Eh lets you send text messages for free and doesn’t afraid of anything.
I’m sure many of you out there have used AIM before. It’s AOL’s ubiquitous instant messenger client that’s used by every 13-year-old girl under the sun.
But did you also know that you can send SMS text messages for free via this wonderful service? Well, ladies and gentlemen, you can, and it’s quite easy to do.
I use Trillian for AIM, so I don’t know the exact procedure from sending a message to someone on the official client, but all you have to do is send a new IM to “+1(phonenumber)”. For example: +15556667777″ would send the text to 1-(555)-666-7777. Easy huh?
I’m not sure if this works outside of the US (I’m guessing probably not), but it’s worth a shot!
Well it doesn’t work in the UK. Just installed one of the worst pieces of software I’ve seen for nothing…
Heh, yup. I don’t like the official client, hence the Trillian.
Yahew messenger can send txts for free in the US. SUCK ON THAT AIM!
And email can send text messages to anywhere.
I have not tried this, because I don’t use aim. But if you wanted to use this in the UK you might want to try changing the +1 to a +44 and drop the first 0 from the phone number.
+1 is the international dialing code for the US, +44 for the UK, +353 for Ireland etc.