Thursday, June 21, 2007
Send SMS from yahoo! messenger
Sunday, June 17, 2007 by
The latest version of Yahoo! Messenger allows you to send text messages to your friends' mobile phones and receive their responses right from your computer. All you need is your friends' mobile phone numbers.
Yahoo! does not charge any fee to send a text message. All messages sent from Yahoo! Messenger are free. However, wireless carriers may charge the recipient fees for receiving and sending text messages.
When signed in to Go Mobile, you will automatically receive all instant messages as text messages on your mobile device.
You can reply to the text message you just received by using the Reply function on your phone.
The message will automatically be sent to the sender of the original message.
You can send text messages to friends who have service with any of the following wireless carriers:
• USA: AT&T, Cingular, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile
• India: Hutchinson, Airtel, Spice, Escotel, and Reliance
• Singapore: Singtel
• Thailand: AIS and DTAC
• Malaysia: TMTouch
• Philippines: Smart and Globe
• Indonesia : proXL
To send a text message:
1.Double at the sign messenger on the sys tray :
2.Insert your yahoo ID and then the passwords
3.Choose one of these four primary ways to start sending a text message:
o Click the "Contacts" menu in Yahoo! Messenger and select "Send a Text Message."
- Right-click the contact from the Messenger List and select "Send a Text Message" (then skip to step 3).
- Click the text message icon in the address book (then skip to step 3).
- Choose “other contact” and then Enter a mobile phone number or choose from the pull-down menu of existing numbers. Make sure you have added the country code (for example, +62) if it is an International number.
Type your message and click the "Send" button
Note: To use the right-click menu or Address Book icon, you must have a mobile number listed in the Contact Details for that person.
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