Threaded SMS … why doesn't it exist on S60?
Posted by Stefan on Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 at 5:41 pm under Ideas and rants
You know what that is? That's called simplicity. When you're talking to someone via text message you're having a conversation … so why not display it as such? During CES I had some time to play with my friends Treo and discovered that this was the default way SMS was handled. I look up Windows Mobile and this third party solution has been posted. What about Symbian?
I regularly churn through about 1000 text message a month, and I even hit a little over 1300 once. Had I known that such a feature existed in other operating systems I would've been tempted to go with another platform. I'm not lying. I got my E61 and was used to the similar layout of my previous Nokia 3220, text messages were handled in the same inbox/outbox ways of the dinosaur. After being exposed to such a powerful text messaging system on my friends near ancient Treo 650 I feel ripped off.
How could Nokia have missed this? Even the iPhone has threaded SMS!
This doesn't look difficult to implement, but I"m not a developer so I'll shut my mouth. I just want to know why … from the country that invented the text message … couldn't you figure this out for your mobile phones! Take a look at this Treo 750 from Palm running Windows Mobile. See how nice that looks? After all when one is using SMS one is having a conversation. The only logical thing to do would be to present the interface as such.
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January 16th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
Hello,
What a very good way to read exchanged sms!!! Nokia should implement it!!!!
January 16th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
yeah this was "the feature" i loved on the palm OS other..it made their unstable OS acceptable..SMS and MMS applications are going to have to change in the next few years as it texting replaces voice more and more each day..what about an email like reply all feature for sms texts? so that you can have IM like conversations with a group of friends
January 17th, 2007 at 6:23 am
I already sent your article to Ehandysoft, they've made it for 2nd ed. phones.
Take a look here: http://www.ehandysoft.com/coolsmschat.htm
January 18th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
I've been using coolSMSchat for a little while and find it to do an excellent job of threaded SMS on my 6630.
I would suggest anyone try it, for the price it's completely worthwhile!
January 18th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Thank you all, I hope Ehandysoft releases this for S60v3!
January 19th, 2007 at 8:11 am
in my chats with the developer i am under the impression he'll be working to release it ASAP.
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
My 'Jiminy! SMS' application does just this. It's written in Java and runs on almost any phones with MIDP 2.0 (which should be all newer phones, including S60 phones).
I know, it could have been a bit more colorful, but at least it does what it's supposed to. Lots of configuration settings for geeks etc.
http://clickapps.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=6340
January 31st, 2008 at 10:17 pm
There's a nice new threaded SMS client on the market, costing just under five dollars. It has got great popup notification functionality; quick buttons for making a return call or SMS; and great display configurability. Check www.pocket-sms.com for more information.