slyText is off to a good start!

I was looking for a texting service that used my browser instead of my phone. I had purchased AppSumo's ShortySMS to see if that would work but after playing with it a while I realized that it is designed primarily for sending bulk texts like Constant Contact does with newsletters.

When I saw slyText being offered today I decided to give it a try. It not only can create large groups like ShortySMS but it also let's you easily send individual texts by selecting any contact in the address book. ShortySMS has a way to go with features like this so that made slyText a winner for me.

Like ShortySMS, I can set up group texts and schedule their delivery. It also let's my users send me photos so I can easily add them to their websites and not have to get them off my phone first.

You can select your own area code to access a phone number to use from a list of numbers with that area code (no, you can't choose your own desired number, just the area code). They also provide the option of SMS forwarding to my business phone.

The UI is well designed making getting started very easy. I had my first contact entered, added to a group and texted all within five minutes.

There are both FAQ files and Videos to help get started. I haven't seen a roadmap of coming features but I would hope to see a signup form at some point. But slyText is off to a good start and I'm happy to offer them 5 well done tacos.