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Texting using Wifi

Does anyone know or can recommend an app the lets you send/receive SMS & MMS with the Thrive over Wifi?
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I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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you can try texttab. What it does is connect thru Bluetooth to your phone, and receives any SMS your phone gets and sends them to your thrive. Which you can reply and send on your thrive once your paired up.

TexTab worked awesome on mine! I absolutely love that program. Thanks for the head's up on that app. Definitely worth paying for it...

I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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steven7590 said:
I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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Sprints decision to work in collaboration with google voice makes it this way. I have Sprint and love them for this. A friend of mine is having trouble figuring out how to send google voice sms from his Thrive since he is on TMobile tho.

I use DeskSMS, I started using it over month ago and the fact it actually syncs with my contacts on my phone rather they have Google Voice or any other service makes it IMO the best app there for texting over wifi without having to jump between phone numbers. Especially for those of us that didnt want to lose our MMS capability by completely syncing with Google Voice.

I tried DeskSMS for a little while and it works ok. I stopped using it because Google Voice Canadian numbers are still not available. Hopefully I will use DeskSMS again once Canadian Google voice numbers are available.
Rogers Wireless use to offer wifi calling and text for consumer however this option is no longer compatible with my current plan with them so I had to improvise.
I`ve also tried textplus which work very well and you can get a Canadian number by
paying a monthly fee.

firemedic624 said:
I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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HeyWire just got an update that now allows MMS.
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I am using google voice on all my android devices and computers. Most over wi_fi and all sync almost at the same time. Love the thrive.
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[Trick] How to send SMS using your beloved Tab!

Am not sure if this is discussed somewhere.
Anyway, just to share.
Here's how:
Every mobile broadband card comes with a number, and that number will be used when you send / receive SMS.
- Download official Go SMS Pro here and install on your tablet
- Launch the app and send SMS to your other mobile number that you are using to make calls
- The sender number is what your friends will see when they read your SMS from Tab!
Enjoy

On European 3G devices, there is a stock app called Messages, so i don't think that third party app is needed.

For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Until Verizon releases Touchwiz for the LTE versions, this seems like a good alternative. I'm going to test it now.
EDIT: Does not work on mine, says "cannot send message, will send it when the service becomes available" and that message sits there forever until I uninstalled it.

That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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|flyte| said:
For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Thanks for that, works great. I have the 3G version but dont have texts enabled with the sim cards i use, but this is fab!
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parsa5 said:
That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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Interesting... Strange that they advertise it as a capability, and plan on including it with their touchwiz update.
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Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.

parsa5 said:
Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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Wonder if they'll take that provision off when their touchwiz is released...
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i just bought mine.
malaysian release. and off course with no text capabilities.
gonna try this out. thnx for da info aite.

TabGuy said:
I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.
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I'm with you I'm using Google voice
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I been using Heywire and it works well, gave me a regular US number.

If anyone has a 3G tab with Touchwiz, but no Messages app. Try to send a sms to your data plan number, i think that the Messages app appeared after i received the first sms message from my operator.

[Q] App for texting using tablet?

What is the best app out there for sending and receiving SMS text messages using your tablet?

sms sync tab text.. these are two that i have tired both work. Not used them in a while so might work better now with updates to them.. can do bluetooth or must be on same wifi network. .
Also if you are tethered you can use google voice or yahoo messenger to text to and from phone numbers. Groove ip as well and grove with google voice is awesome to make Phone calls from tablet.. There are so many out there you will have to try and find what works best for your liking and style.

I would recommend using SyncSMS

I would recommend Google voice and talkatone, as the latter requires a Google voice number. Talkatone incorporates both WiFi calling and SMS texting, while using only Google voice allows only texting over WiFi.

I've been trying out Tablet Talk lately and it seems to work well.
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jtc276 said:
I've been trying out Tablet Talk lately and it seems to work well.
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Same here... Tablet Talk is awesome!

I use mighty text. I am not sure about the other apps, but this app uses your own phone number, and there is an extension for the chrome browser for a computer.

SyncSMS
I think I like SyncSMS the best. It seems to be the best of the suggestions.

Google Voice + Groove IP apps so you can make/receive unlimited calls within North America along with unlimited SMS text for free over WIFI. Just pay the one time fee for the Groove IP app or use free equivalent.

I really like tablet talk
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Another one here for tablet talk, been using it for a while now with little to no issues.
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adamhlj said:
I use mighty text. I am not sure about the other apps, but this app uses your own phone number, and there is an extension for the chrome browser for a computer.
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Play store shows this one as incompatible on my device. -.-

trixnrice said:
I would recommend Google voice and talkatone, as the latter requires a Google voice number. Talkatone incorporates both WiFi calling and SMS texting, while using only Google voice allows only texting over WiFi.
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+1 to Google Voice. I use Google Voice's app for texts, and GrooveIP for calls.

I'm using mySMS it's free and works good. Give it a try. I have it set on my cell phone to run in background but not to notify or pop up. I then am able to use Handcent as my normal SMS application.
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Do any of the texting apps mentioned here actually give you your own #, so that actual mobile users can text you? (I'm only aware of Google Voice doing this)

Using tablet talk and it's working great.
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Using syncsms here, just make sure you have free space in your drop box and you're fine!
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adamhlj said:
I use mighty text. I am not sure about the other apps, but this app uses your own phone number, and there is an extension for the chrome browser for a computer.
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Mighty text is awesome they just neeed to have a native app and it's perfect the call from phone feature is sexy.

Do any of these apps support mms too?
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phishn said:
Do any of these apps support mms too?
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Yes the Mighty one does

[Q] Any way to get my phone texts to tablet and send from tablet?

I know there are a few apps out there, but I'm not sure if they are any good. I want to be able to received and send texts on my tablet to/from my current phone number, not a secondary one like most apps will give you. For instance, people would text my cell phone number and the text would go to the phone and also to the tablet...then I can type the response on the tablet and send from there.

Lonepalm said:
I know there are a few apps out there, but I'm not sure if they are any good. I want to be able to received and send texts on my tablet to/from my current phone number, not a secondary one like most apps will give you. For instance, people would text my cell phone number and the text would go to the phone and also to the tablet...then I can type the response on the tablet and send from there.
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DeskSMS/TabletSMS from Koush and a few others out there I believe.

Tablet talk been using it a while
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Also syncSMS...
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I've been using Tablet Talk but I've been annoyed at having to reconnect manually pretty frequently.

You should try Google voice
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Tablet Talk hands down!!!
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I use DeskSMS/TabletSMS and I've never had any problems with it. You can get them on your computer through Chrome/Firefox extensions too. Plus, it's made by the guy who makes Clockworkmod, so you're supporting a great developer in the process.

What's the best way to send and receive calls and messages?

I want to be able to receive phone calls and text messages on my tablet. What would be the best way without the other person having to download an app like text+ or line?
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Use a cellular phone.
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graydiggy said:
Use a cellular phone.
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Jokes aside, yes a cell phone would be better.
According to some, VOIP programs can have shotty call quality (for both you and the person you're speaking to). But if you're hell bent on it, there's an app that takes advantage of google voice (free) that has ads (pro version = no ads), and isn't that bad for just the ads. Link here
As for text, i believe many people use whatsapp but I've personally never used it, so I'm not sure how it works or if it will work in the way you're intending / interested in.
Hope that helps some.