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Originally Posted by PMDColeslaw
Gmail chat actualy has built in sms forwarding now. so if someone is on gmail they can use chat to send you a text. You can respond via text to their chat as well. They do have to have your phone # attached your contact though.
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The problem with it is that the other gmail user needs to enable and add that feature. And then they would need to add your phone number. After that, they have to actually to click and change the messging type from SMS to gchat... and vice versa depending on whether or not you're at your computer. It's kind of a mess. I don't know why google didn't just add one extra bit of code so that their protocol would automatically be able to tell if you're on your phone or at your computer and get rid of that user step. I mean there's a bit of a learning curve... normal folk can barely use computers... how long is it going to take them to figure out what an SMS is and whether or not they should choose that option. That's what pisses me off about google, they have all of these great ideas and services, but they always leave out one small detail that ruins each one.
I think what he's trying to accomplish here is something that is transparent to the other user. When they go into google chat to look for him, he appears as being online. They can send him messages and they get forwarded to his phone.
I'm not sure why google didn't set it up this way in the first place. Both yahoo and AIM have pure IM forwarding through SMS. Replies are even supported. It's basically a command line interface through their servers using only SMS.
Here's a link to the setup for AIM:
http://mobile.aol.com/aolproducts/im...PrdIForwarding
Here's a link for Yahoo IM:
http://mobile.yahoo.com/messenger/sms/manage
Now both aren't completely transparent... it shows an icon in the other users client telling them that you're mobile, but online. It's about as close as you can get to what you're trying to do. Pure SMS means ZERO battery drain.
I just got those two configured, and I'm working on a way to get gchat to both stay online and do two-way SMS instant messaging. I'll post back if I can figure it out. If not, hopefully some of this will help you guys out and maybe we can figure it out together.