Free Wextexts Now on 3

drunkmonkey

you can not get 333 webtexts per month on the 3 website:)

Sam Vimes

drunkmonkey wrote: »

you can not get 333 webtexts per month on the 3 website:)

We know you can not get them :P


Assuming that was supposed to be "now", I can't find it on the site, possibly because I'm still on the old tariff. Where is it on the site?

nvm googled it

Ron DMC

Any network?
International?

Professey Chin

I am a fan of wextexts :pac:

Kenny Powers

Its about time, will there be a new version of cabbage out to support this?

h57xiucj2z946q

I have an a T-Mobile G1 on 3Pay, I might look into an android client for this.

flodis79

http://www.three.ie/on3/webtext.htm
and mind you, only national numbers.

long_b

This is big.
Irish mobiles only,
You can schedule texts too !

Fresh Pots

I'm on Meteors BPL at the moment but if i moved to 3pay and got the 1GB addon i would be sorted with data and text for the month! Very tempting! Assuming sam updates cabbage which i'm sure he will!!

Edit: Can you send more than 160 characters at one time like on 02 where they are received as one text?

flodis79

No you cant even send 160 chars, only 140 something. They affix ' - sent using webtext.three.ie' to the texts...

Kenny Powers

Thats pretty crap maybe sam can find away to remove this?

Fresh Pots

flodis79 wrote: »

No you cant even send 160 chars, only 140 something. They affix ' - sent using webtext.three.ie' to the texts...

FFS even webtext they can't get right. Staying with meteor so!

IH77

squared wrote: »

FFS even webtext they can't get right. Staying with meteor so!

Totally agree.

Webtexts would have been the thing to have me move from Meteor BPL, but this message on the end of the texts is crap? WTF is that for?

flodis79

sorry just an update here.
if you text is longer than 140 chars, there's no ad in the end, I only sent a short text to try this service. then tried a longer one and there was no ad.

Kenny Powers

So you can probably delete the add from the end of your text in the message box? If not the likes of cabbage and others could just add in white space to fill the text to 160.

Mimikyu

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flodis79

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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No clue..

And if you try to send the same message twice, you get the error:
"Message not sentThis is a duplicate message i.e. This message was already sent within the last 2 minutes"

Yes, but to different numbers.. FFS.

Fresh Pots

IH77 wrote: »

Totally agree.

Webtexts would have been the thing to have me move from Meteor BPL, but this message on the end of the texts is crap? WTF is that for?

Maybe its just a temporary thing to make people aware that three now have webtexts. Well thats the only reasonable explaination I can come up with.

flodis79 wrote: »

sorry just an update here.
if you text is longer than 140 chars, there's no ad in the end, I only sent a short text to try this service. then tried a longer one and there was no ad.

Thats something i guess but i would have hoped that you could send >160 characters in one.

flodis79

Kenny Powers wrote: »

So you can probably delete the add from the end of your text in the message box? If not the likes of cabbage and others could just add in white space to fill the text to 160.

No the ad is not part of the text box. It will be added "behind the scenes".

IH77

flodis79 wrote: »

No clue..

And if you try to send the same message twice, you get the error:
"Message not sentThis is a duplicate message i.e. This message was already sent within the last 2 minutes"

Yes, but to different numbers.. FFS.

I guess if it's new they will need to iron out the odd bug (assuming that they see that as a bug!)

flodis79

IH77 wrote: »

I guess if it's new they will need to iron out the odd bug (assuming that they see that as a bug!)

Might be so!

Sam Vimes

Kenny Powers wrote: »

Its about time, will there be a new version of cabbage out to support this?

There will be indeed

http://cabbagetexter.com/send.php now supports 3 and I just have to change the desktop and mobile apps to allow the new service, just a matter of adding 3 to the list

As flodis says, the ad only gets inserted if you send less than 140 chars

cojomo2

every time i try to register for this , nothing happens afer i input my mobile no. and email address and click 'register'....

any1 else have this problem?

Fresh Pots

Sam Vimes wrote: »

There will be indeed

http://cabbagetexter.com/send.php now supports 3 and I just have to change the desktop and mobile apps to allow the new service, just a matter of adding 3 to the list

That was FAST!!

h57xiucj2z946q

cojomo2 wrote: »

every time i try to register for this , nothing happens afer i input my mobile no. and email address and click 'register'....

any1 else have this problem?

Try Internet Explorer :-)

cojomo2

Madisyn Ancient Sensor wrote: »

Try Internet Explorer :-)

that did the trick , thanks!

Kenny Powers

Sam Vimes wrote: »

There will be indeed

http://cabbagetexter.com/send.php now supports 3 and I just have to change the desktop and mobile apps to allow the new service, just a matter of adding 3 to the list

As flodis says, the ad only gets inserted if you send less than 140 chars

Good man can you add white space to messages that are less than 140 to round it up to 160 this should get rid of the add?

Soot-fan

Madisyn Ancient Sensor wrote: »

Try Internet Explorer :-)

or IE tab in firefox

Soot-fan

Sam Vimes wrote: »

There will be indeed

http://cabbagetexter.com/send.php now supports 3 and I just have to change the desktop and mobile apps to allow the new service, just a matter of adding 3 to the list

will there be a new version to dowload or will the existing version work.

