Handcent SMS app for Android Review
It is interesting to note that no matter whatever applications we have today, to communicate with friends/relatives, the old texting have not lost none of its charm yet. For texting addicts, here is an Android app that takes texting to a whole new level altogether. It has a new interface, plus a number of new features, that one may not find in the usual SMS messaging apps. Above all, Handcent SMS Android app is downloadable for free.
Features of Android Handcent SMS App
Handcent SMS app for Android lets its users customize the app to one’s tastes. One could choose skins, themes (light or dark), and conversation styles so that your SMS messages takes on the feel that you want. The app also lets users add wallpaper to their messaging screen, change the font style, add/remove contact pics, and even put a signature to your SMS.
Further, there is an option in the app by which incoming SMS’ will be displayed in a popup screen, thus eliminating the need to go to the SMS folder and read the text. From the popup, one could not only read the message, but also reply to it, view the sender’s contact information, and view other messages in the inbox. Also, the app lets one send group messages, and the app syncing with the phonebook makes this task a lot easier.
Handcent SMS mobile app also comes with a ‘Speak SMS’ feature, wherein you could write your messages through voice recognition. Android’s proprietary voice recognition software (yes.. the one behind Google Voice Search) is been used for this job. This feature works pretty well, if you speak slow enough and enunciate the words clearly and properly. The Speak SMS feature is also accessible from the SMS popup window.
Further, with the Handcent SMS app, users could customize the color of LED, its blinking frequency when it notifies something, vibrate alert pattern etc. The app comes preloaded with ten language packs, for different countries, with its own T9 keypad.
Final Thoughts
There are still many features to the Android Handcent SMS mobile application, such as customizing the way the device’s accelerometer works in the messaging interface, which is worth mentioning. Perhaps, the user himself must download this app, and see its features one by one, before choosing what all they want to activate in their Android devices. Certainly, this app is useful, and there are not any solid reasons as to why one should not download this app either. After all, Handcent SMS comes free of cost. Verdict: Must have in your handsets!
