Some applications perform highly-focused tasks:
PhoneSleep, for instance does one thing. But if you’ve ever had your phone ring during a meeting, you’ll appreciate what this software does. It automatically scans your calendar and puts your phone into silent mode for the duration of the meeting, turning it back to normal mode when the meeting appointment ends. Similarly, it can be configured to put your phone into silent mode between certain time periods—meaning no more late-night phone calls waking you up. How’s that for useful?
A similar utility, Suspend Ringer, works in a slightly different way: When you start the program, you specify how many hours or minutes you want the ringer to be suspended for. Going into a movie? Set SuspendRinger for two hours, and when you walk out of the movie theater, your phone automatically goes back to normal ring mode. If you’ve ever put your phone into silent mode for a meeting or a movie and then missed a call because you forgot to take it out of silent mode, you’ll appreciate this utility.
Pocket Hack Master also performs a single function, but that function is so important it can radically alter the way your phone works. This program can slow down (or underclock) the processor (CPU) to conserve power on your phone, thus extending the battery life of your phone. Or it can make the processor go faster (or overclock), giving you more performance—at the cost of battery life.
Backup utilities are critical for your phone, especially if you like to try out new software. Unfortunately, software isn’t perfect, and there will be occasions when you install software and your phone doesn’t work quite the way it should. The best and sometimes only recourse is to restore your phone to an earlier state than it was in before you installed that program. A good backup program will back up your phone daily to make sure that you always have a recent backup available. Be sure to buy a memory card for your phone if you’re going to use a backup program, because daily backups can use quite a bit of storage space. Some of the top programs in the backup category include Sprite Backup, SPB Backup, and Resco Backup.