[pericom]

Why don't UK phone providers give an email address to handsets ?

In Japan you can send an email direct to the phone in the format:

<phonenumber>@docomo.jp

[Appleseed]

You can do exactly that with momail if you get signed up. It's free

[prking]

You did used to be able to do this. But you were limited to short messages. As almost every phone now has an email client built in, you can receive an email at your own email address.

[Ricardodaforce]

Yeah it's a bit unnecessary isn't it.

[coopermanyorks]

Yes , but if you knew somesones phone number you would automatically have their email address to .

seems a good idea

[prking]

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Originally Posted by coopermanyorks

Yes , but if you knew somesones phone number you would automatically have their email address to .

seems a good idea

But if you knew their phone number you could SMS them anyway. Or even call them.

And an email to their email address will reach them whatever device they are using to collect. Plus you wouldn't be restricted to 150 characters.

That's probably why the netwroks stopped offering the service.

[coopermanyorks]

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Originally Posted by prking

But if you knew their phone number you could SMS them anyway. Or even call them.

And an email to their email address will reach them whatever device they are using to collect. Plus you wouldn't be restricted to 150 characters.

That's probably why the netwroks stopped offering the service.

If I wanted to send info that wasn't sms was not capable of sending , receiving what then ?

The point is if I know their phone number I could Email them as I would know their email address .

If you knew my mobile phone number could you find a simple e mail address to contact me on ?

I am thinking its valuable to work related e mails than personal ones .

[prking]

You do realise that these emails sent to mobile numbers were actually delivered to the phone as an SMS ? So you were limited to text only and 160 characters (with the rest available in 160 character blocks?)

And as most phones can receive email sent to your work address, its not wonder the networks stopped offering it.

[pericom]

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Originally Posted by prking

You do realise that these emails sent to mobile numbers were actually delivered to the phone as an SMS ? So you were limited to text only and 160 characters (with the rest available in 160 character blocks?)

And as most phones can receive email sent to your work address, its not wonder the networks stopped offering it.

In Japan an email sent to a mobile is an email. No 150 character limit.

[Gormond]

Seems pointless, I just use the email client provided on the phone.

[coopermanyorks]

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Originally Posted by prking

You do realise that these emails sent to mobile numbers were actually delivered to the phone as an SMS ? So you were limited to text only and 160 characters (with the rest available in 160 character blocks?)

And as most phones can receive email sent to your work address, its not wonder the networks stopped offering it.

I didn't realise that , how come the iphone users claim to use email to sent pictures in lieu of bluetooth and MMS ?

[Gormond]

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Originally Posted by coopermanyorks

I didn't realise that , how come the iphone users claim to use email to sent pictures in lieu of bluetooth and MMS ?

Because like most modern phones the iPhone has an Email Client.

[pericom]

But your relying on 3rd Apps and websites.

On the iphone you have Gmail for example, if google goes down your service goes down as well, less things can go wrong if its from your cellular provider.

In addition, email by your cellular provide could be packaged and excluded from data plans ..etc.

[Gormond]

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Originally Posted by pericom

But your relying on 3rd Apps and websites.

On the iphone you have Gmail for example, if google goes down your service goes down as well, less things can go wrong if its from your cellular provider.

In addition, email by your cellular provide could be packaged and excluded from data plans ..etc.

I have 3 email accounts configured on the iPhone, Gmail, MobileMe and my personal domain. What are the odds of them all going down?

For the record I have never tried to send an email and Gmail has been down.

Many providers give you a free email to use, for example Vodafone give you a Vodafone.net email address you can use for nothing.

[coopermanyorks]

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Originally Posted by prking

You do realise that these emails sent to mobile numbers were actually delivered to the phone as an SMS ? So you were limited to text only and 160 characters (with the rest available in 160 character blocks?)

And as most phones can receive email sent to your work address, its not wonder the networks stopped offering it.

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Originally Posted by coopermanyorks

I didn't realise that , how come the iphone users claim to use email to sent pictures in lieu of bluetooth and MMS ?

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Originally Posted by Gormond

Because like most modern phones the iPhone has an Email Client.

I am confused , So then the original post prking about sms is not valid ?

[prking]

I think you are confused about email on mobiles. Almost every phone nowadays has an email client that allows you to receive your own email complete with attachments. Even a basic model like the Nokia 5300 can do this. People just send you an email as normal to your normal email address and it appears on the phone. You can also send emails.

The email system whereby the phone has an email adress like 0765432198@vodafone.net was used when phones couldn't receive emails. It sent you the first 160 characters of the email as a text.

[coopermanyorks]

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Originally Posted by prking

I think you are confused about email on mobiles. Almost every phone nowadays has an email client that allows you to receive your own email complete with attachments. Even a basic model like the Nokia 5300 can do this. People just send you an email as normal to your normal email address and it appears on the phone. You can also send emails.

The email system whereby the phone has an email adress like 0765432198@vodafone.net was used when phones couldn't receive emails. It sent you the first 160 characters of the email as a text.

But as current phones don't handle E mails as 160 character sms messages there is now now real reason why it couldn't be implmented ?

[MrKev]

There's no advantage of implementing it.

OK - you would know the email address of everyone in your phonebook, but that's kinda pointless if you think about it.

Sensibly, you'd only email people you know have email capability on their phones (not everyone does). If you're not sure then you'd probably text/phone them to ask if they do. So you might as well ask them their regular email address.

Those people you know well enough to know they have email on their phone and check it, you'd probably already have their email address.

[prking]

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Originally Posted by coopermanyorks

But as current phones don't handle E mails as 160 character sms messages there is now now real reason why it couldn't be implmented ?

Your just going around in circles now. The only situation where the scheme you propose would be handy is where you know someone uses email on their phone but don't know their email address. If you know they use email then you probably already know their email address.