The Inquisitr » txtdrop http://www.inquisitr.com The Better Mix Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:36:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Google “Send to Phone” Gone — Where to Find Free Texting Now? http://www.inquisitr.com/2715/google-send-to-phone-gone-where-to-find-free-texting-now/ http://www.inquisitr.com/2715/google-send-to-phone-gone-where-to-find-free-texting-now/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:34:48 +0000 JR http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=2715 Did you know that Google has dropped its “Send to Phone” free SMS sending service? I didn’t…until I happened to go try to use it today and found myself greeted with this message:

“Send to Phone” had let you fire off unlimited texts to any U.S. mobile number through either a Web interface or a Firefox/IE toolbar. Google quietly retired it within the past few weeks, though, making no formal announcement outside of the notice on the page. A spokesperson was not immediately available Thursday to provide any further explanation as to the reason for its discontinuation.

Fear not, though: The era of free Internet-based text messaging is not over. I’ve had good luck with Gizmo SMS, a similarly simple Web-based SMS provider with no fees. Unlike Google’s former service, it even supports texts to a ton of countries outside the U.S. If that doesn’t meet your fancy, txtDrop.com is another comparable alternative, though only for users in the U.S. and Canada.

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