability
o Large Photo Caller ID shows a picture fully covering the screen during an incoming call.
Advanced SMS Answering machine
o New SMS Answer mode will send an SMS to the caller in case of a missed call
o Easily select a profile with SMS Answering and select a Predefined response message all via the Today Screen plugin
Added an easy way to assign Family, Friends and other categories by tapping on a contact
.m4a Ringtone support
Easily enable/disable Bluetooth on your Today screen - tap and hold on the battery icon in Photo Contacts PRO's plugin
Filtering of SMS, Email per contact - sound normally played for incoming SMS and Email will be silent if the message is
received from a contact that is blocked by Reject, Hangup or Silent filter.
New Theme Picker letting you visually pick the skin/theme Photo Contacts PRO uses (run at first start or from Options)
Added Verizon Samsung i760 support
Ability to turn phone radio on/off (flight mode) using and automatic or a temporary profile
480x800 resolution support
Enhancements
Changed to using sound API for playing sounds on WM6 devices
Added middle name support; Middle name shown in Detail View; middle initial shown in other views
Category filter cleared when letter pressed
Contact search is cleared after dialing a contact
Today plugin font size adjustments for higher resolution devices
Normal (SMS Answer) profile added to predefined profiles
Fixed SMS vibrating not stopping on some devices
Allows * character to be used for redialing from Today Screen
Default theme is now Business Blue
When on phone, short beep is used to notify user of an incoming SMS
If the user assigns a default contact picture in the Photo Manager, that picture is used for a default caller ID image
Photo Contacts PRO will automatically restart itself if it is closed by the system due to a low memory condition
Fixed picture zoom issue in detail view
Automatically adds Photo Contacts PRO to the Task Manager exclusion list on HTC devices
Updated Visual Users Guide
Tips will pop up when the program is first run
Many other minor enhancements
Version Number: 5.08 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 5.07)
Release Date: 12-10-2007
New Features
Major User Interface Redesign - Intelligent Search Keypad, Vertical Letter Bar and Favorite Contacts button make it easier than
ever to find contacts
Updates to automatic profile switching with recurring appointments
Added support for SMS "message sent" confirmation and saving of SMS messages to Sent folder
Added Automatic Profile switching based on the subject of a meeting
The program now automatically imports your Outlook contact pictures at first start (but does not replace existing Photo Contacts
pictures)
Call Filtering/Blocking of a contact can be applied in all profiles automatically
When a call filter is applied to a contact the BlockList_PC category is assigned to the contact, automatically grouping all blocked
contacts
Added Filtering of SMS tone per contact - sound normally played for incoming SMS will be silent if the message is received from a
contact that is blocked by Reject or HangUp
Enhancements
Added pre-defined "SMS Auto Answer" profile
Added "HangUp Unknown" to list of preloaded profiles
Contact sorting enhancement - contacts with only a company name, or only first/last name defined are sorted inline with regular
contacts
Added support for automatically switching Bluetooth ON/OFF using a profile on HP 6515 (Widcomm bluetooth stack)
Blocks 777 and 86 from showing up in the Recent Calls list on some devices
Added support for umlauts
Included a second short sound that can be used as a distinctive SMS tone
Other enhancements
* Two short sounds and one High Quality ringtone are now bundled with Photo Contacts PRO - they are stored in the
\Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the phone for easy assignment as a contact ringtone or sms/email sound.
