It's possible porting this open source program in android http://www.gotext.org/wiki/Welcome
What is goText?
goText is mainly a small Java software for mobile phones that you can use to send free SMS messages to anyone in the world.
The software itself is free, the download too, and the same applies to SMS messages.
How can goText send free messages, even using GPRS connection?
goText is not directly sending the message.
goText connects to SMS websites around the web offering free sms messaging services.
This means you need to be already registered, or register now, to one or more website with free SMS services.
Now you have the full picture of what is free and what's not:
Free: goTest software and SMS messages (through SMS websites)
Paid: GPRS connection. But goText makes only very little traffic so you pay only 1 cent or less!
Related
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/07/13/1727211.shtml
Anyone know if there's a way for free SMS with our phones?
kireol said:
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/07/13/1727211.shtml
Anyone know if there's a way for free SMS with our phones?
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You can send free SMS by using AOL instant message as long as the receiver has an iphone but you cannot send free SMS to a different phone besides the iphone
It's not free SMS. It's Instant messenger. It uses your data plan.
here's the beta from AOL for WM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402783
CraZyLiLbOy said:
You can send free SMS by using AOL instant message as long as the receiver has an iphone but you cannot send free SMS to a different phone besides the iphone
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Not according to the /. article. You can send to any SMS capable phone. The article clearly states this can go to any phone.
tdusen said:
It's not free SMS. It's Instant messenger. It uses your data plan.
here's the beta from AOL for WM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=402783
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It IS sms. it goes through the data plan.
did you guys read the article that I linked?
The receiving phone gets an SMS. The SMS is sent by the AOL servers. Similar to going to the ATT website and sending an SMS. This same method can be used from your desktop AIM client to send an SMS to anyone.
I send SMS through AIM all the time. Just add the number +1 (area code) (7 digits).
does the AOL client for our phones allow us to do this? guess I could install it and find out. just wondering.
kireol said:
It IS sms. it goes through the data plan.
did you guys read the article that I linked?
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I think you are missing the point. If you have an unlimited data plan, at least in the US, you still pay over and above for sending SMS. If this does use data instead of SMS, there is a savings.
This would be awesome if each message wasn't proceeded by "This is an instant message, you can reply to this"
kireol said:
does the AOL client for our phones allow us to do this? guess I could install it and find out. just wondering.
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no you can't
and whats this have to do with the kaiser?
I was wrong, yeah you can send free SMS by using AOL Instant Messenger
Download it here
Hello All
I just wanted to warn you all about Phrase Book which have just appeared on the market. It is marked as a free application but after launching it will send a premium sms which can cost you even 5 dollars (I am in Poland and here the cost was 6zl ~= 2dollars). You can't avoid it because application sends the sms in the background without even asking about it!!! There is no word about it in the description too. I have already flagged this application as an inappropriate and I hope that they will remove it from the market.
Here is a webpage of the company which created that app, take a look at the application cost:
http://herocraft.com/en/games/detail.php?ID=7967
Karol
Hello,
The application does not send premium sms in a background mode, sms goes only with the consent of the user, the information on cost is given before sending.
At the moment the application is updated according to your wishes, you can establish the improved version free of charge soon.
Is there any app out there that lets you send free sms?
google voice
any others?
SMS is a feature of your cell provider, not the phone, so there is no magical free SMS app.
Google Voice routes incoming text via their own servers, as opposed to your provider's. It then has the option to either forward it to your phone as an actual SMS (in which case you will incur the usual charges) or via the data connection (GPRS/EDGE/3G), in which case it will be "free" since it bypasses providers' networks. However, forwarding is the default behavior unless you turn it off in your account settings at http://voice.google.com.
did you search in the market. i think there may be one ( i know there was one a while back) but how reliable it is, i cannot tell you (unlimited sms)
you could just use aim to send sms for free. as long as you have a data plan.
i know for a fact that there are free sms apps out there. search the market.
Or quit being cheap and get the data plan with unlimited texts.
This is a good question. It's either you being ripped off by the big companies or you being considered "cheap". If you have a data plan (which I'm guessing you do if you have a G1), you could just use email to text people's numbers. Most popular carriers let people receive texts from email, so if my number was (555)555-5555, you can email to [email protected] for verizon, [email protected] for AT&T, [email protected] for T-Mobile, and a few others listed here and at other places on the Internet.
To read more about the ongoing ripoff that is what we know as SMS, read below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/28digi.html?_r=3
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/14/txts_r_v_pricey/
You can also find more info on it by Googling "sms ripoff".
if you use google voice then the first time you text someone your phone will ask you to use messaging or google voice, choose google voice and check the box to make it default. From that point on you will text like normal but everything will go out via google voice. The only downfall is that people have to send texts to your google voice number instead of your phone number and google voice's app sometimes has a couple minute delay on receiving the sms.
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Or quit being cheap and get the data plan with unlimited texts.
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No! I'm sick of bending over to the carriers.
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I refuse to pay their exuberant prices for services that cost them NOTHING. I already pay for data (btw, the US data plans are one of the most expensive in the world), so how is it that different from text? I understand charging extra for MMS since it puts extra load on the network, but friggin' TEXT?!? Come on. The only reason there hasn't been a major public outrage about this ridiculous scam is because the silent majority of texters are teenagers whose phone bills are paid by mommies and daddies.
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are there any third party free sms apps?
i know google blocks free sms apps from the market
anyone know if any exist?
Wait, what? Google doesn't block free SMS apps at all. You must be thinking of Apple or something.
Look at ChompSMS (my personal favorite) or HandCentSMS
I don't think its possible. To use SMS you either need a data connection or an actual SMS plan. If you don't have either. How are you going to get the SMS out? If its only on WiFi, you can use meebo or aim and just text their cell number. But its not possible to get SMS for free using cellular signal.
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I don't think its possible. To use SMS you either need a data connection or an actual SMS plan. If you don't have either. How are you going to get the SMS out? If its only on WiFi, you can use meebo or aim and just text their cell number. But its not possible to get SMS for free using cellular signal.
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some networks/contracts have unlimited data plans but limit the calls/texts that you can use, im guessing he is after an app which will automatically use a site which provides free texts.
then again, if he wants that there is the option of going to the site through the browser
just get google voice and call it a day give your GV num to people and have them use that as your primary num.
GV app has txt msg in there and its all over data. so technically free (as long as you have an unlimited plan.
I have the verizon tab, and i don't particularly want to pay for a TXT message plan, but want to send the occasional txt message to my girlfriend
is there a worth while messaging program or should i just put a 250 message plan on my tab?
Hi,
Try WhatsApp from the Market for free, it use data to send text massage and its very quick, like BBM on Blackberry. Your girlfriend will need the same app on her phone.
This app is also available free for Apple, Nokia and Blackberry.
Use Google Voice . It have free text and voice mail .
or you could just email her number using whatever carriers text address.
verizon
[email protected]
tmo
[email protected]
sprint
[email protected]
you get the idea,
here is an entire list of messaging gateways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SMS_gateways
pretty much all carriers.
just save hers as her contact info and you are good to go!!