Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- computer with internet access
- cell phone numbers of friends
- name of your friend's cell phone carrier
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Step 1
Log in to your computer’s email program.
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Step 2
Type your friend’s cell phone number into the “to” box in the email header
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Step 3
Type the @ symbol after the phone number
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Step 4
Add the text address for your friend’s cell phone carrier after the cell number and @ symbol. Here are the text addresses for the most commonly used cell phone carriers:
Verizon= number @vtext.com
AT&T= number @txt.att.net
T-Mobile= number @tmomail.net
Sprint= number @messaging.sprintpcs.com -
Step 5
Type your message and hit send. Your friend will recieve your email as a text message.
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Step 6
There is no charge for you to send text messages from your computer- and you can type much faster than regular texting!
Comments
momose said
on 8/24/2009 This should be especially useful if the recipient does not have email service for his or her mobile. Thanks for the idea, Victoria. *****
bassman7 said
on 8/18/2009 Thanks for explaining this! 5 stars
Mzcash said
on 8/6/2009 This so great, only on Ehow would one find such great info. 5
Merriment said
on 8/6/2009 Very neat information for sending text messages from the computer. I was not even aware this could be done!
missbe said
on 2/3/2009 Instead of trying to remember all your friend's phone carriers, why not use a service like cherple.com that works to any US carrier? You can send text directly from the website at http://www.cherple.com or download the app as a desktop icon. No equipment upgrades, registration or purchase is required. And its easy to use.