9 March 2012

Firewall+ Pro, a call and SMS blocker for the N9

Firewall+ Pro by Matt Lee blocks all unwanted calls or SMS. By using blacklists or whitelists the applications knows exactly which calls or messages have to be ignored. The caller won't take a note of that - she or he gets a busy signal. Matt Lee's application comes with a big variation of options, like time based rules or a schedule mode.



Great variety of options

The application is well-thought-out. Phone numbers to block can be imported from Contacts, call log or SMS log. Once blacklist (list of blocked numbers) or/and whitelist (list of allowed numbers) are created, the application let the user choose and switch between different profiles. Those are for example "Permit Whitelist and Contacts" - so only numbers which are on the whitelist or saved in your Contacts can get in contact with you. Any unknown caller will be blocked.

Another nice feature are schedule lists. By connecting profiles with schedules, Firewall+ Pro automatically knows at what time to do its job. Thereby you get the possibility to block numbers at a certain day and time - like getting rid of business calls on the weekends... Don't worry that you miss something, blocked incoming number are saved in a log-file.

Overview menu / Switch between profiles / Set up time and schedule


Expensive but worth the money

No, it's not a cheap phone application... It costs CHF 7.50 (around 6.00€ or $8.00 - please look it up in NokiaStore for accurate price in your country) - but it is totally worth the money. It might be expensive for those who just want to try it out - but people who need such a function, should not bother to spend that amount. Firewall+ Pro is a call/message blocker of very high quality and does everything in a great way and on top of that, it's one of the best of its kind available for mobile phones.

It also seems that the application will enjoy further development and updates which will include things like:
-Block SIP calls
-Option to export&import black- and whitelists
-Active/inactive icon on application screen
and more...

Source of pictures: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1175240&postcount=30


Download Firewall+ Pro from Nokia Store (commercial)