<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Yes, Asaf, the cost for one SMS would be approximately 50 paise or 0.01 USD.<br>For certain subscription plans, SMS will be free upto a ceiling of 250 or more per month.<br><br>- Sundar<br><div> </div>"That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted."<br>- George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture<div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Asaf Bartov
<asaf.bartov@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list on Indian language projects of Wikimedia. <wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, February 2, 2011 5:00:00 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] SMS WIkipedia app in India<br></font><br>
<div dir="ltr">Does ordering this content via SMS cost any money?<div><br></div><div> Asaf<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Barry Newstead <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bnewstead@wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:bnewstead@wikimedia.org">bnewstead@wikimedia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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We just had a demo of an interesting SMS application called <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.txtweb.com/">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 target="_blank" href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback">http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Txtweb_feedback</a></span><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>
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Feel free to pass this on to other lists or groups.<br>
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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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