Typically texting is used to chat with friends or lovers. But in the past few years texting has become a lot more then that. From the comfort of your cell phone you can (with the push of a few buttons) do anything that a phone call, computer, internet or planner can do. The best part is most of these cool little tips cost you nothing. So lets get going and start simplifying your life today.

1. Everyday Information

With the power of google SMS you can now receive messages about directions, phone numbers, weather, movies times, sports, airline times, currency conversions, calculations, language translation, price look up, dictionary and more. All you need to do is text googl (46645) and a few words for directing what you want and walla! It’s sent right to your phone with no charge from google. For more information about what google SMS has to offer and instructions on how to use this cool feature go to textingadvice . com they have an article I posted up titled “google SMS” You will discover exactly how to use google SMS and it will simplify your life the second you learn what it can for you.

2. Receive automatic text message alerts from your online calendar

Another great free feature google offers is an online calendar that you customize to your personal needs. After your calendar is set up you can have it send you text message reminders when ever you want, check up for upcoming events or you can text message your calendar new events.

First you need to go to the google calender website and set up your account and configure you cell phone (it very simple just follow the mobile setup option). Then all you need to do is set up your event and the time you want to be notified about it.

Once you have your calendar set up you will start receiving reminders. You can also text GVENT (48368) to find out whats on your calendar. You do this by texting Gvent (48368) the word “next” to find out your next event on the calendar, “day” to find out all events for that day and “nday” for tomorrows events.

Hooray! Now you won’t miss a credit card bill or your best friends wedding.

3. Track Calories

Have you ever worried if whether or not the food you are eating has to many or to little calories. Just text Diet1 (34381) with the major food chain and the item on the menu and the diet1 website will send you the nutritional value of that item. That includes calories, fat, carbs and protein.

4. Track My Packages

Can’t wait for that package to arrive? Well, you still have to wait but a least you can know when it’s going to arrive. Just forward your delivery confirmation e-mail to the Track My Shipment website and you will receive updates on where your package is at in the shipment process.

5. Track My Cash Flow

Are you one of those people that don’t have a handle on your financial life. Well, no need to worry. You can now go to the quicken online website and get all of you financial information funneled into one easy to understand format. You can set finacial goals, spending text alerts, text message alerts when bills are due and see what’s going on with your financial life. Best of all quicken online will send you your information through a text message when ever you want.

6. File your text messages

In the past it was very hard to save text messages onto your computer. Now with Treasure My Text you can archive and manage your text messages on the computer. It’s free, just get an account and start uploading the text messages you can’t afford to loose.

7. Send text messages with your voice

Have you pushed your thumbs off or is your phone falling apart from so much button pushing? Well, not to worry the Jott website has you covered. You simply set up a free account then call their toll free number and talk into the phone. It will then convert your voice into text and send it to who ever you want. It also converts into emails, appointment, text messages and more.

8. Stop crime with text messaging

It was only a matter of time before texting would be used to prevent crime. Now anyone who has a phone can send a text message to help in the prevention of crime. Lets walk through a scenario to get the full effect of this crime prevention tool.

1. You see or hear about a illegal act that is happening or going to happen.
2. You grab your cell phone and text 274637 (that spells CRIMES.) Then you send your message with your local agency ID number (agency ID numbers are available at the sms crime tips website) then push send. Example of message: “tip100 John Doe is dealing drugs in the back of Canbridge Highschool.”
3. You will receive a confirmation with your alias ID number so to keep you anonyms and so they know whom to reward.

9. Send text messages from the internet

Texting from the computer is a lot quicker then from your cell phone. And if you are on the computer you might as well type it then text it. Anyone can do it as long as they have an email account. You do it by just sending a message through your normal email account.

The secret lies in how you address the email. You’ll need to find out which carrier the person you are texting has. For example: if it’s verizon your email looks like this phonenumber@vtext.com,if it’s T mobile it’s phonenumber@tmomail.com. If you need more carriers email address go to the sms411 website and they have a whole list of them. Remember, after you send a text message from your phone you will keep receiving the messages from that email account.

10. Dating through text messaging

Text dating is quite a convenient dating systems out there. It’s very simple. All you do is login to a text dating program give them your information and the kind of mate you are looking for and then they will start texting you people that you might match up with. Sounds simple? That’s because it is.

The are two sites that I recommend are Match and MeetMio. “Match” has taken their 15 million plus members and put a text dating interface to the website. “MeetMio” has no service fees, although contacting other users does cost money. It’s very simple to use, you can make you account online and start getting available singles that meet your requirements texted to you. You can also just text message your location to 94810, such as the address, town and zip code you are in at that exact moment. Within minutes, you’ll get profiles of other eligible singles in the same area. You can then review the locals one by one to see if they match your criteria. If interested, you can text the single directly and a fee will be charged to your cellular bill. When you find someone you’d like to chat with, a $0.99 USD is charged to your account, which covers 10 text messages between the two of you regardless of who sends how many messages.

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Featured author: Tyler Tray, Top Text Dating GURU, http://www.textingadvice.com.

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