iPiPi
December 20, 2007
The unfortunately named iPiPi allows you to use your cell phone (using the inbuilt SMS) to send emails, or to use your regular email account to send out SMS messages to cell phone users. They offer free trial accounts. This could prove to be handy for communicating with your text-messaging users, especially if you’re sending out event alerts and things like that that only require short messages and could be requested by interested parties only. Because we all know what happens when you get an unwanted text message on your phone (say, from Verizon at 3am, telling you about some stupid service they want you to buy). Just an example, that’s all I’m saying.
January 15th, 2008 at 8:52 am
It’s interesting how many services are using SMS now. Library Elf now offers reminders of holds and due-date notices. The newer Yahoo Mail allows email to SMS text message (but I can’t switch since my old, beloved Jornada CE hand-held has such an ancient browser). I wonder how long it will take ILS vendors to add this to the circ system notifications, or if it’s an option already. I’ll try ipipi–but I’ll have to sign up from home–the state filter has the site blocked–yesterday’s attempt to register to Jott was blocked. I wonder if it’s a strong-armed attempt to make sure there are no communications that circumvent public records requirements, or just government policy gone wild.
Thanks again for the tech tips!
John DeBacher
Wisconsin