A whole range of computer-to-mobile text messaging and email services designed for the individual user have been launched by Bulletin.net inc. These are available from the new http://www.flextxt.com web-site.

Services offered include Text messaging from computers, email on mobile phone and a series of messaging enhancements for Apple devices, including the iPhone and iPodTouch.

"FlexTXT is all about offering individuals new and better ways to get in touch with people on their cell phones and staying in touch when they themselves are mobile," said Anthony Kelly, VP Marketing at Bulletin.net Inc.. "In one easy to navigate web-site we now have a whole range of ways for each person to select the best mobile
messaging services tailored for their needs. From the latest in quick messaging from a desktop widget to full text messaging portals from any computer, we are removing the old messaging boundaries between computers and mobile phones."

FlexTXT also incorporates free trials for messaging services and a simplified signup process. All Bulletin.net Inc services are global, two-way and have a patented message-threading solution which enables replies to be viewed along with the original message.

Bulletin.net Inc opens a new SMS Gateway in Hong Kong and launches its full range of products and services in China

September 21st, 2008 - San Diego, CA. USA - Mobile SMS Text and Email services provider Bulletin.net Inc today announced the launch of its full A2P messaging products and services and mTag technology and into the China market.

This follows the company establishing a new messaging connectivity hub in Hong Kong to support both inbound and outbound SMS Text Messaging and Mobile Email. The service is now fully operational.

Bruce Herbert, President and Chief Operating Officer of Bulletin.net Inc said, "We are thrilled to be able to provide our existing and new customers access to our full suite of SMS Text products and services for messaging to and from China. The Hong Kong Gateway is this latest major addition to our global SMS Gateway and responds to the fast increasing demand for carrier-grade, secure and reliable application to mobile text services in the region."

The launch of Bulletin's global connectivity and patented mTag technology in China enables multiple 2way conversations via SMS directly between computers and mobile phones from and to anywhere in the world. Leading products offered by the company which are now available both inbound and outbound in the China market include SMS Text Messaging from PC's, Email or the Web, a unique Mobile Email service, Mobile Marketing and an Applications-Connectivity solution with full API's and SDK's.

"With the phenomenal growth in demand for SMS Text and Mobile-Email services in China," continued Herbert, "Bulletin's Hong Kong Gateway provides enterprises, integrators and content providers with an even more powerful way of connecting with the expanding and enthusiastic mobile content audience."

About Bulletin.net Inc

Bulletin Wireless is a world-renowned developer and supplier of mobile-device messaging software and services, available to carriers, enterprises, integrators and content providers. With successful businesses established in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, The Philippines and Hong Kong. Bulletin's patents include the only known method of automatically enabling the 'reply' button on today's three billion cellphones to be used to seamlessly respond to software application initiated SMS text messages.

The company delivers high-performance and secure global mobile messaging products, connectivity and support services to an extensive list of clients around the world including many blue chip and Fortune 500 enterprises and telecommunication companies.

Contact:
Anthony Kelly
Bulletin.net Inc.
4445 Eastgate Mall
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92121
USA
Phone: +1 858 812 3169
anthony.kelly@bulletin.net

Bulletin.net selected by Gizmo5 Technologies to deliver their SMS Messages to Mobile Users Worldwide

March 26th, 2008 - San Diego, CA. USA - Mobile text messaging services provider Bulletin.net today announced a deal with Gizmo5 Technologies, the global Internet communication company, to provide high-quality SMS delivery for their 5 million+ users.

Bulletin's global connectivity and unique mTag ^TM technology allows users to have multiple 2-way conversations via SMS directly from their computers to mobile phones anywhere in the world. "With the vast and rapidly growing number of chat sessions online at any moment in time, Bulletin's IP allows a seamless process facilitating PC-to-mobile-to-PC messaging and 2-way conversations across any continent" said Jason Droege, President for Gizmo.

"Working with Gizmo5, who is at the cutting edge of the internet communications revolution, to deliver high volumes of SMS traffic is a testament to the flexibility and quality of our offering," said Bulletin's President Bruce Herbert.

"By providing single-point access to the worldwide mobile telecoms network we are helping Gizmo5 to deliver messages on a worldwide scale, opening up the potential for major new revenue streams," Herbert added.

Bulletin's cellular network access combined with its proprietary SMS products and platform means that it can offer Gizmo5 a technological edge over it's competitors and high volumes of quality SMS throughput.

