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textmefree.com Now Lists Mobile Messaging Apps
 If you have a smartphone or even an iPod touch, iPad or other mobile device you can use a messaging app rather than send text messages from your phone. Message apps let you send free chat messages rather than costly sms, they're just as effective and completely free to send. Check out the mobile messaging apps that we've reviewed so far... Mobile Messaging Apps >>
2 May 2011 | by GJD
Free SMS to China
For the first time TextMeFree.com is listing a free SMS service for China. In fact, freeSMScraze.com send free text messages to several countries worldwide, but we've listed them under China because it's so rare for us to find an SMS service that operates to that country.
So please, text away and use this service to China and leave us reviews of how you rate the service – you can send unlimited free SMS with freeSMScraze.com
Read our full review here: Review of freeSMScraze.com
9 March 2011 | by GJD
New Unlimited International Free SMS
 One of the latest free text messaging services to be added to TextMeFree.com is from UnLimitSMS.net. This service has been tested by TextMeFree and works very well, so let's hope it keeps going for some time.
There is a text advert appended to each SMS, but that's fair enough for an unlimited service. Our texts arrived immediately, so we have to recommend this service, which seems to have been created by a football fan as you'll see when you visit the site.
Read our full review here: Review of UnLImitSMS.net
8 February 2011 | by GJD
New design for TextMeFree.com
January 2011 has brought a new design for TextMeFree.com. We've updated the site design to show a larger page width and made the site three columns rather than two, but most of the navigation has stayed the same, so hopefully you can still find your favourite free SMS services without any problems.
This news page also has details of the latest free text messaging services to be added to the TextMeFree.com directory.
If you find any broken links or pages that just don't look right, please let us know via our contact form: contact TextMeFree.com
You'll find additional links at the bottom of every page to help you navigate, and a new Google site search to help you find free SMS services easily (top right).
As always you can leave reviews and ratings of free SMS services that you've discovered here and used, and, if you know of any great free SMS services that we don't have listed, please let us know about them.
Just to remind everyone… You can't send free SMS from TextMeFree.com itself, but you can find free text services all over the world here – we have over 270 free services currently listed. We locate and review free sms services – use the continent menu in the left-hand column to find services by continent, then by country (that's the country that you want to send free sms to). Happy FREE texting!
18 January 2011 • By GJD
Unregistered Free SMS to the UK
esemes.co.uk is an sms site that offers two services. There is a free sms service to the UK and a paid worldwide sms service. The free UK service doesn't require registration whereas the worldwide one does. The UK service works very well. Read more about esemes.co.uk >>
Worldwide Free SMS from SMS-World
 SMS-World give a free sms service to most countries and the service worked well when we tested it here at TextMeFree.com. You're only given 123 characters in each text, and if you're trying to have an SMS conversation it will be a bit slow with a limit of one free sms every hour. However, the delivery is good with texts arriving within a few seconds. Read the full review on SMS-World >>
Free SMS to Austrian Mobiles
 GSMS.at is a new free SMS service that lets you send 3 free text messages every day to Austrian mobile phones. There's no registration required just send a text from this easy-to-use, one-page site. Read the full review of GSMS.at >>
Unlimited Free SMS & Free Group SMS to India
 FreeSMS8.com is a new free SMS service to Indian mobile phones. You need to register to use the service, and give an Indian mobile phone number when you do so, but then you can send unlimited text messages and free group SMS. Read the full review of FreeSMS8 >>
South Africa Free SMS
 There is a new free sms service to South African mobile phones from FSMS.co.za. You need to register and give a South African mobile phone number, then you can send free unlimited SMS with 110 characters in each message. Read the full review of FSMS >>
Free 2-way SMS to Pakistan from SMS.humm
 SMS.humm (now called UrduMaza) are giving a good free sms service to Pakistan. There are two options, one with registration and one without. The unregistered service gives 250 characters and unlimited SMS; when you register you can also receive sms, use a phonebook and send longer text messages. Read the full review of SMS.humm here >>
More Free SMS to India
Another website to bring you free texts to India – SMStau. You need to register for this one and activate your account with a code. Other than that we don't know much about this service. A TextMeFree user left a comment to say that the texts are very short in length. If you check this service out please come back and leave us a review at TextMeFree, thx. Read our full review of SMStau here >>
 Free Texts to Pakistan Without Registration
LoOp is a new free SMS service to Pakistani mobile phones without the need to register. Only 130 characters included in each text but that's not bad for a free service, plus there's no limit on the number of texts you can send. Read our full review of LoOp here >>
Free SMS to India
FullonSMS is a new Indian service giving unlimited free text messages to India. Register to use the service, which includes sending free sms to groups. Each text can contain up to 160 characters. Read our review of FullonSMS here >>
 Free SMS to the UK - Unlimited and with 500 Characters
iFreeSMS have a free sms service which lets you send unlimited free text messages to United Kingdom mobile phones – you don't even have to register to use the service and each text can be up to 500 characters in length. At TextMeFree.com we tested their service and the SMS arrived in seconds. Read more about iFreeSMS here >>
Latest news on free text messaging services
New TextMeFree.com Blog
TextMeFree.com now has a blog and you can find it here: blog.textmefree.com. The aim of the blog is to keep TextMeFree.com users up-to-date with the latest free sms services, news and free sms apps.
