A few weeks back we checked out Call Blocker Professional from Epic Applications. The response was overwhelming, and the app is topping the charts in both the CrackBerry App Store and BlackBerry App World. Call Blocker allows you to easily block numbers and better manage your incoming calls. You can block area codes, specific numbers, whitelist your contacts and even set "quiet times". Call Blocker Professional fully integrates with the Options screen and helps you take back control of all your calls. From now through January 12th, you can pick up Call Blocker Professional for $1.49 (regularly $5.99) in the CrackBerry App Store.
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Looks good, good price, I think I'll skip buying a cup of coffee and blow those saving on this app!
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Yawn!
Let me know when an app is on the market that completely blocks calls before absolutely any notification, noise, buzz, flash, or whatever happens on the phone.
All of these apps so far still have a half second delay - where the LED flashes, or the phone jerks - before they start working
Watch the video and judge for yourself. I would say its pretty immediate.
I did, and unfortunately "pretty" does not equal "none".
That slight incoming call event then triggers my BerryBuzz missed call LED alert, so that now I have to manually reset the missed call LED, when ultimately I wanted to completely block the call from the beginning... basically, I don't want notifications that I missed blocked unknown callers.
To that extent, I understand that the application must be reactive and the underlying OS is going to start the incoming call sequences of events far before the application layer. I don't think it's actually possible to code a blocker application like I want -- and could only get this functionality by utilizing carrier call blocking through AT&T or Verizon, etc.
It is a nice app though, I will admit.
P.S. Unless you want to integrate with BerryBuzz/BeBuzz and reset the LED after the block. :)
when it blocks it blocks and its blank, so blank i have to set berrybuz to let me know i missed the call bu the led. only thing its not this cheep, but it works.
I realize OS 5.0 is not officially supported for the 8900, but I am not about to downgrade just to use this app. Any idea when you might have a 5.0 version that works on my phone?
We just fixed that issue. You should see a compatible version now!
bc it was just released for several carriers last night
I don't usually see a delay but the callsblocker I was using still let them leave a message which ticks me off so I just bought this :) Better work better :P
there is ONE number i want blocked and this seems to be the only number it doesn't block. smh.
but when i go to bb appworld, it tells me i cant upgrade from there. WTF?
"Quiet times" might be useful but I dont really get lots of telemarketers on my cell, so I wont make good use of this.
On a side note, what theme is that? Looks Andriod 2.0 ish. Love the icons.
i believe its called the bedroid 2.0
I would definitely look into this app, especially at this price, for your call-blocking needs. I have been using it for the past couple of months and works wonderfully.
its a shame that those of us who paid $3 for v4.0 had to pay $2 to upgrade and now anyone who never had it before gets it for a buck and a half
I agree I bought the original version and can't even get an answer on upgrading. Support is terrible when countless emails go unanswered.
We respond to every email we get. One of the big problems we see is occasionally our emails will get put into the Spam folder, which leaves users thinking we never responded. Its tough when we see multiple of the same emails coming in clearly because our emails are being flagged :/
As for the price change, this is just something we wanted to do for the new year. We apologize if you have purchased it at another price, but I would like to thank you for the support. Unfortunately, there just isn't anything we can do about it short of never running a sale--and in the end that doesn't benefit many people.
I may have to buy this.
Ability to block phone numbers contained in email, SMS by clicking directly on the number.
Same ability to whitelist people.
Ability to block directly from the call logs.
ability to cut and paste numbers from other applications.
I haven't had a chance to work wiTh this yet, but these features not being in the app stood out.
Those first two are great ideas.
You should be able to block from the call logs in the current version however. As for cutting and pasting, you should also be able to do that in the Add Number screen.
So i played around with this app with another phone. So i called my bb tour, while having the option set to "go strait to voicemail". The line rings on the other end but doesnt reach my bb till the 3rd ring, once my bb notices a incoming call it basically took it strait to voicemail. Thats the thing i didnt want happen, i dont want people to think that the phone rang and i hung up on them. So what i did was instead of it going strait to voicemail, i set it to hang up right when the call comes in. This basically took care of any sign of "missed calls" notifications and it did the trick just by hanging up the line. And you do have the ability to block directly from your call logs now. I think people should use the new version first before commenting. if you are going to complain about a $1.49 app that does what its suppose to, yes not everything is perfect, but for that price you get a great app. Stop whining.
I just bought this and have the latest version. So what am I missing. What menu item is it within the call logs? I do see Call Logs within the app itself, but no way to block externally. I will watch the vid again and pay closer attention.
i tried all settings my berry still rings then hangup the call, i dont want any of that, i want a silent blocking system that locks the connections, this is a great app hands down for the price it dont get better than this, i like this app alot but they got to fix that hangup feature, make the thing just block please, the send to voice mail is fine but i just want it to cut the call no voice mail, no connection, no nothing just disconnect the call, icall manager does this will for me so for now im using it, and bin using it for 11 months now the only thing i dont like about icall it runs in the background but i notice this is what makes it so powerfull to take full control, i dont like background apps at all but if this works i dont mind, if this application can do the same thing without running in the background im definitely going for this app, but it dont do that. until this option works i guess ill be seeing ya.
thanks for still a great app.
Awesome app. Will definitely come in handy. I set the 'How long should we wait before blocking...' time setting to 250ms. There basically is no big visual notification on screen about a missed call, except for the small missed call icon and the message icon showing that a new missed call entry in the call log. Love it!!
I purchased the call blocker professional app for my BB Curve 8520 and it doesn't seem to work I have done everything that I was told to do and NOTHING. I have e-mailed the company (epicapplications.com) several times and have gotten no response. Can anyone help?
I too highly recommend "SRS Call SMS and eMail Spam Blocker" .
Calls, SMS and Email for blocking, all in one, the best solution on the
market.
Spam incident out of my life.
I got rid of unnecessary and time killer call, SMS and emails.