Texting over wifi?

[dienstuhr]

TextPlus for the iPod Touch.

With the new version you even get assigned a "phone number" and you can text (and receive texts from) anyone with a mobile phone.

d.

[intakexhaust]

+1 on google voice and all the freebie features.

[madmmac]

You can also just use your email service.

Address bar their phone number and the applicable .com or .net....for whatever provider they are using.

ie.....3608259991@vtext.com for verison

ie.....3608259991@txt.att.net for At&t.

Just find the provider and the syntax for it.

[dennis in se pa]

I never understood why people pay more for products that do less just because it has an Apple label. You can get a decent smart phone on the Straight Talk system that does unlimited everything for $45 a month.

You can get mp3s at gomusicnow.com for 9 cents yet people are happy paying 11 times more for iTunes.

Is it that they just don't know?

[dienstuhr]

Not sure what you mean, Dennis... we're talking wi-fi texting, not smartphones. I don't have a cellphone at all but find my iPod handy to send and receive texts using wi-fi.

[dennis in se pa]

Ok. New to me I admit. Why not just send an email?

[dienstuhr]

Because although you can receive a text message on a non-smart phone, you can't get email on one.

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by dennis in se pa

I never understood why people pay more for products that do less just because it has an Apple label. You can get a decent smart phone on the Straight Talk system that does unlimited everything for $45 a month.

You can get mp3s at gomusicnow.com for 9 cents yet people are happy paying 11 times more for iTunes.

Is it that they just don't know?

Dennis, I've played with those cheap android phones... I used to sell sprint, att, tmobile, and Boost.... They aren't the same.... I've laid hands on them all, and yet I still held out for an iPhone 4S, and I'm very happy...

Tell me what your straight talk phone does that my iPhone doesnt?

And I could have gotten an EVO on a very cheap plan....

[GH85Carrera]

The one big limit on the iPhone is no Flash & no playing a WMV. Other than those two items which is 100% Steve Jobs descision the iPhone is a nice device.