About Devices
  1. Your email , phone , text message (sms) , instant message , and fax are genericly called devices. Phone numbers, email addresses, instant messenger accounts, and fax numbers are genericly called device addresses.

    Because we offer the convenience of dealing with so many different types of communication devices from a single interface, we use the generic term device instead of specific terms like telephone or email.

  2. For instant messaging and text messaging, there are many service providers which provide the same services. We support three major instant messenger services: AIM, MSN, and Yahoo. We also support many text messaging service providers, including T-Mobile, Cingular, Verizon, etc.
  3. We send text messages using the internet, not via phone, so we need to know your service provider.

    Be sure you select the correct service provider, otherwise the text messages will never reach your cell phone.

    You should also double check with your service provider that you have the capacity to receive text messages sent using the internet.

  4. Signup Email, Home Email, Work Email, Home Phone, and Work Phone are standard categories used to describe the way a device is used.
  5. Quick Reminders are sent automatically to your Default devices and only to your default devices. Your Default devices are also pre-selected on the Remind Myself and Reminder Wizard pages.
    When you sign up, your signup email is automatically set as the default.
    You can save time by adding the devices you use most to your default devices.
  6. There is no limit on how many devices you can add to the system although the Setup Devices (easy mode) page handles ten devices at most. When you have more than ten devices or two devices of the same type (i.e. two cell phones), use the Setup Devices (advanced mode) page to add them to the system.
  7. For your contacts, the number of devices is limited to ten (and no more than one of each type though of course you could add any three phone numbers even if, for example, they are all cell phones by putting one each in the home and work phone boxes). There is no advanced mode where you can add devices that don't fit on the Create Contacts page.
  8. When sending out reminders to groups through the Details of an Event or Reminder page, you can select a type of device for the group to receive its reminders on. If you haven't added the type of device (such as a phone) you're selected for a specific contact in that group, then the contact won't receive a reminder sent through that device.