[geeks] Cell phones: block incoming calls

[Francois Dion]

On Dec 4, 2007 3:53 AM, Joost van de Griek <jvdg at sparcpark.net> wrote:
> > If you've got these kinds of problems, a smart phone may be the best
> > answer...
>
> Smart phones are undeserving of their moniker, is my experience. I love my
> Sony Ericsson P990i, because it allows me to have my phone and my PDA with me
> at all times but still only having to carry a single device. But the
> integration between the computer part and the phone part is sorely lacking.
>
> SMS (text) messages are messages like anything else, aren't they? So why can't
> I simply transfer them from the phone to the computer for archiving?

Works on WM6 pro device, at least.

> Even the most basic Email client these days has automatic mail processing
> facilities built in. My phone is a more powerful computer than what I had on
> my desk some ten years ago. Why doesn't it allow me to put contacts into
> groups, then apply rules to incoming calls like, "route incoming calls from
> contacts in the business category after 17:00 on workdays and at all times
> during the weekend to voice mail"? This should be astonishingly simple to
> implement, right?

Not astonishingly simple, but doable. I do something similar on my
samsung i760 and some third party software.