Fast and Free. Review on Mtnsms

This is a new site which I came across recently and would like to share with all of you. However,I think that many of my friends might already be aware of it.

What am I talking about ?

The site http://www.mtnsms.com sponsored by 'Airborn' provides free messaging messaging from your PC to your friend's mobile and any remote location. You can send as well as receive messages and yes track your messages to find out whether the person has received it.

The site is pretty simple but it has all the important functionalities it requires. 'Simple living High Thinking' is what the site is about.

The home page is pretty simple and you have to register with your mail address. Once you have registered you have the option for your PC to remember your password so that you dont have to login everytime you start your machine.

The key features of this site are:

Smsexpress

This appears in the form of two combo boxes where you can select your friends or type the mobile number and type your message in the edit box.

On typing the message you just have to click on the smiley face blindly and your message is sent instantly.

Note : Make sure you type the country code before the number if you are sending message to friends in other countries. If you are sending messages locally type in your country code before you type in the mobile number.

Friends

Well this works like the usual address book functionality. This stores all the numbers of your friends. You have got the option to manually add the numbers and email addresses and edit the numbers.

There is a touchbase functionality by which you can mark the number according to your frequency of sending messages. It will mark that number accordingly and the arrow will indicate that you need to send a message to that friend. Basically you can choose how often you would want to message your friends.

Inbox

This behaves as any other inbox but it is a simpler version of the mail system inbox. This inbox will display all the replies to your messages. You have the facility to receive the messages in your Inbox.

You have the option to save the message as a copy in your mail system.

Outbox

This feature displays all your outgoing messages.

Tracking messages

You can track your messages. Until it is received your message will be indicated with a yellow box. When the message is received, the message will be indicated with a green box.

You can delete the received messages by selecting the messages and clicking enter or clicking on the Smiley face.

Forums

You can chat with people in the forums and yes also ask TLC ( thats their customer support service ) if you have any problems. They have a forum for that too and its fun reading the replies. This person is humorous and well does a good job of replying to queries.

Moods

This is a cute feature. There is a flower with multi coloured petals at the bottom left corner of the page. You can click on any of the coloured petals according to your mood and the background will appear in the selected colour.

Advantages

It is a cool service and is pretty fast if you send one message at a time and it is free.The site loading is also pretty fast and well maintained.

Disadvantages

You can send messages only in English. There might be some problem in sending messages outside your country but I think that error will depend on your connection.

This service is best viewed in Internet Explorers. There might be some problems with other explorers

My suggestion

Stop paying for sending messages and you definitely need to try out this service if you send and receive lots of messages.. great way to send sweet nothings to your wife (husbands)/fiance(e)s/girl(boy)friends. :):)