How to Send a Text SMS Message From Messenger

1. Open the Yahoo! Messenger program. Sign in with your existing Yahoo! ID and password.
2. Go to the top of the menu bar on your Yahoo! Messenger screen. Click on 'Actions.' Scroll down to about the middle of the options until you find 'Send SMS Message.' Click on this. As an alternative, use shortcut code 'Ctrl + T.'
3. Select 'Other Contact' from the small screen that appears if you want to type in the recipient's telephone number. Type the recipient's phone number in the long box that appears in a standard format. For example, type (408) 555-1234. Type in the country code for international calls. For example, type +91 98 222 49493. Click 'OK.'
4. Type your message in the smaller of the two boxes that open in a new window. Click 'Send.'
5. Click on 'My Contacts' if you do not know the recipient's phone number by memory to pull up your contact's information or to directly send a message to a person from your contacts' list.
6. Click 'Contacts' on the top of your menu if you neither have the recipient's phone number nor have added the person as a contact. Type in the recipient's email address or Messenger ID in the first box that appears. Click 'Next.' Type in a message in the section under the heading 'Enter a Brief Introduction' to deliver a message to the recipient along with your request to add the person to your Messenger List.
7. Click 'Next.' Your message has been sent and the person will be added to your contact list once he receives and approves his addition to your Messenger List. Click on 'My Contacts' and select the recipient to send a text SMS message to him.

How to Send a Large SMS

1. Turn on your cell phone. It is very important that your phone is on and has enough battery life to send an extensive text message.
2. Open up your 'Messages' area. There will be options such as 'Send an Email,' 'Send SMS' or 'Send MMS.'
3. Select 'Send MMS.' MMS usually contain pictures or sound files because this form of message allows a cell phone user to send a message of any size to another cell phone.
4. Type the recipient phone number in the 'To' area. This will direct the message to that specific number. Leave the subject area blank.
5. Type the long text message in the body of the MMS. You can type as much as you want without having to break the message into multiple messages.
6. Click send when you finish typing the message. The message may take a few seconds to send because of the larger size.

How to Create Free Sound Effects Ringtones for Your Cell Phone

Download Holiday Sound Effects
1. Launch your browser and search the Internet for appropriate sound bytes for the holiday of your choice. The web sites A1FreeSoundEffects.com, FreeLoops.com and Entertonement.com are all good starting points for sound bytes. You might also search the Internet using 'halloween sound effects' or 'christmas sound effects.'
2. Download sound files. This usually involves right-clicking on each link and saving each file to a location on your hard drive. Saving to your desktop makes these files especially easy to find when you are ready to upload and turn them into ringtones.
3. Repeat until you are satisfied with the selection of holiday sound effects you have downloaded.
Upload Holiday Sound Effects
4. Go to Myxer.com or a similar free ringtone conversion service web site.
5. Click 'Browse' to select a sound effect file you downloaded earlier. Myxer.com recognizes many different audio file types. If Myxer.com does not recognize a particular file type, however, move on to the next file and select it.
6. Click 'Open' or 'OK,' then click 'Upload' to upload the sound effect. Myxer.com uploads the file and generates a popup window with a visual wave graph of the sound effect. Allow Myxer.com to fully upload the file.
7. Click and adjust the start and end points of your ringtone in the wave graph. The start and end points will be marked with vertical orange bars, and the selected area between them will be colored light blue. If your sound effect is shorter than 30 seconds, Myxer.com will automatically select the entire sound effect. If your sound effect is longer than 30 seconds, Myxer.com will automatically select 30 seconds, which you can then edit to adjust the start and end points, and make your loop as long as 45 seconds if desired.
8. Click the 'Play' button (indicated by a right arrow as on a CD player) to sample the loop.
9. Continue to sample and adjust the start and end points of your selected loop until you are satisfied. Myxer.com displays the start time and length of the loop on the right side of the popup window. If the loop is of sufficient length, you may also elect to create a Fade In and/or Fade Out for the loop. Most sound effects loops, however, are too short to fade in or fade out.
10. Select your preferred 'Volume' from the drop-down menu. You may set your sound effect ringtone's volume to your phone's default, leave it as it is or increase or decrease it. Myxer.com's default setting is your phone's default volume.
11. Click 'Continue,' enter your area code and cell phone number, then click 'Next.'
12. Click 'Send.' Myxer.com immediately sends your new sound effect ringtone to your telephone number as an SMS (Short Message Service). Message and data rates may apply depending on your carrier and plan.
13. Repeat for each holiday sound effect ringtone you wish to save to your phone.
Assign Holiday Sound Effects
14. Open an SMS message which contains a new sound effect ringtone you have sent to your phone. Your phone may play the ringtone in the message.
15. Choose to 'Save Sound' or 'Save Ringtone.' Your phone will save the new sound effect ringtone to your phone's ringtones folder.
16. Navigate to your phone's ringtones folder and select the new sound effect ringtone.
17. Assign the sound effect ringtone to a contact in your address book or to the default notifications for incoming calls, incoming text messages or new voice mail messages according to your phone's instruction manual for ringtone settings.
18. Repeat until you have saved and satisfactorily assigned your new holiday sound effect ringtones.

