Yahoo has launched a group texting feature, called Mixd. We found it straight-forward to sign up.
It reminds us of other group messaging features, such as 3Jam. Like with 3Jam, for example, Mixd can be tricky to figure out how to create a group at first, but easy once you’ve got the hang of it, and if you’re limiting your session to an evening and don’t have multiple groups. There is no download, which makes it competitive with other services. Of course, Yahoo throws in a way for you to exchange photos and vidoes, too, and lets you see it all on the Web too.
See our post on 3Jam, where there are plenty of other services mentioned, including Radio Handi. Various forms of group texting have existed on carriers in other countries. Yahoo came up as an example of a service with “public” groups. This latest service gives you a way to create private groups to text with. (Techcrunch did a post on this earlier)
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MG said:
I prefer Zemble’s approach to group based texting. It’s easier to use, and they protect their users from spam! http://www.zemble.com
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MG said:
I prefer Zemble’s approach to group based texting. It’s easier to use, it has more features, and they protect their users from spam (something mixd is wide-open to). http://www.zemble.com
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MG said:
Sorry, didn’t mean to double post… My browser timed-out during the 1st post, so I didn’t think it went through…
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DS said:
I’m a little confused by these group messaging services like Zemble, Mixd, and 3Jam. Do they go through the SMTP gateway; therefore it is free for these companies to send SMSs? If they go through SMSC, aren’t they charged by gateway providers for each SMS sent? I just don’t get how they can justify costs.
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