Texting App

Well getting the double text notifications is cause you have to disable the stock app notifications. But handcent doesn't provide you with free texting, it is just an app replacement really. Using handcent or go sms or chomp will not stop the stock app from getting the message either but disabling the stock text notifications will prevent you from seeing 2 notices in your status bar.

You would need something like textplus. But i think that uses data/wifi for texting. If you go into the market and search for free texting a few will come up.

 

TextPlus, Heywire, and TextFree all give you a free number for texting, but must have at least 3g to work. Textfree has a web version that you can use to login from your computer on and send and receive texts. Similar to Google Voice. No one would ever know the difference

 

Yes the textplus number would be your texting number only and then they would have your mobile number for calling. Otherwise if they text the number they would call you would get charged for texting by your carrier.

 

Try google voice, you can use it for both your voice and text number.

 

If you are mainly texting people with Android and/or iPhones, I really like Kik Messenger.