O2 Ireland updated their webtext site on Sunday March 7th. We have updated both Jelly SMS Desktop & Jelly SMS for iPhone and iPod Touch & Android already with the fixes.
The iPhone/iPod update is now live in the App Store. Please update to version 2.9.4 to get the latest fixes.
We will be releasing the Android update ASAP also.
The free desktop version update can be downloaded from http://www.jellysms.com
Update Feb 2 2010: Reports say that the latest iPhone 3.1.3 allows this to work again but ONLY on factory unlocked iPhones. Thanks to Éamonn for the heads up!
Note: Do this at your own risk!! I have only tested this on my own device (3G O2 Bill Pay iPhone) and cannot guarantee it will work with yours.
2. Restart the iPhone.
3. Once it restarts, go to Settings > General > Network and turn on tethering.
Done. Now connect your iPhone to the computer. The computer will automatically detect a network connection on the USB port. It just works.
On your Mac / PC turn off your Wi-Fi or unplug your Ethernet to check how it works.
Note: You will need at least iTunes 8.2 or greater installed on all the computers you want to tether with.
There you have it – Irish users get free text messages (O2, Vodafone, Meteor, Three + many others) on your iPhone and iPod Touch or on your Mac/PC with JSMS, and now you can use free internet tethering on the go.
Use Jelly SMS to send free SMS messages
Now you have tethering!
Today, a community of developers in Ireland, bonded by the tag #xcake, have stepped up and donated some of that App Store success in the direction of the Haiti earthquake victims. I have also chipped in €200.
Led by @padraig , the donations are still coming in fast from the likes of dermdaly, vinnycoyne, ConorWinders & fluter. Check out Padraig ’s blog to keep track of it or here to donate:
http://padraig.tumblr.com/post/356029828/eur200-for-haiti-lots-of-other-xcake-folks-like
We’ve been hard at work getting Jelly SMS working on Google Android devices.
We will very soon be offering a private beta version for free to people who sign up to our mailing list here.
It will have many of the great features of our existing iPhone and Desktop versions, with a few new features to boot!
Check out some screenshots below.
Create separate profiles!
Compose window
1. There is a problem with sending messages in my language. Do you support Chinese, Arabic, accents and other special characters? Can you help?
Yes. This has been fixed and you can use it in the next version which is currently in review with Apple. However, it only will work with my-cool-sms.com as the other VOIP providers do not have an API for this.
2. How do people reply to my messages? E.g. if I send someone a message using Jelly SMS, how do they reply to that message?
As stated in the App Store description, Jelly SMS can forward SMS text messages that you send from Jelly SMS. Due to Apple’s restrictions, Jelly SMS cannot forward SMS messages which are stored inside the iPhone SMS app.
4. Just bought your app for my iPhone. I signed up with one of the providers. I added money to my account and every time I try and send and SMS it’s says to check user name and credit on my account. What can I do?
Let’s try and get this working for you. Can you please do the following:
1. Go to your providers website and log in.
2. Ensure that your credit has been applied to your account by checking the ‘Remaining Credit’ field on the left of the page.
3. On your iPhone, go to iPhone Settings > Jelly SMS and re-enter your login details. Please ensure your username, password are correct and that your provider is set correctly.
4. Try to send the SMS once again.
5. When typing a message, if you press the backspace key/button on screen, then cursor proceeds to delete all text.
Yes this is a known issue with some iPhones still running 3.0. There is a simple fix described here. I would recommend updating your iPhone to the latest version of iPhone OS which should also fix the issue.
6. I thought my remaining balance of my sms provider would be shown. Am I missing something?
Yes, after sending first massage the balance is shown in the ‘New Message’ screen.
7. Additional Information
In addition to the information on the home page, please note the following:
Please contact me if you have any questions at all.
Thanks!
Extra! Extra! brings the front pages of all the major newspapers from around the globe to the palm of your hand.
Zoom in and read the articles easily. Save your favorites for easy access each morning.
Our second iPhone application called “Extra! Extra!” has been approved and is now available in the App Store.
Extra! Extra! is an amazing app which brings the front pages of all the major newspapers from around the globe to your iPhone and iPod Touch, every day.
The easy-to-use Search feature lets you find your favorite paper by name or by location. 
Tap the Favorites star while reading a front page to save that paper to your Favorites list for easy access each morning.
Check it out now on the App Store
In the latest version of Jelly SMS, I have added a URL scheme which allows other applications to open Jelly SMS and also open a new SMS compose window to a specified number. So if your app contains phone numbers, you could easily allow users to use Jelly SMS as the SMS client on their iPhone or iPod Touch!
Get in touch if you decide to use this in your app and I will feature your app here on the blog.
It’s simple to use. See below for a code example:
Any users who are seeing keyboard lag / backspace problems in Jelly SMS since upgrading to iPhone OS 3.0 should do the following to fix it:
