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Great SMS app for iPod!

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VToX

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Nov 28, 2007
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There is an application called SkySMS that lets you send SMS messages by VoiP. You will need to download FreeCall and make an acount Here.

Then add this source: irepo.xwaves.net
Then go through all packages to find SkySMS and download it.
Then go to Settings > Tap the FreeCall arrow > Enter your login and password.

Then you can send texts untill your account runs out (if it does just make a new one).
 
Saw something about this app on another message board, glad you reminded me about it.

I'll give it a try, refreshing sources now...
 
Thanks. I'm also really interested in this subject.

Just a quick question, do you have to use FreeCall with this app?

And can you really send and receive as many texts as you want (in the UK for me) for free with this provider?

Cheers

(To the OP: I sent you a PM but feel free to ignore it as it's just the same as this post)
 
VToX said:
please post a reply if you have any troubles
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So where do I sign up on that site?

Nevermind, found it.

So what is the format for entering a number? It said the first time I launched the app, but now I can't find where that info is.
 
To sign up, you just download the VoiP program, and make an account.
 
Just a quick thought.

Would it be possible to send and receive SMS messages through the email application? I'll be setting up my Gmail account with it, could you not just type in the number followed by a provider?

The more I think about it, perhaps not. I assume you would need some kind of provider for it, and here in the UK (for me anyway) there don't seem to be any.

However, I'm open to suggestions!
 
Ok I sent my cell a text and didn't get nothing what's going on??? Is there a special way to type in the phone number or something. Its not a international number just plain ole 10 digits.
 
There is a format.... for the US its

+1 _ _ _ - _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ but Mine is still not working.. my phone has not received a text. it said "message sent!"
 
Anyone able to get this thing to work??? I haven't got any texts. Looks like I'm going to uninstall this.
 
yeh you have to buy credit to send a text.......... this would only be "great" if you could sent free texts (free meaning not paying to send texts) but hey I like to be tight fisted lol I'll stick with my unlimited free texts with my mobile subscriber :)
 
What provider do you use ?

If it doesn't work, try first to send an SMS on the provider website using their web interface and check if it works. If it doesn't it's not a SkySMS problem !
If it works please report problems to adm __AT__ xwaves __DOT__ net

Thank you

Mathieu
Xwaves
 
zittix said:
What provider do you use ?

If it doesn't work, try first to send an SMS on the provider website using their web interface and check if it works. If it doesn't it's not a SkySMS problem !
If it works please report problems to adm __AT__ xwaves __DOT__ net

Thank you

Mathieu
Xwaves
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I signed up with freecall and used that account and it doesn't work. Are there other ones where its free?????
 
re

Egh,

or if you know the carrier

T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com

There you all go.

It will show up in their inbox showing your email from your iTouch, but isn't the point of SMS to be able to message on the go? Same concept, different protocol. Either way typing on the iTouch blows. I've had mine for two months now and I can hardly make a sentence without getting angry and the auto-subs or mistakes.

Best of luck.
 
Hey, thanks a million for all of those e-mail text redirects...but are you serious about the hard-to-type thing? I can type about 2X the speed on my iPod than I can on my RAZR...I actually think it's a lot easier to type on the touch screen than with real buttons.
 
SkySMS worked for me first time. I would rather use the Mail.app method though.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3)

I just use mail.. Just the #@vtext.com...
 
helppp

ive got the skySMS app on my itouch, i can send texts just fine, but does anyone know how to relpy to those messages?/?
 
lace69 said:
ive got the skySMS app on my itouch, i can send texts just fine, but does anyone know how to relpy to those messages?/?
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Just provide your mobile phone number in the "Sender field" of the account settings. Replies will then be sent to your mobile phone.
 
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