<div class="gmail_quote">Tried this today. Works well. <br><br>There are services where SMS costs upto 15 Rs. But this one was charged at the normal rate. And it is useful where there is no Internet. <br><br>If this works for Indian languages in future - nothing like it! <br>
<br>On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Asaf Bartov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asaf.bartov@gmail.com">asaf.bartov@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Does ordering this content via SMS cost any money?<div><br></div><div> Asaf<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Barry Newstead <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bnewstead@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">bnewstead@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called <a href="http://www.txtweb.com/" target="_blank">txtweb</a>. It is a beta platform
that allows content developers to publish their content using an
apps model. It was developed by some engineers at Intuit as a side
project a few months back.<br>
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They have developed an app for English Wikipedia that has been
rolled out in India. The whole platform is India only for now. <br>
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How it works: <br>
Type: @wikipedia<space><article name> e.g., @wikipedia
mumbai gets you the Mumbai article. <br>
Send the SMS to 92433-42000<br>
Links have a letter associated with it e.g., (B)Maharashtra. If you
reply (B) it will send you that article.<span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br>
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It would be great if folks tried out the service and provided
feedback to us (and we'll pass it on). I've set up a page on
Strategy Wiki for people to add comments: <a href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback" target="_blank">http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback</a><br>
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I'm particularly interested in how folks use such a service and
whether the limited length of the message delivers a decent user
experience. Also, how would you improve the UI.<br>
<br>
Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Barry<br>
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Barry Newstead
Chief Global Development Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 6634
Skype: barry.wikimedia
Twitter: @bazanews
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