DreamSpring has released its powerful contact manager DreamConnect 3, following its announcement at the Smartphone Show in London.

DreamConnect 3 exploits the functionality of the built-in Contacts and transforms it with an impressive range of features including industry first hierarchical sub-categories, smart find and dynamic group messaging, providing significant benefits especially to users who have a large contact database or who use their phone for messaging.

This release takes DreamConnect 3 to new heights, featuring a breakthrough in group messaging that allows users to send context based SMS, MMS or email messages to a savable group of contacts. This flexible approach gives users the ability to add and remove group members or change message type and context quickly and easily. This streamlines the process of message sending, especially when combined with DreamConnect's powerful search and selection functions.

DreamConnect 3 allows users the ability to find contact details in an instant using a variety of methods including fast filter, global search and smart find. Smart find is an advanced and sophisticated search tool that allows users to customise and combine search rules to locate information anywhere within their contacts database. Users can perform specific searches on all text and numbers by using an unlimited number of search rules.

It offers hierarchical categories for users to organise their contacts and capture their relationships in a meaningful and realistic way.

Many who have tested DreamConnect 3 were impressed with its rich functionality and ease of use. As one of the beta testers, Adrian Ng, puts it, “DreamConnect is truly an excellent contact application for UIQ 3.0”.

More details on DreamConnect 3 can be found at http://www.dreamspring.com/products/dreamconnect3/index.php. A trial version is available at http://www.dreamspring.com/products/dreamconnect3/download/trial.php for users to try before purchase.

On the release of DreamConnect 3, Managing Director Malcolm Lithgow says: “DreamConnect 3 represents yet another innovation from DreamSpring. It was a challenge to create a user friendly, yet powerful and flexible way of sending group messages. Our approach of dynamic group messaging is a new concept and the result of extensive research on user behaviour and testing the limits of technologies.”

DreamConnect 3 provides Symbian UIQ 3 smartphone users an effective and powerful way of managing their contacts. DreamConnect 3 is available for US$24.95 at www.dreamspring.com.