iPhone message character left

[fozosix]

how to show the character left when typing on message.. and how do u know if the sms hav exceeded the limit of 160 characters?

anyway..anyone experienced problem when sending a message which is more thn 160 chars?

 

[2evans]

If your sms is over 160 characters, it will be broken up into 160 character chunks.

Googling, out of the box, I don't think the iphone has that feature.

Here's a quote from an iphone user in response to a similar question, "Apple wants the iPhone to have a simple and uncluttered UI that still delivers vital info. If a message is going to get split up on someone else's phone, I could couldn't care less. Adding more crap to the screen, like a character counter, just seems awfully silly."

Essentially, apple doesn't think you need it...

 

[sabee]

Not possible to know unless your phone is jailbroken, then you will have 3rd party applications that will let you know such as iRealSMS, biteSMS, and so on.

 

[mohgui]

i think iPhone OS ver 4 may have SMS char counter.

 

[sabee]

i think iPhone OS ver 4 may have SMS char counter.

^ this statement is correct - at least for the beta, you can activate an option in the settings to display character count.

 

[Limsgp]

Probably Apple starts to realize that SMS on Roaming is not cheap.... Every additional SMS is $$..

 

[whiteshades]

yeah, its useful to have. Luckily i have unlimited smses otherwise =(.

 

[Clown]

well there're always alternatives to sms, like whatsapp. =D