How to Send Text Messages Through AOL

1. Choose the friend you want to send the message to from your list of offline buddies. A box will pop up and you can choose the form of message you want to send.
2. Click the cell phone icon to send a text message to your offline friend.
3. Enter your friend's phone number, including area code, in the phone number box.
4. Compose your message in the text box below where you put the phone number.
5. Click the 'Send' button to send the message to your friend.

How to Find a Person for Free by Cell Phone Number

1. Call the cell phone number yourself. Even if the person who owns the number chooses not to answer, her outgoing voice mail message may reveal her identity.
2. Search social networking websites such as 'Facebook' and 'MySpace' using the 10-digit phone number as a search term. As of January 2011, users on these types of websites can opt to publish their phone numbers on their profile. If the person who uses this number has done so -- depending, of course, on his personal privacy settings -- a search for the phone number will pull up his profile.
3. Point your browser to any of the links listed under 'Resources' and perform a reverse phone lookup using the number. Although it's not guaranteed that the number will pull any results -- mobile numbers are sometimes automatically 'unlisted' -- doing so will take you only a few moments and it's possible you could get a match.
4. Use the 10-digit mobile number as a search term on Bing, Google or Yahoo! If the person who owns the number has published it anywhere online, whether in conjunction with a business she owns or simply as a means of contacting her, a search for it will pull up these records, revealing her identity to you.

How to Set Up an SMS Service

Setting Up an SMS Service
1. Obtaining a short code is a critical step to setting up an SMS service. Go to the Common Short Code Administration website, click on 'Obtain a Code' and follow the detailed instructions. This process, including waiting time, will take you 6 weeks to 12 weeks or more from start to finish.
2. Build an SMS gateway, a software program that interfaces with the short code and the cell phone carriers. This will be your back-end software platform. If you don't have the computer programming skills to accomplish this, hire someone with these skills to do the work for you.
3. Determine your target market and create a comprehensive marketing plan to reach these businesses who will be your customers. Business-to-consumer businesses are typically the best type to utilize SMS marketing.
4. Begin doing face-to-face selling to get businesses signed up for text messaging services. The end users, who are their customers, are the people who will actually receive the SMS messages.

Make Phone Calls From Laptop

1. Sign up for a TringMe account to begin making phone calls from your laptop. (See Resources.) On the homepage, click the green 'Sign Up Today' button create a new account. A confirmation email containing a password will be quickly sent to your registered email address.
2. Open the web-based TringMe application by logging into your new account. To get started making calls, you'll need to purchase prepaid credits via your PayPal account. As a user, you'll be able to buy credits in amounts ranging from $5 all the way to $100. After you've made a successful purchase, the ability to call others from your laptop will be fully enabled.
3. Register a free Skype account by visiting its homepage. (See Resources.) Click the 'Download' tab to start setting up an account to make calls from your laptop. Once you've arrived on the page, select the green 'Download Now' button to save the application to your computer system. Open the Skype application and follow the onscreen prompts to finish the setup.
4. Create a new Skype account when the application has been launched. Click the 'Don't Have a Skype Name' link to register for a new username. Enter your full name, a new Skype name and a password. Read the Terms of Service and place a check next to it. Continue entering the necessary information to complete the process. When you're finished, log into your new Skype account and begin making calls from your laptop. Purchase prepaid credits to make calls to non-Skype users or make unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls.
5. Purchase a Magic Jack device to start making calls from your laptop. Visit the product's homepage (see Resources) to gain access to one. On the website, you'll have the chance to view helpful videos about Magic Jack. There's a free 30-day trial to test the device and figure out if it's the best thing for your calling needs. Click on the orange 'Click Here For Free Trial' button located on the page. Once you've bought and received the Magic Jack, just insert it into an available USB port on your laptop and plug in a connected line from your phone. As soon as you're ready, press the 'Talk' button on your phone, and you will be instantly able to make calls via your laptop.

How to Get Ring Tones for Safe Link Wireless Cell Phones

1. Visit the Tracfone website. Place your mouse over 'Buy Phones and More.' Select 'Downloads and More' from the drop-down menu.
2. Enter your cell phone's serial number and phone number. Click the question mark if you do not know what your cell phone's serial number is. Select your cell phone's model. Press 'Continue.'
3. Turn on your cell phone. Press 'Browser.' Select 'Start Browser.'
4. Click 'Downloads and 'Ringtones.' Navigate to the genre you want to browse in and press 'Select.'
5. Select the ringtone you want. Press 'Buy' and 'Select.'
6. Press the 'PWR/END' button to close the browser. Wait for the prompt that you received a text message. Press 'Accept' and 'Read.'
7. Press 'Go To' to download the ringtone. A browser will launch and your ringtone will download. Press 'OK' when the download is complete.

How to Track a T

1. Select a GPS tracking system. This will allow you to track your T-Mobile phone by using your personal computer or another mobile phone. A few programs that you can use are Google Maps for Mobile, Mologogo, and Instamapper.
2. Sign up for free with InstaMapper. Create an account by providing a user name, password and a valid email address. Download the application to your GPS-enabled phone. When you run the application, it will send constant updates of your T-Mobile phone's whereabouts to the InstaMapper servers. Log-in to your InstaMapper account and you will see the current location of your phone plotted as a red dot in an interactive Google map.
3. Track the T-Mobile phone using Google Maps for Mobile. Provide a cell phone number and click the 'Send a Text Message to Your Phone,' button. You will receive a text message with a link and instructions on how to download and install the application. You will be able to track the phone either from your computer or from another web-enabled phone. Go to the 'Latitude' program built into the application and select 'Share my location with my friends.' This will allow anybody in your friends list to see you.
4. Register with Mologogo. This is another free GPS software. Provide your cell phone number and service provider, create a user name, provide an email address and click the 'Register' button. Download and install the application and log in to the website. You will see a red blinking dot on the map. This is the cell phone. You can allow others to see your friends location or see their location by adding their user name to your friends list and selecting the 'Allow Friends to See My Location' check box.

How to Send SMS Texts to Groups

1. Navigate to the contacts menu on your cell phone. Access the contacts options screen, and select the group creation option. Generally, this option will be labeled as 'New Group' or 'Create Group.'
2. Type in a name for your new contact group. Then, navigate to the group contacts section and select the option for adding new contacts. This is generally labeled as 'Add Contact' or 'New Contact.'
3. Scroll through your contacts list and select all of the contacts you wish to add to the group. Once you have selected all of the contacts, navigate back to the main group screen. Select the option to save the group, then navigate to your phone's SMS sending screen.
4. Select the option to create a new SMS message. Navigate to the SMS contact box, and select the option to add a contact. This will present you with your contacts list. Many phones will list all of the created groups at the top of the contacts list. Alternatively, you may have to select the options menu on the contacts screen, then select the option to view groups.
5. Select the group of contacts you created. Navigate back to the SMS message screen. Type out your message and send it. Your phone will then automatically send the message to all of the users listed in the contact group you created.