About Bulletin.net

Bulletin.Net is a world-renowned developer and supplier of mobile messaging software solutions, available to carriers, enterprises, integrators and content providers. With successful businesses established in the USA, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and the UK.

Bulletin successfully patented their reply intellectual property mTag ^TM in 1996 protecting the system and process for its "one button reply" technology. This patent protects the only known method of application driven messaging routing one-button replies using the SMS reply feature of today's three billion cellphones seamlessly to the originating source. Bulletin services an extensive list of clients around the world including many blue chip and Fortune 500 enterprises and telecommunication companies.

About Gizmo5 Technologies

With nearly 2 million downloads of its flagship product Gizmo Project, and customers in more than 170 countries, VoIP users around the world have relied on SIPphone for its quality products and services since the company's launch in 2003.

SIPphone's Gizmo Project, and GizmoCall are among the highest rated consumer and small business VoIP solutions in the industry. Extending the power of SIPphones solutions is its use of the SIP Open Standard, the VoIP industry's leading protocol for integration and interoperability.

Touch2TXT brings full 2-way TXT messaging to the iPod Touch

Tuesday 12 February, 2008.
Auckland, New Zealand

Bulletin.Net's newly launched Touch2TXT service has received instant success as one of the most popular applications for the Apple iPod Touch.

Touch2TXT is the world's first 2-way SMS service tailored for the iPod Touch. When an iPod Touch user is connected to a WiFi access point they can now send and receive SMS messages to any mobile phone. This exciting service brings cellphone-like messaging to the iPod Touch device.

On 5 February, Touch2TXT was made available as a download on the Apple site. Without any additional promotion, Touch2TXT has already become one of the top ten most popular application downloads for the iPod Touch or the iPhone.

During MacWorld 2008 in San Francisco, Bulletin.Net did a preview launch its SMS product for the iPod Touch. From the great feedback that was received during MacWorld, Bulletin.Net has now launched Touch2TXT.

Touch2TXT utilizes Bulletin.Net's patented mTAG™ technology which enables multiple SMS conversation threads between mobile phones and computing devices. mTAG™ guarantees replies are routed correctly to the originating message thread.

Bulletin.Net's President, Bruce Herbert, adds that "The success of Touch2TXT has been made possible by Bulletin.Net's ongoing research and development into new messaging platforms. Bulletin's global messaging infrastructure and core mTAG™ technology has enabled Bulletin.net to uniquely offer the ability to send AND receive messages from the iPod Touch"

Bulletin's Touch2TXT product is available with no setup fee and no fixed monthly fee. Additionally Bulletin.Net is offering the first 100 SMS messages free for registrations prior to 29 February 2008.

For more information and to register for Touch2TXT, visit http://www.flextxt.com/ipod.

About Bulletin.Net
Bulletin.Net is a leading international developer and supplier of mobile messaging software. Bulletin.Net offers solutions to a broad spectrum of users; from telecommunications companies to enterprises through to technology vendors and development houses. With offices in the USA, UK, Brazil and Australasia, Bulletin.Net services an extensive list of clients around the world including many blue chip and Fortune 500 enterprises and telecommunication companies.

Bruce Herbert (USA)
Email: bruce.herbert@bulletin.net
Phone: +1 941 421 9828

Scott Wattie (New Zealand)
Email: scott.wattie@bulletin.net
Phone: +64 21 247 5505

Messaging products for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Secure push eMail on the iPhone; Full 2-way international SMS on the iPod Touch

Tuesday 15 January, 2008.
San Francisco, CA

Bulletin.Net today launches at MacWorld 08 exciting new messaging products for the iPod Touch and the iPhone.

Bulletin's SMS for iPod is the world's first 2-way SMS service tailored for the iPod Touch. When an iPod Touch user is connected to a WiFi access point they can now send and receive SMS messages to any mobile phone in the USA and internationally. This exciting service brings cellphone-like messaging to the iPod Touch device.

Bulletin.Net today also launches an iPhone client service for its popular Bulletin Mail solution. This provides a secure push email service for all iPhone users. The service aggregates and continually monitors all of your email accounts (including internet email, ISP and corporate email accounts). When an email meets the predefined filter rules, a notification is pushed immediately to your iPhone. Bulletin Mail also allows you to reply to any mail directly from your phone.

Bulletin.Net's President, Bruce Herbert, says that simplicity and security are key to push email services. "Our Bulletin Mail service provides secure access to your personal or enterprise email, whilst being easy to configure and setup. In fact there is no software to install on either your phone or email server. The service is fully configured through our easy to use Bulletin Mail portal."

