I was just checking out a really cool BlackBerry application called QuickText which basically breaks down to speed dial for SMS. QuickText is such a neat idea that I think it should, like HTML email just was, eventually be included in the core BlackBerry OS.
As BlackBerry users become younger, the way they use their device is different from us old folks in our mid-thirties. Teenagers and young adults are more prone to sending text messages on their BlackBerrys than they are to even talking on them. To give you an example, my teenage daughter only used 272 minutes during the entire month of July. This included peak and nights and weekend minutes. She, on the other hand, sent and received over 7000 text messages.
This post isn’t really meant to be an endorsement of QuickText because I haven’t tried the application yet. It is, however, an endorsement of the idea of SMS speed dial. QuickText costs $7.50, but, does have a 14-day free trial for you to check out. If you do, come back and tell us what you think.
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I’m going to check this out and see how it works. I’m probably considered a younger Blackberry user (guessing/hoping? 28) and one of my gripes from moving to a Blackberry from other basic more simple phones is how difficult they make it to send a text message to multiple recipients.
I have to choose Menu, then sms message, them add recipient then choose recipient just for one individual.
If I want to add more recipients to the same sms message, I have to choose menu then add recipient then select them, and repeat this process for each person I want to add to the SMS.
Wouldn’t it be better to create a check mark option to select multiple recipients to sms messages? Saves time and key strokes.
Anyway, I’m gonna check out this program and see if this helps things out any.
I have a free way to do this. Use your regular speed dial and immediately hit the end button once it starts to dial. Then press the trackball and select sms, email, mms or whatever.
If you SMS this contact regularly, it will remember when you hit the trackball so you don’t even have to scroll.
It’s like one additional click and it is free…
I have Quick Text and LOVE it! I text more than anything and am completely hooked! Now I can text in just 2 clicks! You will love this app!
Wow! This really eliminates keystrokes and speeds me through the day. Dead simple. Thanks so much!
Love it! Great for us “old folks” who need it to be simple and easy!
Thanks for the kudos, everybody. And that’s a great idea, portorikan. I’ll be thinking about the best way to implement the selection of multiple recipients.