How to Use Twitter with Your Cell Phone

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Go to Twitter.com and hit the 'Join For Free' link.
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Go to the 'Settings' link on the top of the page.
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Select the 'Phone & IM' link on this page
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Enter in your cell phone number, including your area code, in the 'Mobile Phone Number' text box and hit the 'Save' button. If you wish to receive updates on your cell phone from Twitter, check the box next to 'It's okay for Twitter to send txt messages to my phone. Std. rates apply.'If you're outside the US, precede your phone number with a '+' and your country code.
5. Wait for Twitter to send you a text message saying 'That worked! What are you doing now?'
6. Update Twitter by sending text messages from your cell phone when you're on the road, riding mass transit, waiting at the doctor's office, or whenever you're away from the computer. If you opted to receive updates, you'll get text messages from Twitter whenever your friends send their updates.

How to Get Free Prepaid Minutes From ATT

1. Create a Facebook account or log in to an existing Facebook account.
2. Type 'EmbeePay' in the search bar located near the top of the Facebook page.
3. Allow EmbeePay permission to access your Facebook profile in order to post relevant information to your wall, such as earning opportunities, and to let your friends know when you redeem Embee points for free prepaid minutes
4. Click on the 'Accounts' link. Enter your AT&T prepaid telephone number. Wait for a text message from Embee Pay. The text message contains a four-digit PIN. Enter the PIN on the Embee Pay page on Facebook.
5. Click on 'Earn' to browse through the product offers, surveys, application installs and other offers. Complete any of the offers you want to earn the amount of points assigned to the offer. Points accumulate toward the exchange of Emebee points for free AT&T Prepaid minutes.
6. Click on 'Redeem' in order to redeem points for minutes. Select the amount of minutes you want to add to your AT&T prepaid cell phone. Unused points will just carry over to the next redemption.
7. Click on 'Top Up Now' next to the amount of airtime you are adding to the AT&T phone. You will receive a PIN number on the next page after you click on the 'Top Up Now' button.
8. Enter the PIN either on the phone itself or through the AT&T Web browser interface.

How to Build an SMS Website

1. Start the FTP program that you use to upload content to the Web property that you own. Some examples of FTP programs include Filezilla, Cyberduck or Fetch (see Resources).
2. Download the required SMS code from SMS Geezer. This allows you to place an SMS chat box on your Web page.
3. Double-click on the file that you just downloaded. Copy the contents of the file and then paste it in the HTML code of the Web page. Put the code in the area where you desire the SMS chat box to come up.
4. Drag the file from Step 3 to your Internet-based server via your FTP program.
5. Verify that the SMS online chat feature appears on your website.

How to Send Free Texts From PCs to Mobile Phones

Using email
1. Sign into a work or personal email account.
2. Enter the person's mobile phone number inside of the 'To' or 'Recipient' box found on the page. Do not use any dash marks when writing the phone number (For example '2422422424').
3. Type the cell phone carrier's email address directly after the cell phone. For example, those sending a text from a PC to an AT&T customer will type '@txt.att.net' directly after the phone number (For example '2422422424@txt.att.net').
4. Enter your message inside of the 'Message' box on the page.
5. Click 'Send.' The email will be sent to the entered mobile phone number for free.
6. There is no limit on the size of messages you can send to a mobile phone via email. Long messages will be sent as two or more text messages.
Using TXT 2 Day
7. Open the 'TXT 2 Day' homepage in your Web browser.
8. Type the mobile phone number inside the 'Phone Number' box on the page. You may also enter your email address inside the 'Return Email (Optional)' box if you wish. Doing so will allow the person to respond to your text.
9. Choose the individual's cell phone provider by clicking the 'Select Provider of Receiver' drop box and choosing the company.
10. Click inside the 'Enter Text Message' box and type in the text message you wish to send. The message cannot exceed 140 characters.
11. Click the 'Agree to Terms of Service' box and then click 'Send It!' The free text message will be sent to the mobile phone.

