If you are using an Android powered G1 smartphone then you’ll know that when you get an SMS you get a notification in the notification bar, LED or alert tone (depending on your settings) and to read the message you have to wake your mobile up from sleep, which is bit annoying. To make your life easier with the G1, you can install an application called SMS Popup from Android Market. The application is absolutely free and tremendously enhances the SMS text message notifications system for Android phones.
With SMS Popup you get instant visual notification even when the phone is in sleep or an application is running. That’s how it works on the iPhone and now with this app you can have the same on Android. You can also customize the behavior of SMS Popup. The main features available are:
- You can customize the screen timeout from 10 sec to 10 minutes.
- You can mark received text messages as “Read”.
- You can also set how much portion of text should display.
- By default, the message popup dialog box contains two options: Close and Reply. By customizing the application, you can have a Delete option as well.
- You can also use other third party applications like Rings Extended to set a different notification ringtone.
SMS Popup is a handy and must-have application for Android powered handsets.