If you'd like to receive your email when you're on the go and have a shoddy internet connection, you can receive it over SMS with MailBliss.
The service, created by Timeless Technologies essentially creates an
email address for you which is hosted on their back end so they can send
you the email directly to your phone. To sign up for the service, you
head over to the Mailbliss website where you choose an email address.
You have six domain options which include: mailbliss.com,
mailsplash.com, cellslice.com, cellbite.com, mailhulk.com and
mailtwit.com. You then choose your carrier. In the carrier drop down
list, you'll see that the service is available in many countries
including the United States and those in Europe and South America.
Finally you add your phone number and set your account up.
If you know your SMS address, you can enter that instead of filling
in your carrier and mobile number. When you send an email via SMS, the
service will not disclose your phone number to your recipient.
Furthermore, you can set your regular email address, for instance, your
personal gmail address or your work email address to forward all your
emails to your MailBliss account. This way, instead of relying on push
email (or a computer if you don't have a smartphone), you can send and
receive emails through SMS. The service is free, however, since you are
sending and receiving text messages, standard text messaging rates
apply.
This service seems useful for mobile owners who don't have
smartphones or are traveling in areas where they will receive cellular
signal but not necessarily data signal. Most smartphone owners more than
likely will have data plans and therefore, a service like this seems
irrelevant for them. Furthermore, the number of carriers that currently
support this service in India seems limited. Look at the list below to
see if your carrier will support MailBliss.
In India
- Andhra Pradesh AirTel
- Andhra Pradesh Idea Cellular
- BPL mobile
- Chennai RPG Cellular
- Chennai RPG Cellular
- Chennai Skycell / Airtel
- Delhi Airtel
- Delhi Hutch
- Goa Airtel
- Goa Idea Cellular
- Gujarat Airtel
- Gujarat Celforce / Fascel
- Gujarat Idea Cellular
- Haryana Airtel
- Haryana Escotel
- Himachal Pradesh Airtel
- Idea Cellular
- Karnataka Airtel
- Kerala Airtel
- Kerala BPL Mobile
- Kerala Escotel
- Kolkata Airtel
- Madhya Pradesh Airtel
- Maharashtra Airtel
- Maharashtra BPL Mobile
- Maharashtra Idea Cellular
- Mumbai Airtel
- Mumbai BPL Mobile
- Orange
- Pondicherry BPL Mobile
- Punjab Airtel
- Tamil Nadu Aircel
- Tamil Nadu Airtel
- Tamil Nadu BPL Mobile
- Uttar Pradesh West Escotel