I think it might be a iPhone 3.0 limitation. We might have to wait for Apple on this one :\
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Textfree update...with push
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I think it might be a iPhone 3.0 limitation. We might have to wait for Apple on this one :\
Quick question about Text free. When you send a text from the app, does it show your number when the person receives it, or is it like Aim where it is an Aim server number!?
the icon is ugly, but the app itself I think looks pretty nice, especially with the individual photo of each person I text.
After this update it sends under an email that you can pick. .......@textfree.us or something like that. People you text can then put that in their contacts under your name and it will say your name from then on when you text them.
That was me! I'll have to try it again, weird...
Update: Its because I had "Silent Vibrate" OFF in the iPhone settings. Stupid me!
Quick question from whoever has the paid version, does it still say "-sent from Textfree" when you send a text?
I'd like to know this as well. Does anyone have a number I can text so we can test it out? PM me your number.
Just text an email address to test it out.
Another question to those who paid for this app. I really think its worth the $5.99 with Push Notifications. But I already chose a username in the free app...will I be able to use the same name in the paid app?
I think so. When you enter your name after opening the paid version for the first time, the app will fetch your information from their servers.
I think I'm going to pull the trigger. $6 for unlimited texts, with push notifications is definitely worth it. I wish the icon was prettier, but its not a deal breaker. I just hope this app doesnt just disappear like that other free text app "InfiniteSMS".
This alone makes the app not worth it for me. I'm kind of disappointed I bought it.
When you text with someone who's using an iPhone but not TextFree, every single text starts a new conversation. When you text other phones, it comes from a server number instead of a recognizable, constant number, and always includes FRM: and MSG: fields, which are obnoxious.
Maybe make sure your iphone is logged onto your itunes account in the app or music store (just scroll to the bottom)
hadn't seen this until this evening, being able to text american friends free of charge is pretty good, and with the push notifications of replies is better, but when i installed the lite version there didnt seem to be an option to receive notifications. i opened the app as this seems to promt the app specific push section in settings to appear, but to no avail.
am i missing something?
am i missing something?
Lite has push
It does limit you to 15 OUTGOING messages a day though. And messages go right to the recipients sms/mms inbox, not to email. Just like a regular text.Lite has push
The problem is that, according to my friend, each textfree text that I send him starts a new thread in his Messages app rather than continuing in the same thread. Anyone know a way to fix this? Maybe if he adds the textfree e-mail to his contacts as suggested above? Or if I register my mobile number with textfree? Or maybe there's just no way around it.
I think if you do both of those things it should be fine.
I'm using the app now and it works great. The keyboard works great for me too. I have a keyboard on my phone, but the free texts are nice. I would absolutley recommend this app for anyone.
I'm tempted, but not all my friends are good at remembering stuff
They will basically have to remember which contact to text and which contact to call...am I right?
They will basically have to remember which contact to text and which contact to call...am I right?