Teleflip™ started when the founder became increasingly frustrated at his inability to send text messages to friends' cell phones from his PC. It was of course possible, but you had to know the cell phone provider, the correct domain name and the correct syntax for the email address. There had to be an easier way....Teleflip™ was born.
I dunno, it is pretty good technology, but as it is, i hate putting my cell # down on most applicationas for fear of getting a million marketing calls to my cell . . . now they have your cell #, whether they spam using SMS or over voice, it might suck
alternatively, AIM supports sending instant messages to all cell phones that support text messaging. Just click 'Setup', then 'Add Mobile', and then the phone number you wish to send messages to. Now you'll have that cell phone on your buddy list and you can send messages like it was a direct chat. This works even better if the receiving phone supports AIM instant messaging because they can easily respond back.
Another great feature I found out about yesterday is the ability to forward instant messages to your cell phone while you are in away mode.
Actually, that site doesn't work very well anymore now that number portability has taken hold. It only goes by the area code and first 3 digits of the phone number. So, it only shows which company "owned" that batch of numbers prior to number portability.
For that matter, teleflip also has a few months delay in updating their systems (according to their website). I just sent a message to my phone using teleflip, but received nothing. I suspect it is going to my old carrier.
japorms said:
<< Nudle said:
<< Anyone know how I can find out what mobile provider a phone number belongs to? >>
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