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 iChat2Cell - 1.01streamlines sending SMS through iChat |
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| Overall Rating: |   (2.0) |
Features: | (2.0) |
Support: | (3.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (3.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.0) |
Price: | (1.0) |
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We are working on sorting the address book... - Version: 1.01, 8/29/2004 02:11PM PST
If_Then_Software_Staff_1
The importing of the Mac OS X address book is still a new feature; we are still working on sorting it before it gets to iChat2Cell. Again, (as read in the Read Me that comes with the software) iChat *can* do what iChat2Cell does, but, until iChat makes it easier to store these addresses as buddies, iChat2Cell may be of help to you. We are trying to automate the process a bit more, that's all.
The start of... well, something - Version: 1.01, 8/29/2004 12:19PM PST
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Impressive Girth
Before iCHat2Cell:
Launch ichat. Select new chat with person or simply hit SHIFT+APPLE+N. Enter +1 and the number you wish to send an SMS to. Enter message and send.
After iCHat2 Cell:
(And after donating a few bucks to unlock the import feature) Launch ichat. Launch iChat2Cell. Scroll through a non-alphabetized and seemingly random list of numbers to get the contact you want. (No way to type the first few letters of a name, etc.) Find the contact you wish to IM (you have to wait a few seconds for the address book to load before you can do this). Enter message and hit send.
You decide which is easier.
Launch ichat. Select new chat with person or simply hit SHIFT+APPLE+N. Enter +1 and the number you wish to send an SMS to. Enter message and send.
After iCHat2 Cell:
(And after donating a few bucks to unlock the import feature) Launch ichat. Launch iChat2Cell. Scroll through a non-alphabetized and seemingly random list of numbers to get the contact you want. (No way to type the first few letters of a name, etc.) Find the contact you wish to IM (you have to wait a few seconds for the address book to load before you can do this). Enter message and hit send.
You decide which is easier.
Bad news: It always keeps you in touch and accessible.
Once I bought this program, I found that everyone was text-messaging me all the time (When my computer is turned off, my normal Instant Messaging iChat NEVER TURNS ME TOTALLY OFF. Example: When I shut down the computer, iChat shows a telephone-icon that allows people to IM me anyway!)
I e-mailed several times for iChat2Cell support, and was told that the best way to solve the problem is to pay the few xtra bucks a month to the cellphone company to have text messages be free.
Problem is, I don't want to be getting text messages all day long on my cell phone, and there doesn't seem to be any practical way to close the floodgates.