Saving Your Battery

“The modern day mobile phone is not just a phone anymore! The modern day mobile phone is an essential service provider to so many of our daily needs, serving many functions formerly reserved for desktops, laptops, mp3 players, video and still cameras, calendar's, word processors not to mention the endless new services that we now take for granted with widgets, add-ons, and apps. With more than 1,000,000 apps now available for Smart Phones, something needs to be watching your battery when you're not.”
The above paragraph describes our current world’s thirst for all things technological. Although many of us don’t realize it, everything we use our phones or devices for sucks energy from the battery. Even if the phone is sitting idle in your pocket or bag. We also hear every day of the way a simple phone call or text can change a person’s life. Most media today travels through handheld devices, so whether it’s news about a favorite sports team, an election, or simply the news that dinner is ready, the texts and calls we get everyday are important. Without them, society as well as individuals would be at a loss. You never know what you’re missing when your phone is dead.
Battery-Alert, the new app from Iconosys Inc; keeps track of your phone’s battery life so you don’t have to. For the time being, it is available exclusively for the Android and can be purchased at Battery-Alert.com. It alerts you when your phone’s battery reaches a critical level and keeps you up to date on the life of the battery. It reminds you to plug your phone in before it dies, allowing you to always stay in the loop. Because, who knows what could happen when you’re not?

Nine Ways To Protect Your Children From Online Predators and "Cyberbullies"

For Back-To-School Season, Smartphone App Developer Offers Advice To Parents
About Dangerous & Growing, National Social Epidemic


LAGUNA HILLS, CA, August 17, 2010 – A leading technology executive, who has developed innovative Smartphone safety apps for parents and kids, is offering back-to-school advice to avoid the dangerous and growing Smartphone behavior commonly known as “Cyberbullying.”

Iconosys CEO and founder Wayne Irving II, a father of four, will shortly be unveiling an innovative app that allows parents to monitor the whereabouts of their children and can also weed out texts or phone calls from these Cyber-predators. Other Smartphone safety apps developed by Iconosys include the innovative SMS Replier, a product that curbs another potentially dangerous and growing social dilemma (banned in over 30 states), Texting-While-Driving. Mr. Irving’s safety tips are as follows:

1) Set family guidelines for Internet/phone use (have an organized meeting, if necessary)

2) Educate children about the risks, legalities and repercussions of online activities

3) Remind children that it is not ok to give personal information to anyone you don’t trust

4) Let them know that it is highly dangerous if they open or read messages from people they do not know; ignore them or show them to mom or dad

5) Emails and text messages promising ‘the sky’ should not be taken seriously and kids should know that they are a potential signal from someone who wants to put a virus on their PC or phone and make it break and never work again.

6) Let them know it is ok to ignore/block/delete anyone who makes you feel weird or uncomfortable

7) Regularly change your child’s email/username/cell phone number/account information/passwords (at least until they are of college age).

8) Let children know that it is ok to talk to you about contact from someone they may have thought they trusted and realize they now don’t. If not you, who in the family are they comfortable to discuss this with?

9) Install a product on your child’s phone (app coming soon from Iconosys) so you can more closely monitor your child’s safety

For further information about Iconosys, Inc. and its products or for interviews with CEO Wayne Irving II, please contact Adam Mazur at 212-843-8073 or amazur@rubensteinpr.com.

High-resolution images available upon request.

Follow SMS Replier™ on twitter: @smsreplier.

About Iconosys, Inc.

Iconosys, Inc. is developing a series of technologies designed to make mobile applications better, faster, easier, and ultimately safer to use. Iconosys' flagship product, SMS Replier™, is a revolutionary mobile phone application designed to couple many convenience services with addressing the growing problem of communicating safely while driving a car, truck, or motorcycle.

Iconosys' CEO Wayne Irving II, a pioneer in next-generation telecom concepts, has led the drive to take advantage of GPS and other onboard motion technologies to build lifesaving and life-enhancing products, and to create new and better tools for wireless platforms and operating systems.

Iconosys proprietary technology, developed with support from Motorola, is a complex series of algorithms and readings from the technology running on today’s Smartphones; this includes, without limitation, GPS and other motion sensoring, coordinated with Google mapping to provide an accurate and responsive background service to most, if not all, of the upcoming Iconosys technology releases.

Each mobile app from Iconosys including SMS Replier are enhanced with Iconosys' DriveReply™ technology which our testing shows is up to 90% more efficient in battery consumption, a key differentiator from other producers of GPS dependent Smartphone applications.

For more information, including demonstration videos, on Iconosys, Inc, please visit: http://www.iconosys.com or http://www.smsreplier.com.

SMS Replier Pro Thwarts Texting and Calling While Driving

source: blogs.edmunds.com, 8/6/10

There's no shortage of apps designed to thwart texting while driving (TWD), and SMS Replier Pro from Iconosys joins their ranks for those with Android devices. When enabled, SMS Replier Pro uses a phone's built-in GPS function to detect when a phone inside a car is traveling above 15 mph and automatically sends a default text reply that reads, "I'm driving. I"ll call or text you back as soon as I come to my destination," when a text or call comes in.

The SMS Replier Pro app is only available for Android phones and sells for $9.95 either on the developer's website or via the Android Market. Iconosys claims that the app will be available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones by next week, and for iPhones shortly afterward. While the app is primarily designed to address TWD, it can also be used for times when an owner doesn't want to be disturbed, such as at the movies or in a meeting. And while the app automatically kicks in on the go, in static situations it can be set to auto-respond.

