genie.co.uk

Advantages: Overwhelming amount of information on general topics of todays society..
Disadvantages: To use this site to the best of its abilities you need to own a WAP mobile phone.

Or are they? Well it seems to be a personal matter of choice as to whether www.genie.co.uk promises you everything it's made out to be. But with its many varied services such as its free SMS text messages, interest zones, updated news stories along with your own personalised calendar and chat room who could disagree that Genie is one of the more reputable UK sites today? In general this site jam-packs almost everything a web page could offer you ...
...information aimed at all kinds of different interests and ages. Although this site is mainly aimed at WAP or Genie mobile users and is based hugely on advertising for Genie mobile services it also has a lot more to offer for the general user. This person may not necessarily use Genie services or own a WAP mobile phone like myself and would just like to use this site for there own personal use as a source of interest and information which this site ... Read review

Advantages: unlimited texts, address book for quick sending of texts
Disadvantages: none really

...my trusted yahoo account. Genie.co.uk is not just about free SMS-there are WAP services and and a multitude of other chatrooms, competitions,the Genie shop and links to other offers. Ive never really used any of the other services which genie offer, but have had a quick browse in the Shop. You can buy a variety of pay monthly packages, and chose from a range of different phones. With all Genie packages and SIM cards, you get unlimited free texts ...
...that one evening, and ive never had any other problems with the site. Overall, if you have a mobile, and want to send loads of messages, genie.co.uk is your best bet-the messages are sent immediately, the messaging service is unlimited, and the site is quick and easy to navigate. ... Read review

Advantages: errrrmmmmmmm they don't sell fish?
Disadvantages: too many to fit into 255 characters

...up for the service with genie.co.uk - edit your profile to stop receiving these emails". I was 100% sure that I hadn't giving them my details, but I decided to check my profile anyway - and yes, the boxes were still selected - Genie knew that I didn't want them to give out my details, and they knew that I didn't want them to contact me either, but they ignored that, and went ahead anyway. I was still getting these emails, and I noticed that if you ...
..."this is an automated reply from an unmanned inbox" then I had an idea. Now the email address in my profile is that very same unmanned email address - every single email that get sent out just goes to that address and then another message goes out and back to the same address saying it was an unmanned inbox - and this will carry on and build up with all the emails that they try to send to me - eventually it will crash their server, or just clog up ... Read review

Advantages: See op
Disadvantages: See op.

Genie.co.uk is a very interesting website. It offers many services and offers access to lots of information. I signed up to genie as I got a free CD with a mobile phone I bought. I soon found there were many critical problems with the quality and consistency of the website. I will address these later; first I will briefly highlight the plus points of the site. ADVANTAGES Genie is suited for a wide range of Internet users. It regularly advertises ...
...website is very well presented making it relatively easy to find what you are looking for. Genie offers email accounts and also the sending of free text messages with an address book for mobile phone numbers (more on this later). Genie is modern and with the times, offering mobile phone updates on a number of popular categories (sport, music, news etc . . .). I may be wrong but I am sure there is also chat facilities within genie. The website is ... Read review

Advantages: Loads of freebies, well laid out, easy to use site
Disadvantages: £10 minimum monthly top-up on mobiles, expensive technical support on Genie Mobile, can be unreliable

Genie were one of the first websites (if not the first) to offer free sms messaging from the internet, and email to sms. They've fairly recently re-vamped the site and added some more services- which, in my opinion makes them one of the best sites on the net for intergrated messaging. The horrible username@sms.genie.co.uk address has been replaced with the one username@genie.co.uk address. This means you can get all your e-mail both as webmail, using ...
...to your mobile. Although thier sms messages do seem to float around in cyberspace for up to 15 minute before you get them (believe me, you used to be talking about hours- this is a big improvement), they do seem to be improving on this everyday. However, enough of me going on, here's a summary of their key services; -ALERTS I subscribe to their music alerts- these come very infrequently (10 one day to a whole week with none). When I do get them, ... Read review