How to Send Free Text Messages to Any Cell Phone in the USA

1. Log in to your email account. Click the 'New' or 'Compose' button, depending on the email provider. Type the body of the text message. As explained on the Popular Mechanics website, text messages, also known as short-message-service (SMS) messages, allow a maximum of 160 characters. Sending a message longer than 160 characters may cause the message to be received in separate parts, if at all.
2. Address the email text message. Type the recipient's cell phone number in the 'To' section of the email. You must know the recipient's cell phone carrier in order to send a text message in this manner. The Popular Mechanics website indicates, all major cell phone carriers have email addresses that allow users to send email text messages. For example, to send a free email text message to someone that has service with Verizon, address the email text message to 10digitphonenumber@myvzw.com. Email text messages to a cell phone will be composed in the same manner that an email is composed to any other email address.
3. Click the 'Send' button. The email text will be sent to the recipient's cell phone. The recipient may incur a charge for an incoming text message, depending on the cell phone provider agreement.