Zipwhip allows you to receive or send text messages directly from your computer. As it uses your actual phone number, it lets you synchronize the messages between your phone and PC. This way, when someone sends a message to your phone number, you will receive it on your desktop as well. Similarly, you can send messages and the recipient will not even notice that you are actually texting from your computer.
Before Zipwhip becomes completely functional, you will need to create an account on the Zipwhip servers. Thus, you should provide your name and your phone number. After that, you will soon receive an SMS on your phone with your password.
The application is very easy to use. It can be set to start along with Windows and remain running from the System Tray. Then, starting a new message is easily done by clicking on its icon there and selecting the corresponding menu entry. As it supports both SMS and MMS, in addition to standard text, you can also attach other types of contents, such as pictures and videos. However, you should first check if your phone company and the recipient’s one support this type of messages. There is an extra option that allows you to switch to privacy mode; which means that incoming messages will not disturb you.
In general, Zipwhip is a smart solution for sending or receiving messages using your computer instead of your phone. However, you should be aware that, unlike some web sites that allow sending free messages, the ones you send using Zipwhip are charged to your mobile phone account.
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