Here's what the media is saying ...

We have been contacted by several individuals in the media wishing to review MeetingMute.  As those reviews are published, they will be listed here.  Hopefully this will encourage more reviews. 

MeetingMute July 2002
MeetingMute receives 4 out of 5 stars in this review by Foxpop's Alan Barlow.  He takes a critical look at the application and makes some good suggestions that we will try to incorporate into the next version.

Utility MeetingMute 1.22
The German magazine Pocket PC Magazin has devoted the entire first page of Software section in the 3-4 2002 issue to MeetingMute.  Our thanks to Pocket PC Magazin for sending us a copy of the magazine.  For those who do not have access to the magazine, their conclusions are:

Fazit
MeetingMute ist ein sehr willkommenes Hilfsmittel für alle Anwender, die nicht von den Geräuschen ihres Pocket-PCs in Peinliche Situationen gebracht werden möchten, die aber auch keine Terminerinnerungen verpassen wollen.

• Sehr gut idee
• Arbeitet mit Kalender zusammen
• Recht einfache Bedienung
• Viele Optionen

WERTUNG
SEHR GUT

PREIS/LEISTUNG
GUT

which translates loosely to:

Result
MeetingMute is a very welcome aid for any user who doesn't like to be put into embarrassing situations by their noisy Pocket PC and also has reminders they don't want to miss.

• Very good idea
• Works well with calendar
• Simple operation
• Many options

VALUATION
VERY GOOD

PRICE/PERFORMANCE
GOOD

Note: We apologize for any inaccuracies in this translation.  We relied heavily on the automated translation services provided by altavista and Babel Fish and some interpretations of those results.

MeetingMute from PocketConcepts
MeetingMute receives 6 out of 6 's at Tekguru.co.uk  The Tekguru gives you an interesting anecdote that explains why he thinks MeetingMute is an essential application.  He also has some nice screen shots of how he integrates MeetingMute with Pocket Informant.

MeetingMute - the perfect companion for SuperAlert
MeetingMute received 5 out of 5 pockets at PocketFillers.   By the way, PocketFillers is run by Whittaker Moore Associates Limited, maker of SuperAlert.

MeetingMute Rated 4 Cows
MeetingMute has been reviewed by TuCows.com and has received a 4 out of 5 cow rating.

PocketConcepts: MeetingMute
A review from the Austrian site pocket.at.  If you translate this into English using one of the automated translators available you may find that the translation is misleading.  Google translates it as "Ideal a Tool not for Business people, which sit permanently in meetings."  The reviewer himself translates the conclusion as "A perfect tool not only for business people with permanently meetings.", which can be further translated as "A perfect tool that is not just for business people who are constantly in meetings"

Software of the Month
A review from the German site World of i.  MeetingMute has been given the honor of being Software of the Month for January 2002. 

SOFTWARE: Mute that Pocket PC, restore volume
This isn't so much a review as some comments from the nice folks at PocketPCThoughts.
NOTE: PocketPCThoughts experienced a catastrophic failure in the first week of February 2002 and several months of data was lost.  The page that the above link points to was one of those lost.  You should still be able to read what was said from this copy cached by Google, but it is unclear how long that will be available so we are making our own copy of the copy available as well.  We will update the link when and If the PocketPCThoughts team is able to recover the original page.  We wish them all the best and hope that they can move beyond this setback.

Previewing Meeting Mute
An early preview by Alan Barlow of FoxPop of the first beta version of MeetingMute (version 1.01).  Back then MeetingMute was called Meeting Mute (with a space).
Update: Please note that this original review is no longer available and has been replaced with an updated review.

If you know of a review that is not listed here or have a quote or testimonial you would like to add, please send an email to jim@pocketconcepts.com

Here's what people are saying ...

The following quotes are from real users, none of whom are affiliated with PocketConcepts in any way.  Those listed as Beta Testers had participated in a limited public beta before MeetingMute was released.

"The World of i (http://www.worldofi.de) says: One of the most useful utilities for the PocketPC!"
-- Andreas Erle, Webmaster World of i and World of PPC and Beta Tester

"MeetingMute is one of those things that immediately made me wonder why the designers of the PocketPC hadn't included such an obvious feature.  It's something that everyone who uses a PPC in a business setting needs to have. Especially given the low price, it's a no-brainer purchase."
-- Carlos Alvarez, Tucson, AZ

"MeetingMute is a great utility... the sound protection alone makes it well worth the very reasonable price. It's so pleasant to NOT have to go in and re-enable all of the sounds all the time. And the more I use the mute functionality, the more indispensable it becomes. Nice job!"
-- Doug R., Milwaukee, WI

"The sound protection feature, which stops alarms being accidentally silenced even many months in the future, has transformed my iPAQ from a colourful but temperamental toy into a robust and reliable organiser: for the first time I can trust sensitive work-related meetings to it without fear of missing the reminders.  I would estimate that it has added $100 to the value of my PPC in terms of usefulness - in other words, if one PPC manufacturer had
included this in the built-in specs and another had not, I would have been prepared to pay $100 difference between the two models, same as I would for a better battery or screen.  To be able to add it for $10 as third-party software is too good to be true."
-- G.S., London
 

"MeetingMute is a catchy name that says everything. It's describes exactly what the software does and is."
-- Brenda Boro, Beta Tester

"PocketConcepts listened to its users and created an indispensable tool for your Pocket PC. MeetingMute is a very useful product."
-- Mark Schmidt, Beta Tester

"MeetingMute lives up to much more than its name...."
-- Jaap van Ees, Beta Tester

"MeetingMute has become one of those indispensable programs on my Jornada. It's great not to have to worry about an alarm or reminder going off during an important meeting, in class, or at church. And it's doubly great not to have to worry about missing a reminder or alarm because you forgot to unmute. Anyone who has ever had everyone in the room look at them because their Pocket PC sounded the alert at an inappropriate time needs to get MeetingMute."
-- Joshua Bancroft, Beta Tester

"I depend on my PocketPC to keep me on tract, yet there are some meetings that should not be interrupted. This allows me to pick and choose when I'll be audibly notified of another meeting or reminder. This is particularly helpful for me, since in the past, when I have forgotten to manually mute my Cassiopeia, it would alarm during the Church Services I was leading! (Very embarrassing!)"
-- Fr.Kevin P.J.Coffey, Beta Tester

"Meeting mute is a lifesaver. I have a boss who dislikes interruptions in meetings (cell phones, alarms, etc), I sometimes neglected to mute my IPAQ, see the problem? Now, meeting mute does it for me! Also, I sometimes forgot to turn a mute off, would miss alarms (sometimes oversleeping). No more, the sound comes back on automatically! Great product!"
-- David Lindman, Beta Tester

"With MeetingMute, I can preset my PPC to be muted or unmuted when I want to. I never have to be disturbed when I am in a meeting, or forget to unmute my PPC ever again."
-- Carlo Ma. Guerrero, Beta Tester

"Been using this since Beta 1 and highly recommend this software. Very easy to use and good features. Comes in very handy when I'm in a meeting to mute the sounds while I take notes (or play games!)...

Works great so when I cradle the next time after the time is up, my sound works again and any reminders are not missed because I forgot to turn the sound back on...

Give it a try..." -- Edward Dake, Beta Tester