SAN DIEGO, June 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Six months after the release of an upgraded web application, Cherple(R) remains the front runner in the PC-to-Cell SMS market. Its version 1.5 offers a useful buddy list that remembers the last five phone numbers texted from the PC and is uncontested in the space. This version also features updated support for using Cherple(R) on PC systems that are behind firewalls and proxy servers. Cherple(R) 1.5, together with the original application, is in use in more than 150 countries to send two-way SMS messages to any U.S. mobile phone.

Globaltel Media created Cherple(R) as a no-fee, no-subscription way to stay connected on-line, anywhere in the world with friends and family in the U.S. through SMS text messages, said Robert Sanchez, president and CEO of Globaltel Media, providers of Cherple(R). The expanded features are the most requested items from our growing Cherple(R) user base. Cherple(R) 1.5 is a hybrid of SMS and Instant Message technologies and it will allow people to connect and communicate in a way never before seen.

A free desktop download for either PC or Mac, Cherple(R) 1.5 connects any computer with Internet access worldwide to any U.S. mobile phone via back-and-forth SMS text messaging. There are few other services that provide true two-way SMS communication between the PC and a cell phone and those that do require registration and carrier identification prior to using their services. Cherple(R) requires no registration and works across all carriers in the United States without the need for any preidentification.

In the year-and-a-half since its initial launch, Cherple(R) has been downloaded or used from the Cherple(R) website http://www.cherple.com more than 50,000 times from 154 countries, all at no charge to the PC user.

Cherple(R) 1.5 is available from http://www.cherple.com as a free download and as a code snippet that can be used to place the application on a web page, blog or social media page.

About Cherple(R)

Standard text messaging rates apply to the U.S. cell phone receiving and replying to any Cherple(R) message, but there is no cost to the on-line user. Cherple(R) follows the Mobile Marketing Association's permission-based guidelines and is opt-in/opt-out compliant. Cherple(R) is paid for through banner advertising and licensing.

SOURCE: Globaltel Media

CONTACT: Bonnie Vieira, bonnie@jsimmsagency.com, for Globaltel Media