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Hi Bewaarbox

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Paul Stringer
on September 26, 2008
in News, SMS and Texting
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Our Dutch speaking friend Alper tipped us of about Hi (a Netherlands MVNO) who are offering something very similar to Treasuremytext the Bewaarbox!.

We just checked them out and although similar in nature there are still plenty of things different about our services. One thing we do love is they let you print a tiny book of your messages. We’re looking to work with Moocards or someone similar to bring such a thing to Treausremytext because it’s really nice to be able to do that. The other big difference is they do MMS also but although we’re asked a lot about it we still prefer to concentrate on doing SMS and doing that as well as we can. MMS is such a different thing that it’s hard to make one thing that could do both really well.

Interestingly as an operator providing this, they don’t seem to be doing anything more magical than we are when it comes to the archiving process. When you want to save an SMS you send it to a number which is the model we’ve been using since we began which we think is the right one for most users. We tried to sign up, obviously to have a look around but couldn’t because it is tied to the Hi network (we’re with Vodafone). This makes sense because they can offer it as a nice service differentiator from the other networks. The downside is if you don’t happen to be with Hi you can’t use it. What happens if you ever switch networks is not obvious.

So if you’re not with Hi (or even if you are) Treasuremytext works just great in the Netherlands on any network and with a local Dutch 06 mobile number it’s probably going to be free with an inclusive SMS bundle for you to use!

If anyone is with Hi and has had a chance to play with it please share what it’s like and a couple of screen shots.

Are they ignoring me, know for sure with delivery reciepts.

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Paul Stringer
on April 2, 2008
in Features and Texting
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SMS Delivery StatusIt bothers me when sending someone an SMS when I’m expecting a reply when I don’t get one.

My natural predispostion is to imagine something has gone wrong with the SMS being delivered rather than just imagining that my message wasn’t the most important thing to someone at that particular moment in time. This problem is doubly excerbated when using the Web to send an SMS because it adds to your irrational thinkings, ‘Maybe the Website didn’t send it’. We know you think this from the number of people we see sending SMS to themselves the first time they try it from Treasuremytext - there’s something about a Website sending SMS that people don’t quite believe is true.

With this in mind the new TMT introduced support for SMS delivery reciepts, something that wasn’t there in the old site. This was broken after launch but as of yesterday was back again and it’s pretty cool.

Built into SMS technology is a notification system which immediatly tells the phone or gateway of the sender the status of the SMS sent which is updated again when an SMS has been delivered or it’s given up trying. It’s probably even supported on your phone, buried deep in a menu somewhere. The ability to check the delivery status of a message, I think the venerable Nokia 3310 was able to do this. Treasuremytext also does this, it’s not quite buried deep in a menu but it may be just as unnoticed unless you look for it.

So if you want to be sure someone is getting your SMS you can feel a bit more reassured if you send it from Treasuremytext. Aswell as delivery status notifications it’s also much easier to type on a keyboard, did we mention it comes from your own number so people can reply straight back, and it’s just 0.05 euro cents anywhere in the world, payable by PayPal, what a bargain, you really should check it out!

So if you’re using our outbound sms check out your Sent folder and take a look at the delivery status of any of your sent messages. In there each message is displayed with either a green, yellow or red light. Green = Your SMS has been delivered, Yellow = It’s enroute and it’s delayed either because of the network or more normally because the persons phone is off and finally Red = It can’t be delivered (normally because the number isn’t the full international number).

If you catch it quick enough between going from Yellow to Green after sending it you might even see it change in front of your eyes and it making a cute little sound to tell you it’s been delivered.

SMS Stickies: Why people like annotating their SMS

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Katie
on February 27, 2008
in Features, SMS and Texting
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SMS messages you receive from friends can be hugely important: they’re personal memories; important, emotive, poignant. They’re so important that people want to keep them AND to annotate them, so to make this possible we have added ’stickies’ (or comments) to Treasuremytext 2.