The Blog will let you know about the most popular free sms sites available in the TextMeFree.com database and let you know about any service interruptions or problems.
We will also publish any interesting and good value paid for sms services.
textPlus
This is not the usual web based free sms service that TextMeFree usually lists, but a new application for the iPhone and iPod touch that lets you send free unlimited group sms to the USA. textPlus is free to download from the Apple store and completely free to use, as sms are sent via the internet. textPlus continues here...
Free SMS to Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia
160by2 have now added Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Philippines and Malaysia to their free text service – previously 160by2 offered free sms within India (you need to be in one of these countries to use the service). They offer a web to mobile service as well as a mobile application which, when downloaded to your cell phone, lets you send free text messages directly from your mobile device.
The texts are free because a small advert is added to each text, which means that texts are a maximum of 80 characters, but hey, they're free. You must register first, then you can send 50 free text messages per day, with a limit of 10 messages to any one particular phone number in a day. 160by2.
Sell or Recycle Your Old Mobile Phone
Send your phone off to MoPay
Do you have an old mobile phone or phones that you no longer use? With mopay.co.uk you can get a cash payment for you old mobile. It's so easy, visit mopay.co.uk and search for your model of mobile. Then enter its IMEI number (you can find this usually on the back of the handset, but sometimes inside) and the website will tell you how much it will pay for your phone. If you're happy with the amount, simply FREEPOST your phone off to MoPay and you will be paid within three days (it's a UK address).
 The amount you will get depends on the mobile device you have and whether it's working or not – sometimes even phones that aren't working will still quality for a payment. You have to specify if your phone is 'Working', 'Non-working' or 'Beyond Economical Repair', but mopay.co.uk give a clear list of how these three categories are qualified; for example, having broken battery terminals means that the phone is beyond repair but not having a battery means non-working and therefore might still quality for a payment.
You can also choose to accept gift vouchers rather than a cash payment, and in some cases you are given a higher value if you are prepared to accept vouchers.
Most of the mobile devices received by MoPay are reconditioned and introduced back into the market. If they can't be fixed or reconditioned they will be recycled according to the WEEE Directive.
There's also the option to donate the money you receive for your phone to one of the charities that MoPay support, such as WWF, Crisis and Fauna & Floral International.
Sell your old phone to the Mobile Phone Xchange...
The Mobile Phone Xchange is another excellent website for selling your old or unused mobile phone. You can easily get a value for the model of handset that you want to sell, then simply post your mobile off and receive your money within three days – they pay by BACS, cheque or Paypal.
Old mobile phones are donated to charities and recycled so even if your old phone isn't worth anything, send it off now and at least it will be recycled: Mobile Phone Xchange
Cheap, Cheap SMS from your Mobile with FishText
FishText is a cheap sms service which lets you sent sms either from their website or directly from your mobile phone. To send sms from your mobile at the FishText cheap rates you first need to download their software to your Java compatible mobile device.
 The FishText SMS rates are cheap, for example texts to the UK are 0.02p and to the USA 0.014p, and you can text to over 200 countries. So even when you're not sitting in front of your computer, you can send cheap sms AND if you text other FishText users it's FREE.
Sending the sms from your mobile phone requires an internet connection, even though this is brief you may well incur a charge for this from your mobile provider. The FishText website (html version) has a cost calculator which lets you work out what these charges will be. The prices are minimal and the FishText SMS service is still extremely cheap taking these into account.
SMS from your iPod Touch
 This isn't free sms, but we thought you'd be interested anyway: ipTexter is an application that allocates a real mobile number to your iPod Touch, meaning that you can send and receive sms.
At the moment the service is only for text messaging, but ipTexter may well be developed further to include phone calls.
There is monthly cost of £7.99 for the number with incoming texts free and outgoing texts charged at 5p each, with pod-to-pod texts completely free of charge. There is also a lite version at £3.99 per month which is for the UK market only.
Cherple – Free sms to US cell phones from anywhere in the world
 Cherple, a new way of sending free sms to cell phones in the US has today been added to TextMeFree.com. Cherple works slightly differently to most services listed on TextMeFree.com, but it lets you send free unlimited text messages to mobile phones in America. Here's how...
