Android app recommendation 2 - Locale

Phone modes isn't quite covered by an Android handset - sure you can set to flight mode to disable all connections, but apart from that, other modes are not easy to come by, so a third-party app is necessary to make Conference Mode, Work Mode and Outside mode etc...

With Locale, a free Android app found on the Market, we can set up different situations with appropriate settings, take our example below, we set the ringtone into silent during sleep hours, disable wi-fi when battery is low, and change ringtone from pop-songs to generic rings.

We can set different criteria on each situation according to one or a combination of the five settings:

Battery - triggers at below or above certain % of battery, or depends on if the handset is charging

Calendar - triggers when you have certain event in your Google Calendar

Contact - triggers when specific person of your contact list called, mute them,

Location - detects your location, draw pins on map, triggers if you are in the range

Time - triggers in a specific time of day and/or day(s) of week

When the criteria is met, we can change the certain settings:

Display - Changes the brightness and time-out of idle screen

Network - Switches Bluetooth and wi-fi on or off

Notification - Notifies you that the mode has changed

Ringtone - Changes the default ring-tone

Volume - Changes the volume of ringtone and notifications

Wallpaper - Changes your wallpaper

Android Market Keyword - Locale

Official Site: http://www.twofortyfouram.com/