Advanced Forwarder BlackBerry App Review
Advanced Forwarder is a very useful remote call and text message forwarding application, designed for BlackBerry handsets. It facilitates remote activation of calls, or text message forwarding to any phone number in a BlackBerry handset, by simply sending an SMS command from any other phone to the said BlackBerry.
Such an app comes handy in situations where you’ve accidentally forgot your BlackBerry at home, but you’ve got some important calls/messages that you simply can’t afford to miss. It is also a great app to have, if you own more than one connection, but wish to use a single handset to receive all the calls/messages. Advanced Forwarder can also be used to divert some of the calls/messages to another phone, so that someone else (like your assistant or secretary) could handle the said calls/messages for you.
Advanced Forwarder app is compatible with BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or higher.
Features of Advanced Forwarder BlackBerry App
The Advanced Forwarder app lets you forward both calls and text messages to any selected phone number, or you can opt to forward only calls or text messages, as per your own needs. The best feature of the app is that it leaves no trace of its action that even the owner of the receiving phone can’t get hold of the actions that has taken place behind scene. But, by referring to the event log, the details of every call forwarded and the list of SMS commands sent to initialize/stop the forwarding process can be viewed. The app is secured from unauthorized access, and can be activated only through a user-defined password.
Installation
The set up can be downloaded and installed in the BlackBerry like any software program. Post installation, the user will be prompted to enter a password, which will be required each time one wishes to access the program. Now, press the menu key to go to its main screen, where one could enable the app to start forwarding the calls and messages to another mobile number. The same screen also features a disable button, which can be used to deactivate the app when desired. After enabling the app, users could configure the app to forward all calls/messages or forward only calls or forward only text messages from the main settings screen. The ‘confirm’ option saves the settings chosen.
Commands
To forward all calls/text messages, one must type- fwd
forwardall.
Similarly, fwd
forwardcalls is the command to forward only the calls, while fwd
forwardsmsescalls forwards only the text messages. The command fwd
forwardstop stops forwarding all calls and messages.
Verdict
Advanced Forwarder is certainly one of the innovative apps designed for BlackBerry. It is easy to install, and its user interface is one of the best laid out ones out there. For the user, configuring the app should be a cake walk, and contrary to many other apps you get to use today, Advanced Forwarder works exactly the same way its maker claims. Even though, the app comes at a price tag of $19.90, it is worth the money spent, given its utilities. We recommend Advanced Forwarder mobile application to all BlackBerry users.
