Those Gmail users can send SMS text messages from their Gmail account just by clicking the send sms button and it will work as a web based email service to send and get replies in their internet connected pc.
SMS to mobile phones from Gmail is under review and will be back in 2 weeks of time. This SMS feature news went allover the internet world like a fire. If this is going to be free many SMS gateway operators will be sorry for their business while the mobile phone operators who are charging their clients for received SMS messages will be happy as their revenue is going to be increased. Also those mobile phone operators who are allowing their clients to get free SMS will think about charging them. Also you can expect Google to limit the number of text messages or in the feature to charge a small fee as spammers will try to abuse this features. Anyway this will be a great feature for younger generation who are always with their internet connected PC or mobile phone and looking for faster communication with their pals with less expenses.
Here is the message posted in the Gmail Blog
Oh snap. Last night, we started rolling out a new feature to Gmail Labs that lets you send SMS text messages right from Gmail. It combines the best parts of IM and texting: you chat from your computer and reach your friends no matter where they are. Your friends who are away from their computers get your messages as texts and can peck out replies on their little keyboards. It was pretty cool for a few minutes last night when we were sitting around texting each other.
Then we found a glitch. When you'd try to turn it on, it wouldn't fully enable. We thought about keeping it out there -- bugs and all -- but the experience wasn't that great. So, in the spirit of Labs, we've pulled SMS chat back to fix it, and we'll get it back out to you as soon as it's ready -- probably within 2 weeks, so stay tuned.
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