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Twitter & SMS: interview #7: Jeff Bonnes of TwitSMS

In the latest (and as far as I know, last) interview with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Jeff Bonnes of TwitSMS. What features can users expect?

Twitter & SMS interview #5: Stuart Herbert of Twittex

In the fifth interview with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Stuart Herbert of Twittex. What features can users expect?

Twitter & SMS: interview #4: Andy Jagoe of 3jam

Image via CrunchBase, source unknown In the fourth of my interviews with the services to spring up since Twitter pulled its SMS service, I speak to Andy Jagoe of 3jam. What features can users expect?

2 ways to get SMS text messages from Twitter – what are yours?

As soon as Twitter dumped SMS alerts for most of the world, a bunch of us started trying to find workaround solutions that would allow us to still get text messages from Twitter. After much fiddling, online discussion and frustration, I’ve come up with two solutions that seem to work:

Twitter cancels UK SMS – the Facebook campaign to sort it out

UPDATE 10: Current startups include TweetSMS, Zygotweet, Twitmobile, Twittex, HootSMS, 3jam, Tweeteroo and TwitSMS. UPDATE 9: Two workarounds suggested UPDATE 8: Avatar campaign now under way. Now available forĀ  the following mobile operators: 3 (http://www.tw3t.com/f/25l); O2: http://www.tw3t.com/f/25m; Orange: http://www.tw3t.com/f/25g; T-Mobile: www.tw3t.com/f/25o; Virgin Mobile (http://www.tw3t.com/f/25n); and Vodafone: http://www.tw3t.com/f/25k. Generic image also created by dear2world UPDATE 7: Nathan Monk is suggesting a
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