How to Send Cheap SMS

Sending SMS
1. Login to your email account.
2. Start a new message.
3. Insert the phone's email address for the person you wish to text. This is the 10-digit phone number and then the appropriate web address. For Verizon Wireless customers, email the number@vtext.com. T-Mobile customers can email number@tmomail.net. ATT allows customers to use number@txt.att.net. Sprint's customers can use number@messaging.sprintpcs.com.
4. Send your message.

How to Send Text Messaging From a Computer to a US Cellular Cell Phone

1. Sign into a work or personal email account.
2. Enter the US Cellular phone number inside of the 'To' or 'Recipient' box on the web page. The digits in the US Cellular number should all run together without any spaces or dashes (e.g., 0909900909).
3. Type the phrase '@email.uscc.net' immediately after the US Cellular number (e.g., '0909900909@email.uscc.net').
4. Click in the message box on the email page and type in the text message you want to send to the US Cellular phone number.
5. Click 'Send.' The text message will be sent to the entered US Cellular number.

How to Send Free SMS Online

1. Locate the number you wish to send an SMS to. Since you will be sending a message from a browser, you'll be unable to pull numbers directly from your contact list. Also figure out what carrier your recipient uses.
2. Find a website that allows you to send a message for free. There are many different types of sites, but a few allow you to send messages for free, and to multiple carriers. A popular website that offers this service is onlinetextmessage.com.
3. Input the number you wish to send a message to, your own information if necessary, and any other required information. Select the appropriate carrier, then send your message. The phone number you typed in will receive your text message.

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.