Twitter & Tweet

[sabaijai]

I signed up for Twitter online, then after entering my mobile number, got the following message:

"Note: We currently don't support sending SMSes to this number."

Anyone know if this is true for all Thai cellphone service providers?

[lazygourmet]

Several months ago I registered for Twitter with a DTAC number. No problem. Received an activation code to send -via sms- to +447624801423. Used it for a few days but quickly found this "tool" more annoying than helpful ;and then canceled the service after a few days.

[Shah Jahan]

I signed up for Twitter online, then after entering my mobile number, got the following message:

"Note: We currently don't support sending SMSes to this number."

Anyone know if this is true for all Thai cellphone service providers?

twitter is annoying on SMS - better to get an interface with wifi or Gprs - I use twinkle on the iPhone, but there are others.

or just use the web interface or even better tweetdeck which is an AIR desktop application for power twittering

after you get into it, you will have too many tweets coming in to handle via sms

[sabaijai]

Thanks for the advice. With that in mind, I'll focus on the desktop application. Sounds like I should be glad the SMS version doesn't work

[ozymandious]

about 4-5 months back Twitter shut down it's +44 number they couldn't strike a deal with UK operators and were paying out of pocket for all their outgoing sms's.

I you register(ed) you phone number with the +44# you can still tweet to it and it will post to twitter but you would be able to receive any sms tweets that you (would have liked to) subscribed to.

for reference the UK twitter # is +44 7624801423

Below is the E-mail that I received from Twitter on Aug 14th 2008 Detailing their Changes to SMS service.

Hi,

I'm sending you this note because you registered a mobile device

to work with Twitter over our UK number. I wanted to let you

know that we are making some changes to the way SMS works on

Twitter. There is some good news and some bad news.

I'll start with the bad news. Beginning today, Twitter is no

longer delivering outbound SMS over our UK number. If you enjoy

receiving updates from Twitter via +44 762 480 1423, we are

recommending that you explore some suggested alternatives.

Note: You will still be able to UPDATE over our UK number.

Before I go into more detail, here's a bit of good news: Twitter

will be introducing several new, local SMS numbers in countries

throughout Europe in the coming weeks and months. These new

numbers will make Twittering more accessible for you if you've

been using SMS to send long-distance updates from outside the UK.

Why are we making these changes?

Mobile operators in most of the world charge users to send

updates. When you send one message to Twitter and we send it to

ten followers, you aren't charged ten times--that's because we've

been footing the bill. When we launched our free SMS service to

the world, we set the clock ticking. As the service grew in

popularity, so too would the price.

Our challenge during this window of time was to establish

relationships with mobile operators around the world such that

our SMS services could become sustainable from a cost perspective.

We achieved this goal in Canada, India, and the United States.

We can provide full incoming and outgoing SMS service without

passing along operator fees in these countries.

We took a risk hoping to bring more nations onboard and more

mobile operators around to our way of thinking but we've arrived

at a point where the responsible thing to do is slow our costs

and take a different approach. Since you probably don't live in

Canada, India, or the US, we recommend receiving your Twitter

updates via one of the following methods.

m.twitter.com works on browser-enabled phones

m.slandr.net works on browser-enabled phones

TwitterMail.com works on email-enabled phones

Cellity [http://bit.ly/12bw4R] works on java-enabled phones

TwitterBerry [http://bit.ly/MFAfJ] works on BlackBerry phones

Twitterific [http://bit.ly/1WxjwQ] works on iPhones

Twitter SMS by The Numbers

It pains us to take this measure. However, we need to avoid

placing undue burden on our company and our service. Even with a

limit of 250 messages received per week, it could cost Twitter

about $1,000 per user, per year to send SMS outside of Canada,

India, or the US. It makes more sense for us to establish fair

billing arrangements with mobile operators than it does to pass

these high fees on to our users.

Twitter will continue to negotiate with mobile operators in

Europe, Asia, China, and The Americas to forge relationships

that benefit all our users. Our goal is to provide full, two-way

service with Twitter via SMS to every nation in a way that is

sustainable from a cost perspective. Talks with mobile companies

around the world continue. In the meantime, more local numbers

for updating via SMS are on the way. We'll keep you posted.

Thank you for your attention,

Biz Stone, Co-founder

Twitter, Inc.

http://twitter.com/biz