January 18th, 2006
Teleflip Sends Free SMS Text Messages Via Email to Any US-Based Phone Number
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
I love text messaging, but that’s because I use a Blackberry with an actual keyboard - I know there are people who can tap-tap-tap their messages on a numeric dial pad, but it ain’t me, babe. But when I am the office or my laptop somewhere, I often wish I could just text a message right from my email, and not have to fish out my Blackberry and do it from there. Before you firestorm me with email, yes, I know that there have always been ways to do this, but the process was cumbersome or required special software.
Today I found a site called Teleflip that lets you use Outlook or whetever email client you prefer to SMS anyone in the USA. Yes, that’s the catch: it’s US-based only for now, but it’s FREE and it works.
Teleflipâ„¢ started when the founder became increasingly frustrated at his inability to send text messages to friends’ cell phones from his PC. It was of course possible, but you had to know the cell phone provider, the correct domain name and the correct syntax for the email address. There had to be an easier way….Teleflipâ„¢ was born.
How to Send a Message:
(cellphonenumber)@teleflip.com
So if your number is 415-555-1212 you enter:
4155551212@teleflip.com
More Info Here
Source: Teleflip via Techcrunch
David Johnston says:
I wonder how they make money. I’m thinking maybe they get a small commission from the phone companies for sending the text messages (since most people’s phone services charge for received messages). It sounds like a neat service in any case, but I’ve never used text messaging myself.
January 18th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Edwin Davidson says:
Nice idea.
Become the middle man in messaging. You get two e-mail addresses for each message sent. The senders and the SMS e-mail address. Plus you get to read the messages being sent through you.
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(iii) Teleflip reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disclose, sell or otherwise release your personal information to any Affiliate, but the Affiliate will be bound to this Privacy Policy as existing at the time of such event.
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(ii) Upon such approval, Teleflip may disclose, sell for its own account or otherwise release your personal information: (a) to third parties with an interest in contacting you for purposes of promoting goods and services that may be of interest to you; and (b) for any other commercial or lawful purposes that serve our business needs and/or the needs or interests of Users.
Thus they plan on spamming you?
Also, what is to stop someone from sending spam through this service to my cell phone?
January 18th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Lockergnome's Mobile Lifestyle says:
Free SMS Text Messages Via E-mail To Any US-Based Phone
I love text messaging, but that’s because I use a BlackBerry with an actual keyboard - I know there are people who can tap-tap-tap their messages on a numeric dial pad, but it ain’t me, babe. But when I am…
January 18th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Alice says:
Th secuity angle concerned me. Plus someone just got me, you crafty RTN readers!
January 18th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Charles says:
Well, that kills the deal on TeleFlip. Bummer, because that service would have been handy.
January 18th, 2006 at 10:21 pm
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Free SMS Text Messages Via E-mail To Any US-Based Phone
I love text messaging, but that’s because I use a BlackBerry with an actual keyboard - I know there are people who can tap-tap-tap their messages on a numeric dial pad, but it ain’t me, babe. But when I am the office or my laptop somewhere, I often wis…
January 19th, 2006 at 10:15 am
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February 23rd, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Koshkitko says:
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February 24th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
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February 24th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
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February 24th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
Gunga Dean says:
I would like to know more
December 9th, 2006 at 8:19 am
gunga says:
i like it
December 9th, 2006 at 10:10 am
thomas says:
beautiful place to be…
December 12th, 2006 at 3:30 am
Jeff Cherer says:
The guy from Teleflip says that you register with them and make a ‘whitelist’ such that only messages from addresses on the whitelist go to your phone- hence, no spam. They say they will only put a small ad at the bottom of your message starting about a year from now. The guy did have the same look as the guy who sold my grandmother those underwater burial services in the Atantic (…cool temperature and a nice view of the fish…) not mentioning that the casket was an oil drum with some concrete blocks.
May 17th, 2007 at 7:39 am
Daniel says:
I found an even cooler site called http://www.enotifyme.com it allows me to convert my email to voice and listen to it on any landline or mobile phone and I can reply by voice back to the originating sender. They also allow ‘cascading’ so I can selectively have emails reach me at home, then on my cell as a text message, then at the office and so on - kind of the ICQ version of what teleflip’s 1 trick pony approach.
July 19th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Dan says:
Teleflip only works in the US and canada, there is a similar system in the UK called http://www.freebiesms.co.uk
August 21st, 2007 at 1:47 am
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September 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
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November 1st, 2007 at 6:36 pm
J.M. says:
the whitlist is part of telemail (from teleflip)… it about recieving emails to your phone. the sendning out service is called flipout ….
i guess that makes teleflip more then a “one trick pony”….sounds more like at least 2 tricks.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:20 am
nasrullah khan says:
The guy from Teleflip says that you register with them and make a ‘whitelist’ such that only messages from addresses on the whitelist go to your phone- hence, no spam. They say they will only put a small ad at the bottom of your message starting about a year from now. The guy did have the same look as the guy who sold my grandmother those underwater burial services in the Atantic (…cool temperature and a nice view of the fish…) not mentioning that the casket was an oil drum with some concrete blocks.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:38 am
RAHUL says:
I think i got it for my luck i was waiting for this type of website i got it now
March 21st, 2008 at 3:11 am
How to Send a Cell Phone Text Message (SMS) From Your Computer For Free says:
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April 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 am
ether says:
I have a teleflip account.Please tell me how can i sent text message from your info?
June 24th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
anonomus says:
this works perfect for me since im in school and we can’t have our cell phones on us.. but we have laptops and this is perfect because now i can talk to my boyfriend during school since we go to different schools
August 20th, 2008 at 6:28 am
christine says:
hey
August 31st, 2008 at 7:29 pm
amanda says:
Teleflip is no longer working!
On August 12, 2008 Chief Executive Tony Davis e-mailed subscribers that the company, which at one time had as many as 25 employees, was shutting down its services and would explore selling its technology.[1]
As of September 6, 2008 the official Teleflip website was non-functional and SMS message delivery failed.
Wikipedia.com
September 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
Matthew Southgate` says:
reall big shame there site has closed down,
Will have to find a new way to get my messages when my web server fails.
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October 15th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
alaina says:
hey
October 26th, 2008 at 9:53 am
SMHUSSAIN says:
Hi…., i just wanted to know weather this service is available in INDIA, If so How does it works
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:48 am