Mtnsms
This service is all very smiley and bright and happy (with the default of a bright yellow background). In fact, you can change the colour of the background by selecting the colour you would prefer from the "Mood Flower" in the bottom left-hand corner. There is very little information available before you sign up. Message sending is limited to Vodafone customers in Australia.
The messages are sent very quickly and you also have the opportunity to auto log in, so that the site will remember you next time you log in from that computer (great for your own machine, lousy for shared computers and general access labs). There is no visible message limit, and there are a range of forums available for chatting to other users.
There are some fairly impressive membership/usage numbers on the site (these were shown at time of writing):
- Size of our community: 5,711,929
- SMS sent in last 30 days: 32,626,898
- New members in last 24 hrs: 14,768
- Number of users in last 24 hrs: 602,391
- Messages sent in last 24 hrs: 1,028,211
From the language on the site, it may be a bit difficult for some to take the service seriously. According to the "vision" statement:
1. we r all connected
2. less is more
3. now is the only moment
The terms and conditions disclaimer says:
- we will trust & respect each other :)
- we will b here as long as the universe wants us :)
- u will tell all your friends about us :)
- we are here 2 connect the planet. we respect the privacy of our users. abusers of this service will be tracked and their details shared with the recipient of abusive sms as well as the police if required. message the world with good will & make the planet a better place.
This site is useful, though the choice of networks might be a limiting factor to many people.
Phone Tones
Phone Tones, or Fone Tonez as they are also known, has a huge range of logos for Nokia handsets and ringtones for both Nokia and Ericsson phones. All ringtones and logos cost AU$10 each. The site is quite well laid out and easy to use.
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