Download the Cherple software and install it on our computer, there's a Windows and Macintosh version). Send a free sms inviting cell phone users in the US to join the Cherple network. Send free unlimited sms to any US cell phone that has joined the Cherple network. Great! Cell phones that send sms to online Cherple users will incur their standard sms charges. You will receive sms replies to your Cherple software. Check out Cherple.
Telstra's New Voicemail to SMS Service
 Telstra - the Australian telecommunications company - have launched a new service that lets you have your voicemail messages transcribed to an sms message which is sent to your mobile. The new service is called Voice2Text, and costs 40c per message or you can take out one of Telstra's monthly subscriptions, such as paying $10 for 25 messages. Even if the text messages that are transcribed are long messages, you will only be charged for one sms.
The sms will include the caller's telephone number so you can easily call them back or send an sms (unless of course they have their caller ID hidden). The audio messages are converted by computer, but if there are problems with the computer recognition a person will intervene, and any words that are not clear are marked by a question mark.
The service has been available to Telstra business customers for some time and has been reported to be running well and to be popular. The voice recognition service is provided to Telstra by a company called SpinVox.
Virgin Mobile Introduces Free SMS Plan to the Indian Market
Virgin Mobile's new free sms plan benefits new users and existing users with
the ability to send 200 free sms every month - 100 national texts and 100 local
texts completely free, and they can be sent to any network. However, there
is a charge for the first three sms sent: the first three local texts sent
are each charged at 50p, and the first free national texts are charged at RS
1.50 each.
There is not extra monthly charge to existing subscribers, and to access the
new service customers simply have to recharge their account. The account is
called "New Thumb Rule".
MegaMobile in the Philippines has launched a new free sms service called M2M.
 All you need is an email address to send free sms to anyone subscribed to the Globe and Smart networks (the Sun Cellular service is also due to be added soon).
There's no registration, to send an sms simply send an email to the mobile number of the recipient, followed by @m2m.ph. For example: 09208771234@m2m.ph . This email will be forwarded to the mobile phone number as an sms. If the recipient replies to your sms, you will receive that reply as an email.
The service also works in reverse, so any M2M mobile subscribers can send an sms to an email address. Texts should be sent to 2948 (Globe, Smart and Sun networks), and the message should start with 'M2M someone@yahoo.com' followed by your text message.
M2M messaging from emails is free but there is a charge for messages sent from mobile phones. For inquiries, email: support@mymegamobile.com or call 667-3332.
Google Mail users in the US can send sms to mobile phones in the US
If you have a Gmail account you can send sms to any US mobile phone, and it's free to use.
You can find full information on Google's sms service here, but basically the sms service uses Gmail's chat feature. You can send and received sms right from your Gmail account.
Features include being able to block users from sending you sms, and you can also easily stop all incoming sms – although you might want to make sure you know how to reinstate all incoming sms before using that feature!
Gmail users benefit from many of Google's new features that are constantly being developed, but free sms has to be one of the best. Hopefully it will be implemented for worldwide mobile phones soon.
Vodafone Malta Gives Free SMS if You Top Up Online or by SMS
 If you are a Vodafone Malta pay-as-you-go subscriber, then you can receive free sms every time you top up using the Vodafone Malta website or mobile sms service at BOV and HSBC.
If you top up with €20 you receive 25 free sms, and if you spend €50 on topping up you will get 100 free sms. The sms have to be used within one month or they will expire. What's more, if you are a new subscriber and topping up for the first time you receive 200 free sms.
To top up online, go to www.vodafone.com.mt . You need to set up an account if you haven't already done so, but this just means creating a username and password.
To top up using the sms service, you must first register with your bank (BOV and HSBC). To top up with €20 send an sms to 5061-6520 for BOV and to 5061-6620 for HSBC customers with the pin number you will have received.
To top up with €50 BOV customers have to send an SMS with the 4 digit PIN to 5061-6550 and HSBC customers to 5061-6650. You can top up whilst abroad too, and the sms sent to top up are free of charge.
Check our the website www.vodafone.com.mt for full terms and conditions. Customers can also call for free on 247 from their Vodafone mobile, or 9999-9247 from any other phone.
New Angle on Free SMS from Dial2Do.com
 Dial2Do.com offers a service that lets you call a number and speak a message, a request or simply a reminder for yourself. That message can then be sent by SMS or email, or forwarded to your Twitter or Jaiku account.
The service is completely free and is accessible in several countries including Australia, Canada, USA, UK, Japan, Singapore, Mexico, Israel, and many european countries.
A number is allocated to each country where the service is available and you simply dial that number and follow the instructions. To register at Dial2Do visit their website.
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