If you like working with profiles on your Windows Phone, Phoneweaver is just the tool you need ! Silence your phone automatically at night, or when you arrive at work or go to the movies. Phoneweaver just got a major makeover and is now Windows Mobile 6.5 optimized. Let’s see else is new for Phoneweaver 2:

I have been using quite some time now and for me it is the ultimate profile tool. I use it to silence my phone at night, so I won’t get disturbed when an email arrives or somebody dials the wrong number in the middle of the night. It is also a great tool to set your Windows Phone automatic to vibrate when you go into a meeting or enter a certain building with the help of Location Based profiles.

Options and profile configuration

After you have downloaded the installer from the SBSH website and have installed the program, you’ll notice that there is a small “sun” at the top of your screen. When you press that little icon, you will get several pre-configured profiles that you can select. You can either choose Day or night, mute it manually, select your car profile or flight mode or set the various options.

When you choose options, a new screen is opened with four new icons: General, Profiles, Today plugin and Popup menu. General give you the option to change the language (English, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Russian, Swedish, Estonian and Portuguese). You can also setup a PINcode here, your voice mail number and set the back light level. There is also an option to use another skin for the Phoneweaver program.

When you want to edit a profile to suit your needs, there are several options to trigger your profile. The most common are Manual, Time and based on your agenda. Two more complex profiles are AS/Power and Location.
AS/Power triggers a profile based on your Activesync or power settings. You when you connect your Windows Phone to Activesync/ Windows Mobile Device center or your charger, you can choose it’s behavior. Location gives you the option to add the nearest cell tower and remember that tower as a location. Whenever you are near that cell tower, your device automatically triggers the desired profile.

After setting the trigger level, you can move on the Sounds tab, where you can control the sound behavior of your device. It is possible to turn the ring volume completely off and leave notification sounds on at a certain level. You can also set the call volume and define the sounds for phone calls, alarm, SMS, MMS, etc. It even supports MP3 and WMA ringtones.
The Comm. tab gives you control over your wireless communications and push mail settings or internet connection. This enables you to shutdown your Wifi or Bluetooth connection to save energy. Why keep your Bluetoothradio always active, when you only use it in your car for the drive to and from work ?

The Backlight tab gives you more control over your backlight and power settings than the standard Windows Phone settings. The last tab for Options is named Other. Here you can execute a program when a profile is selected. You can open your email program when you enter your office, so there is no time wasted waiting for Pocket Outlook to open and retrieve your emails. You can also change the program icons here.

Today screen

One of the many options of Phoneweaver is complete control over your Todayscreen and Phoneweaver. You can use the Today plugin to display buttons on your Today screen like Bluetooth, Wifi, Phone, etc.
Today plugin also gives you also the option to use an easy to use thumbs layout or if you prefer to use your stylus, you can optimize the Phoneweaver today plugin for use with a stylus.

The set of options consists of the position of the icon in the top bar. If you want it more to the right or to the left, here is the place to do this. It also has the option to enable or disable buttons you want or don’t want to see on your today screen. You can also set the counters for SMS/MMS, emails, missed calls and voice mail here.

Conclusion

In my opinion Phoneweaver is one of the best programs around if you use profiles to control your Windows Phone. It is easy to configure, has lots of options including the use of location based profiles. Just take your time and create all the desired profiles you need, set it and forget it ! Your Windows Phone chooses automatically the right profile for you based on time, situation, agenda or location.
If you became as enthousiast as me after reading this review, head over to the SBSH website and download a trial version and give this great program a try ! If you want to continue using it after the trial has expired, it’s yours for $14,95.