So now when you’re organizing your SMS messages you can add a sticky note to one. As we’re about to launch Treasuremytext 2 and come out of invite-only-beta we realised that we were missing this as a key feature. The old version of the application has seen thousands of our users adding their own comments. to individual messages. So why do people want to annotate their SMS messages?

Here’s our top 5 reasons…

It reminds me of…
Some people, as well as wanting to save their messages, also want to write the memory around the text message, for example what they were doing when they received it, or what it ‘really’ means.

Changing the date…
You may receive a message on a Monday and archive it on Treasuremytext on a Wednesday - and then go back to change the date with a Sticky ‘this was really sent on my birthday’ for example. In a future update we’ll enable date editing too.

Feeling more organised…
Whilst we offer Treasuremytext users the ability to organise messages into folders, some of our users also like adding their own longer notes that help them organise things. Some use Stickies like tags: ’sally, liverpool, nightout, sexy’ for example.

Adding context…
Perhaps in case you might forget the context later on. Some SMS are incredibly short but still remind you of something or need saving because they make you laugh. The image above is a perfect example of this.

Commenting on your own messages….
Yes, some people even go so far as commenting on their own messages. “This one’s hilarious” and so on.

Check out the new Stickies at http://beta.treasuemytext.com

“I love loving you baby” & other favorite Valentine’s Day SMS

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Katie
on February 15, 2008
in SMS and Texting
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A picture paints a thousand words; an SMS is 160 characters but still it seems is great at sending a Valentine’s wish. We’ve been treasuring people’s favorite SMS for a while now at Treasuremytext and we thought we’d share a few of the public Valentine’s Day messages from Treasuremytext members.

The cute, sexy, romantic, spiritual, funny, cheeky - you send everything by SMS! These are real SMS - how you really send them; not what you’ll find elsewhere as ’suggestions’ for cute SMS. This is the real deal. And if you’re inspired, save your favorite SMS at Treasuremytext!

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Happy valentine’s day sweetheart. I love loving you baby….you are amazing.

Good morning happy valentines day. You just make me smile x x x x x

I’m enthralled by ur beauty, mesmerized by ur charisma & spellbound by ur luv. I wish to celebrate every Valentine wit u Hapi Val

May this Valentine bless us with the cupid of love and warmth of romance x

Happy valentines rish :p hope ur having a gud day whatever u got up2.. We gota have a long catch up session soon!x

Good morning my love. I hope the weeks until your arrival fly, so desperate am I to be with you. I love you completely, passionately and with abandon. You are my heart, my centre, my future. I adore you, gorgeous

To love is a duty and right. To be loved is a gift and luck. To love someone who loves u is an achievement. To be loved by someone whom u love is LIFE

U are like a balloon to me, once i let u go, i can never get u back, thats why i will tie you tight to my Heart!

i love u my miss valentine xx thank u 4 the card and present xx it was really nice of u sweety xx :) ur the best xxx

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY SWEETY xxxxx i love you and this is the first of many sweety xx sweetdreams xx

Happy Valentines Day! I know it’s not the right kind of love for today, but i do love you all the same! Enjoy your duvet & ice cream.

There are a lot of things to sort and its early days but i could not think of a better soul mate to drink my oval tine with in our twilight years x

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ! . . . MMWAHH X

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“Happy New Year” messages from the SMS Archive

Published
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Katie
on December 31, 2007
in SMS and Texting
. 1 Comment

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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

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Oops! (Drunken Texting on Facebook)

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Katie
on August 12, 2007
in SMS and Texting
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I found a wonderful group on Facebook this afternon.

“The Drunken Text Appreciation Society is dedicated to all those susceptible to taking their phone out in the small hours of the morning and sending barely comprehensible, rubbish text messages to friends/ girlfriends/ boyfriends and worst of all ex’s.”

It’s great fun, and seems to be something a lot of people do (the group has 125000 members!) We know from analysis on our current SMS stream that whilst many of our messages are of the ‘important’ variety - (births, engagements, special events), a higher prportion ae the ones that just make you laugh. Predictive text has a lot to answer for!