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Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages
Date 2024-06-12 21:51 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <v4d588$1rnqt$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> wrote:
> On 2024-06-12 12:37, Enrico Papaloma wrote:
>> On 6/12/2024 6:50 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>>>> Note that Android scheduled messages works for everyone;
>>>> 
>>>> Is it a useful feature?  I haven't used it, if I received a "happy
>>>> birthday" text at 00:00:01 on my birthday it would hardly feel personal ...
>>> 
>>> I use stuff like schedule send on email sometimes, so I'm sure there's
>>> some use for it.
>> 
>> I use scheduled messages as kind of an alarm for others.
>> 
>> If I need an alarm for myself, I can add an alarm to my own phone.
>> But as am alarm for someone else, I add a scheduled sms/mms message.
>> 
>> It's especially useful when the message crosses over into time zones.
> 
> I think it's a feature I would use but not terribly often.
> 
> More likely to set a reminder to myself to send a message at some point 
> in the future.  But I suppose the "fire and forget" nature of it might 
> be useful.
> 
> Hmm ... might be some neat pranks I could pull.  Need to test that.

I guess it depends on how the messages are "cached". If they're only stored
on your phone and then your phone is off or in airplane mode at the
scheduled time, then that is not very useful. 

I regularly use schedule send for emails for when I'm working in the
evenings. Not sure it's something I'll use often for texts. 

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Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-12 04:31 +0000
  Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-06-12 06:26 +0100
    Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-12 06:12 +0000
      Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-12 06:19 +0000
        Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 08:35 +0000
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-13 18:06 +0000
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 20:25 +0000
              Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-13 23:02 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-14 22:03 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-14 23:40 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-15 09:05 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-15 13:25 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-15 16:12 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-16 17:34 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-16 21:36 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-17 04:16 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-17 10:54 +0000
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-06-15 11:56 +0200
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-13 14:27 -0400
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 20:25 +0000
              Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-13 23:20 +0000
    Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-06-12 06:50 +0000
      Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Enrico Papaloma <enrico@papaloma.net> - 2024-06-12 18:37 +0200
        Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-06-12 17:47 +0100
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-06-12 10:34 -0700
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-12 17:32 -0400
              Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-06-12 14:46 -0700
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-12 18:06 -0400
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2024-06-12 15:17 -0700
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> - 2024-06-12 14:47 -0500
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-06-13 09:24 +1200
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-12 17:34 -0400
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 21:51 +0000
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Peter <confused@nospam.net> - 2024-06-13 04:09 +0100
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-13 14:21 -0400
              Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 20:40 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-13 17:32 -0400
        Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-12 17:31 -0400
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 21:51 +0000
            Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-12 18:09 -0400
              Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-14 22:03 +0000
                Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Alan Browne <singularity@blackhole.org> - 2024-06-15 18:04 -0400
          Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2024-06-13 13:02 +1200
        Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-06-13 06:10 +0000
  Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-13 17:54 +0000
    Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 18:52 +0000
      Re: Finally iOS 18 will be able to schedule messages Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-13 19:32 +0000

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