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SMS Between BlackBerry & Other Cell Phones
For everyone who wants to be able to use their email to
text someone with a standard phone, here are the email extensions
for most of the North American carriers....the phone address
will be the 10 digit number followed by their carrier extension....
Verizon |
@vtext.com |
Cingular |
@mobile.mycingular.com |
T-Mobile |
@tmomail.net |
Nextel |
@messaging.nextel.com |
Sprint |
@messaging.sprintpcs.com |
ATT |
@mobile.att.net |
Alltel |
@message.alltel.com |
U.S. Cellular |
@email.uscc.net |
Bell Mobility |
@txt.bellmobility.com |
Telus |
@msg.telus.com |
Rogers |
@pcs.rogers.com |
- No SMS Plan Needed:
SMS is purely optional with a BlackBerry. You
can send SMS by email instead of using SMS. Or you can
just stick to email if you only need to communicate
using email.
- Unlimited Outgoing SMS:
By sending SMS as email on BlackBerry as described above
in this thread, there is no charge sending outgoing
SMS messages this way if you have an unlimited GPRS
plan. You do not even need an SMS plan if you plan to
send outgoing SMS messages only as email messages.
- BlackBerry Still Benefits
from SMS Plan: If you decide to have a SMS
plan, BlackBerry can also allow you to compose SMS directly
instead of using email addresses. Go to Messages screen,
Click thumbwheel, select "Compose SMS". An advantage
of doing it this way is that BlackBerry has a special
feature that allows you to type SMS messages up to about
1000 characters. BlackBerry automatically splits these
long messages into multiple SMS messages.
- SMS Without A Voice Plan:
You can have SMS without a voice plan, if needed. Some
people like to use a BlackBerry without a voice plan
(especially among people who are hard of hearing).
- What Is The Phone Number Of
My BlackBerry?: If you are on a data-only plan
and forget the phone number of your BlackBerry -- you
can find out what the phone number of your BlackBerry
by going to Options -> SIM Card. Your BlackBerry phone
number is always listed there!