What Is Skype SMS?

SMS
SMS stands for 'short message service.' It is usually referred to as 'texting.' The SMS protocol allows you to send and receive short text messages over a digital cellular network. Text messages are limited to 160 characters.
Skype
Skype is a computer program that lets you make video and voice phone calls using the Internet. The company Skype Limited owns and operates the Skype network.
Skype SMS
Skype SMS allows you to send SMS texts from a computer to a cell phone. You can also send SMS texts from a cell phone running Skype Mobile.
Charges
Although Skype calls between Skype accounts are free, the service charges you to send SMS messages to a cell phone. The rates vary depending on the location of the phone being texted. Skype rates are competitive with most texting plans from wireless carriers.

How to Get a SMS Text Out of a Verizon Motorola V325i Handset

Erase Messages Individually
1. Press the 'OK' button, which is located in the middle of the circular navigation key. Pushing the OK button will take you to the phone's main menu.
2. Use the navigation key to scroll to 'Messaging'. Press the 'OK' button to access the messaging menu.
3. Scroll to the message you want to delete. Press the 'Right Soft Key' in the upper right corner of the phone's keypad. On the phone's screen you will see 'Options' above the key. Pressing the right soft key will show you your options for the message.
4. Scroll to 'Erase Message' and press 'OK' to erase it.
Erasing Multiple Messages
5. Press the 'OK' button located in the middle of the circular navigation keys. This will take you to the phone's main menu.
6. Use the navigation key to scroll to 'Messaging' and press 'OK' to access the messaging menu.
7. Press the 'Right Soft Key,' which is located in the upper right-hand corner of the phone's keypad. Above the right soft key. On the phone's screen you will see 'Options'. Push the right soft key to see options for your message.
8. Scroll to 'Erase Inbox' and press 'OK' to erase all of your received messages. If you want to delete your sent messages select 'Erase Sent' or select 'Erase All' to erase your inbox and outbox.

How to Send SMS Messages From Hotmail

1. Sign in to your Hotmail account with your user name and password.
2. Click 'New' to compose a new email message.
3. Enter the 10-digit cell phone number you want to send a text message to followed by '@' and the cell phone carrier domain. For example, if you want to send a message to an AT&T customer from Hotmail, you would add '@txt.att.net' to the mobile number.
4. Enter a subject for the text and then compose the message. Limit the message to 160 characters. If you send a longer message, the message might be cut off or the recipient might receive multiple text messages.
5. Click 'Send' to send an SMS message from Hotmail.

How to Send a Reminder SMS

Gmail SMS
1. Access Gmail to use the Gmail chat option to send a reminder SMS. Single-click 'Send SMS' on the Gmail left-side toolbar.
2. Insert the cell phone number of the person to whom you wish to send the reminder SMS in the pop-up window. Click 'Enter' on your keyboard.
3. Insert the recipient's name into the 'Name' field of the pop-up window. Click 'Save.'
4. Wait for the SMS window to appear in the Gmail webpage's lower right corner. Type in your reminder message and press 'Enter' on your keyboard to send the reminder.
ICQ
5. Open ICQ to send a reminder message through ICQ's SMS service. Click 'Contacts' from the ICQ toolbar's menu and select 'Phone Contact' from the drop-down menu.
6. Single-click 'Add Contact.' Submit the name and cell number of the the individual to whom you want to send a SMS reminder. Click 'Close.' You will see the contact's name on your ICQ's list of contacts.
7. Single-click on the cell phone icon next to the contact''s name to send a reminder SMS.
8. Type the reminder into the message window. Click 'Enter' on your keyboard to send the SMS reminder.
SendSMSNow
9. Access the SendSMSNow website to send a reminder SMS. Open SendSMSNow and type in the name of the country where you wish to send the reminder.
10. Fill in the the provider company of the cell phone service and the recipient's cell phone number. Include your name as the sender. Your reminder message may include 120 words, which you type into the text field.
11. Enter the requested validation code.
12. Single-click 'send message'.