Here at The iPhone App Blog, we found it too hard to be constantly attempting to copy and paste all the URLs that we wanted to shorten, so we have found a shortcut for you to create shortened, user-authenticated URLs:

1. First create a bookmark by tapping on the “+” at the bottom of your screen in safari and tapping on Save.

2. Copy the following text:

javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,enc=encodeURIComponent,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),s2=((s.toString()==”)?s:(‘%22′+enc(s)+’%22′)),f=’http://m.bit.ly/’,l=d.location,p=’?v=3&u=’+enc(l.href)%20+’&s=’+enc(d.title)+’%20′+s2,u=f+p;try{if(!/^(.*\.)?tumblrzzz[^.]*$/.test(l.host))throw(0);tstbklt();}catch(z){a%20=function(){if(!w.open(u))l.href=u;};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))setTimeout(a,0);else%20a();}void(0)

3. Open up you bookmarks and find the bookmark you just created, edit it. You can charge the the Title as you wish, we used “SHORTEN.” Then you are going to want to edit the URL. Tap on it, then tap on the ‘x’ to clear the area and paste the above code. Now just save everything & exit out of your bookmarks.

4. Give it a try! Navigate to a website, tap on the bookmarklet & viola! the URL will be shortened for you (Note: you might have to sign in at least once into bit.ly on your iPhone, if you have not done so in the past.)

Sources: The above code is an altered version of the code for the bookmarklet found here.

TxtDrop is a web-app that allows you to send text messages to anyone’s cell phone (it also supports international users; however, it is not an iPhone web-app). I was initially concerned about privacy, but after reading their Private Policy (and viewing other trust-website-lookups), it look safe. If you are worried about getting spammed you can add your phone number to their block call list. I thought this was a nice as I have never found a “truly” free text messaging as some of the apps that do this still cost to purchase them [Free- Web link]