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my fitbit low battery notifier is costing me about $20 every 2 weeks now to send text messages. anyone want to pay for it?

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on jan 22nd, 2012 at 20:05
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Jason Levine (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:12:35:

Curious -- what stack is it running on, AWS? Are you using their SMS engine?

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joshua stein (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:17:09:

twilio - they charge a penny per text message

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Jason Levine (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:22:56:

Looks like you could get 25% cheaper with Amazon: http://t.co/kuOsjdCp (but that just factors in SMS price, without data transfer…)

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Jason Levine (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:12:54:

But hell, I'm happy to kick some money into a pot….

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Jason Levine (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:13:41:

(And I just changed from SMS to email, just to remove one SMS user's cost from your bill.)

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Sam Stein (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:22:29:

sounds like @fitbit should ;)

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Steve Sebestyen (authentic, via twitter) on january 22nd, 2012 at 20:45:33:

Put it on Kickstarter. Do you have a donation button on your site?

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joshua stein (authentic, via twitter) on january 23rd, 2012 at 14:07:19:

i just added a donate button

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Steve Sebestyen (authentic, via twitter) on january 23rd, 2012 at 14:26:29:

I will gladly donate :)
Good service you're providing. @fitbit should already be providing it. Buy this mans idea!

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Dan LeBoeuf (authentic, via twitter) on january 23rd, 2012 at 14:06:15:

um, you?

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bryan knight (authentic, via twitter) on january 23rd, 2012 at 17:13:34:

why not offer email free, SMS for $?

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billschuller (authentic, via twitter) on january 27th, 2012 at 13:41:56:

How do I sponsor your low battery indicator? How can I incentivize a feature that pings me when I haven't synced? #quantifiedself

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joshua stein (authentic, via twitter) on january 27th, 2012 at 14:05:27:

got your donation, thanks. i've been wanting to add that, and also for when the tracker is left on the charger too long

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billschuller (authentic, via twitter) on january 28th, 2012 at 09:21:47:

ha! I charge my @fitbit standing at my desk with the USB cable running into my pocket. :-)

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joshua stein (authentic, via twitter) on february 1st, 2012 at 19:18:03:

that feature has been implemented, try it out and let me know if it works for you

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billschuller (authentic, via twitter) on february 4th, 2012 at 15:55:18:

Received a "not synced" alert today. Thanks for knockin' that out!

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