Monthly Archive for December, 2007

“Happy New Year” messages from the SMS Archive

Published
by
Katie
on December 31, 2007
in SMS and Texting
. 2 Comments

iheartsms_nye.gif

A Happy New Year from Treasuremytext. To celebrate we found some of our favorite New Year’s Eve SMS messages archived at Treasuremytext over the years. From the straight forward, the sexy. the funny, and the downright odd - we get them all at Treasuremytext.

Enjoy, and have a fabulous New Year from the Treasuremytext Team!

Happy New Year

o thank you ;), chi di choi vui ve chu…noel va new year gi ma troi nang chang chang…

Happy new year had good Nite the appt was amazing back safe been sleepin today glad u enjoyed film xx

happy dewali to u and all your family..may the new year bring lots of joy and happiness and samusas lol

Happy New Year, Has Lois told u about Io? I am going 2 b a grandmamma, whoop, whoop! x

Had a look at crimbo presents4 u…i know i said u dont need to get me ought but without soundin too soppy its our first christmas together so i want to make it special…wakin up with u on new years day will be awesome..i want to buy u some designer lingerie..but let me know if u want something else.x.x

Monday the 27th,then flying to London for New Years,back to NYC on Sunday the 2nd,am very excited,I miss Europe.

Oh wonderful lovely and sparkly news. Huge congratulations to you both. Am so so pleased! Have a fab night and a very happy new year.

Glad appt is nice hope ur havin fun in the village happy new year xxx

Happy new year, moo! Love daddy. X x

Gorgeous Stu, you’re truly wonderful; I am overwhelmed by your loveliness. You deserve nothing but happiness and love; I can only hope I am the one to give you these things for always. Happy new year, my darling man x

Heres wishing you a HAPPY DIWALI and a prosperous New Year! hope you have a great weekend!

Happy new year… You are mine now lad. Sir xxx

Wishing you and your family a happy new year. Hope all that you wish comes true.

Hey! I’d like to wish you a HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR..may it be filled with fun, joy and laughter..hoping that your every wish comes true.

Hope u had a good xmas and looking forward to the new year. Give me a call soon and study hard to become great. Hope to chat to u soon. Give me a call.

Thank you for an amazin night, it was lovely to c u again but now im gonna miss u even more than before so im very angry! have a great new year in edinburgh and ill ring u when i get back! thanks also for the glove, it kept me warm till i got home! lots of hugs and kisses and ill miss u xxxx

Well done. Congratulations. We are both very happy for you. Have a very happy new year. Much love from us both.

Hope you had a good new year babe i did nothing. Not much going on i start college again tomorrow. X

Happy new year my love. I wish i were with you now. *kisses you passionately* Xxx

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Finishing up the Treasuremytext iPhone Application

Published
by
Katie
on December 29, 2007
in Beta and iPhone
. 0 Comments

tmt_iphone2.jpg

Although it’s the Holiday Season we’ve been working hard on putting the finishing touches to the Treasuremytext iPhone application.

The features are:

  • Delete Individual SMS Messages
  • Archive Messages to Treasuremytext
  • Archive and Delete Messages

So the app will archive messages to Treasuremytext without the need to forward messages by SMS, making using Treasuremytext totally free for iPhone users. Also it solves issues with the iPhones SMS interface - i.e. that you can’t delete single messages, only the whole thread.

Added benefits for use with Treasuremytext:

  • Messages appear in TMT with the original date sent
  • Messages appear in TMT in the right date order
  • TMT figures out the right ‘from’ contact info for you

Still to do:

  • Finalise the Authentication Page
  • Fix up the new icon (done)
  • A little bug fixing

What’s been really cool about this is that by making the application for iPhone we have also made an API. Paul will write more about the choices for API ‘design’ but basically we based ours on Flickr’s as it’s pretty comprehensive and easy for people to use.

