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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: pobs on Jul 02, '03 01:44:35PM

2 questions regarding this...

1. Can the receiver of the SMS reply... I tried it but we couldn't get the reply form SMS-phone to iChatA/V

2. Can we add SMS people to buddy lists?

Cheers,

pobs



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: swamiswami on Jul 02, '03 01:46:35PM

Yes, you can reply - just tested it on my Nokia phone thru AT&T. The reply showed up pretty much instantaneously in iChat.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: Elian on Jul 02, '03 02:06:16PM

iChat/AV beta works for this--messages get sent, and I could respond OK (albeit awkwardly) from my Motorola POS phone. However each of the two messages I sent to the phone had different receiver numbers, so I don't know that you can originate a conversation from a phone.

iChat/AV also offered to add the phone number to my buddy list, though I don't know if that works as I didn't bother trying.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: seancorfield on Jul 02, '03 04:49:51PM

Neat tip. However, I couldn't get reply to work. The reply number claimed to be a 6-digit number (265 060) which of course fails :(

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"If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive."
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Reply works but address is coded
Authored by: spudly on Jul 02, '03 08:53:52PM

indeed the address is a 6 digit [250 620] number with a space in the middle. but i replied to it and it worked...no sooner did i press OK to send the message than my iChat received the reply...amazingly fast!



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Reply works but address is coded
Authored by: seancorfield on Jul 05, '03 05:08:21PM

Yeah, I tried to reply but got "Message not sent" :(

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"If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive."
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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: MacMuse26 on Jul 02, '03 06:39:30PM

Reply support depends on your mobile carrier. My limited tests show that SprintPCS Vision cannot reply, while Verizion can.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: rusto on Jul 02, '03 06:58:40PM

It depends on your phone's model/firmware/software version as well: my Verizon/Moto V60 does not offer a "reply" choice while a friend's T720 does.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: appletag on Jul 07, '03 09:12:31PM

I was able to SMS my LG VX10 (on verizon) and reply to iChat. I saved the addresss on the phone. I used the saved address to send an SMS to my iChat user. SO...my phone can receive and initiate chat sessions FWIW.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: cfc2004 on Sep 22, '04 07:25:59AM

well whats the crack



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: Tepepa on Jul 03, '03 04:04:50AM

Sorry, you cannot reply.
You cannot send SMS to iChat
but you can add buddies with this format:
+(prefix) tel. num.



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Send SMS messages to mobile phones from iChat
Authored by: mac-rob on Jul 04, '03 12:40:07AM

Sending from desktop to phone should work with most major US carriers including Sprint, TMobile, Cingular, Verizon, AT&T Wireless, and Nextel.

Replying from phone to desktop will work with Verizon and AT&T Wireless. Hopefully support for more carriers will be possible in the future.

Initiating from phone to desktop is not possible at this time, regardless of wireless carrier.

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BTW, don't let the odd 6-digit sender number confuse you. This is a "short code" used by the SMSC to route messages to/from an application on the carrier's network. Conceptually it's similar to a TCP/IP port. A temporary, unique short code is assigned to each incoming screen name on a rotating basis and is used to route reply messages back to the sender (only on networks which support replying - currently AT&T and Verizon).



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Send SMS messages but CANNOT save "buddy" number
Authored by: filips on Jul 19, '04 03:15:31PM

YEs, works great, but I cannot save the +1xxxxxxxx format as a user name to my iChat so it is useless if each time I have to whip out my phone and type in the telephone number again... anyone figured out how to do this yet?



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