We’ve been busy working in our Android app version 2 and it’s now live and a whole lot more fully featured than version 1. The Treasuremytext for Android application automatically archives all sent and received messages from your Android phone to the Treasuremytext web app. Once you set it up, you don’t need to do anything; all your new incoming and outgoing messages are archived automatically. Many Android users have been fans of the Treasuremytext app but have asked for a few new features. Here they are:
- Simple one Touch setup
- Saves sent and received SMS automatically
- Contact filters let you save only the SMS you need
- Backup, Organise, Print, Email (Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo etc) your SMS via Treasuremytext.com
- Twitter Integeration
To install, search for Treasuremytext in the Android Market. For more info visit Treasuremytext.com or see info about the app on Cyrket here.
Chicago based artist Leon Grant Bussinger’s been busy creating Light Sound & Motion “previewing several current design and technology projects including multi-touch, large scale sms interaction, and experiential lighting design.”
Leon wanted to a simple solution that would enable him to create an interactive SMS project. Treasuremytext for Android to the rescue!
Essentially Treasuremytext for Android auto archives all messages received on an Android (G1) handset. All messages get archived in a user’s private SMS account. We created a little tweak just for Leon that let him publish a text stream of all of these received messages. Leon then displayed the text stream in his artwork - essentially allowing his friends to speak voice messages which are then displayed on screen.
Essentially Treasuremytext for Android acts as an automatic SMS gateway - which we think is pretty neat!
Leon’s work involved inviting his audience to leave him voice messages (Google Voice), which automatically get turned to text, then sent to the web via the Treasuremytext Android app. Pretty nice hack!
The Treasuremytext Android App is now available on the Android Market (U.S. Only)
It took a little longer than expected but resulted in some significant changes to the app since we won the Developer Challenge based on a feedback from judges.
This is our first app which fulfills the request of many users which is for automatic backup of messages to Treasuremytext. We plan to roll this out to more smartphones in the future. This is where we see the future of Treasuremytext. Although SMS forwarding will always be an option, with more people taking up Smartphones we’re able to give people a much better experience through an app.
One thing we worked very hard on and are incredibly pleased with is the zero configuration authentication process we’ve implemented. It implements OAuth which is seen in our iPhone app but without need for passwords, logins and all that to’ing and fro’ing from site to app. This is still a pain on a mobile device and we think this is a much better way to do it. We’ll talk more about the actual implementation in a future post.
We’re trying to put together a quick video demo but in the meantime just go grab it and try it out, there are screenshots here.
We’re not sure how to link to the actual app in Market but just go to it on your Android phone and search for Treasuremytext in the Communication Apps section.
That's me bottom left in the Pink Shirt!
We won! Not the main prize that went to the fantastic Meter Maid app from Martin Koel en Alida Roskam (makes real easy the paying for parking around Amsterdam and other places I believe). Those two won a deserved return trip to San Francisco.
We though we’re thrilled to be win one of the other 4 prizes in a tough competition. Plus it’s fantastic to actually be able to get a G1 from T-Mobile as our prize. This will let us thoroughly test the Android app properly before releasing it on the Android Market.
It was a great event and lots of credit to Peter Robinett of Bubble Foundry for really starting the whole thing of with the excellent Mobile dev camps he’s been arranging here for the past few months in Amsterdam. We’ve been to a couple and there turning into some of the best meetups in town.
In the last few weeks we’ve become more and more excited about Android and starting to believe in it’s potential. We think it’s going to be a seriously big deal for Treasuremytext and a big part of our future. This is the first time we’ve been able to develop an app for a phone which we’ve dreamed about doing for a while now. It completes the Treasuremytext service, makes it seriously much easier to use and integrates seamlessly with your handset for the first time.
For all of those who’ve been asking about automatic backup to Treasuremytext with support for original dates and contact info, start looking at getting yourself an Android phone from T-Mobile as soon as you can.
We gave a small demo of the app which was recorded and will be placed up on T-Mobiles G1 site sometime today we’re told.
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