I got a Motorola DEFY a few months back largely as I had decided to ditch my Nokia, but also with a view to do a bit of Android app programming. The development process was not too complex; while it's been years since I did any significant about of Java programming, it come back quickly enough and the Android SDK integrates well with Eclipse... most of the time.

So after writing a few small 'learning' apps, I took it upon myself to write something more substantial and picked upon the idea of a replacement SMS client that would give one the option to send out outgoing SMS using one of the many Web-based SMS providers out there.

As such, it had to integrate with Android's own SMS management, have a look and feel that approximated the built-in SMS client, integrate seamlessly with Web-based SMS providers and then ideally I would add...

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