Joopz: Send text messages from your computer
Ever need to dash off a quick text to someone while you’re at your desk? You have to get up, hunt down your phone, press all those dang buttons…. Wouldn’t it be easier if you could just do it from your computer?
Ta dah! Joopz can help. Joopz lets you send an receive text messages from your computer. You can create groups of up to 10 people, so you can text several at once. You can schedule reminders and program it to send texts at a certain time. Cool stuff.
The free version gives you 50 outgoing messages a month. For $19.95 a year, the unlimited version has plug-ins for your desktop and Outlook.
Task.fm: Free SMS and Email Reminders
The web is now full of helpful reminder systems. I like Task.fm because you can write the way you speak and it converts your note into a smart reminder, such as if you tell it to remind you about “my meeting with Scott Thursday at noon.” You can set reminders to come to you via text, email, twitter or a phone call.
The basic level is free, and the deluxe is less than $4 a month.
Want another reminder system? Try my old favorite, Jott.
Task.fm – Free SMS and Email Reminders.
Jott.com: No More Texting and Driving
by Beth on January 26, 2010
in Beth Favorite, Low-Cost, Mac, PC, Worth Paying For
Come on… be honest. Some of you still text and drive, right? Jott.com is the solution. Just dial a number on your phone, and a chipper voice asks, “Who do you want to Jott?” Say the name of a contact (or yourself), and Jott will take your message and convert it to text, plus attach the audio for the recipient’s listening pleasure. One of the attendees to my presentation called it “automated nagging.”
Jott has been one of my Beth Favorites for a couple of years now. It used to be free, which was crazy, and now they charge a very reasonable $3.95 a month for their most basic service. Well worth it. It integrates with all kinds of things — social media, great to-do list services, etc. Love it.
Jott.com | Voice-to-Text Notes, To Dos & Reminders.
