A text message can be thought of as a kind of short e-mail — 160 characters or fewer including spaces — that is most commonly sent to another cell phone for that person to read.

Initially, users could text up to 15 messages a day for free, or pay $6 a year for unlimited texting. In May 2010, however, Pinger made the app free for an unlimited amount of texting. That's also ...

Another drawback for cordless SMS phones is their price. They cost about 10 percent to 15 percent more than regular cordless phones because of the software they need to send and receive messages.

All cell phones that are within the range of an active tower, and whose wireless provider participates in WEA, should be capable of receiving the text message. Texts for phones used by people with ...

We've all gotten those incredibly annoying robocalls on our phones. Although, over the last few years, scam text messages have grown into an out-of-control nuisance. I tend to get a lot claiming ...

Those messages can go to any customer, not just those with a Galaxy S25. Sure, texting and location sharing are great, but that's not where Verizon's satellite ambitions end.

Messages between Android and Apple phones are turned into SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) texts, which Google charges are "out-of-date technologies from the 90s ...