I admit I'm awful about texting. I have an old Razor style phone and it takes three clicks for every letter. I rarely use it because I'm always at my desk. When I'm out, I don't want emails or client calls. I'm taking a break during that time. But once in a while I want to send a quiet message to a friend on their cellphone. If you want to know how to send it to people on various systems, here you are. Trick is, you have to know who they use.
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
US Cellular: phonenumber@email.uscc.net
SunCom: phonenumber@tms.suncom.com
Powertel: phonenumber@ptel.net
AT&T: phonenumber@txt.att.net
Alltel: phonenumber@message.alltel.com
Metro PCS: phonenumber@MyMetroPcs.com
I love your site. I have been on it way too long. I have many questions but I will ask only one. When you text over email to a phone do you get charged for texting? Does the phone that receives the text or email(I am so confused) get charged? Thanks. Geoff
ps. great kitty, as kitties go.
Posted by: geoff | 09/21/2010 at 10:10 PM
If you use the text mail feature you will get charged.
If you use the email feature you will not get charge. An SM to me gets a charge on your end and I get charged. We're in the wrong business. :) Thanks for asking.
Posted by: Susan Finch | 09/22/2010 at 07:30 AM
Not to be confusing, BUT when I email my friend, she receives it on her phone as email.
She pays for that with the data package on her phone. She has unlimited data, so it is not extra.
Some data plans have limits, so take that into account.
She thinks there is a way to text to email, but she doesn't use that.
That would be part of a text plan. She also has unlimited text; and a teenager.
She looked at her provider's website:
Using Text Messaging
Texting mobile phones and email
Send and receive messages with wireless phones from AT&T and other mobile services both in the U.S. and internationally.
You can even send texts to email addresses.
Sending a text message is simple.
Just type a message of up to 160 characters using your keypad,
enter the 10-digit wireless phone number or email address, then send.
Most of AT&T's wireless phones have a built-in dictionary that predicts the word you're typing.
They also have templates of common messages, which can help you compose messages even faster. I use these the few times I text. I'm at my desktop computer 12 hrs a day and when I'm out, I usually am very quiet. There are a couple of people I text - it's painful because I still have a Razer phone and have to hit each key several times. Ahh, iPhone - someday you'll be mine - AFTER I pay off the new computer.
Posted by: Susan Finch | 09/22/2010 at 03:19 PM