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Send text messages from your favorite instant message (IM) program.
Why use up your monthly text-messaging allowance (or pay for a text-message package at all) when you can send and receive text messages on your favorite instant messenger program. Most major IM programs, including AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, and Windows Live Messenger, allow you to send and receive text-messages to and from cell phones. In other words, you can send and receive text messages on your computer (using, say, the desktop version of AIM), or send and receive text messages on your phone (using the mobile version of, say, AIM).
Typically, this means setting your instant-message program to forward any IMs automatically to any number you designate any time you're offline (or, just keeping your instant messaging program open 24/7 on your phone). Skype also lets you send text messages to phones, but unfortunately you can't receive responses.
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Subscribe to commentsenlincAug 25th 2009 11:53PM
How dare you compare AIM to Mac?
I started with AOL, moved to Mac just found out that all of my stored pictures on AOL are "POOF"
Thats right, 5 years of my family pix VANISHED
Who in the world at AOL thought that would be a good idea?
AliciaAug 25th 2009 12:40PM
As far as sending instant messages (IM) from your phone, I have AT&T, and they charged me for a text message for each message I sent and received on AIM, as well as internet data charges. So it is not cheaper by any means! I ended up with a phone bill of over $500! Make sure you get a data plan and unlimited text message plan if you are going to use AIM on your phone!