Korean Job Discussion Forums

randall020105 · Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: on-line texting

anyone here know any website/s you can use to text a cell in Korea on-line?
from the looks of things i found thus far, it doesn't seem possible. kinda strange for a 1st world country to not have this.

thanks.

R.

Senior · Joined: 31 Jan 2010

Skype.

tatertot · Joined: 21 Oct 2008

There are others in addition to Skype, as well. The problem is that you really need to speak/read Korean well in order to find this sort of thing on the Internet. I see my Korean coworkers using online texting every day at work.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

You can send online text through NateOn as long as the recipient has their cellphone number tied tot their NAteOn screen name.

randall020105 · Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:48 pm Post subject: re: thanks for all the help.

thank you for all the help guys. i'll check out these options.

nick70100 · Joined: 09 Sep 2005

Did you even bother to look? A quick search turned up tons of sites for online texting.

http://www.munjanara.co.kr/

http://smszone.hanafos.com/

http://www.smsgo.co.kr/

http://www.sms79.com/

http://front.mobile.daum.net/message/Sms#

http://www.mymunja.co.kr/

http://www.nicesms.co.kr/

http://sms.nate.com/web2009/html/sms.jsp

A few things to mention... all sites require registration due to Korea's anti-anonymity internet laws. None of the sites are totally free, some of them will give you a small number of free messages per day and charge you for any additional messages sent. However it's usually still cheaper than sending from a phone.

randall020105 · Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 9:14 pm Post subject: re: Thanks Nick

hey Thanks Nick.... i found some after googling it, but no joy there.
those sites you mention are really helpful - i'll ask my co-handler to help me register.
i can't read hangul to save my life.

R.

revelation2221 · Joined: 01 Aug 2009 Location: Gimhae, South Korea

Google voice (voice.google.com) can send texts for free to cell phones in Korea. I'm not sure if it can receive them from Korea or not, though it definitely can from America (it would be an international text, and I don't know what the charges would be, and I don't want to try).

It's still closed beta, but you can request an account at voice.google.com I believe.