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Texting service from PC - any suggestions?

I use O2 to text from my PC. There are 10 free texts a month then I pay for more. However - as I am not an O2 customer, I can't use the address book service.

Can anyone recomment a website where I can text (maybe some free, some paid) but also create my own address book, so I don't have to go into my mobile (with poor eyesight) search for the mobile no I want then input it.

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  • paulsad
    paulsad Posts: 1,315 Forumite
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    I've looked for these also but they all seem to want lots of dosh for their services - the only time I could text was when I had a vodafone (scuse me whilst I spit!) dongle which allowed you to text - but you had to check for received messages quite laboriously each time you used it.
    I think orange also allowed you to text via its site and your homepage but the provider I currently use doesn't.
    Good luck in your search.
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    so I don't have to go into my mobile (with poor eyesight) search for the mobile no I want then input it.
    Create a list in Word, then copy-and-paste to the browser.
    Or Ctrl+(drag-and-drop)
    Or protect the file from editing and just drag-and-drop
  • I'm not sure I know where you're dropping them?
  • I find txtlocal (https://www.txtlocal.co.uk) very good!
    David :)
    £1 of debt is too much for me!
  • Wintermute
    Wintermute Posts: 669 Forumite
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    Sign up to Skype Out, it's been a while since I used it, but it's user friendly and pretty cheap.
  • Can you text with that? It only mentins phoning. I have a skype account - is skypeout different?
  • Wintermute
    Wintermute Posts: 669 Forumite
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    Can you text with that? It only mentins phoning. I have a skype account - is skypeout different?

    Skype out is the pay service that lets you call real numbers at reduced rates, it's been a year or so since I used it, but it did let me text last time I used it.
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2011 at 10:02PM
    I'm not sure I know where you're dropping them?
    To the box in the webpage where you input the number manually.
    To drug-and-drop you must have two windows opened side by side: the browser and Word.
  • ioscorpio
    ioscorpio Posts: 2,360 Forumite
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    http://www.cbfsms.com/ This site remembers your numbers
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