Both the iPod and iPhone products utilize Bulletin Wireless' patented mTAG™ technology which enables the user to manage multiple SMS conversation threads. This guarantees replies are routed correctly to the originating message thread.

The launch of these products coincides with Bulletin's exhibit at MacWorld 2008 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA. Bulletin Wireless can be found at booth No.3141 in the West Hall.

The Bulletin Mail product for the iPhone is available at a special introductory offer of free setup, no monthly fees with the first 500 notifications free. Additional email notifications are charged at $0.10 per notification.

Bulletin's SMS for iPod product is available at a special introductory offer of free setup, no monthly fees with the first 100 SMS messages free. Additional messages are available for $0.10 per message.

For more information and to register for these products, visit http://www.flextxt.com.

About Bulletin.Net
Bulletin.Net is a leading international developer and supplier of mobile messaging software. Bulletin.Net offers solutions to a broad spectrum of users; from telecommunications companies to enterprises through to technology vendors and development houses. With offices in the USA, UK and Australasia, Bulletin.Net services an extensive list of clients around the world including many blue chip and Fortune 500 enterprises and telecommunication companies.

Bruce Herbert (USA)
Email: bruce.herbert@bulletin.net
Phone: +1 941 421 9828

Scott Wattie (New Zealand)
Email: scott.wattie@bulletin.net
Phone: +64 21 247 5505

Visit Bulletin.net at MacWorld 2008 - Discounted passes available

Bulletin.net will be launching exciting new products for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch at MacWorld on January 15 2008. Bulletin Wireless will be showcasing their products at Booth W-4031 throughout the MacWorld exhibition which runs through until Friday January 18 2008.

Bulletin.net is excited to invite you to visit us at the 2008 Macworld Conference & Expo® . We are pleased to extend to you a discounted registration opportunity that will get you in the doors of the world`s most comprehensive Macintosh OS event for only $10 (a $45 value). Registration is easy with the link enclosed and with your registration you will have full access to the exhibit hall and we encourage you to stop by our booth, Number W-4031, to see our latest products and services.

http://rcsreg.com/macworld/08-G-SP339

New Enhancement to the successful Bulletin Messenger Service

Tuesday 23 October, 2007.
San Francisco, CA

Bulletin Wireless today launches the world's first 2-way SMS Widgets for Yahoo, Google, Microsoft Vista and Apple Dashboard. These Widgets compliment the successful Bulletin Messenger service and provide global 2-way coverage. The widgets make sending and receiving SMS messages simple and easy from the desktop of any computer.

Bulletin Wireless' President, Bruce Herbert, says the widgets are another way for customers to easily interact with Bulletin's global 2-way SMS services. "We recognize that our customers are always looking for easier ways to integrate wireless messaging into their daily computing environment. Our deployment of widgets enables the user to put wireless messaging on their desktop - or even WiFi enabled devices like Apple's iPod Touch".

The Bulletin Widgets are built on top of Bulletin Wireless' flagship product, Bulletin Messenger, to enable 2-way delivery of messages to individuals or groups. The Bulletin Messenger platform has been used commercially by carriers and enterprises globally since 1998. Bulletin Wireless' Widgets are an example of the organization's innovation and ongoing investment in mobile data services.

The Widgets utilise Bulletin Wireless' patented mTAG™ technology which enables the user to manage multiple SMS conversation threads. This guarantees replies are routed correctly to the originating message thread.

The launch of the Bulletin Widgets coincides with Bulletin's exhibit at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2007 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, USA. Bulletin Wireless can be found at booth No.1542 in Hall C.

Today the Bulletin widgets are available through the Yahoo, Microsoft Vista and Apple Dashboard widget platforms. Bulletin Wireless will launch widgets for the Google desktop platform before the end of the month.

The Bulletin Widgets can be downloaded from the respective widget catalogs or from http://www.bulletinonline.net/promo/widget.

More information on Bulletin Messenger is available at http://www.bulletinmessenger.com.

About Bulletin Wireless
Bulletin Wireless is a leading international developer and supplier of mobile messaging software. Bulletin Wireless offers solutions to a broad spectrum of users; from telecommunications companies, to enterprises through to technology vendors and development houses. With offices in the USA, UK and Australasia, Bulletin Wireless services an extensive list of clients around the world including many blue chip and Fortune 500 enterprises and telecommunication companies.