Version Number: 5.07 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 5.06)
Release Date: 9-02-2007
New Features
Added additional Meeting Triggers in Automatic Profiles - Up to 8 Meeting triggers are now supported allowing you to
configure the phone to automatically switch profiles based on categories defined in meetings in your calendar
Bluetooth can be enabled/disabled via a profile, temporary profile or an automatic profile saving you precious battery
power
Added .mp3d and .mp3-drm as valid ringtone extensions allowing DRM protected ringtones to be assigned to contacts
Enhancements
Fixed issue affecting internet connections (GPRS) on some phones
Fixed issue related to Simple theme (cannot initialize message)
Fixed issue related to call dialog
Other enhancements
Screenshots of new version
Automatic Profile Manager
Version Number: 5.06 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 5.02)
Release Date: 6-25-2007
New Features
Full Screen Photo Caller ID now features 3 new buttons:
- Silence (silence an incoming call without sending it to voicemail)
- Speakerphone Answer (answer the call and automatically enable the speakerphone)
- Reject with SMS (send the call to voicemail and send a quick SMS text message to the caller)
Ability to view and edit contact notes in Photo Contacts PRO
Customize incoming caller id number formatting for international users
Enhancements
Today Screen Plugin enhancements and memory optimization
Outlook pictures are updated when pictures are assigned/adjusted in Photo Contacts PRO
Contact editing enhancements for some WM5 devices
Photos assigned to categories are now shown when browsing contacts
Option to enable/disable Today plugin sections inside the program
Support for international SMS numbers
Enhancements for distinctive SMS
Various minor enhancements and optimizations
Screenshots of new version
Business and Full Screen Photo Caller ID with Silence, Speakerphone and Reject+SMS buttons
Version Number: 5.02 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 5.01)
Release Date: 4-23-2007
Enhancements
Today Plugin enhancements
New icons added to Today Screen Plugin to show icons for calls that are automatically rejected or hanged up by the call filter
Updates related to contact change notifications and Hangup call filter on some WM5 devices
Various other minor enhancements
Updated Visual Users Guide
Version Number: 5.00/5.01 - Major New Release
(Changes from Version 4.03)
Release Date: 4-18-2007
* An updated Visual Users' Guide (PDF) is packaged with the installation.
New Features
Windows Mobile 5, Windows Mobile 6 and Pocket PC 2003/SE support
Today Screen Plugin - displays Favorite Contacts with pictures, Recent Caller pictures, shows Active Profile information and
Battery and device Memory status
Fully integrated Scheduled, Automatic and Temporary Timed Profiles
Profile Scheduler - take full control of the phone and incoming calls by creating a schedule that automatically switches phone
profiles based on hours, days, calendar.
Automatic Profiles detect meetings and appointments and automatically switch profiles when appropriate
Timed Temporary Profiles enable you to quickly switch to a certain profile temporarily (for 2 hours when in a cinema for
example), automatically switching back after the time passes. They also feature a Ringtone/SMS tone override enabling you to
utilize an extra loud ring when active.
Complete Privacy - New call filter HangUp feature allows you to automatically Hang Up undesirable callers or unknown or private
numbers (without sending them to voicemail)
SMS Answering Machine integrated with profiles - automatically Reject and send an SMS message to callers notifying them
you're busy
Distinctive SMS Tones with Manager - know exactly who the sender is when you get an SMS message - distinctive SMS sounds
can be applied to individual contacts, groups or unknown senders
SMS Picture ID - shows a picture of the SMS sender when an SMS message is received
Profiles can change ringtones and SMS tones with sound overrides
Profiles control incoming call volume as well as SMS message and system volume
Enhanced Speed Dial window allows you to quickly send or respond with custom or pre-defined SMS messages - simply double
tap on a contact picture
Photo Manager enables you to assign pictures to contacts, contact groups (categories) and unknown/private callers for Photo
Caller ID and SMS Picture ID purposes
Enhancements
Support for password protection and device lock with Full Screen and Business Photo Caller ID
Ability to import Outlook pictures for use in Photo Contacts PRO
Ability to assign the Contacts soft-button to open Photo Contacts PRO
Optimized device memory usage with the option to enable/disable image caching
Icons can be assigned to profiles
Many Other enhancements and UI improvements including a glowing border effect
New sample pictures and an alphabet map allowing large letters to be easily assigned as contact pictures included in the package
Screenshots of new version
Version Number: 4.03 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 4.01)
Release Date: 10-09-2006
New Features
Added Company Sort mode - contacts can now be sorted by company name
Enhancements
HTC TyTn / Cingular 8525 support
Fixed issue with private/unknown calls on HP6500 series devices
Various minor enhancements and UI improvements
Updated Visual Users Guide, FAQ included with installation package
Version Number: 4.01 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 4.00)
Release Date: 02-13-2006
New Features
Added support for Treo 700w
Enhancements to joystick navigation
Enhancements
Left-Right joystick buttons cycle through contact categories in page mode
Various minor enhancements
Version Number: 4.00 - Major New Release
(Changes from Version 3.2)
Release Date: 12-23-2005
* A new Users' Guide (PDF) is now packaged with the installation. Also, full Quick Help is now available in
the program.
