diff -Naur python-twilio-2.0.8/examples/example-rest.py python-twilio-2.0.8-new/examples/example-rest.py
--- python-twilio-2.0.8/examples/example-rest.py	2010-08-31 06:31:22.000000000 -0400
+++ python-twilio-2.0.8-new/examples/example-rest.py	2011-06-10 12:53:47.024568293 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
 account = twilio.Account(ACCOUNT_SID, ACCOUNT_TOKEN)
 
 # ===========================================================================
+# 0. Send an SMS (numbers might need verification depending on account type)
+
+d = {
+    'From' : '415-599-2671',
+    'To' : '415-555-1212',
+    'Body' : 'Hello world SMS via python-twilio '
+}
+
+try:
+	print account.request('/%s/Accounts/%s/SMS/Messages' % \
+                              (API_VERSION, ACCOUNT_SID), 'POST', d)
+except Exception, e:
+    print e
+    print e.read()
+
+# ===========================================================================
 # 1. Initiate a new outbound call to 415-555-1212
 #    uses a HTTP POST
 d = {
diff -Naur python-twilio-2.0.8/twilio.py python-twilio-2.0.8-new/twilio.py
--- python-twilio-2.0.8/twilio.py	2010-08-31 06:31:22.000000000 -0400
+++ python-twilio-2.0.8-new/twilio.py	2011-06-10 12:51:49.859964915 -0400
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@
 __VERSION__ = "2.0.8"
 
 import urllib, urllib2, base64, hmac
-from hashlib import sha1
+# hashing functions depend on python version used - 
+try:
+	from hashlib import sha1
+ 
+except ImportError:
+        import sha as sha1
+ 
+
 from xml.sax.saxutils import escape, quoteattr
 
 try: