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Text Messaging

Texting Donations from Prepaid Cell Phones

January 15, 2010

With the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti, many organizations have set up the ability to send donations via cell phone text messages. All you have to do is text a certain number and your preset donation amount will be sent to the organization. // For Example, the Red Cross has set up a relief donation [...]

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How to Send an Email Message to a NET10 Cell Phone

November 8, 2009

Most prepaid mobile phone carriers allow folks to send short email messages to a cell phone (called SMS messages for Short Message Service). In order to send such an email message, the sender must not only have the complete phone number of the cell phone (which means the area code and 7-digit number), but it [...]

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Net10 Prepaid Cell Phone Service

November 5, 2009

NET10 offers a pre-paid cell phone service for California residents at a rate of 10 cents per minute. The 10-cent rate covers local, long distance and roaming charges which isn’t too bad when you stop to compare them to a few other prepaid cell phone providers. On their site they compare the NET10 phone rates [...]

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Sending Text Messages Via Email

February 2, 2009

If you find that you spend most of your time on the computer sending emails, but you communicate with friends, family or children who prefer to text message, there is no reason either party should give up their preferred method of communicating. It is possible to send emails (for free) to folks who like to [...]

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A Text Messaging Service Brought to You by Google

January 24, 2009

You can have the power of Google at your fingertips (or thumbs on some phone models like Verizon’s LG enV2 or LG’s Voyager). No longer do you have to call your friends or family when you’re on the road to ask for directions or a phone number or even the latest flight information. Leave it [...]

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AT&T Prepaid Text Messaging Plans

January 23, 2009

AT&T prepaid cell phones have various text messaging plans. Before you decide which plan to purchase, take a look at your usage. If you’re purchasing a phone for a pre-teen or a teen, skip the evaluation step and go directly to the unlimited text-messaging plan. No need to waste your time. Both the AT&T GoPhone [...]

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Text Messaging and Verizon PrePaid Plans

January 7, 2009

The cost for text messaging varies in accordance with the INPulse plan selected. Whether you select Verizon’s Core, Plus or Power prepaid plan, your text messaging rate mirrors the per minute talk rate. Core charges .10, Plus .05 and Power .02 cents per text message (Check out Choosing a Verizon Prepaid Wireless for information on [...]

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