I belive all US GSM carriers have now opened up their networks so that you can send SMS messages across competing US networks.
I can even send SMS msgs to my friends in Norway, and they get them within a blink of an eye. However, their replies to me are lost in cyberspace.
I have talked to Voicestream about accepting SMS messages from Europe, and I think they're coming pretty close to doing this. We should all enourage our GSM providers to open up their networks and providing gateways so everyone can have the same features.
Shit, in Norway right now you can pay the parking meter with SMS. You send a msg to a # and your phonebill gets charged!!! How freaking cool is that? Some places lets you order sodas from cokemachines!!! You send a msg to #, you'll get a code sent back to your phone, punch in the code and soda pops out of the machine. All happes within seconds and gets charged to your phonebill!! AWESOME!!!
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Am I the only one thinkin the Yoda fight was highly overrated? I mean, it was cool and all, but it reeked of CGI, even more so than Jar-Jar.
Yoda was bouncing up and down like a freaking chipmonk on steroids!
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I belive all US GSM carriers have now opened up their networks so that you can send SMS messages across competing US networks. I can even send SMS msgs to my friends in Norway, and they get them within a blink of an eye. However, their replies to me are lost in cyberspace. I have talked to Voicestream about accepting SMS messages from Europe, and I think they're coming pretty close to doing this. We should all enourage our GSM providers to open up their networks and providing gateways so everyone can have the same features. Shit, in Norway right now you can pay the parking meter with SMS. You send a msg to a # and your phonebill gets charged!!! How freaking cool is that? Some places lets you order sodas from cokemachines!!! You send a msg to #, you'll get a code sent back to your phone, punch in the code and soda pops out of the machine. All happes within seconds and gets charged to your phonebill!! AWESOME!!! -out
Actually, there are more than just one phone company. (Netcom, Telenor, etc)
Am I the only one thinkin the Yoda fight was highly overrated? I mean, it was cool and all, but it reeked of CGI, even more so than Jar-Jar. Yoda was bouncing up and down like a freaking chipmonk on steroids!