SMS from Email ....

I have been looking for this for awhile and noticed today on makeuseof.com a great piece on sending free sms messsages to a mobile phone ... the article gives you the links and instructions for sending the sms messages, so I tried this today ... works great and without a hitch ... there is even a list for smaller carriers and international carriers in this article ... I use gmail, so I tried sending an sms to some phones and it worked just like a regular sms ... the neat thing though is the reply came back to the gmail account from which you could continure the conversation by replying back ... this could be handy internationally while travelling and it is great for quick exchanges without the normal thumb typing associated with most mobile phones ... handy too to keep up with the younger group who prefer texting to phoning and prove it by sending more text messages than voice calls ....