What this means is that other developers would be able to create clients for handsets that integrate with Treasuremytext enabling people to do more useful stuff with SMS - via HTTP / over the air synching.  More on the Treasuremytext Application for iPhone as it happens.

Seasonal SMS: Texting at Christmas

Published
by
Katie
on December 24, 2007
in History and SMS
. 1 Comment

mistletoe_ilovesms1.jpg

With Christmas just a day away we thought we’d share a few special Christmas messages. Ever wondered what everyone else texts over the holiday season? Looking for some inspiration for a Christmas SMS? We trawled the archives for a few Christmas SMS messages saved on Treasuremytext. Here are a few of our favorites…..

“Merry Xmas sweet heart. X”

“theres bleedin xmas adverts on tv. argh”

“Have a lovely Xmas sweet heart. I hope this works out for you with the business baby i really really do. X x”

“may be one or 2 sexy xmas ideas there?! Made me think of your gorgeous body baby, bring on tonight… Lots of kinky imaginings x x x”

“thank u 4 ur pressies (altho I mite have 2 hide flyin saucer!) Are u home now? Did u have a nice Xmas?”

“Ah thats amazing babe it will be good for you to see her again! My sister got Me an amazing new computer for Me for Xmas with a flat screen its well nice. X”

“just thought of something else I need for xmas, a petty cash book! c u tommorow.. xx”

“I am all excited and xmas decorating xx”

“Merry xmass to you lats. Hope your having fun. Not much of that here but thats life. Take care jam x”

“hi sweety xx how are you? i hear a xmas tree fell on u :) love u xx u going 2 b online? i will.”

“Happy xmas iv got my iperson socks on today love u x”

“Escaped from the works xmas do back home playing of maiden of honour on the g5 of to pick her up later”

“Did it snow its white xmas here watching the pink panther then pressies”

“hi sweety. have fun today and tell reen sum1 has bought her a poodle 4 xmas :) hehe!! love u sweety”

“U have 2 pretend u r 7 and its xmas day! X”

“merry xmas miss always will b in my heart xx sweetdreams and this will b the 1st xmas of many, promise xx i love u x”

“hi sweety xx i just heard a xmas version of our song on radio 1 :) not as nice, but was funny :) love u xxxxxxxxxxxx”

“thats beacuse he doesnt want to go go church on xmas eve with granny and gpa!”

“Was at a graduation party last night,so had some wine & eats,nothing special.You can give me a CD for Xmas.”

“i 4got 2 ask would u mind if i asked u to get bec a barbie 4 xmas its the one i showed u in asda”

“Hey gorgeous x hows the party swinging? just been xmas shopping bad idea fooking packed! x might be going pub tonite wiv girls from work x missing u lots”

“Im getting a sausage from the chrimbo market”

“Had a look at crimbo presents4 u…i know i said u dont need to get me ought but without soundin too soppy its our first christmas together so i want to make it special…wakin up with u on new years day will be awesome..i want to buy u some designer lingerie..but let me know if u want something else.x.x”

“Just in bed now after Christmas Eve festivities and waiting up to play Santa. Hope you’re having a lovely day, and can’t wait to speak soon xox”

“ho ho ho, merry christmas everyone. hope u all have a good one, take care”

“Happy christmas darling. Im always holding you in my heart baby. Love you so much. Night night x x x”

“happy christmas sweetheart! talked and thought abt u so much tonight am gutted u r not in my bed tonight of all nights. yes i’m a little bit beered”

“Merry christmas! I am wearing part of your present! *standing under mistletoe*”

“I just had a worrying thought…. You do realise that it seems i actually HAVE what i wanted for Christmas… You haven’t got me anything else, have you?? I mean apart from, you know, you?? x”

“Happy christmas honey. x x”

What’s new in Treasuremytext 2?

Published
by
Katie
on December 23, 2007
in Features and News
. 8 Comments

teaser.jpg

We’ve been busy making a brand new version of Treasuremytext and we’re about to relaunch it with a host of new features to make saving your SMS even better. So what’s new in Treasuremytext 2?

