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Free group texting app textPlus hits the Android Market

Categories: Android, Applications
By: , IntoMobile
Sunday, January 10th, 2010 at 11:41 AM

textPlus

textPlus app, which was previously an “iPhone thing” only, has found its way to the Android Market, bringing ad-supported free and unlimited messaging to the platform. If you haven’t used or heard of textPlus, here are the key features:

  • Support for both classic one-to-one conversations; and rich “engaging environments”, and instant group text conversations with “reply-all” feature.
  • Ability to make textPlus your preferred SMS service — it allows users to communicate with friends who aren’t using the app.
  • Notifications when messages come into the app, even when closed.

Like that was the case with the iPhone version, textPlus is available as a free download from the Android Market, as well. And for the record, since its introduction in Apple’s AppStore, textPlus has seen almost 3.5 million downloads, and over 350 million messages sent since June 2009. Not surprisingly, the company expects similar success with the Android app.

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • al

    this app sound pretty cool, will it work with textplus useres on the iphone?

  • http://profiles.google.com/ahaimovitz Aaron Haimovitz

    I really like this application. I use pulse.to as well, worth checking out as it is group texting that works without smartphones (like for my mom) and works around the world, so I can communicate with my friends in Europe!

  • http://profiles.google.com/ahaimovitz Aaron Haimovitz

    I really like this application. I use pulse.to as well, worth checking out as it is group texting that works without smartphones (like for my mom) and works around the world, so I can communicate with my friends in Europe!

  • http://profiles.google.com/ahaimovitz Aaron Haimovitz

    I really like this application. I use pulse.to as well, worth checking out as it is group texting that works without smartphones (like for my mom) and works around the world, so I can communicate with my friends in Europe!