Archive for November 16th, 2008

Online SMS To Pakistan: What Features Do You Want?

Published by Babar Bhatti on November 16, 2008 under Digital Convergence, Internet, SMS, Telecommunications

Exchanging online SMS with friends & family in Pakistan is fun and useful, especially for expatriate Pakistanis. I have written about the free services available today but none of them meets my standard for reliability, quality and usability. I was wondering if there are any premium services for sending/receiving online text messages to Pakistan. What features would you expect from a paid online SMS service to/from Pakistan? Is there enough interest for such service?

What are the desirable featurs of a premium web-to-sms service? There’s a poll in the side bar where you can vote (multiple choice allowed) or leave feedback through a comment.
  a. reliable sms delivery
  b. unlimited sms
  c. sms to a group of friends/family
  d. address book import from phone/file
  e. a widget to send sms (google gadget, on desktop or outlook plugin)
  f. notification of incoming sms to your mailbox