Google Labs: SMS from Gmail

[JMcEntegart]

Google Labs is really kicking off and today brings us yet another glorious creation from the Gmail team.

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[Grims]

I don't see it in my labs...must not be fully rolled out yet.

 

[hellwig]

Hmm... I've been able to send SMS messages from Yahoo! Mail/Chat for more than a year now (both the website and stand-alone IM client). Even better, my Nokia cell-phone has a built-in Yahoo! Chat application that uses my SMS message alotment (over Yahoo! IM servers), meaning I don't need 3G or GSM to chat over IM.

GMail isn't going to be another Microsoft are they? Watching what others have already done, then getting praise for doing the same thing just cause they're Google (Chrome browser anyone)? Oh, and GMail has been out for what, 3-4 years now, I think it's time they rolled out of the Beta stage.

 

[Guest]

just get out of beta ffs

 

[Claimintru]

Over 2-3 years ago there was a service in google that let you send SMS to any phone without any sort of spam advertising etc that was common to free text services. I'm surprised they took away such a feature, and then took so long to reinstate it. Though in the Gmail area is a great spot for it. Yay

 

[Claimintru]

http/www.google.com/sendtophone = The old service I referred tp

 

[Alternator]

This doesn't sound so good!

"Gmail warns that recipients may be charged each time you hit enter so it could be pretty easy to rack up a high bill."

I hope I'm not the only person who sees a problem with the above (unless there is some kind of decline option?)