Feature List (iOS 5)

The color of the Send button shows you how you'll be sending it: pink via biteSMS network, green via Carrier and blue via iMessage.

Ever wanted a quick look at previous messages? Easy!

In addition Quick Reply works in landscape orientation and from the lock-screen as well.

Quick Reply can also be configured to be accessed from the Apple barrel-roll notification, the pull-down Apple Notification Center or the lock-screen list at your convenience.

From the Notification Center or lock-screen list you can now easily dismiss any message with the (x) icon.

To launch Quick Compose press the volume button and then tap the ringer HUD.

In addition Quick Compose works in landscape orientation and from the lock-screen as well.

For advanced users, biteSMS also supports Activator (available from Cydia), so you can define your own hardware buttons & gestures to open Quick Compose.

You can customise to only hide the text if you wish, or, for full privacy, don't show the notification alerts at all!

You can also configure different privacy settings for lock and unlock modes.

Coming soon: Privacy settings on a per contact basis.

Great for those with multiple phones, say business and personal or for couples out together who'd prefer to only carry one phone between them.

Easy to configure and activate via the settings screen. Once active, all incoming messages will be silently forwarded and marked as read.

Coming soon: Passcode Lock in Quick Reply for even more privacy.

Well biteSMS works with a third-party app called iPhoneDelivery (in Cydia) which does just that.

All settings etc are managed inside the Apple Settings app, under Messages, Delivery Receipts (must have iPhoneDelivery app installed).

You can enter smileys, templates and contacts easily: just bring up the biteSMS pop-up menu by double tapping/long holding in the text box and tap the biteSMS icon, or press the "+" icon inside the biteSMS application.

Smileys are rendered beautifully:

Also works in Quick Compose and Quick Reply.

You can set up a signature that automatically is appended to every message:

Ever started to send a message and wished you could cancel it? Now you can in biteSMS! Simply configure a delay period of between 1 and 3 seconds, and then every time you send a message you'll have the ability to cancel it during that period.

Also works when using Quick Compose and Quick Reply.

Cool! Contact pictures!

To forward a message, just double tap/long hold on a conversation bubble to bring up the menu:

To see the exact time a message was sent or received, simply long-hold or double tap the bubble:

Additionally you can configure timestamps to always display against all bubbles via biteSMS Settings, More Stuff, All Timestamps.

biteSMS Credits: For iPhone users, if your mobile carrier charges a lot for sending SMS messages (internationally for example), you can buy biteSMS credits and send messages via the biteSMS network instead, which can be much cheaper.

You can also configure your mobile plan details such that the biteSMS network will be used when it's cheaper for you. For example once you have reached your monthly included SMS allowance or for international text messages only.

Accents/Diacritics: This feature converts these special characters into their closest equivalent non-special character. For example, when turned on, the special character à is replaced by regular a.

This lets you send more text without paying more! Why? Because otherwise some special characters reduce the available characters in an SMS from 160 to only 70 characters.