Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
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Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
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Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#2So India isn't an "emerging market"? Only 8.5% of population has broadband connection in India..
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#3Link to actual release: http://google-africa.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/send-and-receive...
Apparently you can text "MORE" to see more of an email. So are users limited to 140-character chunks, or will Google expand this into MMS?
For that matter, how widespread is MMS vs SMS in emerging markets?
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#4Very interesting. This is a brilliant idea but I'm honestly surprised something like this wasn't done by RIM(Blackberry). This is a major market for Blackberry and they are still releasing new 2G phones(e.g. 9220 just released).
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#5Link to actual release: http://google-africa.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/send-and-receive... Apparently you can text "MORE" to see more of an email. So are users limited to 140-character chunks, or will Google expand this into MMS? For that matter, how widespread is MMS vs SMS in emerging markets?
Most cell phones produced in the last 5 or even 10 years automatically concatenate chunked SMS. Looking at the screenshots, the capacity is at least 6*140.
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#6I read this news with an incredible sense of synchronicity. Two hours ago I was eating a Subway sub and thinking how handy it would be to receive emails in my old Nokia phone via SMS. I do have an Android phone, but I don't take it in my bike rides. This SMS feature would be very welcome.
Edit: typo on 'synchronicity'
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#7Very interesting. This is a brilliant idea but I'm honestly surprised something like this wasn't done by RIM(Blackberry). This is a major market for Blackberry and they are still releasing new 2G phones(e.g. 9220 just released).
I feel like missing those sort of opportunities is pretty much why RIM is doing so poorly these days. It seems like they forgot what they are and what they do best.
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#8One of the benefits mentioned is essentially having a record/backup of sms messages. I've always felt bad about loosing all my text messages when I get a new phone or run out of space.
With my past few phones I've used this app to save all my sms messages to my Gmail account: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles....
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#9One of the benefits mentioned is essentially having a record/backup of sms messages. I've always felt bad about loosing all my text messages when I get a new phone or run out of space. With my past few phones I've used this app to save all my sms messages to my Gmail account: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles....
You don't lose SMS if you're on iOS, your new device has all the content of the old one. That's a nice part of the walled garden I suppose.
Re: Google Launches Gmail Over SMS In Emerging Markets
#10One of the benefits mentioned is essentially having a record/backup of sms messages. I've always felt bad about loosing all my text messages when I get a new phone or run out of space. With my past few phones I've used this app to save all my sms messages to my Gmail account: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles....
You don't lose SMS if you're on iOS, your new device has all the content of the old one. That's a nice part of the walled garden I suppose.
All SMS or just iMessages?