iPod Touch texting? I have the confusion.

[tzikeh]

I got my shiny new iPod Touch (still needs a name, btw), and here's a thing.

My cell phone has many, many, many uses (Palm Treo smart phone), but frankly, I use it to text, and that's pretty much it. I know that I'd use the Touch far, far more, but I can't figure out if there's a way to text on it, which is the deal-breaker. I know I can send IM, but my texting is to and from my cell phone number, and obviously iPod Touch is not on a cell network.

Anyone know of tips or tricks? If I can get this going, I would mostly carry the Touch around, and buy a cheapo cell phone for voicemail purposes, which I can always check from anywhere.

And while I'm at it--if you have great iPod Touch apps to recommend, I'd appreciate. I'm mostly looking for life organization apps (calendars and the like), anything you find useful for converting / reading docs, and stuff *you* find invaluable that I may not know about, but should.

Many thanks!

Comments

[nomadicwriter]

therealjae just put out a call for iPhone app recommendations here; I don't know how many of them are compatible, but at least one person in the comments recommended some for iPod Touch, so.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I'll check it out - thanks for the link!

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

How about Stuart Smally - because he is small and touchy-feely? And gosh darn it. People like him.

What?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what you're talking about? Is that an app?

Re: What?

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

You said he didn't have a name yet.

Re: What?

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

OH! LOL, okay, I get it now. My mind was on apps. :D

Re: What?

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Happy Monday

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

If there's a version of AIM (or an AIM friendly IM client) you can download for the iPod Touch you can text (http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/116/send-sms-text-messages-from-aim/).

AOL blocks the use of Meebo for doing this so no, you can't do it from a browser.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Hm. So, the person I'm texting will see it coming from my AIM account? I don't want that.

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it will be coming to/from an AIM account.

[lydiabell.livejournal.com]

I actually named mine Shiny. :D

[(Anonymous)]

Stanza for converting docs.