Gmail adds SMS to chat
Just read on Webmonkey that Gmail Labs will be adding SMS to chat tonight (10/30/2008). I checked moments ago and it still wasn't available to me. Look under the Labs option in Settings. Once enabled, you should be able to send SMS text messages directly from Gmail to contacts' mobile phones - and back. Cool feature!
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Update 11/1 - If you've been looking for the switch you can flip to turn on SMS in Google Chat, you'll be waiting a bit longer. Apparently, Google found some glitches and decided to delay general release for a few more weeks. Stay posted.
Update 12/10 - OK - It's up! I just used Google chat to send a message via SMS to two buddies. They received and responded. Pretty slick! If you're a Gmail user, log in and then click Settings | Labs. Scroll down and choose Enable in the Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat section. You'll then be able to specify an SMS phone number for your contacts when you chat. Have fun (but remember that regular SMS charges apply)!
