Using twitter on cellphone

I have been using twitter from last week and its great way to communicate with friends and relatives. If you do not know what is twitter please go to http://twitter.com web page.

Initially I had problems in adding my cellphone. I am from India and I am using Vodafone connection. Twitter used to give information that I have to send verification code to "5566511". But my repeated attempts went in vain. Messages never got delivered to this number. Then I tried to send verification code to International number "44 762 4801423". But even this message got failed. Then I realized that I had to prefix "+" sign to "44 762 4801423". Thts it my device got verified. :)

After my cell got verified I could see following message:



Now I'm able to update twitter by sending text to +44 762 4801423. Network carrier(Vodafone India) is charging 50 paisa for each message sent to this number.

Send SMS right from Gmail chat

Gmail has rolled out yet another Lab feature that will let you send text SMS messages to peers on your Gmail chat list.

But right now this feature is available only in US. Hope Gmail will roll out this feature world wide soon.

In order to use it, you must first enable it through Gmail Labs, then you can initiate SMS-based instant message chats by typing in a phone number in the chat box on the left of Gmail page.

On the receiving end, when you get a text message from Gmail on your phone, it will come from a number in the 406 area code.




More Info at Gmail blog

Activate Cell Info display on Motorola L7i

I have Motorola L7i cell phone. I was trying to get cell info display(Area locater) on my Home screen. After googling I found out way to activate this.


Go to Messages -> Setup -> Info Srvc Setup

Service : On
Active Channels = 50
Quick View = 50
Save Q.View = NO (If you don't want to receive the messages)
Restart your cell.

Now you should be able to see cell info.