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The good ship Twitter SMS sails no more

By Maggie Holland in Editorial

Posted in Mobile on August 14, 2008 at 1:34 pm

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So, Twitter has dropped its SMS offering in the UK because it’s costing the company too much ( http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/218880/twitter-drops-uk-text-message-support.html).

I must admit, I did always wonder how long it would last. It

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Comment by Dave - August 25, 2008 on 6:00 pm

Yahargggh me harties! Twitter SMS updates sail again!

We have developed http://www.hootsms.com a twitter SMS alternative :)

Comment by Paul Kinlan - February 10, 2009 on 9:06 pm

Hi,

I thought you might be interested to know that myself (@PaulKinlan) and (@prawlings) have launched a twitter service called Twe2 (http://www.twe2.com) that gives Twitter users their DM’s, @replies and custom searches via SMS for free (to nearly every country in the world). The free part is that the messages are advertising subsidised.

Regards,
Paul

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