Forget SMS Mac 1.0: Use iChat instead

I am *wetting my pants* the ichat to sms feature is SO AWESOME and such a neat surpriese!!! I can't imagine needing anything else. The six digit number used as a reply number is super mysterious too!

try this widget instead it is free and uses the contacts in your address book... http://home.comcast.net/~jeff.ulicny/software/entertainment.html

several comments: 1. i never knew about the sms to mobile fon in USA via iChat. stupid me and thanks for pointing it out. 2. while this is all well and good for people sending sms to the usa, there is an entire rest of the world out here you know: i live in tokyo. it costs, get this, 100JPY to send sms out to any carrier from japan. yes, almost 1US$ per sms. so, when the sendsms widget came out, i ofcourse bought in. its great. i still need it to send sms to china and hong kong etc, but to the usa, it will be iChat. thnx

I don't understand something. I upgraded to Tiger and now I am stripped of sending SMS message through the addressbook. Why would someone deprive me of this wonderful feature. Did anyone else notice it is missing? In Panther, one would be able to open addressbook, connect to a phone via bluetoothe and then click the drop down by any phone number to get the option to send an sms.

I live in the U.S.A. I pay 10 bucks a month to have unlimited texting.. I use it for work.. for play.. I abuse it in my opinion.. but thats why its called UNLIMITED texting.. and you pay for it...

To those complaining about the cost of sending sms messages. You have to realise that in most of the world, except the US and maybe Canada (I don't know), the sender pays for sending the sms. In the US apparently the receiver pays. So in most of the world it is perfectly reasonable to charge for sending sms messages through a service like this. And it is actually the right business model! Think spam! As for Adam Michela who sends 250-500 sms messages a day.... what are you? A sms spammer?

correction: It definelty works within Canada. I use it to send my girlfreind SMS's from work all the time (she's on TELUS). format has to be ... +1 (areacode) (number)

Personally, I don't like the way it looks compared to the simple interface that they had showed when they won the widget contest. http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/dashboard/ I gather he's charging the .10 per sms b/c it all runs through his servers and these things cost money. However, since widgets are built on open standards, I don't see why somebody can't create one that looks and acts the same, but communicates to the outside world through iChat. It's just a matter of time. I know I'm gonna be working on it!

Very cool. However, since I already send about 250-500 SMS per day through GMail and AIM for completely free... $5 for 50SMS isn't worth it for a pretty phone widget

holy crap tha's awesome. I've been looking for a way to do this, it was there all along!