Personal Account - is it right for me? Personal accounts are suitable for individuals looking to text message their friends and colleagues by simply typing their message in on a computer. Free software is provided. The Personal SMS account offers great savings on texting, both domestically and internationally.
Personal Account Summary:
- Extremely cheap SMS messaging - Prices starting from just 3.9p (€0.055) per SMS
CardBoardFish offers a range of great value services for non-business use that allow you to easily text message your friends & family from your desktop, on Windows, Linux, Unix and Apple Mac OS X:
Windows Desktop SMS with IE Toolbar
- Send messages from your Windows desktop to mobile phones around the world. Benefit from the ease and speed of typing SMS messages.
- Receive delivery confirmations and replies all in one straightforward application.
Java Desktop SMS (Multi-OS)
- Available on all operating systems supporting Java Version 6.
- Java Desktop SMS has all the great features of the Windows Desktop SMS application, but does not include a browser toolbar.
Mac OS X Widget
- Put text messaging directly onto your OS X dashboard.
- This widget means that you're never more than a click or a gesture away from exchanging text messages with the world.
All of the applications above allow you to send SMS messages to over 200 countries and receive delivery reports back. In addition, you can verify your own mobile number so that replies to your messages come back to your mobile phone. Also included is a phonebook, sent message history, and an inbox so that you can receive SMS messages without the need for a mobile phone - just buy a Virtual Number in your account and start receiving texts on your PC.
These applications are free to download but you must pay for the SMS messages you send. UK users can add credit by premium rate text message, otherwise a credit or debit card is required. Our free web-based SMS service to the UK is available here.
+ You may also like the following external services offered by CardBoardFish...
- FishText is a free application that sends real SMS text messages to over 200 countries from your mobile phone and the web.
- Sign up via the application or website to receive free SMS credit. After you have used your free credit, text message costs are as low as 2 cent /1.5 eurocent /1p and you can top up by credit or debit card, Google checkout, PayPal, or by SMS.
- Visit www.fishtext.com Now...










