This picture has nothing to do with this post, but it's pretty.
When I contracted my cell phone from Telcel, I was given a recycled number, standard practice and something which they neglected to inform me of when I purchased it. In any case, I have been getting calls from Banamex telling me that I have outstanding credit card debt with them because they believe that I am someone else named Mario Rosio Eight More Names. I don't have an account with Banamex, nor have I ever, nor will I ever after this whole kerkuffle. In any case, after months and months of trying to nicely resolve the issue with Banamex, which proved to be impossible due to their disorganization and incompetency, I got completely fed up and Evaristo suggested that I block their phone numbers on my cell phone. Now, Telcel doesn't allow you to register numbers and block them from what I have gathered (Boo!), so Evaristo searched the interwebs and came up with a small, free application called Best BlackList Lite.
Best BlackList Lite is the free version of Best Blacklist, an applications which allows your phone to instantly detect incoming numbers in real-time and then depending on how you have configured the program, it will either send the caller a busy signal and/or an SMS notifier. You can set up a schedule for your blacklisted numbers if for example you don't want to receive work numbers after 8pm. It's also very easy to add numbers to Best BlackList directly from your contacts; in fact, you can even insert groups of your contacts into the blocked-caller list. This last feature is important when using the free Lite version.
I recently got a new phone, a Nokia 5530, and Best BlackList Lite was compatible, easy to install and easy to set up. And the best part is that it works! The Lite version is free and has limited capabilities, the most noteworthy being that you can only add 5 numbers to the blocked-caller list; however, this version counts groups, such as "All contacts", "Work Numbers" or "Family", as only one contact and so you can easily get around this 5 number restriction with a bit of creativity. For my purposes, I was most interested in adding a number template to the blocked-caller list that would block any phone number from Mexico City (HA! TAKE THAT BANAMEX, YOU RIDICULOUSLY ANNOYING AND BUREAUCRATIC BANK!).
To set up a number template in the blocked-caller list, you must review the Best BlackList User Maunal for examples of number template options, but it's really easy to do. The only draw back to this application that I have found is that it isn't able to block SMS messages. However, I feel this is a small price to pay for an otherwise great, free application that really works. Right, Banamex?
