Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
Price	free	19 euros	$34	$51.45	$49.95	$22.95	$16 (Standard), $25 (Pro)	$21 + $17	No longer sold; was 20$	$9.95	not directly cited on webpage
Memory	106k/0	1.3M/240k BMP's in \My Documents\bmp_files + the dynamic WTG databases in the root	4.05M in \Program Files, strictly in main memory (uses its own, non-AS-based installer), most of which can be hacked to a storage card; 137k in 36 help-related files	416k in \Windows (c2i*.dll) + 841k in \Program Files, even if you instruct it to be installed to a card	2.2M/32k DLL (BVRPPrnFax.dll) + 94k HTML	1.36M + (878k optional MIDI)/~0	900k/1.5M (vPhone*.dll's, ImgDeal.dll, VCard.dll, vPIMCmd0.dll,vBtcom.dll, vGMINT.dll - these all seem to be relocatable; haven't checked the other files)	99k + SMS database size /~0; SimpleSMS should be kept in main memory for speed reasons; Simple Phone Book takes 58k/~0	600k/137k iampio.dll (relocatable); + 108k HTML help	390k/~0	705k + 50k help in \Windows
Resident in memory?	-	Today plug-in	+; DataMonitor and ComSwitch.lnk in StartUp	Updater copy.lnk in StartUp; + Today plug-in	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extra comments	(Please see the review below, in a separate post!)	(Please see the review below, in a separate post!)	-	Still very slow (like prev versions, unlike all other apps) at synch'ing.	-	-	Doesn't work with all configurations! In some cases, doesn't show error messages upon failed transactions (Therefore, ALWAYS make sure you request receipts of sent SMS messages!) Very slow/bad customer support.	-	No longer sold. Very buggy, but, otherwise, prolly the best.	-	the only one app to offer seamless contacts synchronization betwen PDA contacts and phone, apart from the problem of accented chars; some other goodies like scheduled SMS checking (the app is non-connected)
Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
Generic: (SMS-compliant) logo editor?	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
(SMS-compliant) ringtone editor?	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-
Direct logo/ringtone upload?	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
Fax send/receive	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-
Call list synchronization?	-	+, even dialed/SOS!	-	-	-	-	-	-	+ (missed/received; dialed didn't work with the t68; sycn crashed with T610)	-	-
Dialer?	-	+	+	+ (with C2I Dialer)	+	+	+	-	- (can dial a pre-defined contact though)	-	+, skinable
Calendar synchronization?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BT: serial directly supported?	+	-	-; reghack known	+ (unlike in 2.5)	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
BT: BTC1: directly supported?	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+	+
Always connected?	No, only during transfer	always	always	No, only during transfer	No, only during transfer	always	always	No, only during transfer	No, only during transfer	No, only during transfer	No, only during transfer
Contacts tap-and-hold integration?	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-
Native VGA compliance?	-; Upper left quarter	+, even the dialer!	-; Upper left quarter of the screen; menus are not removed from lower half of the screen, which makes using the app very tiring.	-; Upper left quarter (lists too)	So-so; Dialer and non-list GUI components at upper left quarter; lists are rendered in full screen	Does not stretch (neither do lists)	So-so; list stretch; other stuff don't	So-so; upper half of the screen	Lists are rendered at full-screen and make use of VGA; other GUI components (SMS reader text area) do not	n/t	+; except for dialer/settings screens. SMS list/new SMS/command LOG screen uses the entire screen estate
QVGA Landscape compliance?	-	+, even the dialer!	-	-	-	+, except for dialer	+, except for dialer	-	+	n/t	+, except for main screen (SMS bodies can't be read in there)
Separate user profiles?	-	-	-	-	+	+; strictly tied to a given phone; restricts quite much at, say, contact transfer from one phone to another via SmartGSM	+ (only for address books; not for SMS messages!)	-	+; excellent!	-	-
Can the databases (phonebook/SMS/Call list) be password-protected/encrypted?	-	N/A / - / N/A (N/A means they are not stored persistently)	- / - / N/A	- / - / N/A	- / - / N/A	-/-/ N/A	+/-/ N/A	- / - / N/A	- / - / -	N/A / -/ N/A	Logging in can be password protected; very weak protection!
Extra functionality?	-	MMS; excellent call divert capabilities	Excellent (in a lot of respects, better than Spb Gprs Monitor) data traffic counter + dial-up connection manager	Good data traffic counter + dial-up connection manager	Fax send/receive; dial-up connection manager; also has data counters, but not as nice as those of RVGSM/c2i/Spb GPRS Monitor	Logo/ringtone editor	Logo/ringtone editor, even with direct upload, in the Pro version	-	Call list synchronization	Can direct SMS messages directly to SIM card storage	Excellent contacts synchronization
Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
SMS: SMS deletion settable?	+	+	-	+	+	+	+ (it deletes by default)	+	-	N/A (only able to send, not receive!)	+
Able to sync the phone Sent/Outbox too?	-	+	-	+	?	+	- (only theoretically)	-	+	N/A (only able to send, not receive!)	+
Can use the system-level Contacts for writing?	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Unicode decoding/rendering in incoming messages?	+	+	+	- (!) this bug has always been present - a real showstopper!	?	+	+	+	+	N/A (only able to send, not receive!)	?
