SMS Mac 2.4b1

SMS Mac 2.4b1 is very useful that allows you to use your Mac to enter SMS text and send the message through internet with ease without a mobile phone.

How do you send an SMS? Are you using the T9 input method? Are you also wondering why you are using these small keys with numbers on it to enter text while you have your Mac keyboard in front of you? Then SMS Mac is for you. Use your Mac to enter SMS text and send the SMS through the Internet. You don't even need a mobile phone. SMS Mac will send the SMS for you. Each SMS costs only 10 cents irrespective of local or international SMS. There are no roaming charges. In the USA and Canada, you can send free SMS using  new email2SMS feature.

SMS Mac comes in many flavors. A Dashboard Widget and an Address Book plug-in, a Sidebar Gadget and a Yahoo! Widget. Do you need to send an SMS from a script? SMS Mac also supports AppleScript. You decide which one works best for you. Or use all of them. The Address Book plug-in works with Mac OS X 10.3 and up (including Leopard). The Dashboard widget was developed especially for Tiger and Leopard, Apple's latest versions of Mac OS X. The Sidebar Gadget works with Windows Vista. The Yahoo! Widget works with Windows 2000 and up.

Easily send an SMS text message from your Address Book with the SMS Mac Address Book plug-in. Just open the Address Book card of your friend or contact, click the mobile label and choose the command Send SMS from the popup menu. You can also select a group of contacts and send an SMS to all members of the group! 

The Send SMS Dashboard Widget is a widget for the Dashboard of Mac OS X and has all the features of SMS Mac. Are you using Windows Vista at work? No problem, just use the SMS Sidebar Gadget to send a quick text message to your family member.

SMS Mac also supports AppleScript. The SMS Mac Scripting application allows you to send an SMS when a specific event occurs. You can use it, for example, with iCal. You can configure iCal and SMS Mac to send yourself an SMS to remind you of an important meeting. On a Mac OS X server, you can use it to send the system administrator an SMS alert when a certain condition occurs. Several example scripts are included.

Major Features:

1. Software: Cross-platform:
   • Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
   • Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000
2. Software: Multiple components:
   • Dashboard Widget (Mac OS X 10.4)
   • Address Book plug-in (Mac OS X 10.3 or higher)
   • Sidebar Gadget (Windows Vista)
   • Yahoo! Widget (Windows XP, Windows 2000)
   • Yahoo! Widget (Mac OS X 10.3 or higher)
   • SMS Mac Scripting Application (Mac OS X 10.3 or higher)
3. SMS: Extensive Coverage:
   • All countries
4. SMS: Extensive Features:
   • Group SMS (on Mac OS X)
   • Number Portability
   • Standard SMS
   • Long SMS* (up to 459 characters)
   • Unicode SMS
   • Support for Caller ID** (= Sender ID)
   • Support for the full GSM 7 bit alphabet: ü, ö, é, ñ etc.
   • email2SMS
   • Receiving SMS replies via email
   • Delivery reports delivered to an email address you can specify
   • Detection of SIM memory full on recipient’s mobile phone (where available)
   • Special routing on an individual mobile number is possible
   • AppleScript support
   • Helpbook and online help
5. SMS: Low Cost:
   • Flat rate of € 0,10 per SMS
   • No surcharge for international SMS
   • 500 SMS (45 Euros) and 1000 SMS (85 Euros) bundles are available for even lower SMS pricing
6. Privacy
   • No SPAM
   • No commercial tagged to your message, the entire message is yours

Requirements:

• Address Book Plugin: Mac OS X 10.3 and up
• Send SMS Widget: Mac OS X 10.4 and up
• Yahoo! Widget: Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Mac OS X 10.3 and up