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[dhedra] 23/11/2003 11:22

hi energyi .....i downloaded text magic, spent ages putting all my numbers in, only to find i had to pay for it! It dosen't cost much, but being as i'm tight-fisted decided against it. I did find one a few years ago that sends them for free, but over time and computer probs have lost it. I dare say the cheapest way is to use the facility offered on-line by your phone provider.

[energyi] 23/11/2003 00:46

Tiscali Free SMS -
Get free SMS, free email, free webspace (and more!) when you let Tiscali provide you with Internet Access. (Tiscali is one of Europe's leading ISPs and offers fast & reliable Internet access with NO monthly fee! Tiscali's Pay As You Go Option is probably the best way to get free sms.)

[energyi] 23/11/2003 00:25

Email to SMS service
With MagicMessage you can send and receive text messages from your email account to mobile phones, without needing to install software.

Keep in touch with home. While you are abroad you can chat with someone on their mobile, using Hotmail or any email account.
Don't have a mobile phone? Use your email account to message people direct to their mobile phones.
Developers: Add SMS sending to your applications that already have an email interface.

...MORE:

CASE Studies:

[energyi] 23/11/2003 00:18

that is not my intention

[wally123] 23/11/2003 00:03

energi, will they let you send spam text onto a mobile phone?

[energyi] 22/11/2003 23:49

More?
Here's another
csoft: https://www.csoft.co.uk/cgi-bin/logon_go_app.pl

Magic Message:

[energyi] 22/11/2003 23:47

I'm having a look at services which allow Text SMS messages to be sent
from ordinary PC's.

Anyone doing that?

I have found a few services like that, and I am wondering about cost & flexibility

Google Search:


Service---- Cost/Msg Min.# Prepay : Comment
o2........ : .. 5.0P .. 30 . Yes. : Best deal? First 30 free
Csoft..... : .. 8.5P . 100 . Yes. :
TextMagic. : .. 9.3P . 150 . Yes. :
2SMS...... : . 10.0P . 900 . Yes. : Business, multiples, add-ons
FastSMS... : . 15.0P . 100 . Yes. : Gets cheaper: 1000 for £100
Like2Stay. : .. Free . N/A . N/a. : Carries advertising message

(note: e... : ....mo)
= = = = =
LINKS:
o2....... :
Csoft.... :
TextMagic :
2sms..... :
FastSMS.. :
More FREE):

[opthalmist] 30/7/2003 12:47

Thanks, i'll take a look.

[csnow] 29/7/2003 12:42

You can trade via wap on your phone with TD Waterhouse

[opthalmist] 29/7/2003 12:35

Does anyone know of a UK broker that offers this service?

[sparkie] 18/12/2002 21:29

Tony,

has this facility with the following caveat... each alert is chargeable.

The talk21 set up page describe charging as...

" In order to maintain and improve the service, there is a charge of 10p for each SMS Alert you receive. This will be billed to you by your mobile phone service provider as each provider supports this. There is no set up fee or subscription for this service from talk21.
Please note: Mobile phone service provider's actual charges have increased. This means that from 15th July 2002 if you are a Vodafone or O2 user, you will be charged 15p (plus VAT) for each Alert delivered. We will confirm the charges from the other operators when we know them. "


I think this is a bit confusing as I read this as 10p (to talk21) plus 15 + vat to operator. Not cheap but it depends how often its triggered I suppose.

My worry would be reliability. I used to use the Cellnet share price SMS service and the number of times the SMS was delayed (reply not received in 30 seconds) or misleading (price feed stopped) were worryingly frequent.

AFAIK SMS is not a guaranteed delivery. If the operators SMS Message Centre goes into overload (quite possible with the advent of TV voting etc), messages will start to be queued and when the queue is full new messages are just discarded.

Mark

[thetroll] 18/12/2002 18:01

Tony, if you've got an always-on connection that checks your email this should be fairly easy to achieve using an email client such as Outlook which can run a chosen application when a message meeting your criteria arrives. The application to run would be either something like the Nokia data suite if you have a mobile phone connected to the PC, or a browser invoking a URL to send an SMS from an external provider ( etc).

[futurefinder] 18/12/2002 17:46

Locust looks interesting, but doesn't obviously seem to do what I'm looking for. Have also finally had response from O2 saying they have no alternative since withdrawing Genie. If anyone else has any solutions I'd be most grateful.

Tony

[futurefinder] 13/12/2002 16:35

Thank you - will check out locust after hours and report back.

Tony

[optimist] 13/12/2002 00:51

Check with your phone service provider. They should be able to give you an email address that will forward as SMS.

[glads] 12/12/2002 11:57

Not tried it myself, but have found this one which looks like it fits the bill.

[futurefinder] 12/12/2002 08:47

I use Q Charts for US trading which will send an email alert once a certain price has been reached. I used to have a genieone web based email account that automatically forwarded an SMS to my mobile when an email was received. This service has now been withdrawn. Does anyone know of any other email services that offer something similar?

Thanks for your help.

Tony