Unicode out? Does it automatically switch to Unicode, or do you need to manually switch?	+; manual	-; N/A (no Unicode)	+; manual	-; N/A (no Unicode)	+; manual	+; manual	+; manual	- / N/A (no Unicode)	+; automatic	+; manual	-; N/A (no Unicode support)
SMS export into text file?	+	+ (see comments)	+; uses fixed export filenames for the four boxes	-; \Program Files \c2i\c2i.sms is readable to a certain degree	-; its file format is is very hard to read	-; the \Program Files\smart GSM\ SMSMessages1_0001.dat file(s) has/have received, the SMSMessages1_f003.dat file the sent SMS's; these files are very hard to read, not even in Unicode because of the wrong hi/low byte order; they don't contain dates either	+; exports into CSV format (also able to import from it, which is unique); not as pretty as that of SimpleSMS	+, the most readable format	-; the only way to access SMS messages is the complete project save; its file to browse is PhoneMgr001.bok	- (doesn't store sent messages)	+; along with SimpleSMS, the most readable format
Flash / blink support?	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	+
Signature?	-	-; but user-defined templates can be included in the edit field before starting to edit it	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	-	+, very good capabilities
More than one addressee?	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	-	+
Groups with mass-adding capabilities (not just contact groups/categories)?	-	-	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-; but it has some filtering capabilities and Select All in the Contacts screen
Does it display the character / SMS number while writing? Writing Unicode messages, does it display remaining chars accordingly (divided by 2)?	+ (only the character number entered so far)	+; no outgoing Unicode support	+ (only the character number entered so far)	+/ N/A (no Unicode support)	+; yes	+; yes	+; doesn't divide by 2!	+; no Unicode output	+; yes, automatically starts to divide by 2 after entering the first Unicode char	+ (only the character number entered so far)	+; no Unicode output
Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
Generic (both up/down) contacts-related capabilities: Automatic synchronization of the app's inner contact list with the phone?	N/A (no contacts transfer capabilities; applies to all below!)	N/A (no inner list)	N/A (no inner list; directly transfers between the Contacts DB and the phone)	+ (very slow compared to, say, SmartGSM or mPhone, even with very few records!)	-	+	+	-; (from now on, everything refers to Simple Phone Book as SimpleSMS doesn't have phonebook transferring capabilities)	-/-	N/A (no Contacts synchronization; also applies to all the entries below)	+; the inner contact list refers to the PDA Contacts with all Indovisi Contacts-related tests
Automatic synchronization of WinCE Contacts DB (not the app's inner contact list!) changes/new records only (not just plain manual upload) to the phone (through the inner list)?	N/A	N/A (no inner list)	N/A (not any kind of synchronization)	-/-, only full/manual Contacts export/import is possible	-/-	-/-: no change tracking with the Contacts DB, everything needs to be done manually (choose the affected - even changed!) records.	+/-: in Tools/Sync. with Outlook, mPhone only tracks changed but not new Contacts DB records. You need to manually choose and import new Contact records in mPhone to be able to sync them with the phone.	-/-	-/-	N/A	+/+
Automatic synchronization of phone changes/new records only (not just plain manual download) to the WinCE Contacts DB (through the inner list)?	N/A	N/A (no inner list)	N/A (not any kind of synchronization)	-/-, only full/manual Contacts export/import is possible	-/-	N/A (no export to Contacts)	+/-; See above: can't synchronize new items with Contacts, only changed ones	-/-	-/-	N/A	+/+
Easyness of manual synchronization of new records 1: Does it show phone entries sorted/unsorted (so that the latest, not-yet-transferred ones can be found?), or, at least, the position in phone mem/SIM? -	N/A	+/-/-	+/-/-	+/+/+	+/+/+	+/-/-	+/-/-	+/+/+ (Can be configured in Options)	+/+/+, you can even order based on position!	N/A	- (no built-in contact list management; however, it's not needed: automatic syncing is great)
Easyness of manual synchronization of new records 2: Does it show the Contacts DB (or its in-app copy) entries sorted/unsorted? (See the serial number ULONG with the ID 65534 in the "Contacts Database" system DB!)	N/A	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	+/-	N/A	- (see previous test)
Built-in Add Contact function?	N/A	-	+ Simple, Name/number/target only	+ (simple, only one number; target (SIM/phone) choosable)	Exists; very simple: no way of defining more than one numbers for a new record	+, all fields can be edited	-; only editing of existing contact	+, name/number only	+; group can be choosen upon creation, but no multi-number addition capabilities in one step; target choosable	N/A	-
