How to Text Message A Sprint Phone For Free Using Gmail

1. Log in to your Gmail account by going to mail.google.com.
2. Compose a new email as usual, but limit the message text to 160 characters.
3. Instead of entering a regular email address, type in the phone number of the SprintPCS customer followed by '@messaging.sprintpcs.com.' If the number is 543-543-5432, for example, the text address would look like this: '5435435432@messaging.sprintpcs.com.'
4. Click 'Send.'