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Even if you don't actually have mobile Internet service, your cell phone provider might allow you to IM others anyway.

For Verizon, at least, I downloaded a mobile IM program from them that actually communicates with AIM, MSN, and Yahoo! servers by sending and receiving commands, information, and messages via SMS. I guess "gateway" or some such would be the right word for that? I'm certain other providers have similar functions.

Of course, the caveat there is that since everything is being sent via SMS, if you don't pay an unlimited flat fee for text messages the individual charges from numerous messages and possibly even signing in and out can rack up.

AIM actually confuses things a little further, in that you can use their service to bother anyone with a cell phone number and the ability to receive SMS text messages. By sending a message to a plus sign followed by the country code and full ten digit phone number ("+1 234 567 8900", but without spaces), it will attempt to send an SMS text message to that number. The recipient may be even capable of responding. Another gateway type thing?

Posted by: Angelo at February 28, 2006 09:07 PM

what is sms

Posted by: david clarke at March 21, 2006 12:58 PM

This is how (see link below) I send text messages from my PC
http://mobile.yahoo.com/sms/sendsms

Posted by: Cat at March 22, 2006 09:38 AM

This is a great place to get text messages. The Emergency Email & Wireless Network which is a service of The Emergency Email Network at http://www.emergencyemail.org . They are great service.

Posted by: Tanya at March 23, 2006 03:31 AM

I like to send the message to cellphone

Posted by: satheesh at May 3, 2006 07:22 AM

i hope this works i'll be mad if it dont

Posted by: shirley ann high at May 15, 2006 08:44 PM

How can I send text message to a list of cell phone numbers provided ?? Is there any facility or website which is capable of sending text message to list of cell phone number stored in its own or some local database ... plz reply ...

Posted by: Mihir at June 4, 2006 10:34 PM

i fought this was relle good

Posted by: chantel_01234 at June 27, 2006 02:02 PM

are you there

Posted by: miguel betances at July 2, 2006 07:07 PM

how does the person i text to from pc text me back from a cell or is that possible?

Posted by: john at July 9, 2006 01:04 PM
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