My God I did it. I did it! I put myself in a deep freeze and I went forward through time! Matt? That you? Whooo! Time has ravaged your once youthful looks.
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).
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.
@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...
@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.
@.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?
@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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mmmm..moon pie. What a time to be alive...
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I am kinda surprised. I thought they would be in beta forever.
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A less serious warning: Texting back to the Gmailer also opens a second window in Gmail.
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Uh....thanks?
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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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