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xendula · 03-06-2006, 07:59 AM

I think that you can send long "SMSes" (as we call them) everywhere in Europe. That was not possible many years ago, but as long as your phone supports it (and I think even my old black-and-white Nokia did!) the carriers do, too. All the phone does is split long messages into various pieces, but they all get to the addressee in the correct order.

03-06-2006, 07:59 AM	#4
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	I think that you can send long "SMSes" (as we call them) everywhere in Europe. That was not possible many years ago, but as long as your phone supports it (and I think even my old black-and-white Nokia did!) the carriers do, too. All the phone does is split long messages into various pieces, but they all get to the addressee in the correct order.