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Originally Posted by mindfrost82
I'm not sure how people say OZ uses text messages instead of an internet connection. When I receive a message it opens OZ, it doesn't go into the Text Messages part in Outlook. Also, it takes a pretty big hit to the battery life since it is connected to the internet.
EDIT: Is there a trick to make it use SMS? I would rather it use texting than the internet due to the big battery life it takes when using the internet.
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it uses both....it uses the internet connection to download and update buddy list information, but for the actual sending and receving of IM's it uses text messages to transmit the message. It doesnt use the outlook text messaging client or anything, it uses text messaging protocols to transmit the messages. I don't know why they do this, but I do know several people who have been hit with some extremley high text message bills because they used this program. Switching to a normal IM program resolves this as most of them use the internet connection only.
Oz can also cause extremley annoying text messages from strange numbers to start popping up out of nowhere. Apparently its caused by shutting down OZ without signing off your buddy lists first. Its the most annoying thing in the world, and there are several ways people have reported to fix it. The most common ways are to either uninstall OZ and reinstall it, or to sign into OZ, log off all buddy lists, exit OZ, and soft reset.
Either way, I hate Oz.
I much prefer Jivetalk or Palringo.