On 28 June 2005, SMSwarehouse.com and FirefoxIE had a very busy day. FirefoxIE.net launched an upgrade of the FirefoxIE browser. SMS warehouse in return, launched the new free desktop software and the FirefoxIE SMS toolbar.
Barely a week after that, Google announced their new toolbar which included Google Send to Phone for Firefox. Seeing that the two products were launched so close to each other we thought it good to provide web site visitors with a back-to-back comparison of the two products as newcomers might find it all a bit confusing:
| Feature | Google Send to Phone for Firefox | FirefoxIE SMS powered by SMSwarehouse |
| Definition | Google Send to Phone for Firefox is an extension that enables you to send short text messages of web page content to your mobile phone | Firefox IE SMS is an extension that enables users to send text messages up to 160 characters from their browser toolbar |
| Network coverage | USA only | 139 countries worldwide |
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| Number format used | US local format: 123-555-0000 | International format: Country Code + Area code + Mobile Number (eg. 27834425950 for South Africa, 16135551212 for North America etc) |
| Additional functionality | None |
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| Pricing | In the USA recipients pay to receive messages please check with your provider for pricing. | 10 Free test SMS upon registration thereafter users have to purchase SMS (database default minimum is set to 1 so users could send 9 test SMS) Pricing varies depending on the destination you have to deliver to. |