Textwise no longer supplies reading material for their cards. For those who are unaware, Textwise allows people WITHIN the Philippines to send text messages to others OUTSIDE the Philippines for 5 pesos, in addition to the 2.50 charge by the various Philippine carriers (it's 2.50 for Smart - I forgot how much Globe charges, and I don't know about Sun either). Smart's standard charge for an international outbound SMS is 15 pesos, so it's obvious that you'll save quite a lot in the long run.
Anyway, first thing you do would be to buy a Textwise card - usually available in retail outlets. Here in Iloilo, though, I've only been able to find it at SM Delgado and SM City Mandurriao. They may be available at other malls and mobile-phone-accessories-and-stuff-selling stores.
After buying the card, follow the instructions at the back. The instructions include registering a phone number - you're allowed a maximum of 5. This is in order for you to key in the registered name of the recipient when sending a message rather than keying in the international phone number.
The examples below are for users of Smart's network. The methods are the same, and only difference is the Textwise Administration Number the message is sent to (in this case, for Smart users, the number is 378)
To register a recipient's number:
- Key in REG [NAME] [InternationalPhoneNumber] and send to 378 > For example: REG TalRasha +18283726402
- Key in [RegisteredName] [Message], and send to 378
- OR Key in [InternationalPhoneNumber] [Message], and send to 378
- Send LIST to 378
- Send REPLACE ExistingName NewInternationalNumber to 378
- Send ERASE Name to 378
This will be updated later... have things to do...
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