After keeping this under my hat for the last month, I received word this evening from Apple that HiveBrain’s new iPhone app will be hitting the US App Store in the next 24 hours.
To put it simply, SMS Touch enables iPhone users to compose SMS messages using Apple’s wider landscape keyboard. This is something that people have been asking for since I launched TouchType back in October. There were a number of challenges associated with making this work, the biggest being that it is not possible to send the body of a text message into Apple’s SMS application.
The work around involves routing text messages through Apple’s email program. Take a look at the video demonstration below for an idea of how it works.
I evaluated several alternatives, but eventually chose this approch because it allows iPhone users to send SMS messages and receive replies without incurring SMS fees. iPhone users already have unlimited email messages, so there is no reason we iPhone users should have to pay to communicate with people that only have SMS.
I hope people enjoy the app Please feel free to send any feedback to feedback@thisistech.com.
