Hello guys. I’m gonna talk about a free service which saved me a considerable amount from my SMS expenses, Chikka. I’ve been using this service even way back in elementary, around seven years ago.
For those of you who are already acquainted to Chikka, you know very well that the most popular way to use their free text messaging service is through their very own Chikka Text Messenger. I personally don’t prefer this method because of the following reasons:
- They don’t have a Linux version of their messenger.
- In case you’re a Windows user, you still have to install it.
- Their messenger is also quite bloated, the only functionality I want is to send text messages.
- Lastly, you need to register an account which takes a short time (but then as the famous quote goes, time is gold).
If you frequently login to a chat server that uses XMPP such as GTalk or the chat inside GMail, here’s an easier (for me, at least) way to do things. Basically, you just have to:
- add 63[9-digit-number]@chikkatalk.com as your buddy, and
- send a chat conversation to your new buddy and you’re done!
No registration needed. You may add as many friends as you want!
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The only problem with using this is you are limited to 3 SMSes [I think per day] and the receiver is required to reply to your SMS [PHP2.50]. hehe.
Talaga? Parang nakakalampas ako ng 3 per recipient per day kahit di sila nagrereply.
no its not..juan carlo,,use some tecnics..haha.
nice conrad..dati p nmn yan..cla lng kc d ngsesearch..
Ngayon ko pa lang nalaman to, kaya i try this!
Thanks!!!
di ba dapat 63 plus the 10 digit number iyang nasa instructions? kasi 63 is our international code kapag nasa ibang bansa ka so tinanggal mo yung zero sa number… just curious.