Cool app

JamesB

Wow - just downloaded this and it ROCKS!

http://www.nitrowebsoftware.com/software/textbuddy/

Anyone know a good site for highly recommended apps ? i love when you find a program that you couldn't live without!

Later,
JamesB

Basq

A great idea... but doesn't seem to be working for me with both my Vodafone or O2 subscription.

Anyone else had any luck?

JamesB

Works goddamn well for me - my monthly credits shall be gone before the weekend is up! haha

basquille wrote:

A great idea... but doesn't seem to be working for me with both my Vodafone or O2 subscription.

Anyone else had any luck?

Chalk

it doesnt seem to work
/me heads off to change his PIN

ishnid

Sounds a lot like o2sms, except that it's just for windows and doesn't support Meteor.

www.sf.net and www.freshmeat.net are worth a look for tons of useful free software.

Optikus

Cool it just like having a link to the vodafone site in your sys tray!!! but it remembers your user/pw just like any other browser would.. How amazing.. Now stop the blatant advertising JamesB!

smoke.me.a.kipper

also the vodafone website is slower than a week in jail.

JamesB

Blatant advertising my ass - i have no affiliation with that site.

That o2sms is *very* cool! o2sms+cron=cool!

Optikus wrote:

Cool it just like having a link to the vodafone site in your sys tray!!! but it remembers your user/pw just like any other browser would.. How amazing.. Now stop the blatant advertising JamesB!

Optikus

JamesB wrote:

Blatant advertising my ass - i have no affiliation with that site.

That o2sms is *very* cool! o2sms+cron=cool!

And i have an itchy chin.

Basq

Is it working for many of you (besides James)?

As i said above, i tried logging in and sending with both my Vodafone and O2 subscription.

I keep getting the same message under the 'Status' column: it flicks between 'Sending (1)', 'Sending (2)', 'Sending (3)', 'Sending (4)'

PS - For O2, is it your username and password for the online site you put in, as opposed to your mobile number and password? Tried both - but just as a matter of interest!

Optikus

That because Vodafone site is dead slow.. no program gonna change that.. has anyone run Spybot since installing it BTW?

ishnid

Optikus wrote:

And i have an itchy chin.

- pity there are monthly limits, or a while(1) could work wonders:

"I wasn't bombarding the plaintiff with messages your honour, my computer did it"

ishnid

basquille wrote:

PS - For O2, is it your username and password for the online site you put in, as opposed to your mobile number and password? Tried both - but just as a matter of interest!

I'd imagine it's the username you use to log into o2.ie - it won't be able to send anything without it.

Basq

Yeah, i assumed so - was just to make sure!

By the way Optikus, ran Spybot and AdAware - found nothing! Also have an very reliable antivirus on my machine that reported nothing! Seems cleans!

JamesB

Another killer app:

http://www.avafind.com/

It absolutely ROCKS!!

Basq

All the messages i sent earlier got through about 10 minutes ago... and i'm sending messages now that are getting through!

Must have been problems with O2 or something.

vibe666

flashfxp is great as well for all those people who hate ftp'ing stuff but occasionally need to.

http://www.flashfxp.com/

JamesB

And if you have SSH/SFTP access then:

http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/

I find is very useful too - can't bate a free app

Bri

Is textbuddy stable / free of spyware James? Just have to ask...

NocturnalDonkey

I just put in the wrong vodafone password. (lower case where i should have put upper case) And it kept trying to log me in. If it trys 5 times unsuccessfully, you are locked out of the vodafone website for 24 hours... Damn!

JamesB

Bri wrote:

Is textbuddy stable / free of spyware James? Just have to ask...

Like i said - i've nothing to do with TextBuddy... or avafind or WinSCP.

THere's a contact form on the page - use that and ask them?

Tusky

Working for me - cheers.

Bri

Textbuddy wrote:

This program is not free software - it will expire!

Website has no mention of how long?
:rolleyes:

Mr E

At the bottom right of the app window, it says "Registered (expires 31/12/2004)". I presume the author is building up a user base, and intends to charge for it next year. Good plan. I've installed it and sent some messages with it. Very handy app....

absolut3_slim

Gonna try this out now...Thanks for the link james:)

unkel

Yep working grand for me saving ALL that time waiting for the vodafone website. Thanks JamesB

Let's now just hope it won't expire...

Basq

unkel wrote:

Yep working grand for me saving ALL that time waiting for the vodafone website. Thanks JamesB

Let's now just hope it won't expire...

Are we still all talking about the same app, Text Buddy?

The license will expire a month from installing it. It refreshes the subscription information to check the license isn't expired as of yet.

The only way i see maybe to get around it is either:

(a) setting back the time on our computers a couple of months to see if it's still recognises the license expires in a month..

(b) set up a fake proxy in Preferences... it tries to check the license and says 'error checking license' but i think it has hassle sending messages that way.

Don't see the point in paying E4 a month for a program that just sends my own free messages from Vodafone / O2 online!

Pet

Damnit, I wish I'd known about this before I moved to meteor!!!!

krinpit

Pet wrote:

Damnit, I wish I'd known about this before I moved to meteor!!!!

As ishnid said, you can use o2sms for meteor. Google it up

Dr. Dre

Anyone have this working behind a corporate firewall?
Works fine at home, but not in work

ishnid

Dr. Dre wrote:

Anyone have this working behind a corporate firewall?
Works fine at home, but not in work

Their website doesn't mention proxy support anywhere. o2sms does support proxies but I notice that the site with the precompiled Windows versions isn't up at the moment.

Terra

does anyone know of any programs that can send messages to foreign mobile phones ?

unklerosco

I cant run the prog, keep getting...

Not a valid win32 application

Syth

krinpit wrote:

As ishnid said, you can use o2sms for meteor. Google it up

But meteor give a crap limit on webtexts. 30 a month AFAIR. Compare that to Vodafone & O2 whith circa 200-300 per month. Though for normal texts they are cheap. Only 9c.

v10

Just a thought ...

This program could be sending the author your username and password also.

Don't know what use that would be, but it could easily do it.

Considering if you are a bill customer this username and password also gives access to your account, phone bills, etc ... I don't think I'll use it any time soon.

As i said ... just a thought.

ishnid

v10 wrote:

This program could be sending the author your username and password also.

I don't know anything about TextBuddy but o2sms definitely doesn't do that - source code is available on its homepage.

Mr E

v10 wrote:

Just a thought ...

This program could be sending the author your username and password also.

Don't know what use that would be, but it could easily do it.

Considering if you are a bill customer this username and password also gives access to your account, phone bills, etc ... I don't think I'll use it any time soon.

To access anything money related, e.g. payment plan, bills, etc., you need the self service password (which only appears on your vodafone bill).

All he could do with the login is send text messages using my webtext, or use my vodafone email account (which I don't use).

I think its safe enough....

fuse

I've just downloaded it and it ain't working.
In the status bar at the bottom it says,

"Error Checking License" and "License: Unknown"

Looks like they've started charging already?

I got v1.1.12

It has proxy support aswell.

My text status is just "Waiting..." tho.

I'd consider paying for it because the vodafone site is sooo slow and also its a nice discreet app when in work. Couldn't be arsed signing up with paypal tho!

unklerosco

LAtest version works a treat, the older ones wouldn't work for me...