iRealQuickSMS isn’t an easy name to say or remember, but you’ll want to learn it because it’s probably the best jailbreak SMS app on the market to date. iRQSMS looks like a default SMS pop-up, but allows you the additional option of replying to or calling the person who texted you. However, the real killer feature here is the ability to tie iRQSMS to a hardware button and use it as a quick call and quick send application – from any screen, including the lock screen. This app won’t replace your default SMS app (just the pop-ups), but If you’ve been looking for minimalist texting and calling application for your jailbroken iPhone, look no further. iRealQuickSMS is it.
Ooo, it’s so much fun making big bold statements before a jump, but I do think the app’s features justify all the big talk.
Quick Reply
Instead of leaving your current game or app to reply to a text, you can simply tap in the text area of the SMS pop-up and begin typing your response. The app supports landscape mode and rotates very smoothly, so typing out longer texts is never a problem.
Texts can be marked as read as soon as you close them or reply to them (depending on your options), but you can also leave them unread by dismissing them with the home button.
Quick Send
You can tie iRQSMS to the volume up button or to a double tap of the home button, but it’s the extra options that make this a real killer solution. I listen to music pretty often on my iPhone and so having iRQSMS pop up every single time I adjust my volume would be horrible.
Thankfully, there’s also a “volume up + tap” option, which works out perfectly for me. Upon pressing a volume button I am presented with an on-screen volume indicator with text saying “tap for Quicksend”. If I just press the button and never tap on the volume pop-up then iRQSMS will never appear. However, if I do tap on-screen, then the volume change (from having just pressed the hardware button) is reversed and iRQSMS pops up on-screen. I think this is absolute genius, and even after a month of using this feature I still get a kick out of how ridiculously cool it is.
With iRQSMS brought to the front of the screen I am presented with a list of favourite contacts (the ones assigned from within the default Phone app), but I can also type the name of any contact in my address book and am presented with auto-complete suggestions as I go. Once I’ve selected a contact it’s just a matter of typing out a message and sending it off, or tapping the Call button to give them a call.
Save as Note
Here’s another interesting feature of iRQSMS: any time you start to type a text into the SMS pop-up you’ll have an option to save it. At first I thought this would be some sort of drafts feature, but it’s actually a lot cooler than that. Saving your text in iRQSMS creates a note in the default Notes app so that you can create quick notes from any screen or any application. In my experience you can type as much text as you’d like, although this is really just ideal for very quick note taking (say, a quick phone number or shopping list).
While I do love this feature, I still don’t think it’s fully fleshed out just yet. Each time I save in iRQSMS a new note called “iRealSMS Note” is created in the Notes app, and after I’ve made two or three it’s impossible to tell which one is which without opening them first. I’d love it if the note was simply named after the first word in the text, or if å timestamp were attached. Otherwise, this is a very simple, very powerful, and definitely unexpected little gem in an already great SMS reply app.
Stability
I haven’t experienced any crashes that I can trace back to iRQSMS on iPhone 3.1.2, and I’m pretty confident in its stability. I haven’t noticed any major slowdowns on my iPhone either, so I think potential buyers of the app should be able to try it out pretty much risk-free.
The only bug I’ve noticed has to do with switching orientations. Sometimes I’ll accidentally switch orientations while typing out a text message and the box will re-orient to landscape…but get stuck halfway outside of the screen. Rotating it back doesn’t help either, but dismissing the text box by pressing the home button does.
Conclusion
If you’ve been looking for an SMS app on jailbreak, I think you should really consider iRealQuickSMS. The power to quick send, quick call, and quick reply to messages from any screen is incredible and really makes the iPhone feel like a smarter phone. iRealQuickSMS and I think you’ll want to, too.
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iRealQuickSMS is available on Cydia and RockYourPhone for $6.99.
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