Textoo app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Kiran Kumar
First release : 01 Oct 2010
App size: 3.45 Mb
This app lets you send free SMS to India, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi, Singapore, Philippines & Malaysia from anywhere in the world. All you need to do is goto 160by2.com and register an account on their website (you will need to have someone in that country to help you get the registration code). And then sign in to your account using this app to send free International SMS (atleast 145 characters and upto 160 characters)
Detailed steps to register :
1. Goto 160by2.com
2. Register on their website, sometimes they will send a code to your mobile number. You might need to enter the code on their website for activation.
3. Now install Textoo and enter your details under Settings>Manage accounts.
4. Use this account to send SMS.
How does it work ?
This application allows you to send free SMS/text messaged using web gateways. The application connects to the gateway server through the internet and sends your message for free.
The application can be used after creating an account on the gateways website and then entering the credentials or any other info required by the gateway into the application. The current list of free web gateways include
* 160by2.com - Registration based, Ad-supported 145 chars SMS - Supports India, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi, Singapore, Philippines & Malaysia
* way2sms.com - Registration based, Ad-supported 140 chars SMS - Supports India only
* freesmsapi.com - Registration based, 160 chars, Sender ID - Supports India only
* freesms8.com - Registration based, 160 chars, Sender ID, Delivery reports - Supports India only
More public gateways will be added and you can use the "Update gateways feature in the app to fetch the new list of gateways". A PHP developer API will be released for developer willing to add their own gateway to this application.
If you have any web to sms gateway specific for your country and would like to add it to Textoo,head over to the textoo forum at http://textoo.in/forum and create a topic under feature requests. Or use the developer API to do it yourself.