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Version Number: 5.09
^{(Changes from Version 5.08)}

Release Date: 8-6-2008

* An updated Visual Users' Guide (PDF) is packaged with the installation.

New Features

• Many new Themes/Skins that personalize the look and feel of Photo Contacts PRO. The user can select from more than 15 skins (click here to view).

  • New Business skins (Black, Blue, Pink, Purple, Grey, Silver)

  • Halloween/USA/Redmoon themes

  • New All Black/high contrast skins

  • Colors can now be fully customized in the program in all views, for dialing, SMS sending and Caller ID

  • Theme Picker letting you visually pick the skin/theme Photo Contacts PRO uses (Tools>Options)

• Two new Photo Caller ID modes:

  • Large Text Photo Caller ID uses very large text for the name, company and number of the caller for extra easy readability

  • Large Photo Caller ID shows a picture fully covering the screen during an incoming call.

• Advanced SMS Answering Machine

  • SMS Answer mode will send an SMS to the caller in case of a missed call

  • Predefined SMS Answer messages - easily select a profile with SMS Answering on the Today screen and select a predefined response message

• Easily assign Family, Friends and other categories to contacts - eg. select a contact and tap Contact>Favorites>Family

• Filtering of SMS per contact - SMS tone will be silent if the message is received from a contact that is blocked by Reject, Hangup or silent Call Filter.

• Ability to turn phone radio on/off (flight mode) using an automatic or a temporary profile

• .m4a Ringtone support

• Easily enable/disable Bluetooth on your Today screen - tap and hold on the battery icon in Photo Contacts PRO's plugin

• Verizon Samsung i760 customizations

• 480x800 display resolution support

Enhancements

• Ringtone and SMS preview/play 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 is automatically cleared when a letter is pressed

• Contact search is automatically cleared after dialing a contact

• Today plugin font size adjustments for higher resolution devices

• Normal (SMS Answer) profile added to predefined profiles

• Flight Mode 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

• Usage Tips will pop up when the program is first run

• Many other minor enhancements

Screenshots of new version 5.09

Two short sounds and one High Quality ringtone are now bundled free with Photo Contacts PRO - they are stored in the "\Windows\!px_ringtones" folder on the phone for easy assignment as a contact ringtone or a distinctive SMS tone.

Version Number: 5.08
^{(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

  • Intelligent Search Keypad allows you to quickly find contacts with only a few finger presses

  • Favorite Contacts Button makes speed dialing a breeze

  • Vertical Letter Bar allows you to jump to contacts starting with a desired letter quickly by sliding your finger

• Updates to automatic profile switching with recurring appointments

• Added support for SMS "message sent" confirmation and saving of SMS messages to Sent folder

• 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 to all profiles automatically

• Filtering of distinctive 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 filters

Enhancements

• Added "SMS Auto Answer" and "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)

• When a call filter is applied to a contact the BlockList_PC category is assigned to the contact, automatically grouping all blocked contacts

• 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

Screenshots of new version 5.08
 

Two short sounds and one High Quality ringtone are now bundled free with Photo Contacts PRO - they are stored in the \Windows\!px_ringtones folder on the phone for easy assignment as a contact ringtone or a distinctive sms sound.

Version Number: 5.07
^{(Changes from Version 5.06)}

Release Date: 9-04-2007

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 devices

• Fixed issue related to Simple theme (cannot initialize message)

• Fixed issue related to call dialog

• Today Screen Plugin loading enhancements

• Other enhancements

Screenshots of new version

Automatic Profile Manager

Version Number: 5.06
^{(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

Full Screen Photo Caller ID with Silence, Speakerphone and Reject+SMS buttons

 
Business Photo Caller ID with Silence, Speakerphone and Reject+SMS buttons

Version Number: 5.02
^{(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: 5.0,5.01 - 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
^{(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
^{(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: 4.0 - 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
^{(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
^{(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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