How to Send an SMS to Multiple Numbers

1. Open your email account on your computer, or cell phone if you have the e-mail application set up there.
2. Click on 'Compose New E-mail.' Place the cursor in the 'To' field.
3. Type each recipient's cell phone's e-mail address, which would be the 10-digit number and the provider's e-mail information. For example, if one recipient's provider is Boost Mobile, you would type number@myboostmobile.com as the e-mail address. See the Resource section for a list of providers and how to correctly format the e-mail addresses. Type a comma after each e-mail address.
4. Type the SMS message into the body of the e-mail field. Press 'Send' when finished. The e-mail will arrive in the recipients' messaging applications on their cell phones as a text message. Any replies will go to your email address.

How to Receive SMS Alerts in Gmail

1. Log into your Gmail account and click the cog icon in the upper right corner.
2. Click 'Mail Settings' from the drop-down menu that pops up.
3. Click the 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP' tab and click the 'Add a Forwarding Address' button in the 'Forwarding' section.
4. Enter your mobile phone's carrier-specific email SMS gateway. Typically, this is in the form of your10digitnumber@carriersmsgateway.com.
5. Confirm your cell phone's email address. Gmail will send a confirmation email to your phone. Open this email on your phone, then click the confirmation link it contains. This allows your Gmail account to use your cell phone's SMS gateway address as a forwarder.
6. Click the 'Filters' tab in your Gmail settings. Scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the 'Create a New Filter' link.
7. Customize your new filter. For example, if you'd only like to get SMS alerts when you get mail from specific email addresses, enter those email addresses, each separated by a comma, in the 'From:' field. If you'd like to receive an SMS alert each time you receive an email, no matter who the sender is, enter your own Gmail address in the 'To:' field.
8. Check the box next to the 'Forward It To:' field and select your cell phone's email address in the adjacent drop-down menu.
9. Click the 'Create Filter' button. Gmail will immediately start forwarding all incoming emails that fit your filter's criteria to your phone as SMS alerts.

How to Send Free Group Text Messages

Text 4 Free
1. Visit the Text 4 Free website. Scroll down until you get to the 'Send Free SMS Message' section. Type the cell phone number in 'Step 1'. Select the cell phone carrier in the provided drop-down box. Click 'Add Another Recipient' to add another cell phone number that will receive this message.
2. Type the text message in 'Step 2'. This section is limited to 140 characters or less. Specify how many text messages that you will send in 'Step 3.'
3. Type the validation code in 'Step 5.' Click 'Send' to send the group text message.
Swaggle
4. Visit the Swaggle website. Create an account by typing your phone number in the 'Need A Password?' field. Click 'Get Password.'
5. Check your phone for the password. Enter this new password in the login section Swaggle's site. Click 'Sign In.' Update your profile by adding your name, email and cell phone carrier. Click 'Update.'
6. Click 'Create Group.' Type a name for the group in the 'Group Name' field. Add a message in the 'Introductory Message' field. Add your cell phone numbers in the 'People To Invite' section. Separate the different a phone numbers with a comma. Select 'Broadcast.'
7. Click 'Create Group.' Members of this group will receive the text message.
SMS Gup Shup
8. Visit the SMS Gup Shup website. Click the 'Sign Up' button. Enter your mobile number, password and email address. Type the validation code and check the terms agreement. Click 'Join Now.'
9. Check your phone for the verification code. Enter the code and click 'Verify.' Setup your profile by adding your name, nickname, date of birth, gender and location. Click 'Continue.'
10. Type a name for the group that will receive your group text message. Add a category, tags and a description of your group. Type a greeting message in the provided box. Specify your privacy setting. Select 'Public' to make the group searchable or 'Private' for invitation only access. Check the terms agreement box.
11. Type the cell phone numbers in the provided box that will receive your group text message. Separate the numbers with commas for different people in the list. Click 'Invite.' The specified cell phone numbers will receive your introductory group text message.