December 11, 2008

Google takes two with Gmail-SMS chat

gmail_icon.png After a hiatus of more than a month, Google has reintroduced a feature to send instant messages to phones via SMS. cnet news reports.

quotemarksright.jpgThe feature is available only in the United States for now. To use it, people must first enable it through Gmail Labs, then they can initiate SMS-based instant message chats by typing in a phone number in the chat box on the left of the Gmail page.quotesmarksleft.jpg

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