We recently added PayPal as an additional payment method to the order page, providing a choice of either PayPal or Digibuy. We’ve been having a look at Google CheckOut, which looks very interesting. We might end up adding it as well.

I don’t know if you’ve tried this, but PhonePad can alert you to new messages by playing a sound.? Select Preferences from the Tools menu.? Under the Messages-1 options, you will see the Notification Sound option.

Any .wav file can be used as a notification sound that is played whenever new messages arrived.? Sure beats the boring Windows beep.

If you always send messages to the same users in PhonePad, you can save time by setting up some default recipients using the Auto Address option. Select Preferences from the Tools menu, then select the Messages-3 options.

Simply add users using the Add User button, and then select the type of messages the default recipients should be used for, eg. Phone Messages, Text Messages or Phone & Text Messages (this option can be disabled at any time by selecting None). Once this has been done, messages will be automatically addressed to the default users whenever you create a new message.

PhonePad Inbox messages can be filtered so that only the messages you want to see are displayed. The default setting is All Messages. Right-clicking on the Inbox header will display the filter menu, allowing you to select which message filter to apply.

You can set the default message filter to use under Tools/Preferences/Messages-1.

Message filtering provides an easy way to see just the messages you want.

There was a problem with earlier versions of License.exe. If you are running PhonePad in Remote Mode and try to license PhonePad using an earlier version of License.exe, you will get an error message about active sessions. This has been fixed in the latest version of PhonePad, but you can also download an updated License.exe by clicking here.

PhonePad Version 4.07 – Build 2 (4.7.0.2) has been released and is now available for download. Please refer to PhonePad Announcements for more information.

If you have PhonePad physically installed on each computer on your network, every time a new version of PhonePad is released, you have the problem of updating each workstation on your network. If you have a lot of workstations this can become a monumental task.

NetUpdate can help you by providing you with a centralized system for updating PhonePad. Instead of having to walk around to each workstation and manually updating it to the latest version, NetUpdate will do this for you by updating PhonePad from a central location on your network. This makes updating an extremely easy and painless exercise.

The best news is NetUpdate is free, and you can download it right now!

New versions of PhonePad generally mean new features and fixed problems. But how do you easily upgrade PhonePad if you have it installed on 10, 50 or even 100 computers on your network? This can be a big job. Someone has to walk around to each computer, installing PhonePad one-by-one.

But don’t worry, help is on the way. In the next few days we will be releasing a utility to help you with this: NetUpdate. Available as a separate download, NetUpdate will make it easy for you to update all of the computers on your network centrally with new versions of PhonePad as they are released. And the best thing is it will be FREE.

More news to follow. Stay tuned.

PhonePad Version 4.07 Build 1 (4.7.0.1) has been released to correct a problem with the Email Message feature.

It is now available for download.