Wednesday, August 12, 2009

SMS to Twitter in Singapore

I don't like using Twitter but my geeky boyfriend who's based in Malaysia thinks that I should use it to stay in touch with him. And we all know that Twitter offers text service where you can send an sms from your mobile phone to a US number. The service is free but you'd have to pay at least 18¢ (or more depending on which telco you're using) per text message.

So for my dear geek's convenience, I've gone on an Internet hunt to look for services which will allow users to send sms to a local Singapore number to update their Twitter. Users would only need to pay 5.35¢ per text message (or free, if your mobile plan comes with pre-bundled sms). Here are the results, for your benefit:


sms to Twitter Twitter to sms
widgeo.us works doesn't work
sgBEAT works works but a little slow

If you would like to read more about the websites, click on these:
widgeo.us - http://blog.widgeo.us/category/odds-and-ends/
sgBEAT - http://blog.nus.edu.sg

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