They (the quiz show) need to have a contract with T-Mobile, because you don't text them, you text a short number, which is only possibly on the T-Mobile network. You can't text, say, Vodafone's 1234 number. The show probably signed contract with T-Mobile, Vodafone, and AT&T for the same SMS number, e.g. 1234.
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > ear0wax, can you give me a reference supporting that the market will need to > depend on a cell provider in order to charge a customer's phone bill? > > I'm really confused here, it's like people know something I don't... if I'm > with t-mobile and a quiz show charges my bill when I text in to vote, do > they have to be under the thumb of t-mobile to get the money? And if so, how > do they get money off the voters who are with vodaphone/at&t? > > On Apr 2, 2009 5:44 PM, "ear0wax" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I would disagree the g1 is a cell phone with android on it, > implementing a checkout that depends on a cell provider could only > harm android as a whole > > On Apr 1, 1:07 pm, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For the reasons I've stated (along with the debit payment issues on > the >> market) I believe it sho... > >> On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > For reasons already... > >> > On Apr 1, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected]> >> > wrote: > > > Hi everyon... > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
