February 26, 2010
TigerText: An iPhone app that sends SMS that won't linger
A new iPhone app launched yesterday that allows users to send text messages that won't linger - if you don't want them to.
Inspired by Tiger Woods text messaging woes, the app called TigerText, deletes texts from both users phones.
From the Tiger Text website here's how it works:
When you send a regular text message, the message is sent from your phone, routed through a server, and then delivered to the recipient’s phone. The message you send will live on the receiver’s phone until the recipient decides to delete it. The text message will also reside on the cell phone company’s server for an unlimited amount of time.
TigerText is different because, even though it looks and feels identical to a normal text message, the content of your message is never sent to the recipient’s phone and you control when the message is deleted from our server so you control the lifespan of the message!
How do I know messages are deleted?
Messages are displayed on both users (sender and receiver) phones until they are deleted from our server. All expired texts are cleared from our servers every minute of the day. Once you see the TigerText paws, you know your tracks have been covered and the message no longer stored anywhere.
[via TIME who's written up a full review]
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