Message Alert by Vodaberry is a new program that allows you to filter your emails and SMS directly from your Blackberry. As far as we know, we believe it is the first ever client-side message filter for the Blackberry. You may be thinking to yourself, why would I need that seeing that I can already setup filters through Outlook and/or the Desktop Manager. Well you’re right, we had the same sentiments but after a few hours with the program we had changed our mind greatly. Read the full review below …
Like we mentioned before, when we first read about Message Alert we thought it couldn’t serve much more of a purpose than the filters used through Desktop Manager. However there are a few things that Message Alert does differently, like the ability to add pop up, LED, and sound alerts. Another powerful feature is that you can also write a custom reply as a filter, like an “Out of the office†type message.
The full list of options is:
- Sound/Vibrate
- Pop up Notification
- LED Notification
- Delete It
- Forward to
- Forward as SMS to
- Mark as read
- Reply with
There is even an option to set a time frame for filters. So you can have a “Don’t bother me, I am off of work†filter for the weekend which probably is a good idea for some of us.
