As of Saturday, November 17, 2018 new users will no longer be able to download Text Desk. This announcement does NOT affect existing users! Existing users can continue to use Text Desk as long as desired. Please refer to FAQ #19 below for additional information.
Safe and secure cloud texting that's all about your privacy!
We believe your time, productivity and intellectual focus are very important while you are diligently working at your PC. Interruptions can lower your productivity level and hinder your focus. Text Desk aims to help you stay focused on your current task while maintaining your current level of productivity by conveniently displaying text messages sent to your smart phone right on your Windows PC.
At our office, we work on our PCs all day. We get tired of having to stop what we are doing, pickup our phone, unlock it, navigate to the text messaging app, read the message, optionally reply to the message, put the phone back down, and then go back to what we were working on. With Text Desk running on your Android smart phone and your Windows 10 PC, a brief, friendly notification automatically pops up on your PC screen when you receive a text message on your smart phone. This allows you to briefly glance at the message and optionally reply right from your PC without ever touching your phone.
When you receive a text message on your smart phone, Text Desk forwards your message to the cloud. From the cloud, your message is pushed to your paired Windows 10 PC and a popup notification appears on your PC screen. When you reply to a text message from your PC, or send a new text message from your PC, Text Desk forwards your message back to the cloud. From the cloud, your message is pushed to your smart phone and then sent from your smart phone to the appropriate recipient just like a normal text message.
We truly believe that the sensitive information on your smart phone should be kept as safe as possible on your device and NOT in the cloud. Our competitors tend to store all your contacts, their mobile phone numbers, and every text message you send and receive in the cloud. We DO NOT permanently store any contact information, text messages, or any other personal information about you in the cloud.
Text Desk is all about your privacy and protecting your data. You are NOT forced to setup any sort of an "account" with us. We DO NOT require your mobile phone number, name, email, or social media login to use Text Desk. The ONLY information we store about you in the cloud is a few bits of anonymous information about your paired devices so we can direct incoming and outgoing text messages to the correct recipients. Please read our full privacy policy for more details.
Text Desk requires a Windows 10 desktop, laptop, or tablet and an Android powered smart phone running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) or later. You MUST download and run Text Desk on both your devices.
Want a sneak peak at what Text Desk looks like? We've included some screenshots of Text Desk for Android and Text Desk for Windows 10 to get you started. We also included a couple screenshots of some of the background pictures you can choose from to customize Text Desk to your liking. If you have suggestions on other types of backgrounds you would like to see included with Text Desk please enter an enhancement request using the contact form below.
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We've worked hard to make Text Desk as user friendly as possible but sometimes we do still get questions on how to perform certain tasks. Here are some of the questions (and answers) that we get asked. If you feel as though we are still missing something here please let us know by using the contact form below.
Text Desk app ratings and reviews are very important to us. We truly want our cloud texters to be completely satisfied with their purchase. If you are experiencing any issues please give our talented support staff a chance to help you validate your Text Desk configuration before posting negative reviews or 1 star ratings. We can almost guarantee that the issue you are experiencing is isolated to your configuration. It's so easy to be that "ninja quick, 1 star click" user that only rates apps when they suck. We encourage our users to rate apps they love too!
We have seen some instances where Kaspersky's antivirus software will automatically block Text Desk from accessing the internet. If you are having any problems with Text Desk, first check your antivirus settings. You may need to manually configure your antivirus software to fully trust (or ignore) Text Desk. Please refer to Kaspersky's support website for more information.
You can test your Text Desk configuration by selecting which device you would like to test (mobile phone or PCs) and entering your Text Desk pairing code (including the dashes) that you obtained from the FREE Text Desk for Android app running on your phone. Both your smart phone and Windows 10 PC must be turned on, connected to the internet, and running Text Desk for these tests to succeed.
We would love to hear from you if you have any suggestions on how we can make Text Desk better or are experiencing a problem. It goes without saying that any information you supply in the form below will not be shared with anyone.