Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Sprint's Text to Landline Service


Sprint is offering a new service called Text to Landline. I can send a text message to any home/business phone and it will get converted by those often funky text-to-voice readers.

From July 12, 2005 to October 12, 2005, Sprint PCS subscribers will be able to send a text message to a landline phone at standard domestic text messaging rates! Text messages, which are converted to voice, can be sent to any landline phone in the United States.

When the person answers his or her home phone, they will "hear" the text message you sent and can reply back to you with one of the available responses. You will also receive a text message on your Sprint PCS Phone when a response is sent back to you.

In addition, the recipient can reply with one of a few standard text messages (e.g "Yes", "No", "Thank You", "Where are you?") or can send a voice message back. If a voice message reply is sent, the Sprint PCS customer will get a text message saying "This is the reply to your Text to Landline message from [insert phone no here]. Press "Talk" to listen.

Good concept .. but there's still work to do before it catches on .. you can rarely ever understand the text readers! What do you think? If you don't have Sprint PCS, send me a text message with your office/home number so I can show you how it works.

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