Text Messaging via Email

I use this all the time, and have been sharing it for years thanks to my hubby.  Did you know that you could text someone's phone from your email account?  Yes, seriously.  The mobile phone providers have provided (of all things) a way for us to incur more texting charges by offering email addresses to text to our phones.  GET OUT!  The one thing to remember is the character limitations of each provider.  Remember to keep your texts short if you don't have unlimited texting.


I was going to cut and paste this information from the sites that have the lists, and then I changed my mind.  I am not one to keep updating information especially in blogs.  I am just going to list the TOP 4 here, and click on the links below if your provider is not listed.


Service Providers and Email Address
AT&T - 10digitphonenumber@txt.att.net
Metro PCS -  10digitphonenumber@mymetropcs.com

Sprint PCS - 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile - 10digitphonenumber@tmomail.net

Verizon - 10digitphonenumber@vtext.com

Lists

• http://www.emailtextmessages.com/
• http://www.livejournal.com/tools/textmessage.bml?mode=details
• http://www.pcmech.com/article/text-messaging-via-email/

Happy Texting!

Is your smartphone really smart?

I have been on a journey for a pretty long time now to find a smart smart-phone that fits my needs.  I am a wife and mother first, and then i am a techie power house.  This means that I am hard on a phone, so it needs to keep up with me.

I just can't make a decision on such a big part of my life :-)

Here is my current choice list (current meaning this hour because this changes as the wind changes):

- Nokia N8 - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/04/27/the-nokia-n8-nokias-new-flagship-phone-is-official/
- HTC Everything - http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/05/20/htc-desire-incredible-android-2-2-froyo/
- iPhone - really don't like the touch screen, so let's not even add a link to that one
- Palm - seriously, I was the biggest advocate.  Now, not so much :-(

Here are my needs:

- good phone reception
- 5MP camera or better
- HD video capable
- 16GB memory at least
- Android or Windows OS or ?
- Touchscreen
- Vibrate, Bluetooth, Wifi - these have to be standard by now
- Keyboard is mandatory
- All of my e-mail accounts visible seemlessly
- and so much more...

Signed, 

Disappointed with my choices

Well, I just found this article the day that I finally put up this blog entry.  My list above is already old. Image Gallery: Top 10 smartphones of 2010 ... for now