Hello there,
I've had my new phone for just a few days and am absolutely loving it however, one thing I am having slight issue with is the way in which you are notified of a new text message.
If I am with my phone and see a message arrive, that's great, but if I'm not, I find it hard to notice (easily) that I have a new message.
Obviously there will be a message icon in the top bar, but I'd like to have something similar to the iPhone, where you have a little number appearing showing you (for example) how many missed calls you have, unread emails or text messages.
Is this possible? I've tried looking for apps but can only find apps which bring the text message up on screen in a pop-up box when received and I really don't want to do this as want my messages to stay private.
A few other things since I'm posting:
1. Is there a simpler way to access the voice command function without having to unlock your phone and then touch the microphone symbol (i.e. a way to do this without unlocking the phone, as I would like to send a text by voice while driving and the above takes far too much concentration)
2. When using voice command to send a text, once the text is written and addressed to a contact, is there a way to then send the text using your voice?
3. There is an app for the iphone a friend showed me, called kb shortcuts, which allows you to customise shortcuts to use when typing, by using the spacebar as a shift button and dragging to another key. For example, this friend set it up to press space and drag to the letter N and his email address would then be pasted into the text box.
Is there a similar app for android? I'm aware there are already so keyboard shortcuts but I want to customise my own.
Thanks in advance
I've had my new phone for just a few days and am absolutely loving it however, one thing I am having slight issue with is the way in which you are notified of a new text message.
If I am with my phone and see a message arrive, that's great, but if I'm not, I find it hard to notice (easily) that I have a new message.
Obviously there will be a message icon in the top bar, but I'd like to have something similar to the iPhone, where you have a little number appearing showing you (for example) how many missed calls you have, unread emails or text messages.
Is this possible? I've tried looking for apps but can only find apps which bring the text message up on screen in a pop-up box when received and I really don't want to do this as want my messages to stay private.
A few other things since I'm posting:
1. Is there a simpler way to access the voice command function without having to unlock your phone and then touch the microphone symbol (i.e. a way to do this without unlocking the phone, as I would like to send a text by voice while driving and the above takes far too much concentration)
2. When using voice command to send a text, once the text is written and addressed to a contact, is there a way to then send the text using your voice?
3. There is an app for the iphone a friend showed me, called kb shortcuts, which allows you to customise shortcuts to use when typing, by using the spacebar as a shift button and dragging to another key. For example, this friend set it up to press space and drag to the letter N and his email address would then be pasted into the text box.
Is there a similar app for android? I'm aware there are already so keyboard shortcuts but I want to customise my own.
Thanks in advance