Imagine the fun you could have if as if by magic, you could make any text you want, appear on your friends phone!

Well by using a service usually reserved for network operators, now you can!

Flash SMS Messages (also known as Operator/Carrier Messages) are generally used to alert users how much credit they have remaining or occasionally for promotional purposes by a users network but with a little bit of know how, anyone can make use of this.

There are many ways of sending them including an app for Symbian devices and Clickatell’s online SMS gateway but by far the easiest is using a hidden command within the iPhone SMS app.

Simply write *go immediately followed by the message you wish to send, without a space between the command and message.
Such as *goHello World.

All that left for you to do is come up with some witty messages to send to your (now ex) friends.

Pop over to my gallery for some more examples.

(Sidenote: Flash SMS messages can be send to most mobile phones, not just the iPhone, also it may not work in all regions outside Europe)