Because there are only two other, aftermarket, SMS clients on Android this may not be an obvious thing. Android phones are operating on cross network carriers. CDMA and GSM networks are being used and they process SMS messages differently. CDMA networks have a limit of 160 characters to each SMS. Because of this if a GSM cell phone sends an SMS message to a CDMA network, and the message is over 160 characters it is likely that the message will be clipped.
To be sure that your SMS messages are being received properly, by your contacts, on other networks you should set your SMS client to split long messages at the 160 character mark. I know that Handcent and Chomp have this in the options menu. My application simply stops at the 160 mark and forces you to start a new SMS. The default messager probably has some sort coding to handle this as well.
If you are having clipped messages please ask the person sending you text messages to enable CDMA SMS 160 character limit support in their SMS client!
This is definitely not a malfunction in Shady SMS. There are indeed other issues, and I always take a substantive issue seriously. I will fix anything that is something I can fix, but the 160 character limit has to do with Android working cross carrier.
Posted by nseidm1 in Android
A sorely lacked feature has been MMS photo support. I am happy to report it is relatively close to being released. After this feature is stable, and released, its on to T-Mobile support. Then 2.2 support; I may need to wait for 2.2 on the Incredible, or actually purchase the Nexus 1 with a prepaid T-Mobile sim.
T-Mobile has proven tricky. The incoming telephone number has a 1 in it. I have compensated for this manually, but I want the process to be automatic. As of now BlackBook works with T-Mobile when the T-Mobile option in the main settings is checked. The option allows for a 1 to be stored in the contacts telephone number. For some reason even with the 1 in the contacts telephone number SMS filtering is not working.
SMS delivers a bundle. In the bundle is the message and the senders address(telephone). I have a feeling the senders telephone number does not have a 1 for SMS messages. This means T-Mobile is all over the place. There is definitely a 1 in the incoming telephone number, but most likley not a 1 in the incoming SMS message? Strange, where is the consistency?
If I cannot make T-Mobile detect automated I am going to make the T-Mobile option more obvious. I will also make it so when the option is disable and enabled the telephone numbers of all the contacts are re-adjusted automatically.
Blackberry is introducing new APIs for there 5.0 software. This will definnitely make their phone more competitive as new smartphones come quickly into the marketplace. The new APIs will significantly enhance productivity, functionality, and entertainability. Push functions, in third party apps is a big thing. As new apps come on line with push functionality, your message box will become increasingly important and useful.
At Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Developer Conference Monday, the company made a slew of announcements that aim to boost the platform’s appeal to developers.[Source]
The message box is already a communications dynamo. It integrates all of your email, sms, mms, and instant messaging into a single inbox. How much better can it get? Apparently much better. More message, more consolidation, more features.
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