I've had mixed success with SMS to/from various countries. I haven't done any in a while though, and thought it would be interesting to have a list of work/don't work countries.
So anybody interested in this little project, send SMS to:
+1 520 4409890
Then send an e-mail to [email protected] to let me know you did so, in case the SMS does not work. List your country and your full phone number.
I will reply as soon as I can, and also reply to the e-mail so you know I sent it. I'll put the results together in a table.
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I will start by stating my goal: free sms. Yes I have read all the threads on it on this site and many more.
Here is the deal, I have unlimited data for 30$ with telus but text would costs me an extra 15$ per month. I have found a VOIP solution for sms (and talk but thats already settled), but I would still have to pay 5 cents per message and I am not sure it integrates seamlessly with the other apps). I have also found a java app that works with the ICQ servers and it works pretty well but I have to create a new address book for it and I don't want to do that, not only that but I have to open the app for every message.
Does anyone know a way of changing the server\address sms uses to change it for the ICQ info or someone who knows of an app that uses ICQ but is seamlessly integrated in other apps like contacts and outlook? (even then, outlook would not be a must, its mostly the contacts).
if this could be done, all I would need would be a reply adress to be set as my phone number and voila! unlimited texting would now be available.
So any thoughts on this?
oh and ps. I know of all the websites where you can send text messages and this is even worse than the java ICQ app.
pps. (and out of topic, I know) anyone in canada who wants a good voip provider with ssp info free and all that jazz and a 10000 minutes per week, check out brama telecom, 9.90$ per month with taxes and all.
julienrl said:
I will start by stating my goal: free sms. Yes I have read all the threads on it on this site and many more.
Here is the deal, I have unlimited data for 30$ with telus but text would costs me an extra 15$ per month. I have found a VOIP solution for sms (and talk but thats already settled), but I would still have to pay 5 cents per message and I am not sure it integrates seamlessly with the other apps). I have also found a java app that works with the ICQ servers and it works pretty well but I have to create a new address book for it and I don't want to do that, not only that but I have to open the app for every message.
Does anyone know a way of changing the server\address sms uses to change it for the ICQ info or someone who knows of an app that uses ICQ but is seamlessly integrated in other apps like contacts and outlook? (even then, outlook would not be a must, its mostly the contacts).
if this could be done, all I would need would be a reply adress to be set as my phone number and voila! unlimited texting would now be available.
So any thoughts on this?
oh and ps. I know of all the websites where you can send text messages and this is even worse than the java ICQ app.
pps. (and out of topic, I know) anyone in canada who wants a good voip provider with ssp info free and all that jazz and a 10000 minutes per week, check out brama telecom, 9.90$ per month with taxes and all.
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never thought about it or tried. What about using E-mail? I know vzw... it's like ##########@vztext.com... or something.
The e-mail solution def. works but the problem is that I would have to know each person's providor and I don't know how replying would work :s
Ideally it would be like the current VOIP where it just chagnes the adresses but everything else still works like if it was on the regular network.
julienrl said:
The e-mail solution def. works but the problem is that I would have to know each person's providor and I don't know how replying would work :s
Ideally it would be like the current VOIP where it just chagnes the adresses but everything else still works like if it was on the regular network.
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yeah. You would have them in your contacts with the ## as the e-mail address.
and how does replying work? what if someone sends me a message? I really like the whole threaded thing... does it go to my sms outbox or does it apprear as an actual e-mail?
julienrl said:
and how does replying work? what if someone sends me a message? I really like the whole threaded thing... does it go to my sms outbox or does it apprear as an actual e-mail?
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Being that you sent an e-mail... they will get it with a reply address as an e-mail. I believe e-mails are threaded by default. I could be wrong.
see that is waht I am trying to avoid, because then people are confused. I have many friends (and my mother... why oh why did I have to show her how to text) who like texting but are totaly clueless about anything to do with technology. Having this integrated on my end would mean that I would be doing all the tehcnical fiddling for free sms but people at the otehr end would not notice any difference. kind of like with the voip fowarding to my phone for free incoming calls, this way people just think they are calling me and have nothign to worry about.
Also by changing the servers used, it would be able to take advantage of the "send text message" option in the contacts menu.
julienrl said:
see that is waht I am trying to avoid, because then people are confused. I have many friends (and my mother... why oh why did I have to show her how to text) who like texting but are totaly clueless about anything to do with technology. Having this integrated on my end would mean that I would be doing all the tehcnical fiddling for free sms but people at the otehr end would not notice any difference. kind of like with the voip fowarding to my phone for free incoming calls, this way people just think they are calling me and have nothign to worry about.
Also by changing the servers used, it would be able to take advantage of the "send text message" option in the contacts menu.
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yeah. Not something I've tried. Maybe someone else can chime in.
well the person who created the voip sms app is probably the best qualified to pitch in on this, hopefully this thread catches his or her eye. Would you happen to know how created it so I can contact them on this?
Also, ICQ is already integrated in outlook on the pc but this is not the same thign as on the pc its just a toobar add-on.
julienrl said:
well the person who created the voip sms app is probably the best qualified to pitch in on this, hopefully this thread catches his or her eye. Would you happen to know how created it so I can contact them on this?
