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10-23-2007, 08:09 AM
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New Romantic
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Best way to send text messages from PC to cell phones
Long story, but we have a need to be able to send text messages to cell phones from a PC - but without going through a service provider's web page. I.e., we might need to send a text message to 4 people, each on a separate service, and be able to do it from a PC web site that is not Verizon's, etc.
Is there a web service that provides this that anyone has any experience with here? |
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10-23-2007, 08:13 AM
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New Romantic
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10-23-2007, 08:23 AM
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New Romantic
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The reason I'm asking here instead of just googling - want to avoid any that automatically reap the numbers entered to sell to spammers. Now - the IDEAL would be a place that let me send AND receive from a phone's text/SMS. I don't assume IMs like google talk include that feature? |
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10-23-2007, 08:33 AM
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I don't know about EVERY one of them, but ALMOST every service provider simply has the option to use an email address for the SMS inbox. For example, if you send an email to [phonenumber]@messaging.sprintpcs.com, it'll hit the phone as a text message. I don't know all the other carriers off the top of my head, but I'm pretty sure all the major ones, at least, do that. If they just reply, it'll come back to the email address it was sent from. I don't know if that's exactly what you're looking for, and you'd have to track down how each service provider does it, but it can be done from any email account, and it's simple and requires no extra services.
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10-23-2007, 08:40 AM
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10-23-2007, 08:54 AM
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Jeff -- in case you haven't stumbled upon this by yourself -- once again, wikipedia knows all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateways |
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10-23-2007, 09:08 AM
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So far in testing this, it appeared to work without a hitch going to the Verizon user - sending from a Hotmail account. A little problem in sending to our T-Mobile user from the same Hotmail account - the message comes in as a MMS rather than SMS, which created some problems. Also - on the Verizon, replying was very straightforward. On the T-Mobile, it states that it can't send a text message to an email address. More work to be done, but it seems to be a good path - thanks. |
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10-23-2007, 09:10 AM
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New Romantic
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Looks like setting up a mailing list with the four targets is the easiest approach here, hope it works out for you.
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10-23-2007, 09:11 AM
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Alternately, you could pick up a wireless modem and sms gateway software and send SMS messages directly from a PC and/or server. If you want to hurt your brain trying to find a free software alternative, you can always click here. (caveat: it's been a couple years since I've mucked around with this stuff, so ymmv)
In practice, Murph's tip re: using email is definitely the easiest way to go, though. If you only have to deal with a handful of people, and everything just works on Verizon, get 'em all Verizon phones :) |
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10-23-2007, 10:00 AM
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Looks like Skype has some sort of interface to an SMS gateway too, although I think they charge for it. That'd be useful if one of your target carriers doesn't have an email gateway, or if one of your target carriers requires their users to pay to receive SMS-via-email (I think Verizon falls into this group).
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10-23-2007, 12:45 PM
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Neo Acoustic
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I use bitbomb.com for this. Its free, they don't sell your phone number to spammers (at least, they haven't in the 6 months or so I have been using it). They do show google targeted ads on your PC, but no spam or ads to your phone. bitbomb allows you to schedule text messages in advance (I use it for reminders), and you can also set up friends lists, which would solve your issue with the 4 target emails.
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10-23-2007, 01:25 PM
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I wrote docs for this at my new job. :-) T-Mobile Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ tmomail.net Example: 3335551111@tmomail.net Verizon Wireless Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ vtext.com Example: 3335551111@vtext.com Rogers Wireless Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ pcs.rogers.com Example: 3335551111@pcs.rogers.com Sprint PCS Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ messaging.sprintpcs.com Example: 3335551111@messaging.sprintpcs.com Cingular Wireless Format: 1 + 10-digit cell phone number @ cingularme.com Example: 13335551111@cingularme.com AT&T PCS Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ mobile.att.net Example: 3335551111@mobile.att.net Bell Atlantic Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ message.bam.com Example: 3335551111@message.bam.com Bell Mobility (Canada) Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ txt.bell.ca Example: 3335551111@txt.bell.ca Cellular One Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ mobile.celloneusa.com Example: 3335551111@mobile.celloneusa.com Comcast Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ comcastpcs.textmsg.com Example: 3335551111@comcastpcs.textmsg.com Fido Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ fido.ca Example: 3335551111@fido.ca Telus Format: 10-digit cell phone number @ msg.telus.com Example: 3335551111@msg.telus.com Last edited by Lunch of Kong; 10-23-2007 at 01:33 PM.. |
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10-23-2007, 06:39 PM
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Glad you're off to a good start. :-) |
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10-24-2007, 12:36 PM
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10-24-2007, 06:31 PM
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Haha, kids these days, eh?
Hope you're able to get everything you need. |
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