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Tuesday April 21, 2009
Tutorials
Tuesday April 21, 2009
Sending SMS text messages to your friends, coworkers and family is a great way to relay a quick message bite when a phone call is not convenient or necessary. Cell phone service providers know this too and charge (sometimes hefty) fees for sending text messages. Here are a few ways to avoid those fees by sending text messages to mobile phones, right from your PC.
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Windows Media Show Notes
- SMS: Short Message Service Abbreviated as SMS - the transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or IP address.
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service - Can contain any combination of images animations and audio.
- To send an SMS message, use a messaging site like Gizmo SMS
- Send text through AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) by messaging the telephone number: Insert +1 area code and 7 digit number in the buddy field and write your message.
- Send SMS and MMS messages through your email client. Following are formats for some popular carriers:
Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
US Cellular
[10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
- See a more complete listing of email-to-text addresses at mtube.com's email to SMS list and on Wikipedia's SMS gateway listing page.
- You can also visit the mobile provider's messaging center directly, usually via its web site.
- MMS: Multimedia Messaging Service - Can contain any combination of images animations and audio.
- To send an SMS message, use a messaging site like Gizmo SMS
- Send text through AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) by messaging the telephone number: Insert +1 area code and 7 digit number in the buddy field and write your message.
- Send SMS and MMS messages through your email client. Following are formats for some popular carriers:
Alltel
[10-digit phone number]@message.alltel.com
Example: 1234567890@message.alltel.com
AT&T (formerly Cingular)
[10-digit phone number]@txt.att.net
[10-digit phone number]@mms.att.net (MMS)
[10-digit phone number]@cingularme.com
Boost Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com
Nextel (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit telephone number]@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel)
[10-digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com
[10-digit phone number]@pm.sprint.com (MMS)
T-Mobile
[10-digit phone number]@tmomail.net
US Cellular
[10-digit phone number]email.uscc.net (SMS)
[10-digit phone number]@mms.uscc.net (MMS)
Verizon
[10-digit phone number]@vtext.com
[10-digit phone number]@vzwpix.com (MMS)
Virgin Mobile USA
[10-digit phone number]@vmobl.com
- See a more complete listing of email-to-text addresses at mtube.com's email to SMS list and on Wikipedia's SMS gateway listing page.
- You can also visit the mobile provider's messaging center directly, usually via its web site.
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