Are there any applications to manage SMS messaging on an Android from Ubuntu?

I have an Android phone because I'm awesome. I would like to be more awesome though. I would like to be able to send and receive text messages (SMS/MMS/etc) from my desktop when I'm near it, mainly because it's faster and it means I don't have to fish around in my pocket every time it vibrates.

Samsung has an app called Kies Air which is basically a little web server you run on your phone and connect to via a desktop browser. Like most Samsung software I've had the displeasure of using, it's pap. Slow and unreliable. It also requires a certain amount of me pressing buttons on my phone to get working too, so less than ideal.

So I was wondering if there was a better solution out there for Ubuntu, ideally not requiring me to root the phone, that lets me manage, view and send messages.

Try Airdroid, it does everything you want for free ! It is a webserver like KiesAir and very easy to operate SMS communications.

http://www.airdroid.com/

Pushbullet is a service that have a primary function as a bridge between your phone and browser. All notifications from phone gets to your desktop.

Now there are many more features, as calling or sending texts from desktop.

Explore their channels and many integrations that are made by community.

Simplest way - install Desktop SMS

Another simple way - EasySMS which sets up a web server (?) on yourAndroid and you then use its web interface to send SMSs from your machine.

Then there's telnet - if you root your phone, you can install a telnet daemon on it. You can then telnet to it from your PC, and send and sms using this command:

sms send