vic102482
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Upper Marlboro, MD
2 edits | Ive Long wondered that.......
Why someone wouldnt write an application that would just leverage the email address that is attached to every device. I havent used the AIM one, but if your handle is your phone number that is an even bigger reason to dump SMS.
I would dump texting in a heartbeat. I pay 30 bucks a month for the privelage of sending unlimited texts on AT&Ts network. 
Too much money, and AT&T benefits from it because I dont tie up their phone lines with long calls. Win win for those guys.
Also what would be cool is some sort of IM to SMS bridge. You send an IM to a phone@email (555-555-5555@wireless.net) and it shows up on that persons phone as an SMS text (and the person of course having the capabilities to reply back). Then you could dump SMS completly.
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ablack6596
join:2005-01-28
Scarsdale, NY | AIM already includes this as do many other IM clients. Sending an IM to a cellphone # with a +1 in front sends the phone a text message. |
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ReVeLaTeD
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join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
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said by vic102482  :Why someone wouldnt write an application that would just leverage the email address that is attached to every device. I havent used the AIM one, but if your handle is your phone number that is an even bigger reason to dump SMS. Because when you send notifications that way it's treated as an MMS which at least for Verizon is more expensive. I know this because I would use it quite frequently before. Now that I have nobody texting me it's a different ball game.
Blackberry has a minor workaround in its BlackBerry PIN Messaging. But of course both sides need BlackBerries. |
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chilibball
join:2008-11-20
Albany
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This is possible.
AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
Here is for MMS
AT&T phonenumber@mms.att.net
Verizon phonenumber@vzwpix.com
Here is the link i got my info from:
»www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_···_virgin/ |
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madmathias
join:2008-10-22
Hiram, GA | My company started blocking text messages to our blackberry's, and I've been using email to SMS for a long time now as a workaround. Thanks for posting all the carrier addresses, I was curious what they were other than verizon! |
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tiger72
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Saint Louis, MO
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because they're still sent as SMS messages. On all the IM clients for T-Mobile, at least, they use an IM-to-SMS gateway. You're not limited to 160char, but you get charged for each message as if they were SMS messages.
The exception to this are the googlechat client on the TMO G1 which uses the data connection for IM, and 3rd party Android and J2ME apps which also use data.
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linicx
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said by vic102482 :I would dump texting in a heartbeat. I pay 30 bucks a month for the privelage of sending unlimited texts on AT&Ts network. Why? I pay a buck to Sprint for a 1000 messages a month and rarely use it.
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Mr SMS
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Your idea in last sentence fails because it includes parts of wireless telephony SMS infrastructure, used for the Mobile Terminated and Mobile Originated [SMS/Text] messages. These parts include Base Stations, Cell Site Software, wired networking to MSC, not to mention the out of band channels [DTC or DCCH for GSM/TDMA] used to transmit the SMS control messages and Bearer Data. |
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