Navarr's Tech Side » voice chat http://tech.navarr.me The Technical Side of my Life Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Skype Oddity: Send SMS from Skype http://tech.navarr.me/2009/03/skype-oddity-send-sms-from-skype.html http://tech.navarr.me/2009/03/skype-oddity-send-sms-from-skype.html#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:08:00 +0000 Navarr http://temptech.gtaero.net/?p=65 Don’t get me wrong, I love Skype.  It’s one of the best IM services I’ve used, the best voice chat service I’ve ever used.  But it does do one thing that I find quite odd.

You can send SMS messages through it; as long as you purchase Skype credit.

Now, as an American, this is fairly odd behavior.  Through most other IM services I use, I can also send and receive SMS – Completely Free.

Maybe Skype just doesn’t have enough money rolling in to be able to do that?

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