Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

I'm not quite sure exactly what all you're saying here.

Create AOL chat account. Use default chat program that Diablo comes with. Free text messages for a few days then the new account expires. Can only receive not send messages this way.

Is this correct?

Are there any better alternatives than this?

My ideal set-up is just to use Pidgin for instant messages as well as phone texting since I like the look and I have Qwerty's excellent LED notification plug-in.

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

I was saying that the number expires - so your friends cant add the 'from' number to their phonebook and use it a month later for example, because the number is expired. You will get a new number next time you text them.

I believe you can use AOL (AIM) with pidgin

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

Okay.

Kind of goofy that AOL would keep changing your phone number like that.

So there's no Google voice trick or something else that can be done where I can send and receive both internet instant messages as well as cell phone texts through Pidgin?

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

There used to be - but as it stands... no there is currently no solution for this as far as I know


AOL changes your number because they only have a fixed pool of numbers and they reassign them as needed

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

In case people are interested in GoogleVoice integration, see the following posts

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=464
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=467

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

Thanks for the reply overfloat.

I thought maybe there was a way to use pidgin with a special, creative set up.

Like if someone calls, you have google voice forward it to gmail then Qwerty's LED plugin notifies you about the message then the message goes to gmail which then opens up google voice..... oh wait, I think I just lost my train of thought. *lol*

Kind of excited about epage's "The One Ring". Sounds like he's thinking outside the box. And I dig that! :D

One suggestion on the name though... I think it would sound a little bit better if you changed everything about it. :)

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

Come on, I think its a great name that conveys Google's emphasis on The One True Phone Number and makes a play at Tolkien.

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

Yeah, maybe. But still, it makes you sound like more of a dork than what you probably already are. :)

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

Great work epage, but read my sig. lol

Re: Send & Receive SMS Text Messages using Chat
 

YEAH! ...also disco