{"id":495,"date":"2009-06-25T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T10:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/?p=495"},"modified":"2009-07-10T08:47:55","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T07:47:55","slug":"fixing-the-missing-character-count-with-iphone-os-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/495","title":{"rendered":"Fixing the missing SMS character count with iPhone OS 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning my girlfriend Eva<\/a> surprised me with an incredibly smart solution to a shortcoming in iPhone’s SMS app that had been bugging me ever since it first launched in 2007. As you all know, the iPhone does not show a character count for messages as you type. Or ever, for that matter.
\nI read about the “after four lines it’s 160 characters” hints<\/a> and some SMS apps for jailbroken iPhones, but since I’m on a 3GS right now and there is no jailbreak as of today, I find her idea really simple and brilliant.
\nIt is pretty simple and straightforward: since we got copy and paste<\/a> with iPhone OS 3.0 we can now safely write our messages in apps other<\/strong> than SMS.app. And there are apps out there that DO keep count on message characters. That’s right: twitter apps! For my first try I chose birdhouse<\/a> (which<\/a> I bought just this morning for this exact matter but there are plenty of free ones like twitterrific<\/a>) which has the most beautiful icon I have on my phone right now. It works like this:<\/p>\n

1. create a new tweet in your favorite twitter app<\/a>
\n2. type until it displays -20 (that’s a minus, since we want 160 characters instead of 140)
\n3. copy the text
\n4. switch to SMS.app
\n5. paste the text and send your exact 160 characters<\/p>\n

I know it’s a little bit of a workaround, but a really good one I figured. And it works like a charm. If you don’t need it, just dismiss it, but I only have a 40 SMS\/month plan and hate to waste an entire SMS for just a few to many characters. If you like the tip, have a look at Eva’s site<\/a> (and buy one of her prints<\/a>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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