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crazy tigger
Joined: 06 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:12 pm Post subject: Sending text messages to the UK |
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| Anyone know how to do this? I've tried a few times butit doesn't seem to work |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject: Re: Sending text messages to the UK |
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| crazy tigger wrote: |
| Anyone know how to do this? I've tried a few times butit doesn't seem to work |
Korea has a different type of mobile phone network called CDMA unlike Europe which is mostly GSM. If you have a 3G phone then you can send messages to other 3G phones in Europe, but not other GSM phones unless your phone has the capacity to send GSM messages as well. My phone Japan allowed me to do this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDMA#Use_in_mobile_telephony |
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| Just another sign that Korea is lagging behind Japan in mobile technology. I was sending text/emails from my Japanese cell phone to anywhere in the world 3 years ago. It's amazing how Korea is just now entering the 3G mobile comunity when Japan has been there for years. All I heard was how advanced cell tech was here and I find it quite excellent, except when compared to Japan. |
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seirogan
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| i have sent messages to thailand and the u.s. by simply dialing 002 + country code + number and it works every time....don't know if it works the same for the u.k. though |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I've sent text messages to the UK and Hong Kong .. works fine. |
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daz1979
Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Location: Gangwon-Do
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:43 am Post subject: |
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You can text the Uk, no problem. However, they can't text you back.
If the number is 07950 738014 then you would text to 001 44 7950738014 |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:12 am Post subject: |
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| daz1979 wrote: |
You can text the Uk, no problem. However, they can't text you back.
If the number is 07950 738014 then you would text to 001 44 7950738014 |
I've had someone in Dubai text me, but I've never had anyone from the UK successfully text me, nor me them. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:58 am Post subject: |
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| That's because UK networks don't support texting to many parts of Asia, for whatever reasons. |
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harryh
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: south of Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I send text messages via skype to the UK. I get messages to my mobile phone from the UK via skype too. |
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