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There have been many times when I wanted to get something quickly from my browser to my phone. A Google Map before heading out, or an app someone messaged me to check out on Facebook.

So I built Trnsfr. It's super-simple: click the bookmarklet and it'll SMS your phone with whatever URL you're looking at.

That's it. But it's made my life a little better already. Hopefully it'll improve yours too.

What do you guys think?

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How about an option of email along with sms. Email is free for me, sms costs $0.20.

How much time could it take to just email yourself a link?

I can see the purpose of SMS, I guess. You get an alert right on your phone.

This seems like a neat service but I prefer something a bit more robust like Instapaper, which I use for things like this.

Cool anyhow! Thanks for sharing! Good luck!

If you set your email client as the handler for 'mailto:' links (it's reasonably easy, at least on Firefox), the following bookmarklet creates an email ready to be sent (one click in Gmail) with the current page URL:

    javascript:(function(){var%20url=%22mailto:example@example.com?body=%22+document.URL;window.open(url);})();

Don't forget to replace 'example@example.com' with your own email address.

Good stuff. I've added the window's title to the email's subject field:

    javascript:(function(){var%20url=%22mailto:example@example.com?subject=%22+document.title+%22&body=%22+document.URL;window.open(url);})();

Right click on page, then select 'Send Link...'. (At least in Firefox)

Right, but that doesn't fill out the email address.

Then use my bookmarklet, cctome.com ;)

Incoming SMS is chargeable in US?

Yes, they charge for sending and receiving.

I like this. And what are you using as your SMS gateway?

I think it's cool but redundant and entirely unnecessary. You don't need to use the website. If you're already on your computer,why can't you just email yourself the click and open it from mobile phone. That's what i've been doing. I don't remember or visit any website. Problem solved.

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