Quite a few new companies are starting to offer SMS configurations for mobile services via an SMS which can actually install a file on your device directly. This is great for a few reasons – It confirms the user’s device address and makes it easy to get going rather than worry about manual entry for adding settings to things which can actually be quite a pain for the average person.
Truphone offers an SMS configuration trust me when I say you don’t want to manually configure SIP on a phone. I was not able to get the SMS to arrive on my phone even with a full signal so I began to try and figure it out eventually getting some help over the phone…
GooSync is another service which can configure your device for use and as adding a sync service is a bit complex. Again, the SMS never arrived… Seems there are quite a few people in the group list who also had not received their messages and were also on Cingular.
A few threads later, it was revealed that there’s actually a binary multipart message being sent which is clearly being blocked by Cingular I’m sure as they think it might be something bad…
Truphone’s solution to this problem is to offer a download (two parts) from their site based on how their service works… not ideal, but you can get it done. I’d imagine that the average mobile VOIP user is not your average user anyway so a bit tech-duct tape to the rescue… Hopefully a work-around for Goosync will also come around. It’s unlikely that Cingular will unblock these type of service messages.
It looks like also Verizon is blocking SMS configurations. I tried http://www.zyb.com to make a free backup of my mobile data. I never received the configuration – the service works excellent for me after I did the manual setting. But it would have been nice to have had it via an SMS.
Forgot about zyb.com… I never received my configuration from that site either and was playing with the manual settings too.
Can anyone recommend me?
I need an free sms service for my homepage.
I am seeking one with the option to change the design(for a bit).
Thanks a million!
Did a quick google…
http://www.txtdrop.com/
http://www.owidgets.com/oTxt