How to Make Free Phone Calls Using Your Computer

1. Setup a free Google Voice account, which forwards calls to home and cell phone numbers. First, select a Google Voice number, then set up routing to your home or cell phone. The final step requires a confirmation call to your phone number.
2. Setup a Sipgate account at Sipgate One. You'll have to enter your cell phone carrier and enter a text message confirmation code. The site then asks for contact information and a password. After the information processes, you'll get access to the Sipgate software download. Kevin Purdy of Lifehacker recommends that users simply download the software, but don't install it yet.
3. Confirm your address through the emailed confirmation. You'll then confirm your exact address and select an number with an appropriate area code. Select options for a free, single phone number.
4. Surf to Sipgate.com and sign into your Sipgate account to change your settings. In the 'Settings' section, select 'Phone.' Click the cell phone number supplied during setup and select 'Delete.' The new highlighted phone number will say 'Phone of [Your Name].'
5. Click into 'Voicemail, Forwarding and Hunting Rules.' Clear all rules so that the screen says that you've set no rules for your number or account.
6. Surf back over to Google Voice and click 'Add Another Phone.' Enter your Sipgate phone number, unchecking the text message option, then save.
7. Open another window and sign back into Sipgate. Run the Google Voice confirmation call. When the call comes into Sipgate, click the 'Dialpad' option to bring up the number pad. Type in the Google Voice confirmation code to verify the phone number.
8. Make phone calls through Google Voice, and receive phone calls through Sipgate. When Google Voice makes a call, select the contact name of your Sipgate number from the Google Voice dropdown list.

How to Send a Free SMS With MTN

1. Navigate your browser to the MTN homepage (see link in Resources section).
2. Click the 'Home' link at the top left column of the page.
3. Click the 'Send an SMS---Send 5 free SMS messages daily' link, located below the 'Fast Find' options.
4. Click the 'Register' link and type in your details.
5. MTN will send a code to your mobile telephone. Click the 'login' link on the website; type your cell number and the code in the appropriate fields to log in to the website.
6. Type your requested message, and enter the telephone number to which you wish to send it. Click the 'send' link.

Instructions for Pairing Cell Phones to a Toyota RAV4

1. Press the 'Voice Command' button on the steering wheel to activate voice commands.
2. Say 'setup,' then 'phone setup,' then 'pair phone.' You may need to press the 'Voice Command' button between each command.
3. Speak a name for your phone.
4. Say 'confirm' after the Bluetooth system repeats your phone's name.
5. Set your phone to search for other Bluetooth devices.
6. Choose your RAV4's Bluetooth module from the list.
7. Enter the passkey displayed on your RAV4's display.

How to Find Out Who a Toll

1. Review your voice mail or answering machine for messages accompanying the call from the number in question. Many toll-free subscribers leave messages identifying themselves and explaining the reasons for their calls.
2. Conduct a reverse number search. Enter the number as it appears on your caller ID in the search field of your preferred Internet search engine.
3. Look up the number in a toll-free directory. One such directory is the National Tollfree Directory, which contains advertising listings of business toll-free numbers submitted by businesses (which means not all toll-free numbers are listed). Go to Internettollfree.com/800-number-reverse-lookup.html. In the center of the page, in the 'Find a Business' box, enter the phone number, press the 'Search' button, and review the results. If the toll-free number is in the database, information about it will be displayed.
4. Research the number in a user database. 800notes.com is a user database of phone numbers, including toll-free numbers, which provides user-supplied information such as the content of calls received, who owns numbers, frequency of received calls and more. Enter the toll-free phone number in the box toward the top of the web page, press the 'Search' button, and review the results.

How to Send a Text Message From Any Computer to Any Provider

1. Log in to your email account.
2. Enter the recipient's text messaging inbox address in the 'To' field of your message. The text message inbox address is the mobile phone number followed by the gateway extension. For example, the SMS gateway address for Sprint phones is mobilephonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com. The 10-digit phone number should be listed in place of 'mobilephonenumber.'
3. Enter the message you would like to deliver in the body of the email and click 'Send.' Your message will be delivered to the recipient's phone as a text message.

How to Make FREE International Calls with the MagicJack

1. The MagicJack is truly an incredible device. At just $39.95, you get a small USB device that connects to your computer and gives you unlimited calling privileges to anyone in the US. Once you register, the MagicJack gives you a US number.
2. To make free international calls, you can take your MagicJack outside the US and make a call to anywhere in the US for free. You will need to hook up the MagicJack to a computer connected to the internet.
3. You can also register a MagicJack in the US and send it to a friend outside the US. That person will now have a US telephone number. So, all you have to do is dial that number and you can talk to that person for free. You don't have to worry about dialing any international codes. It's just like as if you are making a call to someone in your neighborhood. It's fantastic.

How to Use Gmail to Send SMS Messages (Text)

1. Go to Gmail and sign in if necessary.
2. Click 'Compose Mail,' located on the left section of the screen. This takes you to a new, blank email.
3. Write your desired text message into the body of the email. Remember to keep it relatively short so it shows up to your friend's phone in one piece.
4. Type your friend's phone number without dashes, followed by his provider-dependent suffix, into the address field of the email. For example, if your friend's provider is Cingular and his number is 415-678-9012, address the email to 4156789012@cingularme.com.
5. Click the 'Send' button to send the email. It appears as a text message on your friend's phone.