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Shel Holtz
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Send a text message from your computer

Teleflip has appraently been around for a while, but I hadn’t heard of it. Now that I have, I’ll probably use the hell out of it.

Innovated by a fellow who was tired of not being able to send text messages to cell phones from his computer, Teleflip lets you use your email to do just that, and it’s completely free. I just tested it, sending a message to my own cell, and the message arrived in under a minute. Just send the message to the phone number at teleflip.com (I’d type in an example but some scum-sucking spammer would probably harvest it and start flooding the Teleflip service with garbage.) The service is currently workin in North America, and any costs your cell phone company would charge for a text message would apply. More information is at the Teleflip website. Let’s hear it for the altruists of the world.

01/12/06 | 2 Comments | Send a text message from your computer

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  • 1.Nice find. This will be of big help to me b/c my #9 button on my phone doesn't work. I can never use the letters WXYZ in a text message. I was suprised at how many alternative words I could come up with without using those letters.

    Blake | January 2006 | San Francisco

  • 2.It seems that SMS messaging is one area where the US is behind much of the rest of the world. This service looks like it could serve as a useful bridge into this new media channel.

    Of course, once the desk-to-mobile connection is made, I wonder how many other new and interesting applications will emerge. Of course, do we really need one more reason to have our cell phones disturb us while we're driving? Probably not.

    Thanks for the post, Shel. I've added it to the "must read" list on "Much Ado About Marketing."

    Mike Bawden
    Brand Central Station

    Mike Bawden | January 2006 | Bettendorf, Iowa

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