Also, ICQ is already integrated in outlook on the pc but this is not the same thign as on the pc its just a toobar add-on.
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Nope. I would say search the forums on here and on PPCGeeks.com. You might come accross his stuff.
well the creators of the VOIP sms for ppc and for smartphone were both on this forum and came up in my first search I knew I had seen their names around somehwere at some point. I sent them an invite to participate in this discussion, hopefully they can shed some light on this with their expertise.
anybody on this?
Does anybody know a way to send international text messages with out going through Verizon's servers. I know you might be able to change the server information in your phone. Are there any 3rd party servers you can use for international text messages and then just use the Verizon servers for your other text messages? Or, any 3rd party applications or websites you can use from your cell phone to send international text messages? Thanks for your help and time....
You should look for Email to SMS information to learn the email address that translates to your friends phone's internationally.
This site claims to have some of that information, but I've never used this site so I can't vouch for it. I just turned it up in an internet search.
http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-email-to-sms/?PHPSESSID=e539eb679e3c89c0d36e2b94b48fa884
Thanks, but that didn't work for the countries that I was interested in. I found two others though, but I'm having problems figuring out how to use them.
http://m.peekamo.com/default.aspx
and
http://m.wadja.com/xhtml/default.aspx
Anybody have any other solutions? Thanks!
frazell said:
You should look for Email to SMS information to learn the email address that translates to your friends phone's internationally.
This site claims to have some of that information, but I've never used this site so I can't vouch for it. I just turned it up in an internet search.
http://www.mutube.com/projects/open-email-to-sms/?PHPSESSID=e539eb679e3c89c0d36e2b94b48fa884
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Hi All,
after a pile of googling, I'm still trying to find an application which will send an sms based on an email and vise versa, so when the phone receives an e-mail it sends an sms, and when it receives an sms it sends an email.
Not sure if such an app exists, but i figure this is the best place to ask the question.
Thanks in advance for any help!!
JP.
Magicall
"Magicall" is an application which meets your requirements as u mentined
Not quite what I was looking for
Thanks for your reply. I've tried the software you mentioned above, but it doesn't provide the functionality I'm after.
Does anyone else know of any software which will take an email and sms it to a predefined number and also take an SMS and forward it to a predefined email address?
Thanks in advance.
JP
Hiya, I can't find another thread, but I hope I'm not duplicating. I have several questions relating to MMS's.
Can anyone see any way to let me write a long SMS text without it being sent as an MMS? If I write a reply to a text and it's one character too long, it'll send it as an MMS. I'm in the UK on O2, and have unlimited everything, except MMS's which cost me money. I've also noticed that if I send to multiple recipients, it'll become an MMS too. Bugger! I just want the phone to send as a multipart SMS like every other phone I've ever owned.
Can I block MMS's?
And finally, what is the difference in the MMS creation mode. Doesn't seem to make any obvious changes.
Thanks for reading.
Okay, I have searched the globe, and I have failed to find a solution to my issue...
I am looking for an app/setting/switch/solution that automatically does what I already do manually.
Specifically, what I'm doing is forwarding MMS pictures sent to my phone to my email. Its doable, I know the basic process. Unfortunately I have to do this manually every time. As there are a lot of pictures that must be forwarded every day... I am looking for something that, when an MMS is recieved, automatically forwards it to my email, or even just another phone number. Something that automatically inputs my email into the "send to" field of this phone's SMS app. I've sifted through easily 20 different apps that all claim to have the functionality I'm looking for, but not one actually accomplishes this.
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Okay, I have searched the globe, and I have failed to find a solution to my issue...
I am looking for an app/setting/switch/solution that automatically does what I already do manually.
Specifically, what I'm doing is forwarding MMS pictures sent to my phone to my email. Its doable, I know the basic process. Unfortunately I have to do this manually every time. As there are a lot of pictures that must be forwarded every day... I am looking for something that, when an MMS is recieved, automatically forwards it to my email, or even just another phone number. Something that automatically inputs my email into the "send to" field of this phone's SMS app. I've sifted through easily 20 different apps that all claim to have the functionality I'm looking for, but not one actually accomplishes this.
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Hello - I am the dev for PhoneLeash, and as of y'day PhoneLeash supports MMS forwarding. Give it a try -- www.bitly.com/phoneleash -- and let us know!
PVS
pvsub said:
Hello - I am the dev for PhoneLeash, and as of y'day PhoneLeash supports MMS forwarding. Give it a try -- www.bitly.com/phoneleash -- and let us know!
PVS
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This app has great potential. It fills a niche for sure. This addresses the limits of Google Voice.
Questions/concerns:
1) When will MMS forward to another phone be available?
2) I am concerned about forwarding MMS through gearandroid, privacy issues. Can you discuss?
3) When I reply from Gmail, adding // at the end of my reply, it does not work. Nothing is received by the sending phone.
I'd gladly pay for this app if these issues can be addressed.
Thanks.