SMS Character Limit.

[jay326]

hey guys,

i just got a curve 8330 about 2 weeks ago, and noticed that i only have a 140 character limit to use for text messaging..

im just wondering if this is normal, cause i know many other curves or even blackberries in general have more characters to use in a text message?

Thanks alot for your help..

[savioAMG]

I think it depends on your carrier, but take a look at this.

[cheech92007]

I got like 160 or something. Im on VZW if that matters

[thepanttherlady]

I had unlimited through T-Mobile but now that I'm with VZW I have the same issue. Grrrrrrrr...ck'd out the link provided above and think I'm going to try it out. Looks awesome! Thank you for sharing it!

[xxwckdxx]

You always can use MMS instead of SMS. MMS there is no char limit to my knowledge.

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[j.crew]

Does the feature above really change the text messaging too much? I'm not particularly a fan of that screen. :x (I'm a little picky, I know.)

[Motorcycle Mama]

Most CDMA carriers limit MMS to 1000 characters. It's important to remember, though, that not everyone can receive MMS on their devices.

To the OP, it's definitely a carrier limitation.

[barlowmi]

I get 160 with Verizon. Wish it were more like 200 and dont see why not.

[jbeachy]

The length of an SMS (Short Message System) message is a technology limitation. It uses the same space used by the carriers to communicate with the cell towers and cannot be increased. This is the origin of the 160-character limitation. Some carriers offer "enhanced SMS" where longer messages are broken up into multiple messages but each message has only 160 characters. It's immutable :-)

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[jay326]

Thanks for your help guys...
really appreciate it.

[Motorcycle Mama]

And some carriers only allow 140 due to the way the packets are arranged.

[jaydee5799]

You could purchase a program that allows for texting over 160 chars a message but I believe that this program will break the message up into several, like someone else said 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4.

I have never used this program however, so this is just what I have found from reading. The program Beyond160 is available here:
Beyond160 - Communication & Internet BlackBerry Software - BlackBerryApps Store It is not free but there is a trial.

[Motorcycle Mama]

Yeah, that's what was linked in post #2 (although the link was somewhat disguised).