Texting UI

[joeh177]

Is it just me or is the text messaging UI ugly and boring on the Inspire?

 

[sucram6791]

its not just you

 

[TripperGetem]

Yeah it's rather plain. I'll probably use it for a little while once I get the Inspire next week, but I'll end up downloading and using Handcent.

OP, if you haven't already, download and try Handcent SMS.

 

[Chrizmo64]

It's very bleehhhhh. Handcent was one of the first things I installed.

 

[sucram6791]

(coming from an x iphone user) handcent is a disaster, there are way too many things to be controlled

 

[jhamilton3#CB]

Care to post any screenshots?

 

[snilloconator]

Well I find the UI to be very nice for messaging. But I just upgraded from a bb bold/torch. So there is a huge improvement for me.

 

[CutRiteFX]

Here are the screenshots directly from market.android.com

Just installed and going to give it a shot.

https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/mar...60-3-d56fb95d641793c1987e1d0ed13593df637de942

https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/mar...60-3-6e379daca836f96674e737154cba63e575c008ca

https://ssl.gstatic.com/android/mar...60-1-5a083ef50c426d5f4c73c3fa149a3c5a0194b75d

Direct link to the app
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handcent.nextsms

Love that I can just click on install from the android market and it installs it on my phone.
Love the fact that I am away from the iTunes chains.

 

[bmolloy]

I am using Chomp SMS. It is a much better UI than the stock messaging app. I have used Handcent in the past but agree that there are just way too many options built into that program for text messaging. Chomp is simple, streamlined and looks a lot like the iPhone SMS program. (Lets be honest here, texting is the one thing iOS got right)

There are several options out there, now if the could just manage my google voice number as well.

 

[mrro82]

I thought it was kinda meh. I downloaded handcent too. Looks a lot better.

 

[thatguyjeff]

Stoopid question - I too got Handcent. Is there a way to turn off the native messaging app? Right now I have two apps notifying me of messages etc. I want there to be only one operating.

 

[glk#WN]

I think you just uncheck the "received notifications" box under the settings menu of the messaging app.

 

[sucram6791]

i used bitesms on my iphone and chompsms is made by the same people so i obviously got it, and love it! definitely would recommend it

 

[joeh177]

i used bitesms on my iphone and chompsms is made by the same people so i obviously got it, and love it! definitely would recommend it

I put ChompSMS on the phone and it is much better.

 

[mdunn1066]

I love the stock messenger app, though i guess im a sucker for minimalistic stuff so

 

[mrro82]

I love the stock messenger app, though i guess im a sucker for minimalistic stuff so

I thought it was ok too. I like the way handcent looks though. There's a emoticon set you can download for it that makes them look like the ones on here. Pretty cool.