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aR-Tard
12/11/08

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Only works with US phones :(
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Kaiser-Machead
12/11/08

@aR-Tard: That's the same deal with other IM clients that can send SMS messages.
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Geisrud
12/11/08

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All fine and dandy, but is anyone else having problems with the Google not serving up pages recently?
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winshape
12/11/08

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Now if only there were a way to totally turn off SMS so I'm not charged for every stupid text message that I get but don't want...maybe with an accompanying message like (555-1234 does not accept text messages).
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Monty
12/11/08

@winshape: Many carriers can turn off SMS on your account.
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admoseremic
12/11/08

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A warning: It actually sends 2 texts for every message you send. One contains the message, the second says "soandso@gmail.com sent you an SMS grom Gmail!"

A less serious warning: Texting back to the Gmailer also opens a second window in Gmail.
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daftrok
12/11/08

@admoseremic:

Uh....thanks?
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DontFeedTheTrolls
12/11/08

@daftrok: If you're not sure why you're giving thanks then why bother replying? Did you just want attention?

For those non attention-whores who are also wondering why he labled that a warning, it's because not everyone has unlimited txt plans, and some don't have txt at all. So, you may not know you're sending 2 txt's for every 1 message you send, and you may not know you're pushing the recipient over their txt limit and are now charging them twice the amount of a txt for each message you send. And with the txt price gouging going on these days you can rack someone up a pretty hefty bill...
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DontFeedTheTrolls
12/11/08

@admoseremic: Some clarification: I just enabled it and tested it out with my number. It does send two txt's at first, but this is a one time deal. It lets the person know they have a txt and how to reply or opt out of receiving them. After that, all subsequent messages are just one txt.
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ceilingFANBOY
12/11/08

@.king: Have you tried to see if it is permanent for that contact or does it send the initial message every time that you start a new session? For example, if I text someone using gmail, it's going to send two messages for the first message and then only one from then on, but if I sign out, clear my cookies, and come back later is it going to send two messages with the first one again if I text the same person or will it remember that you have already chatted with that person via gmail and bypass the message?
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DontFeedTheTrolls
12/11/08

@ceilingFANBOY: It seems like it's permanent for that contact. I logged out, cleared cookies and restarted my browser and did another test just to make sure.
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