Webmonkey

Reminds me of when o2 was digifone - had a ad at the end too, but if you buffer out the remaining characters with blank spaces,can make it disappear.

dhblewis

Three struggle to do anything right is the -sent by webtext.three.ie temporary?

Also, Is it possible to change PIN?

Walkman

dhblewis wrote: »

Three struggle to do anything right is the -sent by webtext.three.ie temporary?

Also, Is it possible to change PIN?

Id imagine its just to make people aware me the web texts. They have been slated here many times for not having web texts surly this is a good thing even if it has the small ad.

Davy

I cant believe they actually caved,, does this mean that msn wasn't the perfect solution to webtexts after all :pac:

Sam Vimes

Soot-fan wrote: »

will there be a new version to dowload or will the existing version work.

You already know the answer from my thread. Just pointing others there

fbradyirl

I have Three.ie working in JSMS. Just doing some testing before releasing it. Fixing a few other bugs while I'm at it....

Breezer

I'll be switching to 3 once my O2 contract runs out thanks to this. It was the one thing that was missing. €10 a month to cover data, then Cabbage and occasional top ups on my SIP account will give me everything I need for less than half the price I'd be paying on O2.

Although I'll miss the excellent customer service. Hopefully O2 will respond before then. Wink wink nudge nudge Darryl

EDIT: For fecks sake, the €10 free credit per month has a 30 date expiry date and can't be used to purchase add ons. It's still a good offer but why does 3 have to continually shoot itself in the foot like this?

flodis79

Breezer wrote: »

EDIT: For fecks sake, the €10 free credit per month has a 30 date expiry date and can't be used to purchase add ons. It's still a good offer but why does 3 have to continually shoot itself in the foot like this?

I wonder the same. Found out the hard way. But you can on the other hand get quite a few free calls and texts for the 10euro bonus credit.

dingding

fbradyirl wrote: »

I have Three.ie working in JSMS. Just doing some testing before releasing it. Fixing a few other bugs while I'm at it....

HI Finbarr,

Will it work with the iPhone version?

And if so when will the update go live.

ryanch09

Sam Vimes wrote: »

We know you can not get them :P


Assuming that was supposed to be "now", I can't find it on the site, possibly because I'm still on the old tariff. Where is it on the site?

nvm googled it

the link for the webtext is at the top of the 3 website in really small writing lol

culabula

I'm about to try registering it for webtext but does anyone know if the dataSIM from the e220 will qualify? I'm assuming it will.

culabula

culabula wrote: »

I'm about to try registering it for webtext but does anyone know if the dataSIM from the e220 will qualify? I'm assuming it will.

Answer to that is a resounding YES. Happy days, I've stuck it in my iPhone and that brings me up to oooooooohhhhhh over 3,000 free SMS a month of which 75% are international and unlimited data. Now bring on the tethering.

fbradyirl

dingding wrote: »

HI Finbarr,

Will it work with the iPhone version?

And if so when will the update go live.

Sorry about the delay in replying. For some reason Boards.ie no longer sends me email notifications of new posts!

Yes, iPhone jelly SMS app was submitted to Apple over a week ago with Three.ie support (the day after Three started the service). Hopefully it will get approval over this weekend.

mk6705

This is good, but by my reckoning it'll only work when you have 3G coverage due to 3s lack of a data roaming agreement with Vodafone.

JTMan

Is there any similar app for Android phones?

Can these apps be changed to add spaces to the end of messages to remove the advert?

cojomo2

fbradyirl wrote: »

I have Three.ie working in JSMS. Just doing some testing before releasing it. Fixing a few other bugs while I'm at it....

Hi Finbar,

Im with 3irl, and am getting the new iphone as soon as its available. Does this app allow me to use the 333 free web texts directly from my handset? Or is there an additional charge per text sent? I assume it will only work for national numbers as 3 state that their webtexts are for national use only?Thanks

culabula

cojomo2 wrote: »

Hi Finbar,

I assume it will only work for national numbers as 3 state that their webtexts are for national use only?Thanks

Yes.

fbradyirl

cojomo2 wrote: »

Hi Finbar,

Im with 3irl, and am getting the new iphone as soon as its available. Does this app allow me to use the 333 free web texts directly from my handset? Or is there an additional charge per text sent?

Yes, you can use all 333 webtexts free every month from the iPhone with the Jelly SMS app (when it is approved in the coming days). There's no additional charge. It's all done over the data connection.

cojomo2 wrote: »

I assume it will only work for national numbers as 3 state that their webtexts are for national use only?Thanks

Yes, only to national numbers at present.

Quarrybaby

I am using a Nokia 5800 on the Three network. Can I use AFT or Cabbage on this phone??

Sam Vimes

Quarrybaby wrote: »

I am using a Nokia 5800 on the Three network. Can I use AFT or Cabbage on this phone??

You can use Cabbage. I don't know if AFT supports 3 yet

cojomo2

fbradyirl wrote: »

Yes, you can use all 333 webtexts free every month from the iPhone with the Jelly SMS app (when it is approved in the coming days). There's no additional charge. It's all done over the data connection.


Yes, only to national numbers at present.

Cool, great stuff. its already in the app store so it must be approved already.

Quarrybaby

Is 1.6 the latest version of cabbage? I only have options of Met, 02, Voda, Sms discount, Voip Cheap, Low Rate Voip.