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Hotxt: The Skype of SMS?

  • 06-04-2006 10:08pm
    #1
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭


    First off, sorry if this sounds like a shill.

    I've heard about this thing called Hotxt, which as far as I understand is a Java app you run on your phone, and it uses GPRS to send text messages for cheap.

    I was looking at their website there and it seems to be UK only. Does anyone know if there is an Irish version? Any experiences with Hotxt?

    It could really be the killer app for GPRS if it takes off.


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  • #2
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    plazzTT wrote:
    First off, sorry if this sounds like a shill.

    I've heard about this thing called Hotxt, which as far as I understand is a Java app you run on your phone, and it uses GPRS to send text messages for cheap.

    I was looking at their website there and it seems to be UK only. Does anyone know if there is an Irish version? Any experiences with Hotxt?

    It could really be the killer app for GPRS if it takes off.
    i would also love to find out if this is available in ireland. but i have not heard of it being here.


  • #3
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    There was an article in Friday's Irish Times if I'm not mistaken. Looks very appealing!


  • #4
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    approx how much will texts cost with this service.would it not be expensive if you have to have your gprs on all the time.


  • #5
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,019 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    drdre wrote:
    ..would it not be expensive if you have to have your gprs on all the time..
    GPRS costs is calculated by data sent, not by time connected.


  • #6
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    basquille wrote:
    GPRS costs is calculated by data sent, not by time connected.

    alright thanks.


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  • #7
    Blaster99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Blaster99


    Closed user group messaging, is it really all that exciting? They charge crazy money for it too. I'm sure you can find J2ME MSN type of apps where you can do this for "free", eg just the data charges.


  • #8
    drdre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭drdre


    Blaster99 wrote:
    Closed user group messaging, is it really all that exciting? They charge crazy money for it too. I'm sure you can find J2ME MSN type of apps where you can do this for "free", eg just the data charges.

    This is all high teck jargon for me!!:D


  • #9
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    Blaster99 wrote:
    Closed user group messaging, is it really all that exciting? They charge crazy money for it too. I'm sure you can find J2ME MSN type of apps where you can do this for "free", eg just the data charges.

    I think it's something like 1e a week,plus data which would be about 3c for each text I think.


  • #10
    radiospan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭radiospan


    Pythia wrote:
    I think it's something like 1e a week,plus data which would be about 3c for each text I think.

    Is the data charge from Hotxt or your operator?

    I didn't think GPRS data charges were that expensive.


  • #11
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    plazzTT wrote:
    Is the data charge from Hotxt or your operator?

    I didn't think GPRS data charges were that expensive.

    data charge is from your phone provider, unfortunatly this service won't work on Three :(
    Should do no problem on O2, Vodafone & Meteor


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  • #12
    Blaster99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Blaster99


    Yeah but 3 has or will have MSN, which is free (apart from the data charges I'm guessing).

    As I mentioned before, if you're going to go for something that requires an application on your phone, then why not pick something reasonably standard like MSN or whatever the favourite chat tool of the month is? I haven't looked into this stuff in great detail as I detest texting, but I'm fairly sure I've come across lots of free apps that hook up to the normal free Internet chat services. There's absolutely no reason to pay for this, despite people being conditioned to think that paying 10c for 165 bytes of data somehow represents value.


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