Friends, lovers, fans, contacts
You already know the importance of keeping those treasured messages from your friends, and the new Treasuremytext lets you keep in touch with your friends even better.

Super slick new interface
We made it even easier to manage your messages; make your own folders and drag and drop.

Text Streams
Make your own public page for your favorite messages; show them off to the world!

What’s everyone else texting?
Text Streams are also a great way to follow friends old and new. Check out the Text Streams from other Treasuremytext users; add the best to your favorites and see what everybody else sends, and saves by SMS.

Take your SMS with you
Are you a Facebook fan or bebo babe, or want to publish your latest messages on your blog? We’re working on tools to let you plug your treasured messages into your other spaces online.

International SMS
With super low cost international SMS you can send messages all around the world from as little as 5 Euro Cents. And when your friends reply to messages you send from Treasuremytext you get the reply on your phone.

iPhone Archiving
If you’re an iPhone user, we’ll be making it easy for you to archive your SMS from your iPhone over your data connection. With no need to send messages by SMS, treasuring them will be easier than ever.

We’re in Beta
We’ve been running an invite only beta to get a few testers trying out the new site and checking it all works like it should. We got great feedback and incorporated a few new additions, tweaks and suggestions and it’s nearly ready. If you really can’t wait to try out the new site, visit our new beta site, for a sneak preview, or catch up on new developments on the blog.

Coming soon!
If you’re an existing user at Treasuremytext we’ll let you know as soon as the new service is ready for you. In the New Year we will move all existing user accounts over to the new system. All you need to do is keep treasuring your SMS as normal. When you log into the new site, they’ll all be there waiting for you and you’ll be able to do a whole lot more with your messages.

Happy Christmas!
Christmas is a time of good will, of giving, and hopefully having a lot of fun. Wishing you a Happy Texting Christmas from the Treasuremytext team. Got Xmas txt? Special SMS from ur loved ones? Got a new phone and need to keep all ur favorite messages? - Send them to us and we’ll keep treasuring them for you!

http://beta.treasuremytext.com
http://blog.treasuremytext.com
Love your SMS!

Just forward your message to +31 billion 621 Million 224 Thousand 500 and 80.

Published
by
Paul Stringer
on December 21, 2007
in News
. 1 Comment

BT Landline PhoneWhilst testing out a user registration today we inadvertently discovered a cool feature for people in the UK. You can send text messages to regular BT landlines in the UK from Treasuremytext (or any mobile for that matter). After sending a message it works like this. The phone begins to ring and you get the message that was sent read out by a rather good sounding artificial posh English woman. Unfortunately BT Text doesn’t have the ability to forward messages so you can’t then save them with us. They also destroy your messages after 24 hours so it might have been nice. If there was a forward option though it may have proved a little tricky to figure out how to actually send it too the cryptically interpreted Plus 31 billion, 621 million 224 thousand 500 and 80. (If you’re wondering what that is, it’s our phone number,  - +31621224580 but the BT message lady converts it to a very big number indeed!) It sounds more like a statistical probability number from the HitchHikers Guide than a phone number.

Listen to our registration message on BT Text

We need you (and some of your friends)

Published
by
Paul Stringer
on December 13, 2007
in Beta
. 0 Comments

So now the first tentative round of invites and testing is pretty much done. There haven’t been any major issues but a whole bunch of tiny things that cropped up have been fixed or improved. Getting the small things right is very important and many thanks to everyone who’s helped so far and given us ideas and feedback.

We’ve been fairly cautious in the number of invites we’ve given out but now we need to let a few more people in to really give this thing a proper work out. So to make this easy you can now get an account for the beta without having to wait for an invite, here’s how.

