Thank you very much for choosing Smaato Cost 2.0 – the cost tracker for your Smartphone

Telephoning everywhere, surfing the web, checking emails and chatting on the go is fun. But this fun is limited because (for most people) money is limited and there is always a bad conscience in the back of the head (“have I just ruined myself?”): Up to now you could only roughly guess, how much your provider will charge at the end of the month for your mobile communications.

That's where Smaato Cost starts: Smaato Cost tracks all incoming and outgoing calls, data connections and SMS. After you have downloaded your rate plan from Smaato (or entered it manually), Smaato Cost calculates how much money you have to pay for each call, for the whole month, how many included minutes are left and much more. Smaato Cost allows an extremely detailed view of all aspects of your rate plan and so it can offer a detailed cost calculation like no other.

Quick start

• Install Smaato Cost on your Smartphone
• Download a rate plan from our database
• Assign your friends' numbers to the right destinations
• That’s it! Smaato Cost is ready to enhance your life and save you money!

For information, how to register see here . See the explanation of some technical terms here .

Contents

1. Installation
2. Rate plan download
3. Profile setup wizard
4. Location setup wizard
5. Advanced settings
6. Using Smaato Cost
7. Registration
8. Sharing
9. Support
10. Glossary

Installation

Palm OS
Installation is simple: Just HotSync the provided PRC-file to your Treo and run ’Install Smaato Cost’. Smaato Cost will be installed to your device and started automatically. Note: Smaato Cost must reside within your devices RAM. Installation to your expansion card won’t work.

Windows Mobile
Connect your device to ActiveSync and execute the provided ‘Setup.exe’. Follow the steps – afterwards you can run Smaato Cost from “Programs”. Alternatively you can copy the CAB-file to your device and run it.

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Rate Plan download

To make the usage of Smaato Cost as easy as possible, we’ve created predefined rate plan files, which you can download for free. Currently most rate plans from the USA and Germany are available. On the main screen click ‘Setup’ and choose ‘Download rate plan online’.

Palm OS
Smaato Cost will open your web browser. Select your country, provider and tariff (and data plan, if applicable). You will be asked to download a file, which has to be saved to your device’s memory (not to your expansion card).

Windows Mobile
On Windows Mobile the whole download is done within Smaato Cost. You only need to choose your country, provider and tariff (and data plan, if applicable).

On the next start of Smaato Cost, you have the choice between updating your current profile and creating a new one. If you’ve already entered data, which you want to keep, we recommend creating a new profile. The new/updated profile is activated automatically. If you used the rate plan download, you can skip the following section.

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Profile Setup Wizard

Before using Smaato cost, you’ll need to setup some basic settings and enter the details of your rate plan. To make this as easy as possible, we have created a setup wizard. If you are an experienced user and prefer configuring the settings manually, just go to the next section.

Start the wizard by clicking ‘Setup’ and choose ‘Profile Setup Wizard’

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Enter a name for the new profile and select your currency symbol. Note: On Windows Mobile "Profile Setup Wizard" and "Location Setup Wizard" are merged, that's why we use a different numbering there. The contents of the screens are identical.

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Enter the monthly start-date of the billing period (e.g. on 1st or 15th) and the fixed costs you have to pay every month.

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Enter the minimum turnover and specify the amount of peak-minutes included in your rate plan. Minimum turnover is the price you have to pay at least for your calls, even if you have used your phone less.

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Specify the amount of SMS and off-peak-minutes included in your rate plan. Afterwards the Location Setup Wizard will be called.

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Location Setup Wizard

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Enter your country’s name and choose whether you’ve to pay for incoming calls or not.

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Enter price per minute for landline calls (peak and off-peak).

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Enter price per minute for mobile to mobile calls (peak and off-peak).

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Enter the price per SMS and the amount of traffic included in your data plan.

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Enter the price you pay per month for your data plan and the price you pay for each data unit. Please specify also size of these data units (usually 10 or 100 KB or 1 MB).

