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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

SMS on my Tablet

Sometimes I leave my phone in one location in my house to charge while I wander from room to room.  It would be nice if I could stay connected no matter where I am.  I can communicate via email and voice from multiple devices but I can only send/receive text messages from my cell phone.

 I have a cordless phone for the land line that is Bluetooth mated with my cell.  It is a 3 phone system so I an answer my phone from almost any room.  My tablet and laptop support email, so I can get email from multiple places.

I have been looking for a good way to communicate over SMS from my tablet.  A buddy of mine uses Google Voice, so he can text from multiple devices, but he had to give everyone a different number to use.

I was able to install some SMS gateways on my cell phone, but I haven't found any good clients for my tablet.  I have settled on Mysms.  Mysms is a cloud-based service for sending/receiving text messages.  Mysms gets installed on your phone and any other devices that you want to text on.  It replaces the default SMS app on your phone.

I can see why people are drawn the custom app.  I would prefer t have the stock SMS app back.  Also, I don't like the idea of my private texts being stored on the cloud.  Overall, it is a good service and the app hasn't crashed.  I recommend it for anyone that wants to text from your tablet.  I will continue to keep an eye out for any alternatives.

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