How to Text to a Cell Phone From My Browser

Even if you don't have a cell phone, you can still send a text message to other cell phones.

Even if you do not own a cell phone, you can still send a text message to a cell phone user. Text messages can be sent from an e-mail account to a cell phone. The text message from an e-mail account is received the same way as a message from another cell phone. Sending a text message from your e-mail account does not cost you, but the recipient may be charged if their phone plan does not include text messaging.

Instructions

1. Locate the recipient's cell phone service provider by using the carrier look-up tool on Fone Finder (see Resources). Enter the recipient's phone number, then click "Search By Number."

2. Locate the recipient's mobile gateway on Email Unlimited (see Resources). The mobile gateway is similar to the domain name in an e-mail address. The mobile gateway is different for each cell phone service provider.

3. Open a browser window and enter the web address for your e-mail account in the address bar located at the top of the window. Log into your e-mail using your user name and password.

4. Click "New Message" or "Compose Mail" to create a new text message.

5. Enter the recipient's cell phone e-mail address. The cell phone e-mail address will be the 10-digit cell phone number (at) the mobile gateway, plus a URL address separated by the "at" sign. For example, a Nextel customer's cell phone e-mail address would be [e-mail].

6. Enter the subject and message in the appropriate fields.

7. Click "Send" to deliver the message to the recipient's cell phone.

Tips & Warnings

• Messages that are longer than the 160 characters allotted by most cell phone companies may be truncated.

References

• Sprint: FAQs: Text Messaging

Resources

• Fone Finder
• E-Mail Unlimited: Send Email to Phone