Texting from your Echo — not just for AT&T clients

Yesterday, there were several stories about how you can now send text messages from your Echo. “Wow! This so cool, they say.” This is my reaction:

This has been really easy to implement with the Ubi Portal Skill. You can also send email, text messages, and do much more with the Ubi Portal Skill..

And for email…

Even after being in startup land for awhile, it’s still difficult to adjust to people fawning over something new fangled when it’s actually been around for awhile. The good thing about these situations is that it helps spread awareness of the capability.