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Kris Kumar
09-24-2005, 08:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://kiloseven.blogspot.com/2005/09/communicating-with-mobile-phones-in.html' target='_blank'>http://kiloseven.blogspot.com/2005/09/communicating-with-mobile-phones-in.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"SMS, Short Message Service, or text messaging, will work over intermittant and often even overloaded connections, to get messages in and out of congested areas to/from mobile phones. It's worked transcontinentally to save lives. Learn it. Don't have an SMS-ready cellphone yourself? You can e-mail from a computer to an SMS-capable phone."</i><br /><br />I didn't know that T-Mobile users can send out an E-Mail using SMS messages. 8O It can come in really handy in times of need. Check out <a href="http://kiloseven.blogspot.com/2005/09/communicating-with-mobile-phones-in.html">this</a> SMS messaging guide for other useful information and also <a href="http://tinywords.com/index.php/about/mobile/">this one.</a> And remember if you are unable to place a voice-call, try SMS messages. :wink: Most important, SMS messages helps conserve battery life.