If it flattens extended records, is it in standard format?	N/A	+	- (!) (uses parentheses after names like (w), not the standard /W)	+	+	N/A (doesn't flatten)	N/A (doesn't flatten)	+	+	N/A	+ (upon downloading; uploading works OK)
Synchronizing/ accessing the phone memory and the SIM independently, without waiting for the other to complete?	N/A	+	-; it's fast so no problem	-; only "Save to" is choosable	+	+	+; right before all synch operations	-	+	N/A	- (cant' access the SIM at all)
Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
Contacts download to PDA: t68 test: 328 phone and 226 SIM contact transfer into the app (not counted in the time for the possible exporting to the Contacts DB)	N/A	n/t	1:10 (both); only reads real records (fast with phones/cards containing few records)	9:32 (both); from t610, 2*24 contacts: 1:01	1:26 (both)	13:30 (phone), 5:25 (SIM)	12:00 (phone), 3:10 (SIM); need to wait for completion	1:27p + 0:44S	12:00 (phone; of which 11:00 is reading non-existing records), 1:00 (SIM)	N/A	very fast
Export to contacts?	N/A	+	+; only all of them at once	+	+; individually/ all of them at once (after a Select All)	- (!)	+	+	+	N/A	N/A (see above: directly downloads to Contacts - no inner list)
"Select all" upon (possible) export to local Contacts database?	N/A	-	+ (default mode)	+	+	N/A (no export)	+	+	+ (bug: doesn't export, only one-by-one)	N/A	N/A (see above: directly downloads to Contacts - no inner list)
Time needed to store Contacts in PDA Contacts?	N/A	n/t	~10s	instantly	~2s	N/A (no export)	instantly	~10s	A lot, because of the above-mentioned bug	N/A	very fast
Progress bar?	N/A	+ (record counter; so, you'll even know when you can cancel the transfer)	-, only displays the source (SIM or phone); fortunately, it's very fast	- (!) (very annoying, given that the transfer is very slow)	+	+	+	+	+	N/A	+; shows the actively transferred contact name
Extended contact record download to Contacts	N/A	-, gets transferred, but flattened	-, gets transferred, but flattened	-, gets transferred, but flattened	-, flattens	Only to the program itself but not to Contacts; inside, +; field mapping can even be defined	+	-, but, at least, the record type (home etc) is transferred OK	+; flat in the app, but Contacts converts it OK	N/A	-, gets transferred, but flattened
Unicode accent download from phone/SIM?	N/A	- (not even Western accented chars!)	+/+ on the t610; ? and spaces from the t68	-	+/+ (on the t68, ? marks)	+/- (from SIM, unlike all other apps, not even 8859-1 accents)	+	-; ?'s instead of Unicode chars, as with SimpleSMS	+ (even from the SIM card)	N/A	- (not even Western accented chars!); no SIM access
Application	EasySMS 1.56	WebToGo 2.2	Running Voice GSM 3.2	connect2internet PRO 3.1	pocket PhoneTools 4 Pro (4.1 030911)	SmartGSM 2.3.4	mPhone 2.6.3	SimpleSMS 4.0 + Simple Phone Book 2.0	IA Phone Manager 1.30	VITO QuickContact PRO 1.2	Indovisi SMS 2.8
Contacts upload to phone: t610 test with ~240 records	N/A	Did not benchmark - no mass transfer; individual upload tests to SIM memory were very fast	Didn't benchmark - no mass transfer	Didn't transfer anything!	After transferring some 10-20 records, it reported "Modem not answering"; individual contact upload to the phone is very slow	~10 min	crashed	~8 min	n/t	N/A	very fast
Import from contacts?	N/A	+	+	+	+; records and their fields need to be individually (fortunately, it's pretty fast - you just click the names to import in rapid succession. There is tap-and-hold/ Select All, but it doesn't seem to work) imported; they are flattened inside the app, but uploaded merged	+	+	+	+	N/A	N/A (no separate inner contact DB)
Unicode accent upload to phone/SIM?	N/A	-/-	+/+	-	-/-; target can be specified	+	+	-; it sends ?'s instead of the non-accented letters, as with SimpleSMS - much worse than other, non-Unicode-capable apps in this respect!	+	N/A	- (not even Western accented chars!); no SIM access
Select all while importing from Contacts / upload?	N/A	-	- (see above)	+	+	+ (default; no individual upload! Note that while importing from Contacts, you need to highlight all records (with, for example, tap-and-hold and "Select all" and then click any of the checkboxes - this is far from trivial abd can be a stumbling block)	+ (default; no individual upload!)	+	+	N/A	- (full synchronization is always done)
Extended contact record import from Contacts and upload, keeping everything together?	N/A	-, gets transferred, but flattened (both targets)	-, gets transferred, but flattened (both targets)	+	+	+; field mapping can even be defined	+	+ (if you explicitly enable the by default disabled "Use Ericsson number type indicator")	+; flat in the app, but the phone converts it OK	N/A	+