Comments on: SMS Messaging with Android on the G1

By: Mervyn Alamgir

Mervyn Alamgir — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:29:30 +0000

I am tempted to say that Chomp threads by mobile number rather than person but never really ran into the scenario you described.

By: sonisoe

sonisoe — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:51:21 +0000

am still looking around for a new phone and pre or HTC magic are in my radar…. a quick question… i have friends who have 2, and few of them even 3 mobile phone numbers, will the sms be shown in one thread even if the sms are from different numbers of the same person. currently i have a samsung with a similar app to chomp, and what the app can’t do is what am asking above – sms sent by a person but from different mobile numbers are threaded separately. in otherwords, threading/”chatting” is based on mobile number not the “person” we’re chatting with.

By: Prashant Agrawal

Prashant Agrawal — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:07:12 +0000

Is there any app that will allow me to perform batch actions like delete, mark-as-read etc? I really want this!

By: Vinod

Vinod — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:44:45 +0000

Youy may want to checkout the my.Message app available for free on the market too. It automatically translates messages. We are adding a Soft-keyboard and composer in the coming days. Thanks.

By: Cem

Cem — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:18:24 +0000

SMS on G1 becomes addictive pretty quickly. I hated the whole txt’ing thing with my old phone. G1 makes it actually fun. If you find yourself looking at 200 message threads with your buddies, don’t be surprised .

Nissan had this awesome motto in their commercials “everything you need, nothing you don’t” . I’ve been a good follower of the idea, so I try to stick with the core-basics as much as I can. Bubles or popup SMS don’t mean much to me, since I’m perfectly happy with the regular notification. On the other hand, I hear really good reviews about chomp and sms popup.

By: Mervyn Alamgir

Mervyn Alamgir — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:04:56 +0000

My SMS message volume is so low right now that I haven’t run into the issue you mentioned. Thanks for the heads up on your app in case my message volume increases.

100% agree with your last statement about the G1.

By: Mervyn Alamgir

Mervyn Alamgir — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:01:35 +0000

I think you are right regarding the privacy issue with SMS messages being displayed openly on your phone. SMS Popup has the feature to display the message after you unlock the screen which seems to work best in your scenario. I haven’t felt the need to do that yet, but its nice to know the option is there.

By: Cem

Cem — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:40:01 +0000

First of all, I agree with Bill’s comments.

In the Android RC33, you can save the MMS messages, afaik. I’m personally not a big fan of MMS, but I was able to save/email a few photos sent to me over MMS.

After I got my G1, and started using the text (sms) messaging, and I noticed that the Messaging application was getting clogged,slow and taking up much space. That’s been a big complaint by G1 users for a good while. And there were message threads that I wanted to keep elsewhere other than my phone. Hence, I developed Txtract, an SMS backup/export application, which can store your SMS in a more accesible medium – microSD card. Or you can email the output to any of your email addresses.

I personally believe, it’s a good value added application to the G1’s SMS realm. Usually, we -the developers- do not use the stuff we develop, however I’m a pretty dedicated user of the application I developed.

Last but not the least, imho, Android platform is destined for greater greatness.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:51:02 +0000

The only thing I think the default sms for Android needs is an integrated save feature (save audio, video and images>. there is an app on the marketplace that allows you to do this, so I guess that’s okay. Beyond that I think the sms is perfect.

I’d like to just add my thoughts on your selections, in the interest of open discourse.

a soft keyboard would be great but I was never a fan of the speech bubbles. I love the threaded sms convos, an speech bubbles are too cartoon-y for me. but it’s a complete preference thing and options are a good thing.

I would absolutely *not* want personal messages popping up on screen, particularly when the phone is locked. Privacy is a big issue these days, and it’s something a person must be proactive about (ie, we shouldn’t assume the technology will automatically keep us safe). I don’t prefer to allow anyone who can simply look down at my screen to have that kind of open access to my private messages.