Top message: SMS with Nextel by andy2373
Replying to: Re: SMS with Nextel by cellphonesaretools
Re: SMS with Nextel
cellphonesaretools said:
I don't do regular text messaging from my phone, but I do use NextMail a lot, every day. I can testify that with NextMail, the text message replies sent to my phone from the recipients computer, ALWAYS arrive at my phone within 10 seconds from the time they click on Send/Receive in their email. I can read the text replies immediately, no browser used and no separate download steps required.
I don't have the in-depth knowledge that "jrfdsf" has regarding iDEN's regular text messaging system, but for NextMail, the text-reply portion works extremely well, with no significant delays, and is extremely reliable.
I have noticed that out in the sticks where the iDEN signal is not strong enough for me to make a cellular call or to use Direct Connect voice, all text replies from NextMail manage to get to my phone just fine. Of course if there is absolutely no signal, then nothing comes in, but with the incoming texts, it apparently takes very, very little signal to complete the transaction. I wonder if the Motorola "Push To Smart Replies" that transmits canned text messages with one press of the DC button, would successfuly transmit those outgoing texts from the same areas with signal too weak for voice communications but strong enough to receive incoming texts. Any idea on that, jrfdsf?
My experience with texting on iDEN was that as long as you had enough of a signal for the phone to connect to the network ( in other words, zero bars, just the tower icon), texts still went through fine.
Again, I NEVER ever had problems sending or receiving texts. The only complaint I ever had was that on older handsets, it was inconvenient to use. Newer phones like the i880 have all but eliminated these issues.
The only thing I think still needs to be changed is: texting should have a counter so you'll know when you hit 160 (the limit on SMS) since iDEN two way messaging can display up to 500 characters. I would also give the user the option of being able to choose whether or not to include the sender's response when going back and forth, as it takes up too much space in a traditional SMS inbox and sent messages tend to get cut off.
The newest phones may have these features now. Not sure.
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- Re: SMS with Nextel by cellphonesaretools
- Re: SMS with Nextel by jrfdsf
- Re: SMS with Nextel by andy2373
- Re: SMS with Nextel by jrfdsf
