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No more international Twitter SMS updates from +447624801423: "ping calls" for mobile Direct Message alerts?
As from today, Twitter no longer deliver SMS updates via +447624801423. Some countries may be given a new number some time in the future - but until then, affected users have to use alternative mobile solutions which don't alert them when a new Direct Message arrives in their Inbox.
My interim proposal:
Twitter should implement a non-answerable so-called ping call for +447624801423 as used by cellity in their cellity freeSMS and cellity Communicator mobile Java applications. This would be inexpensive and easy for Twitter to set up.
This is how the ping call works with cellity applications:
I've added cellityPING to my cellphone's phonebook, and given the number an SMS-like ringtone.
When a new cellity freeSMS arrives, my phone rings briefly and then displays a Missed call from cellityPING.
Then I start the cellity freeSMS Java app. on my phone, and head for my inbox.
I'd like to add TwitterPING +447624801423 to my cellphone's phonebook in the same way, and be alerted whenever a new DM arrives.
Of course, Twitter needn't limit this to Direct Messages. Some of my Twitter contacts update only a couple of times a week, and I'd want a ping alert to their public messages, too.
When I'm without PC access, I start cellityTweeter (16kB) maybe 2 - 3 times a day to view my Twitter timeline. Since cellityTweeter, like all 3rd.-party applications, can access only the last 20 tweets of any timeline, I could easily miss something interesting if my timeline been unusually busy.
The cellity site is not easy to navigate, so here are some links:
Some cellity FAQ (but none on cellityTweeter!)
cellity Communicator (ca. 140kB.
Does "everything", and incorporates all cellityTweeter and cellity freeSMS functions - but won't work on my oldish (2003) Siemens MC60 cellphone).
cellity freeSMS (30 - 37kB, according to phone model - works on my cellphone).
Info about cellity freeSMS on www.GetJar.com.
cellity Tweeter (16kB - excellent on my cellphone).
Info about cellity Tweeter on www.GetJar.com.
My interim proposal:
Twitter should implement a non-answerable so-called ping call for +447624801423 as used by cellity in their cellity freeSMS and cellity Communicator mobile Java applications. This would be inexpensive and easy for Twitter to set up.
This is how the ping call works with cellity applications:
I've added cellityPING to my cellphone's phonebook, and given the number an SMS-like ringtone.
When a new cellity freeSMS arrives, my phone rings briefly and then displays a Missed call from cellityPING.
Then I start the cellity freeSMS Java app. on my phone, and head for my inbox.
I'd like to add TwitterPING +447624801423 to my cellphone's phonebook in the same way, and be alerted whenever a new DM arrives.
Of course, Twitter needn't limit this to Direct Messages. Some of my Twitter contacts update only a couple of times a week, and I'd want a ping alert to their public messages, too.
When I'm without PC access, I start cellityTweeter (16kB) maybe 2 - 3 times a day to view my Twitter timeline. Since cellityTweeter, like all 3rd.-party applications, can access only the last 20 tweets of any timeline, I could easily miss something interesting if my timeline been unusually busy.
The cellity site is not easy to navigate, so here are some links:
Some cellity FAQ (but none on cellityTweeter!)
cellity Communicator (ca. 140kB.
Does "everything", and incorporates all cellityTweeter and cellity freeSMS functions - but won't work on my oldish (2003) Siemens MC60 cellphone).
cellity freeSMS (30 - 37kB, according to phone model - works on my cellphone).
Info about cellity freeSMS on www.GetJar.com.
cellity Tweeter (16kB - excellent on my cellphone).
Info about cellity Tweeter on www.GetJar.com.
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Inappropriate?This is a great idea for fellow geeky type people like me and you. The only thing is my friends and my wife aren't really going to go through all this on their phones. It will be way over their heads! I'm not against the idea though. Well thought through!
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Inappropriate?baritoneuk:
My idea is aimed at those who absolutely need Twitter DM functionality, and who are prepared to learn something new if that's what it takes.
Setting up the cellphone is a one-time business, and is easy if there's a friendly geek to hand. After that, starting and using e.g. cellityTweeter quickly becomes second nature - just as easy as classical SMS.
Of course, it all relies on Twitter implementing a ping call system.
People who can't be bothered to make a couple of extra keystrokes on their phone, or who are scared of a cellphone menu they've never used before, will happily revert to standard SMS instead - which will serve them just as well. -
Inappropriate?+1
I never realized Cellity had these many modules. -
