Re: SMS from the computer

"John" <x@y.z> wrote in message
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> TheOldFellow wrote:
>> Like many people my age, I can't do typing on a mobile phone - a
>> typical text (which I send once in every 3 months or so) takes me
>> about half an hour to compose on my Nokia 7210 (on T-mobile PAYG).
>> Is there a cheap way of sending an SMS from the computer (mine runs
>> Linux) so that the recipient doesn't get one of those 'TheOldFellow
>> has sent you a text, pay £5 to read it' messages?  I don't mind
>> paying, say £0.20 a throw though - it'd be worth it to be able to
>> type it properly without all those abrevs, U no.
>> R.
>
> Do what I do. I've got a Nokia 6136 and bought a data cable (about £10
> locally or about £7 on Ebay - but then there's postage so it works out
> about the same). It connects the phone to the computer by USB and comes
> with the necessary software on CD. You can then type out your SMS message
> on your computer's full size keyboard, click "Send" and off it goes from
> the phone as normal - and do lots of other things with it as well, like
> synchronising your email address book with the mobiles address book etc.,m
> etc.
>
He did say cheaply, if you are going to pay the same as sent from the phone
then use Orange websms set to billing you account, instead of 30 free ones.

Steve Terry
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