How to Get a Free 411 Directory on a Phone

1. Dial 1-800-FREE-411 on your cell phone when you need a number right away. Request a personal or business listing to match your needs.
2. Listen to a 10 second message from the company's advertisers, tailored to the phone number you ask for. Considering the price of cell phone information, this is a small price to pay.
3. Pay attention to the message, because your call connects when it is over. If the company doesn't have an advertiser for the type of business you requested, the message is very short.
4. Follow the voice prompts and ask for the number you need, after listening to the advertisement on your cell phone. These advertising messages are how the service remains free to you.
5. Receive the phone number you requested.

How to Send Free Voice SMS

1. Find the 'Send Messages' option on your cell phone. If you cannot find this option, check the manual. Most phones make the 'Send Message' option very easy to find since text messaging is so popular.
2. Chose 'Send Message.' You should see a menu with message options. Select 'SMS voice message' and select 'Record.'
3. Speak your message into your cell phone microphone. When you are finished recording your message, press 'Send.'
4. If you prefer, you can use a message sending program that allows you to send messages from the Internet, such as SMS Life. iPhone users can download the Panama.ma Voice Messenger application for convenient sending.

How to Locate a Person From a Cell Phone Number For Free

1. Call your cell phone provider and ask the representative to trace the number for you if it's coming into your cell phone. Many providers will do this for their customers if the calls come repeatedly or if they're threatening in nature.
2. Visit the Free Cell Phone Lookups website. This website will allow you to search for cell phone owners by first entering the cell phone number in the directory.
3. Enter the cell phone in one of the popular search engines such as Google--include the entire number and ZIP code, if you know it. Sometimes numbers are listed on other websites from people wondering who owns the number.
4. Return the phone call yourself and ask the person why he called. This is obviously the best way to locate the person who has been calling you and it only takes a few minutes.

How to Send an SMS to UAE

1. Compose a new SMS. Enter your message into the text field. Access the destination entry field of the message.
2. Enter the exit code of the country from which you are messaging. For example, enter 011 if messaging from the USA. Enter the UAE country code, 971, directly after the exit code. The country code refers to a national prefix used when calling that particular country from another. A code consisting of one, two or three digits is assigned to each country by the International Telecommunications Union for international calls.
3. Enter the recipient's phone number directly after 971. Select the 'Send' option as you would when sending a domestic SMS.
4. Access the 'Sent Messages' folder on your phone. If the message was sent successfully, it should appear in the folder.

How to Access Verizon SMS Messages

1. Press the 'Menu' key on your Verizon phone. The phone should be on the standby screen.
2. Select 'Messaging' or 'Messages' and highlight the SMS message you want to review. Press 'OK.'
3. View the entire message by scrolling through it using the arrow keys.
4. Press the 'Back' key to select another message to view.

How to Set up a Cingular SMS Message Center Number

1. Access the main menu of your phone and choose 'Messaging.'
2. Go to 'Options'/'Settings.'
3. Go to 'Advanced.'
4. Verify that the message center is: +12099042010 (West Coast) or +17045020600 (East Coast).
5. Press 'OK' to save the settings.

How to Send an MMS Message to a Cell Phone

1. Find a site that will enable you to send MMS messages free of charge. A few that you can use are Text4free, SeaSMS and SMSFree4All. All of these sites will allow you to send free SMS and MMS messages, as of 2010.
2. Go to the site and type in the phone number to which you wish to send your MMS. Select the country and the cell phone service provider (note that not all of these site allow you to send messages internationally).
3. Type in the message that you wish to send. It must be 140 characters or less.
4. Click on 'Choose' and select the file that you wish to include in the MMS from your computer. This can be a photo, sound clip or short video. The file must be 500 kilobytes or less. Enter the captcha code if required and click 'Send.'