by Chris Thomason

Some great news in that Virgin Mobile have partnered with SentForever to allow all mobile users to send a text into space simply by sending a message to 80995 (in the UK). Here’s the press release:

Virgin Mobile today announce the launch of ‘Texts into Space’, a service which allows people to send their text declarations of love and affection into the uncharted territories of space where they will travel through the cosmos for all eternity.

Ever said ‘I’ll love you forever’? Well now you can prove it!

Launching just in time for Christmas this is a unique gift idea for any loved one. The texts are transmitted via a satellite Earth Station in Cornwall by SentForever.com. Once sent you can ensure your message will live on eternally, a concept that will surely touch the recipients heart.

The ‘text into space’ costs the price of a normal text and can be sent from any mobile phone by texting the desired message to the Virgin Mobile short code 80995. Then, for just £9.95, the message recipient will receive a formal ‘Certificate of Transmission’ from SentForever.com confirming the launch of the eternal message and details of how to track the message on the SentForever.com website as it continues to travel through time and space. Email updates are also available to alert the recipient as to when their message has passed key milestones.

Tim Dowling from Virgin Mobile said “We are quite literally over the moon at the thought of millions of wishes and messages of love being texted into space”.

Stephanie Baillache, Managing Director of SentForever.com, said, “We are delighted to be working with a leading telecoms organisation such as Virgin Mobile. The collaboration of these two innovative brands will ensure our exciting service reaches a much wider audience and thankfully there are no roaming charges in space!”

Someone once posed the question “How often should you tell your partner you love them?” There were many of the usual responses such as Valentine’s Day, every day when you wake up, wedding anniversaries etc; but one tongue-in-cheek answer was “Only once. I told my wife I loved her the day we got married and I said that if that ever changed I’d let her know!” I presume the guy was just joking…but then again maybe not.

When we were developing the SentForever business some time ago, I was intrigued by the thought of a really unusual Valentine gift for somebody. There is so much that can be done in the real world, but my line of thought moved into asking what is the most romantic gift on the Internet?

Obviously love had to be part of it, but what could you do with this love? The most romantic thing we could think of was making it last forever – or at least the words of love. And that became one of the original aims of SentForever. How can we allow people to send love messages that last forever?

Sending a Valentine message into eternity is quite an unusual gift, but shouldn’t romantic messages and other unique messages of love be sent for other occasions too? And what better occasion to tell someone you love them than right now! Maybe we shouldn’t be waiting for once a year occasions such as Valentines Day, birthdays and wedding anniversaries.

Why not tell someone you love them now. You don’t have to do it with SentForever; you can just phone them or walk into the next room and speak to them. However, if you did want to send the most romantic gift on the Internet…..well you know where to go www.sentforever.com

Let us know what you would send into eternity as the most romantic gift and if we are able to do it, we’ll do it for you for free. Maybe you’ll be the first person on Earth (and in the Universe) to do something unique!

By Chris Thomason