Comments on: App Review: Vibrate During Meetings

By: niniii0

niniii0 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:01:25 +0000

Oh, and I'm not surprised that the VDM devs price is what it is - he is a former Sidekick developer, and Sidekick apps tend to be a bit more expensive than Android.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:56:58 +0000

Hi All,
The latest release of Vibrate During Meetings now supports the Droid (Moto) Corporate Calendar.

Thanks!
Mike

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:58:02 +0000

I've made some enhancements to Vibrate During Meetings.

- SMS auto response - if you get a call during a meeting, the application will present a notification that will allow you to compose an SMS already populated with a predefined message to the caller.
- Calendar monitoring based on free/busy/accepted/tenative status.

Thanks for all the wonderful feedback!
Mike

By: someone

someone — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:37:50 +0000

Thanks for the heads up to Setting Profiles. Looks promising, plus it does calendar keywords which is useful. Very easy to setup too especially with the auto-scan for Cell ID!

I notice it is listed as "lite" although no other version is available. I assume a pay version is forthcoming after the initial run? That's okay by me, just hope the price is reasonable and I will pay it so long as my initial experience is reflective of the final app.

Oh, and I'm not surprised that the VDM devs price is what it is - he is a former Sidekick developer, and Sidekick apps tend to be a bit more expensive than Android.

Seriously, the Market is weird. Single-function apps like this going for $2.99 when full featured apps are going for $0.99.... It will mature with time as the best apps float to the top.

By: ssr

ssr — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:12:16 +0000

There is another app appears recently which does same functionality - Setting Profiles. Also limited only to build in calendar, but allows to mute only on calendar events with specified keywords in description (like 'meeting' or 'call') you may take at www.probeez.com

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:54:48 +0000

Windows Mobile has had this from the beginning as the profile "Automatic".

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:18:42 +0000

Hi Max,
I'm the developer of VDM and that is a great idea, setting the mode based on status. Already I am filtering all day events. Let me think about it.... I would like to be able to have time set as "Free" to not change the mode.

Also, I've gotten some great suggestions and I am working on some other enhancements (BT/Wifi Toggle, autorespond with SMS message).

I want to keep things simple though (set it and forget it), so I'm being cautious in how to implement these.

I appreciate the positive response!

Mike

By: Kevin G

Kevin G — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:56:59 +0000

Hi Craig,

Once you select a calendar it will apply the vibrate setting to everything on that calendar. This is why if you use google sync, (see the newbtorial about getting the most out of your htc exchange app) or if you only use google calendar, I recommend creating one calendar for personal use and one for work.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:03:20 +0000

Sorry if I'm worng, but in LOCALE you have to select each specific calendar entry - it does no work on all entries (it is on the wish list). BTW: I personally would prefer if silent mode would be only applied if the status of the entry is "Busy"

By: carig

carig — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:21:33 +0000

this kinda thing should really be built into android eventually, but still good to see that developers are actively creating these kinds of solutions.

Only thing that would worry me is does this have to constantly run in the background to monitor the calendar database? Also, does it let you choose which calendar entries get vibrate or does it just do all of them?

By: Webreaper

Webreaper — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:09:41 +0000

You can do this using the 'calendar' condition in Locale... and it's free!

By: ari-free

ari-free — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:53 +0000

now that is what I call a smartphone app!