How To Email Text Messages To Any Cell Phone For Free
If you are concerned with the pricey SMS service provided by your phone company then here is an idea to use SMS for free. The thing to know is that there are SMS gateways which are backdoors that transform different types of communications like instant messages and emails into text messages. Anyone can use these SMS gateways to bring their bill down to earth.
All major mobile-phone carriers have e-mail addresses that feed into your SMS inbox. If you have a smartphone and an all-you-can-eat data plan, you can use your phone’s e-mail client to send as many texts as you want for no additional cost. Of course, this method has its limitations: In order to determine what address to send your message to, you first need to know what cellular provider your friends have. I suggest asking your most-texted contacts who their providers are. With that information, you can program the proper e-mail address next to their names in your phone’s address book.
Easier yet: Send your text message over AOL Instant Messenger (versions of which exist for most mobile phones). Instead of sending your message to a screen name, send it to “+1” followed by the area code and phone number. So if your friend’s number is 212-555-5555, sending an IM to “+12125555555” will ensure it pops up on his cellphone screen. If your phone has Web access, you can also send free texts through sites such as txtdrop.com.
Of course, you still have to pay to receive text messages from other people. If somebody replies to a text message that you sent as an IM or e-mail, his reply will come to you in the format you initially sent it in, and reading it won’t cost you a thing. You can cut your bill even further by asking your most-texted friends to program your e-mail address into their address books. Even if they insist on using SMS, sending a text message to your e-mail address will cause it to appear in your e-mail inbox. And as long as you have an e-mail program on your phone, it will be just as easy to retrieve.
The following table gives the email addresses depending on the service provider:
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
AIM: +1phonenumber
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