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Advanced Settings

In the previous two sections you’ve set up the minimum information, Smaato Cost needs to calculate your mobile phone costs. Of course most rate and data plans are more complicated and to achieve the most accurate calculation you’ll need to enter some more details. How this has to be done is described in the following chapter.

Setting up your rate plan
Start with tapping “Rate Plan” on the main screen and then on “Billing Preferences”. Most information on this screen you’ve already entered, if you used the setup wizard. “Decimal places” is still missing, but for most currencies the default of two decimal places is enough (e.g. US$). In few currencies (e.g. Yen) 0 decimal places are used. Some operators calculate costs using billing schemes like “0,009 $ per unit” – in this case you will need 3 decimal places. If you haven’t used the wizard, enter the fixed costs you have to pay every month and the minimum turnover. Minimum turnover is the price you have to pay at least for your calls, even if you have used your phone less. Select your currency symbol and the monthly start-date of the billing period (e.g. on 1st or 15th). Click ‘Done’ to go back to the ‘Rate Plan’ screen.

Now you have to create some destinations for outgoing and incoming calls. Destinations describe the billing schemes for different types of calls. These types are for example mobile to mobile, landline or international calls. You will need to create a new entry for each type of outgoing and incoming call you use, to achieve the most precise cost calculation.

The following procedure is identical for incoming and outgoing calls. After you have taken the following steps, please repeat them for incoming calls. Note: Not all providers charge for incoming calls. If your’s does not, please click on “Incoming Calls” and check “All incoming calls are free”.

1. Click on “Outgoing Calls”. You will find some predefined destinations, which are usually required. Some of them may already contain data, if you have used the setup wizard. Non-required destinations can be deleted by clicking the destination’s name -> “Edit” -> “Delete Destination”.

2. Create a new destination by clicking “New Destination”. Enter a fitting name for the destination (e.g. “mobile to mobile” or “landline”). You can also add multiple numbers or patterns, which are automatically associated to this destination. For example: the pattern “123*” fits all numbers starting with “123”.

3. Edit a destination by clicking on the destination name in the list. Check “Default destination” if you want to associate all numbers, that don’t fit another destination’s numbers or patterns, to this destination. ‘Increments’ describes how precise your calls are billed und how much a call costs at least. For example it is common to fully charge for the first minute and 10 second blocks for the following minutes (60/10). Check ‘deduct from incl. min.’, if this destination is valid for inclusive minutes (special numbers often are not). Enter costs per minute for peak- and off-peak-time and for weekends (if there is a special billing). Enter costs per SMS.

Click “Edit” to change the name or to add/edit the number patterns of this destination. Click “Done” to finish.

Tap on ‘additional fees’ to set the first minute to be free or to set deduction from included minutes AND billing. Repeat these steps for each required destination and as well for “Incoming calls”.

Outgoing destination Outgoing destination Click “Included Minutes” if your monthly fee includes free minutes or free SMS. Enter the amounts of anytime-, peak- and off-peak minutes as well as the included SMS into the appropriate fields. Check the box on the right, if you have unlimited included minutes/SMS for that category.

Some providers allow transferring unused included minutes to the next months. These minutes are called “rollover minutes”. Smaato Cost tries to calculate these minutes starting from the billing period in which you used the application for the first time. Most likely you already accumulated some minutes at that time, so it is the most precise way for you is to have a look at your phone bill and enter them manually after each billing period. Another argument for doing so is that the rollover minutes will expire after some time (usally after 12 months), which can't be predicted by Smaato Cost. Check "fixed" to prevent Smaato Cost from overwriting the manually entered minutes.

Click on “Data Connections” to set up your data connections. The predefined types are “Bluetooth PPP” (Bluetooth connection using your PC or a BT access point, usually not billed), CDMA/EVDO (used on CDMA networks), CSD (used on GSM networks), “GPRS/UMTS” (usually used in GSM locations) and WLAN/WiFi. Note: Some types may not be available on some devices.

You only need to setup the connections types, you are using, they’re detected automatically on connect. Click on one of the connection types and choose between data- and time-based billing. In addition to the costs per data- or time-unit some providers charge for each session or for each day, you use the data service. Enter costs per session or day if applicable. Enter the size of the billing unit your provider charges at least and its price. If you have free traffic/time included in your data plan, please enter the amount or check “Unlimited data” if data connections are free of charge.

 “Home zone is” a feature offered by some providers. The home zone is an area around your home or work, within you gets extra low prices. It is meant as a replacement for your landline phone. Currently you will have to manually tell Smaato Cost Control whether a call was within home zone or not. You can do this within the call log of after each call via the after call display. Click on home zone and check “Use Home zone” to activate this feature. You’ll need to add special home zone tariffs to the destinations you’ve created in the previous chapter. After having activated the home zone feature, the destination-screen has an extra tab for home zone.

By clicking “Peak Times” you’re able to define when peak- and weekend-times start and end. Click on “Holiday” to enter public holidays, which are usually billed as weekends or as off-peak (check the appropriate box). After having entered a holiday you can edit its date by clicking on the date and you can change its name by clicking the name. Congratulations! You’ve now set up your rate plan to achieve the most precise cost calculation.

Preferences (Application Settings)
Here you can specify some aspects of the application’s behavior. These settings are not required, but they can help to make the usability fit better to your needs.

Click “Prefs” on the main screen.

After Call Display
This screen is displayed after each call. It shows a short summary of the calls duration or costs and allows you to select the destination and to set the call as “home zone”. Set the time period, after which the screen should disappear automatically or check “No countdown” to hide the screen manually. Select the information you want to see after each call. You can also diable the after call display.

Status Display
This information is shown in the upper area of Smaato Cost’s main screen. You can select which information should be shown and define the meaning of the progress bar.

Recalculate
Recalculation is required after you have altered the rate plan or the association of calls to destinations.

Call Log Options
Here you can tell Smaato Cost to hide “0 seconds” calls in the call log, which means missed calls. It’s recommended to activate this option.

Quick Data Display (only on Palm OS):
This small information is shown within the command bar. You can connect/disconnect data session from the QDD and see at a glance how much time or traffic you’ve already used.

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Using Smaato Cost

Now you’ve entered your rate plan and set up the application to fit your needs, it’s time to use Smaato Cost. As you already know, Smaato Cost tracks all your incoming and outgoing calls, SMS and data connections. You can review all connections within the call log.

Call Log
Tap on “Call Log” on the main screen. The call log consists of two tabs – one for table view and the second one for graph view. Both views can be filtered by time period, entry-type and destination-type using the lists just below the headline.

The table view can be sorted by each of the headlines – just tap on them. Tap again to reverse the order. You can also change the width of the columns by dragging the lines between them with your stylus. The leftmost column contains symbols which stand for the different entry types (see picture).

Click an entry to see a detailed view, where you can review all relevant data and the calculated costs. In addition you’re able to select the entry’s destination and assign it to home zone. Select the destination corresponding to the number of the selected entry. Future calls to/from this number will automatically be associated to the selected destination. Within the destination setup you can also enter schemes for numbers, which should be automatically associated to a destination (see “Setting up your rate plan”). For example numbers starting with “0123” can be automatically assigned to landline calls. Check home zone to calculate the costs of this call using your special home zone tariff (see “Setting up your rate plan” for details). Note: You’ll need to check “home zone” for every entry – association to a number would not be sensible.

Select the “Graph” tab to view the monthly distribution of your phone calls, data connections, SMS etc. (X-axis: date; Y-axis: amount).

Menu
The menu contains three entries:

1. ‘Delete records older than…’: deletes records, which are older than the specified date.
2. ‘Reimport call log’: This is usually not required. You may want to reimport the device’s call log to Smaato Cost, if you have accidentally deleted too much or somehow else messed up the log. Please avoid using this function, if it’s not required.
3. Export to SD-Card: This function exports the call log to your SD-Card as a CSV-file for viewing it in Excel or similar software.

