Updating Twitter and Plurk via Philippine SMS
Monday, November 16th, 2009Gone are the good old days of Phplurk and Phtwitter, free services which let us update our micro-blogs using our local carriers. We thought we won’t see a similar service again but I just found out that there are two services which do the same.
GladyCast allows users to update their Twitter and/or Plurk status. They initially offered their services to Singapore and Malaysia residents but they just recently added Philippines to their list. Right now, we can only use their Smart gateway but maybe they will have Sun and Globe in the near future.
In order to use GladyCast, you have to register first by connecting your Twitter and/or Plurk to Gladycast. You will then be asked to SMS a message to a Smart number.
Tweetitow is a progressive service. Users can update their Twitter status AND receive replies. Now they are trying to integrate MMS, ping.fm and posterous updates. Tweetitow has gateways for Smart, Globe and Sun so users with unlimited SMS services can take advantage of this. New users will be given 30 free credits for signing up and those credits are consumed when you receive replies on your phone. Sending updates will have no effect on the credits.
To register, text REG username password to your gateway number (globe: 0927-338-9183, smart: 0928-102-0579, sun: 0923-986-0673).
If you know of another service similar to GladyCast and Tweetitow, please let me know.
