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Send SMS/MMS to multiple contacts 6

by Adam Marks Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:06 am EDT

While you are only able to send a text message to a single recipient when initiating a new conversation via Universal Search or when responding to an existing conversation, there is a way to send a single message to multiple contacts at once. To initiate a multi-contact message, first you need to open up a new message by either pressing the new message icon New SMS icon on the bottom left corner of the Messaging App, selecting the "Share via MMS" option while viewing a photo, or by clicking any variation of "share via SMS" from within another app or while sharing an app link from the App Catalog. Then, in the "TO:" area at the top of the message just type to search for your first contact and when select the phone number you want to text, the recipient's name will appear. Then, just start typing again to search for the next contact and continue until you have everyone you need included. You can also automate this process by using apps such as LaunchPoint Speed Dial or Mail Lists, but due to webOS limitations you can only initiate any new message from within those apps

Note that while you can send a single message out to multiple contacts, the recipients don't see who else you sent that message to, nor can they reply back to everyone.

 

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Very insightful of you...

Anyways...Even though I've had the Pre for over a year I never knew about this. Good info!

but for some reason if you have 2 mobiles of one contact and attempt to include them both in a message it wont work. I tried with a couple of mailing list apps and same thing occurred so it seems to be a webos limitation?

There is a caveat to that last statement. If your sending an MMS to a BlackBerry user, they see the full headers, including anyone else you sent that message to.

really?!?! never knew that...need to check that out

EDIT: I tried to send an SMS to both my email address and a phone number, and the "full header" from the SMS-to-email address did not show all the recipients. so, not sure if your comment is true. can you confirm that you have seen this on a blackberry?

You can also use the webOS app called Txt Ready to send SMS to multiple recipients through a highly customizable grouping scheme with Categories and Items. It lets you include eMail recipients as well. If you would like all your recipients to know your exact location, Txt Ready includes the option to acquire your GPS coordinates as part of your transmission.

Most conveniently, you can initiate the same SMS for multiple recipients anytime with just a button upon launching the app.

Check it out: http://www.precentral.net/app-gallery/app-catalog/txt-ready