SMS2.0 – A review

SMS2.0 is an upgrade on the default/normal SMS available on cellphones. It’s available in India, only on Airtel (as of now).

You need to download this application and install it. The download is free. Even GPRS charges are waived.

Coming to features, it does give you some nice emoticons, background colour and font colour options. But yes, the emoticons and colour options work only on phones with SMS2.0. So, if you send it to a friend without SMS2.0, it does not work.

Also, you would have to compromise on your screen space. The bottom of your screen is used for ads. I use Nokia N70 and usually once I hit the “Send” button, after few secs, it goes back to the “wallpaper” screen. But with SMS2.0, it displays an ad and stops there.
To top it up, all the sms you send goes with “Sent by SMS2.0” added on to the end of the message. This sometimes gives a feel that we have sent the sms from some free website.

Overall, though the features were good, I was not very happy with the cons and had to uninstall within a couple of days on installing.

PS: Everything expressed here is my personal opinion.