Anyone know of a good app for texting that is free of ads (and is free of charge) and has a link to pc / other devices option?
Not yet. But I know the Sunbeam Wireless people and they are said to be working on an app for their phones that does this.
Google voice
I want it for my regular number so google voice won’t help.
Will this be available for non sunbeam users?
I don’t know for sure, but I suspect they use exclusivity as a sales pitch for their phones.
So it won’t really help me then.
I currently use windows link to pc which is pretty good but I think it is slowing down my phone. The apk itself was around 100 mb.
Because I can’t use Link to PC with google messages I looked around for another one. I found Pushbullet on the play store (the apk is only 3.5 mb). It links your phone to the pc and has a notification option and option to send texts from a pc.
I got a little sketchy giving them access to my entire phone, like texts and notifications etc. Is anyone familiar with this company and is there any reason I should be nervous?
I’ve been using this for a while and I actually love it. Every notification from the phone pops up on my pc and you can reply directly from there (by clicked on the notification). You can reply to texts, google voice and WhatsApp.
The down side is that in order to reply unlimited you need to upgrade to premium. If anyone knows of such an idea that is completely free and they tried it, please share here.
Please note: This app requires google play services.
Sounds cool. I just downloaded it and tried it on my E4610, surprisingly the app installed without and modifications… Unfortunately, when I open the app it says “Pushbullet won’t run without Google Play services which are not supported by your device”
Yes right away when you sign up you need play services to link it to your google account.