| Many people have asked in the last while how can | | | | email push to SMS? Now, you’re talking! You |
| they get their emails on a mobile phone? Of course, | | | | have a number of choices here such as Visto, |
| the mobile carriers are encouraging them all to use a | | | | Emoze, Consillient, Teleflip, etc. as well as Amika |
| service and a device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or | | | | Mobile’s which can be found at The difference |
| Treo and sign up for a pricey data plan that can run | | | | between all the other services and ours is that we |
| as high as $70+ per month. That is overkill for what | | | | allow you to limit what you get to the SMS phone to |
| the typical user needs! | | | | key content and do not force you to squeeze the |
| A lot of people are walking around with what could | | | | 200 messages a day you get into your 2×2 |
| be called a vanilla-type mobile phone that supports | | | | inch micro screen! Think of it as that old saying |
| SMS. SMS is text-based ‘ Short Messaging | | | | “Just the facts Man”! So, you can get |
| Service’ that allows all the 2.5 Billion mobile | | | | your key Yahoo! or Google mails through |
| phones to support packet-based text messaging. | | | | AmikaMobile.net You can choose how many words |
| Typical users should not have to pay the fees that | | | | (or characters - typically 1 SMS packet is 12 words or |
| die-hard road warriors do for email with pricey | | | | 120 chars). The emails go to an SMS gateway at the |
| devices and services. So, what are their options? | | | | carrier and get packetized. Many carriers do not |
| Well, they can extend their free email such as Gmail | | | | charge for the SMS packets you receive but only for |
| through Mobile Google or Yahoo Go. However, these | | | | those you send back as a reply. They either bundle |
| services require a Java client on a featured phone to | | | | this into a package giving you 100 replies a month or |
| get the graphics. Don’t get us wrong - we | | | | charge per SMS packet at a fraction of a penny per |
| love Java! But in this case, the cost of the phone | | | | packet. You can get away with $5 to $10 per month |
| goes up a lot to get that support. This means that | | | | on this. |
| most basic SMS devices, those using text messaging, | | | | So, the best advice Amika Mobile can pass on is to |
| are out of luck since they have to upgrade their | | | | get a free email to SMS service that minimizes the |
| phone and upgrade their service for data, adding a | | | | unsolicited emails you would get while mobile. You |
| few hundred dollars for the phone and $15+/month | | | | then sign up with the carrier to receive and reply to |
| to their plan. | | | | SMS on your basic phone. Now, you would be set to |
| OK, so how about these services that claims to do | | | | get email to go! |