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Mat Lu said 12:14PM on 1-14-2007
I thought that with many carriers you could sent SMSes via email. For instance with Sprint you can just send a short email to :@messaging.sprintpcs.com . That's generally good enough for me, though I have to admit I've never quite understood doing it from the computer since I have a Treo and typing 160 characters doesn't seem that onerous. I guess it might be different if you were using a keypad, though.
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mark said 3:10PM on 1-14-2007
Huh? I send text messages all the time thu iChat- its free! Type +and the phone number and the message is sent- and they reply in the same chat window. It acts like a normal chat.
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Matthew said 4:43PM on 1-14-2007
Doesn't seem too expensive to me. Texts on a pay-as-you-go price plan usually cost about 10p each here, and SMS Mac charges about 6p, although there is a £6 yearly fee. But if one sends a lot of text messages, then it would probably work out cheaper. Not that I do, I probably send about 2 a year.
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Dan Warne said 3:57PM on 1-14-2007
I think people reviewing SMS Mac often forget that outside of the US, networks don't provide free SMS sending websites etc, and that SMSes in these countries (such as Australia) can be quite expensive. In Australia they're 25c (50c for international SMS on some networks), so SMSMac's cost is relatively lower. (Of course, the situation has improved somewhat in Australia with the introduction of capped call plans, e.g. $49 for up to $230 worth of usage).
You note it in your article, but it's worth highlighting: you can use the same credits on your Mac at home via the Address Book plugin or Dashboard Widget, AND your Windows PC at work using the Konfabulator/Yahoo Widgets widget. And the authors of SMS Mac tell me they're also working on a Vista Sidebar Gadget.
Even if you use a carrier website to send SMSes, the convenience of SMS Mac is rather good: it allows 'type and click' sending rather than having to log in to the carrier website first. Those seconds count! :)
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Don said 4:43PM on 1-14-2007
Some phones already have integrated SMS via the Address Book/Bluetooh.
If you have a Sony Ericcson for example, you can turn on bluetooth (assuming your phone has already been paired), open the address book, click the bluetooth icon in the Address Book and you should be able to send and receive SMS via the phonebook.
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Anonymous said 4:17PM on 1-14-2007
Check out:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/email_messaging/freetextmessagescallwave.html
It free pretty much worldwide.
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Travis said 9:25PM on 1-16-2007
If you want a FREE SMS texting plugin, just download Google's "Send to Phone" plugin for Firefox...
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/sendtophone/index.html
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autoy said 4:24PM on 1-14-2007
This is probably the best discovery I've made this weekend:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/email_messaging/freetextmessagescallwave.html
- Free SMS anywhere in the world. Just select "International" if your carrier isn't in the list and put your country code before the number. Eg: +34 626345699 (+34 is for Spain)
- Integrates nicely with Adress Book.
- 100% Free
I haven't spent a pennie since I discovered it :)
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sdfjkl said 5:18PM on 1-14-2007
Or you could use Bluephone Elite (http://www.mirasoftware.com/) and SMS with your existing Bluetooth enabled cellphone.
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John said 5:22PM on 1-14-2007
Donationware addressbook scripts:
http://home.earthlink.net/~dwbrowne/software/software.html
They add a menu option that copies a mobile number from Address Book, opens a new chat window in iChat, and pastes the number in proper SMS format. Couldn't be easier. I use it all the time.
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Neil said 5:39PM on 1-14-2007
I highly suggest you check out Teleflip:
http://www.teleflip.com/
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Simon said 5:58PM on 1-14-2007
You can SMS from Address book via your bluetooth enabled phone if they are paired.
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german_sms said 7:56PM on 1-14-2007
If you live in germany, you should check out this adressbook-plugin:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22109
It's for the german-sms-provider www.sms77.de. No subscription and the price for one sms starts at 0.035€.
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Tony said 8:00PM on 1-14-2007
Very odd to hear that for such service some money should be paid if it's possible to do the same from Google free of charge...
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Keith said 8:21PM on 1-14-2007
Quicksilver + Addressbook Plugin + Teleflip plugin = Free SMS goodness.
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martin said 1:28AM on 1-15-2007
Doesn't Teleflip do this for free? And you don't even need to know the other person's cell carrier, you just send an email to phonenumber@teleflip.com.
http://www.teleflip.com
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Woody said 7:35AM on 1-15-2007
I work in the SMS industry, and I can tell you nothing is for FREE! anytime you see a company offering free SMS in Europe is becuase they are taking your number and the person you are sending it to and adding to spammers databases either legally or other. In the US its still possible to SMS for free due to the simple ability to email your phone eg yournumber@verizon.com comes up as a text message.
personally I use Skype.com as the new version supports sending SMS - its perfect! Yes you pay a little, but I know my numbers are not being stolen. They are also using industry standard gateways, so when you send a text you know it will arrive at the other end.
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HT said 12:56PM on 1-15-2007
Some phones already have integrated SMS via the Address Book/Bluetooh.
If you have a Sony Ericcson for example, you can turn on bluetooth (assuming your phone has already been paired), open the address book, click the bluetooth icon in the Address Book and you should be able to send and receive SMS via the phonebook.
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I had the same setup as well, best config. No need for extra software.
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Eleventeen said 9:10AM on 1-16-2007
I use Don's (no. 8) method all the time. Anytime my phone is in BT range I pair it (and sync it), and address book acts as my caller ID. I only wish that I could use my wired headset plugged into my MBP as a bluetooth 'headset' tho...
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Chris said 7:04PM on 1-17-2007
I'm working on a free addressbook plugin for "any" sms provider.
If you like to join my project (Objective-C), just contact me.
All that needs to be done is Preferences (including configuring stuff for the provider)
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