Comments on: Sending SMS messages with Address Book

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:14:26 +0000

Just to note for posterity that this no longer works with Leopard – Apple seem to have removed SMS messaging from Address Book completely.

By: Talal

Talal — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:32:52 +0000

For some reason, this is not working with my Nokia N73. I discover my phone with the bluetooth set up, pair it and can transfer file and do a complete iSync, perfectly. But when I click on any contact to send a sms, the Send SMS is grayed out!

Help!!

By: david

david — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:50:41 +0000

Yes the skype feature is a good one as it works with most bluetooth phones even when the address book sms feature (described in the tutorial) does not work.

By: Wylie Horn

Wylie Horn — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:42:24 +0000

BluePhoneElite is a great piece of software that enables the same functionality with lots of other useful features.

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:49:00 +0000

This is certainly one of my favourite uses of Address Book. I can’t stand texting on my phone – this makes it far easier.

BTW, you can also use Address Book to send SMS through Skype.

By: Joel Pan

Joel Pan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:09:38 +0000

There are two big problems with this, though, which haven’t yet been addressed:

1. There’s no way to send a message to multiple recipients, or at least, none that I’ve discovered so far.
2. There’s no way to use the long message feature of most modern phones to send a >160 char message by concatenating multiple shorter messages.

Also, my Nokia 6280, a Symbian Series 40 phone, does not properly report received messages, which means I have to read the messages on my phone anyway, rather defeating the purpose of having the bluetooth link in the first place.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:12:01 +0000

Actually, as a non-frequent texter I feel I benefit more! Frequent texters can actually do it, whereas I spend half an hour trying to type hello or something. SMS through address book is a must-have feature for me!