In addition to the default driving reply, there are 20 other preset replies, such as "in class, "in meeting" or "busy." Users can also enter their own customized messages, such as "AFK" ("away from keyboard" in text-speak). Of course, you don't need an app to avoid texting while driving. You can choose to turn off your phone or ignore it while behind the wheel for free.
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SMSReplier (www.smsreplier.com) is a mobile application developed by Iconosys Inc. (www.iconosys.com) Let's help to stop texting while driving, one driver at a time!

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Texts Be Gone

source: nytimes.com, 8/9/10

There are a number of text-blocking smartphone applications available that prevent the sending and receiving of texts in inappropriate situations, such as driving or attending class. Those products include tXtBlocker and ZoomSafer, among others.

Recently I’ve been looking at a new one: SMS Replier, from Iconysys. The app, available for Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones, acts like an e-mail automated response; when someone sends a text to a phone with SMSReplier, the sender receives an automated message indicating that the receiver cannot respond at the moment.

SMS Replier is highly customizable. You can choose from among a wide variety of preloaded responses, or create your own. You can personalize each response and add the sender’s name, if it’s in your address book. The program can also distinguish between texts and voice calls; if someone phones you and SMSReplier is activated, they will receive a text message stating that the receiver will call, as opposed to text, later.

The $19.95 app, which includes a year of free updates, also automatically turns on when driving, and stays on when you stop at red lights or stop signs. If you are simply a passenger, you can turn SMS Replier off, but as a safety precaution  it will automatically turn on again in 150 minutes. An algorithm, which is still under development, can also distinguish whether you are driving a car or simply riding in a train or bus. While I couldn’t test this feature (there are no trains where I live and scant buses), the app’s developer, Wayne Irving, said it will be highly accurate when available in a few weeks.

Other features include the ability to block responses to certain individuals, for example, a spouse who is tired of receiving automated messages every time you are in a meeting. Conversely, you can also create a list of five individuals whose texts will always get through, ensuring that you will never miss a message from your child — unless you have more than five children.

In testing, the app worked exactly as described. While the company sent along instructions, I ignored them and figured out the program myself, which proved to be a simple task.

SMS Replier is a useful, low-cost way to avoid the temptation to look at your smartphone whenever you hear that seductive “new text” tone — and possibly save your life in the process.


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SMSReplier (www.smsreplier.com) is a mobile application developed by Iconosys Inc. (www.iconosys.com) Everyday it helps to save lives, don't you think it is time you start saving some?


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SMSReplier Update 3.2 Online!

What was once an already outstanding product has gotten a small—but significant—upgrade. This is an application I have praised before on this site: SMSReplier Pro. With the new update, version 3.2, comes a new home screen for the app when you’re driving. While pictures speak louder than words (which is why the image is posted for your viewing to the left), I can only say that what seems like such a simple change is in fact quite a renovation.

When you look at how a simple text can be the difference between a dangerous and safe driving experience, or in some cases, life or death, it makes sense why a main screen change to improve safety is noteworthy. Not only does it simply improve the options for the user, it makes the entire screen easier to see and use. I’m not the only one who feels this way either; respectable sources such as Hardware Geeks claim that “DriveReply is essential." Thanks to Iconosys for the new upgrade and keep up the good work! You’re saving lives with every new development.

For more information, visit Iconosys.com and SMSReplier.com

-Written by: Brandon S.

-Edited by: James M.

SMSReplier Now for Blackberry!

BlackBerry just got better with the new addition of the SMS Replier application (www.smsreplier.com). The BlackBerry has now followed the Android and Windows Mobile phones in getting this application. This application, which is developed by Iconosys Inc. (www.iconosys.com), is revolutionary in how it helps drivers to not send that text message which could be deadly. The critics are overjoyed with this application because of its simplicity and the functionality that it brings to whichever mobile device that it is installed on. SMS Replier has both customizable and default messages which you can use to set while you are away. The app also comes with DriveReply™, which uses the phone’s built in GPS to know if you are driving that way it can send a message saying that you are driving. With many of the states banning texting and driving (and the remaining on their way to banning the activity), companies are developing applications to help drivers. Iconosys is leading the industry, with their mobile applications, to protect both the drivers and bystanders who walk along the street.

SMS Replier is well worth the money it costs to buy the application. The application is ready to download for $19.95 at the BlackBerry App World. Videos will be available to learn how to download, install, and use on the SMS Replier Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/SMSReplier).

SMS Replier is updated regularly with updates which make both the application easier and better to use. Just recently the application was updated so that it uses less of the battery while it is running. Iconosys are always thinking about the user, and they aim to satisfy. SMS Replier is proof of this. It is a necessity to have on your mobile devices and should be installed on every phone.

Written by Nick R.

Edited by Brandon S.

City in Alabama Takes Texting While Driving into Their Own Hands

Huntsville City bans texting while driving

Mayor Tommy Battle

The state of Alabama may not have put a ban on texting while driving yet, but some cities are moving forward on the issue. On July 22, the Huntsville City Council became the 5th city in the state to make texting while driving illegal.

Proposed by Huntsville mayor Tommy Battle, the ordinance prohibits drivers from sending or receiving text messages, pictures, or emails while driving. A first offense means a fine of $100, up to $500 and three months in jail for three violations or more.

Even though all five city council members voted unanimously on the issue, some still have doubts on how the ordinance will be enforced, especially knowing it of secondary enforcement, meaning an officer must see drivers breaking another law before pulling them over for texting while driving.

“I see problems with this, but I am certainly not going to sit up here and vote against it because that would be sending the message that it’s ok to text,” said councilwoman Sandra Moon.

For Mayor Tommy Battle, this was the right decision to make the roads safer in Huntsville.

“This tonight is just a common sense idea, don’t be looking down taking your eyes off the road when you should be looking at the road,” he said.

The ordinance will take effect on September 22.

Source: WAAY TV, July 22, 2010; WAFF 48 News, July 23, 2010