SMS Global.AQ – Send unlimited Free SMS all over the World [mVoIP]
| By Alok Saboo on July 19th, 2009 |
It seems SMS or text messages are the most used feature on a cell phone. Not surprisingly, the cell phone carriers are trying to milk this cash cow, in spite of the fact that it almost costs nothing to send a text message. Today we review a great mobile application that lets you send unlimited free text messages all over the world – Free SMS Global.AQ
Free SMS Global.AQ is a great iPhone/iPod Touch app that lets you send unlimited free SMS over your data connection (wifi, 3G, or EDGE). The app implements the simple idea of sending SMS over the internet on the iPhone platform. The app is very simple and very well executed and it surprisingly works well most of the times.
Using the app is very easy. Just install the app (iTunes link) and then run it. The app integrates well with your address book, so you can use the numbers from your address book or manually enter the number. Type your message as you would normally do and then hit the send button. Just ensure that you type the number in the international format, i.e. + (country code) (Number), e.g. +11234567899. The app does not support landscape mode (may be in the future it will, lets hope), but it is a minor inconvenience. The screen shots will provide little more details…
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The app does not support group messaging, i.e. you can send SMS to only one number at a time. It also does not support two way messaging, i.e. the recipient cannot reply you through the same message. The app itself is FREE (unbelievable, but true), so go ahead and download the app (iTunes link). You do not even have to pay to send those SMSs, they are delivered for free 
. For all those texting their way to glory, this could mean a huge saving. The app is ad supported, so be prepared to see some ads while you are sending your messages. Note that there are no ads inside the msg, so you get the entire space for your SMS.
If you want to send SMS only within the USA, then I would recommend using Google Voice to send free SMS. It is more reliable than SMS Global.AQ.
Overall, I am greatly impressed with Global.AQ. The user interface is very intuitive, the app is stable and fast. In my tests, Free SMS Global.AQ did reasonably well. I tried sending SMS to over 5 countries, including India, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Canada, etc., and the SMS were delivered with little or no delay. In some cases, the delay was much longer. I could not get confirmation from some countries like Tanzania, Oman, etc.
I would strongly encourage you to try it out and share your experiences. If you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user, this is almost a must have app. Let us (and your fellows) know which country did it work for and for which countries it did not work. It will also enable the developers to iron out the bugs, if any.
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Hi, Yes it's a really cool app!
tested and working for sending SMS to Malaysia, UK, Thailand, France.
Cheers
Thanks for the update!! Keep 'em coming
Its like any other text message, so the receiving device will receive the notification like any other text message.
does this do Push?
hi
When I was buing it,description said that sending smses is for FREE.Now they wand additional money for each sms.They cheated me.I would never buy this app if I were know that I will have to pay for each sms.Thieft.I reported it to apple.
I appreciate your frustration, but I would like to highlight that the developer indicated early on that they would soon be moving to the paid model (read http://74.52.154.247/~arsaboo/2009/08/free-sms-global-...). Considering that you can send SMS all over the world, the price for each SMS is not very high.
As you can see in the later post on the topic, Global.AQ has now moved to paid model. You now get certain number of free messages per day, but if you exceed that number, you have to pay
i have this app on my ipod, but when i try to send a message now, it says ' ERROR you have no more credits'
what does this mean and how do i stop it from happing?
Hi Alok, I just happened to visit your Blog and found it to be very useful for newbies in voip. Wondering if you have some info on where to find reliable softswitches on rental or free, something like mysipswitch.com which is not closed. Thanks
Thanks for your kind words….
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Thanks for your kind words….
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how do i receive my message
You receive message within the app. The app will receive msgs sent to your number like any app. The new versions even support Push notifications, so it behaves just like the native SMS application.
When I first open the app it said detected jailbrack and it said notification won't work and I sent a test message to my phone I recived the text message but when I reply I don't receive it.
I have never faced such problem on my iPhone. Which version are you using?
Mycantos.com, a site that provides free SMS to anyone has released an innovative SMS feature called secure private SMS.
hay i did not recive the email Univerified what should i do
please helpe
thanx
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Here at Text For Free, we know that you are tired of paying text messaging fees. That's why you can now send free text messages to almost any USA cell phone provider. Its 100% free texting, with no catch! You can even prank your friends because we offer anonymous text messaging, which means that your friends will never know who sent them the text message! Text For Free offers spam free text messaging, meaning we will never send you unwanted text messages or share your cell number with anybody. What are you waiting for? Stop spending and start texting for free.
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