My Bill
The “My Bill” screen (tap “My Bill” on the main screen) shows a summary of calls, data connections and SMS of a specific billing period, similar to your phone bills. As a special feature the estimated cost of the current period are calculated based on usage of the past 30 days. Select the appropriate billing period to the see the collected data of this period. Note: If incoming calls/SMS are free, these are not listed. Otherwise combined data of both incoming and outgoing calls/SMS is shown.

• Quantity: The number of calls, SMS and data connections.
• Total: The talk time (voice) and the amount of transferred data in MB (data) or online time (if you’re using time based billing for data).
• Remaining: The remaining included minutes (voice), included SMS or included transfer volume or online time (data).
• Cost: The calculated costs per connection type based on your entered rate plan.
• Total, incl. monthly cost: The costs accumulating up to the current date including fixed monthly costs, minimum turnover and fixed cost of your data plan.
• Total, estimated: The estimated costs for the current billing period based on usage of the past 30 days.

Managing Locations (for roaming)
Locations are used for handling the usage of different networks. Usually you have a home network (which is your home location) and multiple guest networks (further locations) which are used e.g. for roaming. Each location contains its own rate plan.

Within the detail view of a call log entry (click the entry within the call log) you can see whether the call was in your home location (“Roaming: No”) or not (the network ID is displayed in brackets).

To manage your locations click “Rate Plan” on the main screen and then open the menu and select “Manage Locations”.

On the next screen you see the existing locations of which one is marked “[Active]”. You can duplicate, activate or create locations by using the buttons.

Locations can be activated manually or automatically using the MCC (mobile country code) and MNC (mobile network code). To edit the association or the location’s name simply tap on its name. On the next screen you can change the name or add a network by entering the MCC/MNC. Alternatively you can use the IDs of the current network. Note: Connecting to a new network is auto detected and the location manager is called automatically. This feature is not available on CDMA smartphones.

Managing Profiles (for multiple SIM cards)
Profiles encapsulate the call log and the locations (of which each includes at least one rate plan, see above). The call logs are kept separate, because each SIM most likely has its own bill and putting them together would end in a big confusion. To manage your profiles click “Rate Plan” on the main screen and then open the menu and select “Manage Profiles”.

On the next screen you see the existing profiles of which one is marked “[Active]”. You can duplicate, activate or create profiles by using the buttons. Profiles can be activated manually or automatically using the IMSI (SIM-card-identificator). To edit the association or the profile’s name simply tap on its name. On the next screen you can change the name or the IMSI. Alternatively you can use the IMSI of the current SIM card. Note: Insertion of a new SIM card is auto detected and the profile manager is called. This feature is not available on CDMA smartphones.

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Registration

Smaato Cost is free. You can use Smaato Cost for 14 days without registration. Afterwards you have another 14 days to register on our mobile website (you’ll get a message on each start-up). If you haven’t registered after 28 day Smaato Cost won’t start anymore until you register and enter the key you’ve received via e-mail. Tot register just tap the “Register” button on the main screen or “Register now” within the reminder and follow the instructions. Note: The registration must be done from your device.

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Sharing

You think Smaato Cost is a great piece of software and you’d like to tell your friends and colleagues about it? We really appreciate that! Just click on “Share” and send an e-mail, a SMS or simply send the application to your friend’s devices (Palm OS only).

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Support

We’ve integrated useful help-texts for every screen. Tap on the Smaato “o” in the top right corner and select “Help”. For common questions have a look at the FAQ section on www.smaato.com. If you don’t find a solution contact our support team using the form on our website.

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Glossary

• Profile: A rate plan for a certain SIM-card or CDMA-phone.
• Location: The place (country) where placing a phone call.
• Destination: The tariff where the phone call goes to (mobile network, landline network, international, voicemail etc.).
• Roaming: Making phone calls in a foreign country. Usually prices are much higher than in your home country.
• IMSI/ESN: A unique identifier for your SIM-card (IMSI) or your CDMA-phone (ESN).
• MCC/MNC: A unique identifier for the network your phone is connected to (only in GSM networks).
• Home zone: A special billing option available in some countries. Gives you smaller prices in a special predefined location.

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