Author Archives: Dylan Tweney

If your cellular service provider is Alltel, here’s what you need to know about using SMS text messaging with your cell phone. Alltel calls it “Axcess Text Messaging.” Maximum message length: 200 characters [according to commenter Edward, below]. What happens … Continue reading →

If you’ve got a cell phone from Boost Mobile, here’s what you need to know about using SMS text messaging with your mobile. Maximum message length: 160 characters. What happens to longer messages: Unknown. Cost per message: For pay-as-you-go plans, it’s … Continue reading →

If you’ve got a cell phone from Virgin Mobile, here’s what you need to know about using SMS text messaging with your mobile. Maximum message length: 160 characters. What happens to longer messages: Anything beyond 160 characters will be cut … Continue reading →

Now you know that Google SMS can help you get useful information via text messaging. What else can you do with this handy free service? A lot, including currency conversions, calculations, and even translations! The key to all of these … Continue reading →

Did you know that you can search Google on your phone, just by using SMS? That’s right– you don’t need a fancy Web-browsing phone or an expensive Internet access subscription package. All you need is text messaging and a little … Continue reading →

If you’ve got a T-Mobile cell phone, here’s the lowdown on using SMS text messaging with your mobile. Maximum message length: 160 characters (including email address, subject line, and body of the message). The subject line is limited to 16 … Continue reading →

If your phone is from Nextel (the business side of Sprint Nextel), here’s what you need to know about using SMS text messaging with your mobile. Maximum message length: 500 characters (including letters, punctuation and system-generated characters). What happens to … Continue reading →

UPDATE: TeleFlip shut down in August 2008, so this service won’t work any more, unfortunately. Want to send a short message to a friend’s phone, but don’t know what carrier they’re on? Or maybe you just don’t want to bother … Continue reading →

A reader asks: Is there any way to determine a person’s carrier given only their cell phone number? This would be useful if you wanted to send an email to your friend’s phone but only knew their phone number. Answer: … Continue reading →

Here’s the lowdown on how to use SMS with a Verizon phone. Maximum message length: 160 characters, including the sender’s email address, subject line, and callback number What happens to longer messages: Everything after the 160th character will be cut … Continue reading →