LoudSpeaker-Handsfree features without a handsfree!

Ever felt the need for a handsfree for your 5800? Especially during those wee hours in the office when you are typing furiously on your keyboard and just then your boss happens to call you to remind you a few things he wants done; you can't afford to neglect the call so you have to give up your typing, to answer the call. Now there is LoudSpeaker v1.0.0 which will just let you enjoy the comfort of a handsfree sans the hardware and the annoying discomfort of something stuck in your ear. Besides I have read several times over that continuous earphone/headphone usage is no good for our ears. Thanks to symbian guru now you can enjoy the features of full fledged hands free just by running their application, LoudSpeaker in the background. Be it while driving or that busy hour in office, you won't need a handsfree to answer a call, with this application. Well there must be a catch right? Yeah, there is one, this is one of the paid applications and you would have to shell US $ 9.99 (buy here) to enjoy the feature set of this application. Is it worth 10 bucks? Well, lets find out that.

Installation

Loudspeaker settings screen

Loudspeaker v 1.0.0 can be downloaded from MobiHand here. You can even try this application before proceeding to buy this application. 5800 being a s60 v5 phone, we need to download another application to be be able to use LoudSpeaker, called VoipAudioServer v 2.0, which can be downloaded from here. Installation as such is pretty straightforward and you can start using the application in a minute or so.

Features

The settings screen is pretty straightforward and users can decide if they want to autostart LoudSpeaker. I would personally advice against this for this application drains the battery at an alarming rate. I have been testing this application for around 2 days now and my 5800 could last only one day on full charge, with LoudSpeaker always running in the background.

As can be seen from the screenshot to the right, users can assign a specific profile to Loudspeaker, meaning, the application will be functional only in this profile. Other than that users can set the time lag between the first ring and auto answer along with sound on answer and hang up to alert themselves on the state of call, without having to look on the phone screen.

Pros

1. Easy to use application
2. Brings handsfree like features sans the hardware

Cons

1. Drains battery at an alarming rate

Verdict

LoudSpeaker is one of the very innovative applications, bringing one of the most commonly used feature(handsfree) without relying on the hardware required. I personally like the auto answer with auto loudspeaker turned on without me having to do anything other than keeping the application running in the background. However, all these amazing features come at the price of rapid battery drainage, limiting the usage of this application  over extended periods of time. The application may be a very good substiution for a handsfree while driving or even while working, provided you have connected your 5800 to a charger. In all, if you need a handsfree solution and either dont want to spend on handsfree kit or if you are bothered about discomfort arising from personal handsfree kits, LoudSpeaker is a great solution and at US $ 9.99 is much cheaper than most of the bluetooth handsfree kits available in market today.

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