  • Don’t Have an Account yet?
    What you waiting for! oh an invite, right well no longer. Just click on ‘Create your Account’ from the homepage and then enter the email address beta to skip the invite process. This will get you straight in! During the sign up process feel free to send out a couple more invites to your friends.
  • Already a Beta Tester?
    If you already have an account we’d like you to try out our invite friends features and send a few to people you know.If you one of our early users you may not have seen it yet but there are now two ways you can invite people. The first is you can use the ‘Invite Friends’ link which has been added next to Profile at the top, this is just a basic email a friend invite.The other way is that we have now built inviting right into contacts themselves, which makes sense. Go to any of your existing contacts and then to edit (or add one if you don’t have any). From here you can see some new sharing settings and from here you can send invites. This feature is nicer than just sending regular invites because when invites are accepted your contact details get traded and you will automatically be added to one an-others favorites. This saves both people the effort of having to manually enter each others contacts.

Oh and one other thing is that you can now also tell which contacts are also your favorites by a heart that appears over a contacts buddy icon. So cute, one of Katies ideas of course.

Look forward to seeing you all in there, don’t forget to check out my Backroom TextStream and sign me up as a favourite already!

Bursting iPhone’s SMS Bubble

Published
by
Paul Stringer
on December 7, 2007
in iPhone
. 7 Comments

SMSD for iPhone

As big iPhone fans and users we’ve been having a major problem these last couple of weeks. Apple with the iPhone forgot, didn’t get round to, or in zen like quest for simplicity decided to provide only the most basic SMS functionality to facilitate its iChat like SMS interface.

If you didn’t know already this is a bit of a problem for Treasuremytext as it uses SMS forwarding as the means by which messages are saved. It’s a simple mechanism which won’t flummox mobile users and only requires the most basic functionality for a phone to be compatible. This meant probably every phone ever made worked with our service before that is the arrival of the most advanced phone on the planet.

Today though we we’re excited to discover that the latest version of SMSD for the iPhone now includes forwarding. We stumbled across the latest version of it available here or more easily via Installer.app. This will require a Jailbroken iPhone which if you haven’t done so yet you need to do so, they’re are useful guides how to over at www.modmyifone.com.

Originally when we came across this utility it only provided functionality to delete messages but the latest update provides forwarding functionality and it’s pretty nicely done too. In terms of future iPhone support we have plans which will totally remove the need for forwarding altogether and we’re eagerly waiting to get a look at the iPhone SDK but stay tuned for that.

In the meantime if you’ve got an iPhone you can now use Treasuremytext again and set free your SMS from their ‘child like’ iPhone iChat bubble prisons. Need an invite? just drop by beta.treasuremytext.com and leave us your email.

Vote for us on European Startups!

Published
by
Katie
on December 4, 2007
in News
. 0 Comments

europeanstartups.jpg

Ivan Trajkovic at European Startups has  featured Treasuremytext on his blog. Thanks Ivan… and we love the blog by the way.

vote.jpg

Also really cool is the European Startup of the month competition. You can vote for your favorite European Startup of the month.  To show your support, vote for us here - and whilst we don’t have as many votes yet as some of the super popular EU startups - such as Mr Wong for example; it’s still all good fun!

New Feed Reader for Facebook Pages

Published
by
Katie
on December 4, 2007
in Beta and SMS
. 0 Comments

Treasuremytext feeds in our Facebook Page

The guys over at Wiliam Web Design have created a new version of their RSS Feed Reader that works on Facebook Pages. This is so great we had to try it out right away.

picture-3.png Now our Treasuremytext Facebook Page displays the RSS feed from the main Treasuremytext Text Stream!

Treasuremytext at NW startup 2.0 DEMO

Published
by
Katie
on December 2, 2007
in Events
. 0 Comments

picture-3.png

NW Start Up 2.0 is the North West’s premier event for software entrepreneurs, investment community and deal makers to meet under one roof in an informal setting.  And Treasuremytext will be there at DEMO next week.

 http://www.nwstartup20.co.uk/NWStartUp20DEMO

picture-2.png DEMO is followed by mashup* Manchester where various speakers will talk ‘Content 2.0′.