Bruce Herbert (USA)
Email: bruce.herbert@bulletinwireless.co.nz
Phone: +1 941 421 9828

Scott Wattie (New Zealand)
Email: scott.wattie@bulletinwireless.co.nz
Phone: +64 21 247 5505

Auckland - July 17, 2007

Bulletin Wireless, a world-renowned developer and supplier of mobile messaging software solutions has completed full testing of Bulletin Mail on Apple's new iPhone device. Bulletin Mail now brings simple and secure push email to the Apple iPhone. Any iPhone user can now receive the email they want when they want it from anywhere in the world!

Bruce Herbert, president of Bulletin Wireless, says; "The proven simplicity of Bulletin Mail and the revolutionary intuitiveness of the new Apple iPhone make a powerful combination, pushing secure enterprise email immediately to any iPhone device."

"Bulletin Mail has always enabled secure and immediate access to enterprise email for any text capable mobile phone. Users of the iPhone now have the enhanced benefit of the device's revolutionary interface and handling of messages (emails). Push email messages are linked using the iPhone's linked conversation technology."

Bulletin Mail is a subscription service which provides a dedicated mobile email address and aggregates mail from existing POP and IMAP email services (including Microsoft Exchange Server). The service was first launched through Vodafone in the United Kingdom in December 1999. Since then, Bulletin Mail has constantly evolved to become a direct competitor to Blackberry in the PUSH email market and is currently used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The service includes a dedicated mobile email address and an online address book for quick group messaging.

Key to the success of Bulletin Mail is that no setup or configuration is required on an organisation's email server or the iPhone (or any other text capable mobile phone). A Bulletin Mail user accesses the Bulletin Mail online portal to customise rules and filters to ensure that only the email the user wants is delivered immediately to the phone. The online portal also enables the user to simply aggregate an unlimited number of email accounts to monitor which may include corporate email, ISP email or free internet email services such as gmail.

Bulletin Mail uses Bulletin Wireless' patented mTAG™ technology to ensure full 2-way email support. The user can confidently reply via text to any Bulletin Mail email message delivered to the phone. mTAG™ ensures that the reply message is correctly and securely routed to the appropriate originating email address.

About Bulletin Wireless
Bulletin Wireless' services are available to carriers, enterprises, integrators and content providers. With outstanding business success in Brazil, New Zealand, Australia and the UK, the company is currently launching their services in the United States. Bulletin Wireless services an extensive list of clients around the world including: Vodafone UK, Vodafone NZ, Vodafone Australia, Telecom New Zealand, ANZ National Bank Group and Air New Zealand.
For further information, please contact:

Scott Wattie (New Zealand)
Mobile: +64 27 447 5505
Phone: +64 9 307 5938
Email: scott.wattie@bulletinwireless.co.nz

Bruce Herbert (International)
Email: bruce.herbert@bulletinwireless.co.nz
Phone: +1 941 421 9828

Based on feedback from people like you we have added a couple of new features that will allow you to spend more time with your family (disclaimer: may not apply to all families).

Release 0.8.10 gives customers with their own numbers the option of sending an email (with an attachment) to an address TXTed in by the mobile. Advertise "Send your email address to [your number] and we will send you a voucher for an extra piece of fish with your chips!". Use this in conjunction with the advanced 'Email Address' keyword class and you never have to respond in person again.

Those of you feeling left out because you don't have your own number can contact us to help improve your brand with dedicated premium numbers and also take advantage of some of the advanced features of mQuery.

Also in this release, we have started to provide some remote reporting access so that you do not need to login to mQuery each time you want up to the moment data from one of the reports. Think of it as the gift that keeps on giving. Once you set it up (we will work on improving that, so feel free to let us know what you think) then you can sit back and watch your MS Excel spreadsheet update in front of your eyes.
If you already have a reporting tool then mQuery offers a number of export options (e.g. CSV, XML or HTML) that can be harnessed using this remote reporting feature.

There have been a handful of minor improvements too that will help you navigate the site better and manage your keywords more efficiently. If you notice something out of sorts or have a suggestion then please feel free to let us know.

So, now that mQuery has taken care of a few of the house keeping issues you can move on with more important things!

Version 0.8.9 of mQuery released today gives some more dynamic control to people using dedicated numbers/MSISDNs. If you have your own Number routed through mQuery you can now route types of keywords (aka Advanced keywords) such as email addresses and numbers.

So, now you can ask mobile users to send in their email address and forward those sorts of messages to your web application (then send out an email to them with more information or vouchers).