New Features
Windows Mobile 5 compatible
Fully integrated per contact and per category Call Filtering allows users to specify
the following settings to incoming calls:
1. Silent - the call is permitted to come through but the ring is silent (blue x icon)
2. Vibrate - the phone vibrates (V icon)
3. Reject - the call is automatically rejected (red x icon) and sent to voicemail (if available)
4. Bypass - the call is allowed to bypass the call filter in case of a default setting
Fully customizable Phone Profiles let the user group and customize call filtering, ring volume and ring type settings.
Ability to set call filter to reject/silent/vibrate for Unknown callers
Ability to set call filter to reject/silent/vibrate for Private callers
Ability to specify Ring Volume and Ring Type settings per Profile
Today screen Tray Icon lets the user change the call filter profile fast via single tap
or call up Photo Contacts PRO via tap-and-hold
Ability to specify a distinctive ring tone for Unknown callers
Ability to specify a distinctive ring tone for Private callers
Support for contact search and filtering via hardware keyboard. Start typing and Photo Contacts PRO
filters contacts.
Enhanced operation when ringtones are stored on memory cards
New engine for caller id number matching for international users (now supports short and long matching)
Ringtone, Call Filter and program Options are preserved if the program is re-installed or upgraded
New Call Dialog with added ability to apply skins
New Answer/Ignore buttons that can be skinned
Buttons for easy clearing of Category or Text search filters
Added in-program Quick Help
Enhancements
Added new Windows Mobile 5 theme!
Enhanced contact search/filter capabilities via soft keyboard (SIP)
Company name is shown if First/Last names are not defined for a contact
Decreased overall on-device application size to <1MB
Optimized general program memory usage
Enhanced support for landscape operation
Added option to bypass Call Dialog if only one number present
Added option to assign the hardware Action button on the device to Dial
Various other enhancements
Version Number: 3.2 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 3.01)
Release Date: 09-02-2005
New Features
Added support for Square Screen devices with 240x240 resolution (such as HP h6500 series, HP h6515)
Added support for landscape mode operation on 240x320 devices
Business Photo Caller ID - a new Photo Caller ID mode shows the Picture, Name, Company and Title of the incoming caller
Photo Caller ID preview
New Today Screen tray icon makes calling up Photo Contacts PRO easy
Silent ring tone bundled with the program lets you filter out un-wanted callers (ringtone stored in "\My Documents\Ringtones"
folder)
Enhancements
Extra Large text size shows easily readable caller id information if picture is not assigned to a contact
If only one phone number is defined for a contact, double tap on the picture will immediately place the call
Other smaller enhancements
Version Number: 3.01 - Minor Release
(Changes from Version 3.0)
Release Date: 07-25-2005
New Features
Added 2 new themes! Photo Contacts PRO now includes the awesome Dark Side theme (black) and the new Green Shadow theme
Added support for variable caller id bubbles for some devices (for "Standard Picture" Photo Caller ID)
Added support for assigning .qcp files as ring tones (for devices that support this format)
Ability to enable/disable Photo Caller ID separately from the Distinctive Ring Tone engine
Enhancements
Improved support for auto-start on new Pocket PC Phone devices (Samsung i730)
Enhanced preview (play) of MP3, WMA files in Ring Tone Manager for newer devices and with spaces in filenames
& character in contact names is now displayed properly
Support for setting vibrate mode via speaker bubble
Photo Location folder is now automatically created when a memory card or built-in-storage is selected
Speed enhancements
Other minor cosmetic enhancements
Version Number: 3.00 - First Release
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