BeamMobile
The beam to GSM solution by Alvin Mok
Many thanks to those who sent me bug reports or helped beta testing!
Version History
2.2 (January 8, 2002)
- added Cyrillic, Greek, Latin-2 script support on those versions
- added EU-style postal address support for some Nokia phones on the Latin-1 versions except English ones
- added names and events saving
- allows alarms to be added to events before sending
- allows a limit to the size of name when sending
- allow events to be beamed/sent as vNote
- allows PABX extension removal from numbers
- allows domestic to international number translation
- allows selection of which kind of information to send
- conversion of numbers with alphbets now applicable to US-style service numbers only
- enables SMS or Bluetooth sending on OS 4.0 or above if available
- more choices of kind of number suffix styles
- more choices of name formats
- Notes are now sendable
- quick name location by writing the first letter of a name in the Address browser
- allows removed the 31 characters limit on Address book fields
- removed the 63 characters limit and first-line restriction on Datebook fields
- removed Nokia 3650, 7650 and 9210 from the special treatment list
- UI tweaks
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.1.2:
- fixed connection problem with some old Nokia 6110s
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.1.1:
- fields with "upper-ascii" only characters was not beamed
2.1.5 (July 1, 2002)
- Address beamed to Nokia are formatted correctly
- Phone Call events are assumed in the Nokia format (see the User Guide)
- added Sony JogAssist support
- fixed connection problem with some Nokia 6150s
- made available the Deutsch version
- made available the Svenska version (Aug 20)
- other minor bug fixes
2.1.4 (March 19, 2002)
- Address and Title fields are now sent as well
- extended Name Formatting option to Siemens S25/S35
- number qualifier might be append to formatted names (for Nokia 5210/61x0/82x0/85xx; Siemens S25/S35)
- contacts beamed to Siemens S25/S35 now carries only the selected number
- notes might be used to specify event locations
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.1.3:
- the beam without alarm option didn't work properly
2.1.3 (March 5, 2002)
- added beam without alarm option for Date Book entries
- extended Name Formatting option to those that recognize vCard 2.1 formatted name property
- supports the Handspring Trēo Jog
2.1.2 (February 6, 2002)
- added Palm OS 3.0 support
- UI tweaks:
- a
No Prefs
alert is displayed when no preferences is available
- the Edit menu now available only to the Name and Event Editors
- the Address category is set to All for first time users
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.1:
- the time for events beamed to the Nokia 6100 series was incorrect
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.0:
- the previous/next field strokes for the Event Editor didn't work consistently
- received reminder alarm didn't display correctly
- a crash when IrLib setup is failed
2.1.1 (December 11, 2001)
- allows names with symbols only
- shows and beams contacts with organization info only
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.1:
- Name formatting didn't work as advertised
2.1 (December 2, 2001)
- added phone picker:
- beams the selected number to phones that associate one number per name
- sets the selected number as the preferred one to phones that associate multiple numbers per name
- phone records beamed to Nokia phones can be formatted as
Last name, First name
- phone records beamed to Siemens S25 now carries only the selected number (didn't work)
- simplified event kind menu to meet popular phone conventions
- allows p and w in phone numbers (p and w must be in lower case)
- numbers in parenthesis are now considered as part of a phone number
- invalid phone numbers in the Address book are no longer listed
- Date Book events beamed as phone calls are beamed as memo/reminder if not convertable to numbers
- tapping on masked records now brings up the password entry dialog
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.0:
- e-mail addresses were beamed to the Nokia 6100 series as phone number
- event Editor emited incorrect year
- Nokia 6100 series ignored untimed events
- selecting the same category under the Address book browser redrew the screen
2.0.2 (November 13, 2001)
- added sending via SMS or Bluetooth support for OS 4.0 or higher (experimental; SMS not applicable to the Nokia 6100 series)
- fixed the following bugs introduced in 2.0:
- leading blank added to the name when sending to non-Nokia phones from the name editor
- when receiving events, it always gave no time
- beaming with the address book may carry extra phone/e-mail info from other records
2.0.1 (October 15, 2001)
- added masked records support for OS 3.5 or higher
- changing the security level now always updates both the Address and the Date Book browser (applies to OS 3.5 or higher)
- remembers Address category and Date Book event kind
- improves Nokia 6100 series support
- cosmetic update to the About box and status messages
2.0 (October 2, 2001)
- name changed to BeamMobile
- added Address Book integration with organization and five phones/email support
- added Date Book integration with 12 event kinds support
- supports all 12 event kinds recommended by the vCalendar 1.0 standard
- removed Nokia-only event kind icons
- added days to alarm unit selection
- added event location support (for Ericsson phones)
- added untimed event support
- allows the international dialing prefix + in phone numbers
- added Sony Clié JogDial™ support
- improved Palm OS device infrared hardware compatibility
- added color icon
- added default launcher category for OS 3.5 or higher
- localization-ready
- requires at least Palm OS 3.1 to operate
1.1 (June 11, 2001)
- added IrOBEX beaming support which is used among new Nokia phones
- the Beam dialog is now shown when receiving
- the event kind icon is now upated after receiving a calendar note
- removed remote device name in the Beam dialog
- removed beam exchange between copies of SendNames
1.0.1 (Apr 1, 2001)
- corrected a critical bug introduced in the final build of v1.0 that prevent outgoing connection to all Nokia phones
- added remote device name in the Beam dialog
- minor code optimizations and display text corrections