An additional secret advanced feature (contact us for more info) is the option to have keywords that start with a common string.

Why would you do you use this? Basically it could be like this. You want your SMS users to send in a vote during a talent contest that has 20 contestants. You have several of options

1. Setup 20 keywords such as c1, c2, c3 ... and 20 different unique actions
2. Setup one keyword such as talent, ask everyone to start their message with this and then the contestant number.
3. Setup a starts with keyword that treats all messages starting with "c" as the same class of keyword and then you can report on these and even use a dynamic response to reply with.
   I recommend this method but you need to be careful if you have a lot of keywords as the order of precedence needs be be taken into account.

That is the why, now how do I do it?
Easy. Unlike the other Advanced Keywords this one needs to be entered manually.

1. Figure out what you want to start each keyword with. In this case lets say everything for a clown contest starts with "clown", eg clown1, clown2, clown3 and so on.
2. In the mQuery keyword list setup a new keyword using the following special string

   startsWith:clown
   

   See how that works? Basically, anything starting with "clown" will match this keyword if it doesn't match other keyword you have explicitly configured.
   Now you may want to send an SMS to confirm the vote for the clown and there is a special dynamic response tag you can use to sort of personalise it.

   Thanks for you vote for clown number $!{keyword-remainder}. Please vote again and help make their pain go away.
   

As always, feel free to ask us questions or provide feedback.

mQuery has just been updated with a couple of new Dynamic tags that are useful for interaction with websites (either your own or publicly accessible ones).

We also added an option for the forward to mobile action so that a reply doesn't have to be sent. We still recommend sending a reply SMS as this acknowledges that the system has received it and processed it so the user doesn't try and try again.

One of my favourite improvements is simple. When you type in a new keyword and hit enter you are told if the keyword already exists and gives you the option of editing it (defaults to a static reply action). This takes a few clicks out of the process and is great when managing a big list of keywords.

Once again, thanks for your input. If there is anything you would like to see in mQuery then let us know and we shall see what we can do.

Based on feedback from users we have made the automated acknowledgement SMS optional for the Forward to Email action. This means that people wont be told that their message has been forwarded to your email address but tt also means that you wont pay for those auto acknowledgements!
The easiest way for you to reply to these SMS2Email type messages is to use Bulletin Messenger. Simply subscribe and get your email address validated by our support team and then you can start to have a two way conversation with a cellphone from your email.
Also in this wee update for the Forward to Email action is the option to have the email sent as plain text to reduce the likelihood that it gets marked as spam.

The Forward to REST action got a little love as well and now allows you to define a SMS reply from mQuery. This brings it in line with the other actions and is a good addition as it allows you to setup a REST endpoint that doesn't necessarily need to send a SMS now (e.g. it just collects data).
For people that want to respond with what their server returns in response to the SMS, consider using the SMS an Extract of a Web Page action.

If you have any questions or comments please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Some of you may have noticed that we snuck out an update last week that added some simple reports to mQuery. These are accessible under each number section of the menu and allow you to extract data and see summary information based on a date range you provide. The data can be saved in various formats and we will be building upon this as time goes on. If there are specific reports you would like to see then let us know.

We have also just added a new enhanced action that lets you maintain information in a structured file that is hosted by mQuery and do a Lookup action on it. This action is similar to the popular Extract Web Page action but you control the data directly in mQuery. This is useful if you have a lot of information that is in a consistent format that can be exported from a CRM system (eg. addresses) or a database (eg. PLU prices).

The fourth release of Bulletin Mail was released this evening with a new look and feel consistent with the rest of Bulletin Wireless' product offerings.

Some of the changes/new features include:

• A cleaner profile/settings display with separate screens for filters and servers.
• Cleaner integration with BOS - Bulletin's billing/subscription service.
• Combined contacts/groups management display.
• A new 'welcome page' with highlighting a summary of your account, and news from Bulletin.
• Updated message detail page with message/sms status information (highly requested by users!)
• Lots of bug fixes...

Please be kind to the servers as they adjust to their new neighbour, he may be a little different - but I'm sure we'll all get used to him soon...

Hi there,

New in this release:

• Bugfixes
  • Forwarded messages are now shown in message log
  • Fix Message Log display of vCard and vCal detail popups

• Improvements
  • Make mQuery menus more consistent with the Bulletin website
  • Add a comment field for the Send Web Extract action.
    • This comment can be prependend or appended

Enjoy the new release.

Regards
Jeán