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Use Flurry.com Instead Of Twitter.com
Maybe Sandy would be happier working with flurry.com instead of twitter.com, because flurry.com allows us to make groups. The groups can be an opportunity for Sandy to perform group calendaring and group reminding, instead of just individual calendaring and individual reminding.
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Inappropriate?From Flurry's FAQ: "In order to use flurry you need to make sure you have an internet data plan on your cell phone."
Not everyone using Sandy has a data allowance on their plan - in fact I suspect a lot of UK users are using pay-as-you-go, which allows free receipt and cheap sending of sms.
So "as well as twitter", okay - but "instead of"? No, thanks. -
Inappropriate?Well, that is mostly true. If you want to use the entire web site on your cell phone, then yes, you do need data allowance. However, if you want to just send messages, then you don't. For most people, sending and receiving email is almost the same price as sending text. For others, receiving text is cheaper. The FAQ also says, "We recommend a data plan allowing for at least 5 megabytes of data transfer per month and a text messaging plan allowing for at least 200 messages per month.". I've gotten by without data transfer, and I haven't sent any messages to them.2 Comments
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It is not true that sending email is similarly-priced to text for most people - certainly not in the UK. I have 500 sms included in my monthly plan. My son, who uses pay-as-you-go, buys an add-on which means that each sms he sends costs less than 2 pence. Receiving sms costs nothing for either of us. Email, on the other hand, would cost each of us up to an extra £30 per month. My partner also has a pay-as-you-go phone, but with no sms allowance - and can receive numerous reminder from Sandy (via twitter) in a day at no cost whatsoever. Again, email - not free. -
Yes, I understand that some people receive SMS for free. I have a pay-as-you-go, as well. It seems that I made a mistake regarding SMS. It turns out that for flurry, if you want to use SMS, you have to use it to send an email which is quite different, because you are sending it via your service provider, as opposed to Flurry's number.
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Inappropriate?It turns out that for flurry, if you want to use SMS, you have to use it to send an email
Yep, that's exactly why it wouldn't work for me and lots of other people. Twitter is, as far as I know, the only service of its sort which offers so many ways to communicate with it (web, mobile web, sms etc) - which leaves it the most suitable service for Sandy to use. As I said, I'd have no problem with Sandy *adding* other services of this type - but no "instead of", please! :-)1 Comment Add a comment
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You can still use Flurry via web, mobile web, or email. You aren't restricted to using it via 1 method only.
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Inappropriate?If I have access to email or web, why would I choose to use a third-party service to communicate with Sandy? - I can do it directly.
Flurry might be a great service - but would you really email Flurry in order to tell Sandy something, when you could email Sandy without the extra step?
It is being able to use Sandy through sms which makes it different from dozens of other on-line calendar apps. It's that facility which makes it useful for me - and, I suspect, for many others. Groups? - yes, that would be nice - but absolutely not as useful as sms accessibility.1 Comment Add a comment
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"If I have access to email or web, why would I choose to use a third-party service to communicate with Sandy? - I can do it directly." Good point.
