Joopz.com - Two-Way Web Texting

Joopz is a new web SMS text messaging service offered by the Boston- based wireless communication company MobileSphere. Along with all the features offered by traditional web-texting services provided by messengers like MSN and AIM, Joopz also boast a variety of more complex options including group messaging and their trademark “two-way” texting service (allows the message recipient to send a text back directly to the PC from which the text was sent, instead of only to the recipient’s mobile device). For the absent-minded user, Joopz also has“Reminders” options which let you keep track of your schedule and commitments by sending you a “reminder” text. Currently, Joopz messages can be sent from any web-enabled device worldwide to US or Canadian cellular phones. Their basic service is free of charge and allows users to send ten texts per month and have access to most of the advanced features. The premium service starts at US $2.95 per month and unlocks every advanced feature (including contact management and messaging history) and lets you send and receive unlimited text messages.

“Joopz is a web-based text messaging service that enables “web texting” – two-way communications from the Web to any mobile phone in the U.S. and Canada... and back!”

Joopz’s two-way text messaging services separates it from its competitors, and its most complete service package is extremely inexpensive. The free basic service should be a draw, since it is only slightly more restrictive than the premium service and will be more than substantial for most users.

Currently, the Joopz service is globally limited; will they expand to allow text messaging to countries besides the US and Canada? Some elements of the service plans are unclear; in one text box it claims the basic service will allow you 50 outgoing text messages each month, while another says this same service allows only 10.