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marknicholls
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
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Is anyone able to send an SMS over GPRS with o2? I have tried asking them if they support it but they havnt got back to me yet.
Thanks
Mark
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duncanb99
Joined: Apr 30, 2002
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From: South London
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Hi,
I'm on o2 and have not been able to send SMS over GPRS - I don't think they support it. I know it can be done on Orange but apparently the messages are billed as normal SMS rather than at GPRS data rates. They do send faster though.
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marknicholls
Joined: Feb 23, 2002
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Yeah on orange it still costs the same as a normal message but its so much faster when sending a long message,that is really crap of o2 not to support it
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bionrg
Joined: Dec 16, 2003
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From: NL
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any new news on this way of sending sms?
i tried it today on my  T610 @ Orange NL
but it doesn't seem to work.
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mkush
Joined: Nov 15, 2003
Posts: 271
From: UKSA
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Their is a java app called mobiSMS, but does not seem to work with t610,they reckon it's some sort of bug in the fone. Basically when u register via java app it won't let u av enough digits 4 ur fone number. Any1 else actually got it workin at all,on any other fone?
There's meant to b an updated version which will work on t610.(so must b the app not the fone then) :-D
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Deanlambert
Joined: Sep 10, 2003
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From: East Yorkshire
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Shame 02 don't allow it. 02 seem to be really slow at keeping up with the mobile market lately. Not only have they changed there prices but nothing network wise is been done. 02 could really make some money by offering stuff other networks don't.
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rencomp
Joined: May 08, 2003
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From: Netherlands
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@bionrg,i also tried it on orange NL but for me it only seems to work on my t68i...so if it really works?..i dont think so
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wilsy27t610
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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A little off subject, when sending sms I get an error message saying "phone number not recognised, saved in unsent" I've double checked the mobile numbers and my sevice center number and they are all correct, I do recieve sms messages but can't send them. this started happening yesterday. I'm on o2 online 500, in the UK.
Anyone got any ideas what s wrong?
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nsingleton
Joined: Mar 28, 2003
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From: Essex UK
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I spoke to O2 about this a year ago and they have no plans to support it. They're a bit behind the times.. |
Abby
Joined: Nov 23, 2003
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Some1 on this site mentioned o2 pocket. I tried it & u can send sms. Prob is, what's the point in using WAP minutes when some of us have inclusive sms?
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freeman81
Joined: Mar 20, 2004
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try sms send. sending sms over gprs. its a java app. icq account is required. |
djpowelly
Joined: Jun 07, 2003
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Hang on, why all this bout SMS over GPRS... do you REALLY need it? 
And O2 arent that behind, they have GPRS, MMS and the rest.... Virgin Mobile dont even have GPRS?!?
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stuartdb87
Joined: Nov 18, 2003
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From: Bolton, UK
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@freeman81 i dont think they are on about a java program. In data services on an SE phone you can change the sms type from GSM to GPRS. And the apps dont seem to work for me anyway
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alitokmen
Joined: Mar 14, 2004
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From: Grenoble, France || Ankara, Tu
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On 2004-03-20 22:42:43, djpowelly wrote:
Hang on, why all this bout SMS over GPRS... do you REALLY need it?
And O2 arent that behind, they have GPRS, MMS and the rest.... Virgin Mobile dont even have GPRS?!?
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Well, simply, a normal SMS gets 3 seconds to be sent... Whereas an SMS over GPRS takes less then a second!! This method also saves network bandwidth.
BTW: Which operators give you GPRS access and SMS over GPRS on pay-as-you-go style lines? Thank you...
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nippit
Joined: Aug 18, 2002
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From: Singapore
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@alitokmen
You are sending 160 characters (incase of a single sms) whatever the channel you send it is the same amount of data . So you can not save network bandwidth unless there is something compressed sms! Speed you feel is because normal sms uses the data communication channel between the handset and the cell. Which is lot narrower than GPRS. SMS is not a good solution if you need it to be transmitted faster than 3 seconds in any way.
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Some networks enable sms over GPRS to ease the data channel network which gets overloaded in metropolitan areas or crowded locations. But not heard of any network disabled the conventional SMS.
There are numerous applications out there to enable you send sms via internet. You purchase credit from the company then use a windows application and internet connected PC to send SMS, web interface of the company to send SMS, or a java application and internet connection (GPRS or Dial-up) on the mobile hand set. This way you send the SMS to the gateway through internet. On the mobile may be via GPRS but this is not SMS over GPRS.
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Posted: 2002-06-08 20:53
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