Android configuration

[Fabio FZero]

You can achieve the same result if you use filters wisely on Gmail,
having only emails worthy of alerts reaching the Inbox. It takes a bit
work, but it's worth it.

A better solution would be creating a separated email account only for
urgent alerts. You can have as many accounts as you want attached to
the phone and each one can have a separated alert setting.

I can see the usefulness of the different alert levels, but the
configuration options for it (actually for everything!) on the
Blackberry are quite complicated. While Android and iPhone can be used
as work-phones, the Blackberry was thought from the ground up for
office use - hence the different alert configurations and undeniable
boringness compared to other smartphones.

- Fabio

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 15:53, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 3:21 PM, William Muriithi
> <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Afternoon
>>
>> Blackberry has a nice feature where one create a filter - For a
>> certain address or Subject - and then attach the filter to a specific
>> profile.  On the profile, one select a sound the the phone generate on
>> receiving a mail matching a specific mail address or subject.  This is
>> nice as it allow one to sleep and only wake up to respond to mails
>> from nagios only.  The feature is called Level one alert in BB forums
>>
>> I would like to set a similar concept on an android phone, but this
>> has proved tricky so far.  Is there someone here who has successfully
>> been able to setup an android  phone to generate an audio alert on
>> receiving email from a specific address?  Pointers?
>
> Hi William,
>
> I've not tried it, but it may be possible with SL4A, the scripting
> layer for android:
>  <http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting/>
>
> I believe I saw something similar a few months back on the mailing
> list; however it was tied to SMS messages as opposed to email.
>
> I'd recommend asking on that list:
>  <http://groups.google.com/group/android-scripting>
>
> All the best,
> - Scott.
>
>
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