Handcent SMS

Latest mobile phone android is now facilitated with a quit user friendly tool name as Handcent SMS. This disengage full support for SMS, MMS, pretty good customizing options, various theme styles, power saving option.

A.)   Pros
*  Embellish text SMS apabilities,
*  MMS, SMS Popup,
*  Text Signature,
*  Advance T9, 
*  Improve app. than default SMS messaging application.

B.)  Cons
Some alerts here and there… i.e. if user is using pop up feature a dialog box come appears and say you have deleted/read a text and another user sends a text the previously read/deleted persons message pops back up.

C.)  Features:

Handcent SMS Android Application gives highly improve text messaging facilities. Send, receive and save. T9 style keyboard provides a friendly touch in text typing, add your text signature, search texts, change desire theme and background, ring tones, vibration patterns, Android notifications , even color. It offers speak your text or have them read back to you! Batch mode is pretty useful to roll up and down through and check a list or Group of contacts when sending bulk messages (like for a party invite). They put the icing on the cake by utilizing text-to-speech and speech-to-text.

E.)  Practicability:

After making a call SMS messaging is one of the most used features in cell phone, So this feature can be used to replace the default SMS application.

E.)  Regularly Using:
Fell free to send/receive SMS messages any time , anywhere.

D.)  Interface:
The user interface is polished particularly the iPhone theme.

SMS Network Architecture

SMS Network which is operated by GSM service providers used four layer of transport.

SM-AL (Application Layer)

SM-TL (Transfer Layer)

SM-RL (Relay Layer)

SM-LL (Lower Layers)

In SM-AL Layer ozeki message server is located. Protocol data unit is created by SM-TL layer when SMS is sending. When a GSM Phone attached to pc receives an SMS message is translated according to SM-TL layer protocol data layer specification. Protocol data unit is decoded by Ozeki message server and convert into m/c readable and human readable for computer user and computer programs.

Diagram Show you how SMS is transfer from mobile to SMSC. Cell Phone (Mobile Station) transmit SMS message to GSM based station (BTS) through wireless network. When message is reached at BTS then message goes through backbone network of network service provider. Mobile service station (MSC), Home location Register (HLR) and Visitor location Register (VLR) is required to find correct SMS service center which store SMS and forward it when user is available.

Pay-per-character SMS

Tata Docomo, the upcoming GSM major brand in teleservicing has announced a new promotional scheme with SMS, named as Diet-SMS, which caters user to pay for per- character basis.

Tata Docomo declare in a press release that "The rate of any Diet-SMS will be just one paisa/character, thereby offering complete worth to users,".

The company’s supremo following to pay -per-SMS business modle in cellphone telephony segment, will not be charge for space between two words.

Tata Docomo all set to launch this service in eight major telecom circles and across the countrywide, is expecting to be finished with in this year.

Company’s president Deepak Gulati has made a promise with consumers as well "In all of the eight circles where we have launched our GSM services, we made the promise of introducing path-breaking innovative products and services, and never-before tariff options. Diet-SMS is another way of fulfilling that promise,"

"We broke the per-minute pricing paradigm for voice calls when we launched our services. With Diet-SMS, we are doing it again, this time on the SMS front."

Threaded SMS On Blackberry

Blackberry, a shining name in list of solid competitor in mobile industries, presently leading a step ahead with a advance and easy to use feature- Threaded SMS, that is’t caters by iPhones . Threaded SMS grant to display SMS messages in chronometric list between sender and recipient on the mobile screen. A good news is, Consumers can use this facility in blackberry with the Empower Threaded SMS App.
Here, instead of a simple look, SMSes are arrange into a chat and grouped by contact. Just like SMSes in iPhone, so users can view each chat in IM style and reply at the bottom like in SMS chat, an iPhone style bubble theme also involved in blackberry mobile default.

Highlight of Empower Threaded SMS:

*  Genuine app. For blackberry mobiles,
*  Chat display in grouped by contact,
*  Chat with IM style, 
*  Graphical style makes chat interesting.

*  Turn URLs into colorful web-links
*  Various option for text, color, style etc.,
*  Different customizing option to configure mobile exactly the way you want,

*  Support all OS4.2.1 and above version.

Minimum Requirements:

*  OS 4.2

Display Dimensions

*  240×240, 240×260, 240×320, 320×240, 360×480, 480×320, 480×360

Operating System

*  4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 Non-Touch, 4.7 Touch Screen, 5.0 Non-Touch, 5.0 Touch Screen

SMS Volumes

India one bright name, is exploring a new horizon on map. So how it could happens that Indian mobile users lags behind rest of the world. Research shows that the youth in India spend significant amount of time in sending SMS via internet or mobile. The big daddies of IT giant company Gartner unveils the fact that the SMS Volume is likely to be at level 1,916 in end of the year of 2013. 

Gartner Inc. has also put some identification (used as a label) on top 10 user's cell phone application for the year 2012. Gartner tabulate mobile applications based on their influence on user's and industry champ considering consumer value considering revenue ,loyalty business model and calculated market presentation. 

According to available numbers, the future of India expecting to catch the fancy of youth. The SMS are evidencing a profitable deal for telecom. Market experts claim that the big reason behind the considerable improvement in graph is continuous and appreciable growth of Indian market, they also said that the less pricing of per SMS taking control on youth which is targeting SMS users in India.

SMS at one paisa

According to latest news, RCOM launch a new SMS tariff plan for subscriber. This step offering a very tough competition among the area of telecom service providers. RCOM is all set for the dice rolling by cheapen its SMS charges to 1P/SMS from the current rate 50P/SMS. If others operator want to withstand in this edge cutting competition in telecom market they must expected to follow. The Two other competitor Airtel and Vodaphone denied to comment when asked if they would cut rates.

Under this plan, users can send SMS anywhere in India from their current location just only at 1Paisa, on recharge Rs11 for a month. For subscribing a new plan, a users can also send unlimited messages just on 1 Rs/day. RCOM offering this scheme for both CDMA and GSM subscriber. At present, most telecom operator charge 50P/SMS, under running scheme. Their currently moving price battle set to start at the end of year as new competitor Tata DOCOMO ready to start its services. The Tata DOCOMO is new GSM service provider, tighten knot to offer its per second plan in February. After this, roaming charges will crush soon as RCOM begin its 1p/sec roaming charge.

mobile sms gadget

A technology driven company launched a latest SMS gadget with a special extension of 'Resco Contact Manager 2nd Edition' supported by Newly launched operating system Windows 7 and Windows Vista as well.

This application provide a user friendly platform to send SMS through desktop Device, but device should be attach with the PC. This gadget saves time in a effective manner and permitting fingers to move on keyboard which is much easier and faster than typing on the any other device/mobile Phone device, faster typing from clipboard proven very helpful at the same time of sending and receiving SMS, stores on the desktop and mobile as well.

After installing this gadget, it is required to integrate with gadget bar on desktop.

Then terminate Device with the PC, ‘Refresh’ button allow user to load all contact. The sending procedure is quit simple by selecting Number of recipient. typing the text and click on 'Send SMS'.