Go SMS ..
I've tried most of them and this is by far the best. Loads of customisations, No ads and it's free.
I also use Handcent - but the only reason for this over the stock program is that I cannot send big pictures in MMS when using the stock sms program...?
It always scale the picture down to a minimum of Kb whereas Handcent uses the 300 Kb limit...???
I tried Handcent but didn't like the ads
They are unobtrusive - they are in the settings menu, but not the thread list or message view. So it is easy to go a long time without seeing them.Ads?? What Ads?
Never noticed them myself, so they must be fairly unobtrusive.
Edit: Nope, just opened it again - no ads.
stock android one for me...with black theme in gv 2.8
I tried handcent, got tired of the ads in the options...tried go, stuck with go for awhile but was just tired with it slowing at times which was annoying..
Used to use Handcent but later versions of Go are far superior IMO.
Ahh, glad you noticed it too. Even in "Lite mode" it still sometimes went very slow. Even with the option to have it run in the background for faster startups turned on.
The stock MIUI messaging app.
Though when not using MIUI, i tend to use GoSMS
I'm exactly the same. I really enjoy the MIUI messaging app. Only complaint is it doesn't show the emoticons. just the symbols.
to be fair though, unless whoever your sending the message to can read emoticons as well, its fairly pointless 'you' seeing them as nice fancy graphics if all they see is symbols lol
They are unobtrusive
In what way exactly?.....I am just curious.
Evidently!
Perhaps I just don't tinker enough. Once I'd got it setup the way I wanted (about 1/2 hr in), I don't think I've ever gone into the settings menu in over a year now.
I've even just set it up for the missus on her phone and didn't notice the ads.
Perhaps I should go to Specsavers???
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