First off, I didn’t know that Felicia Day (of Dr. Horrible fame) is an assassin, let alone a level 80 assassin. Check out Devin’s rumor on Felicia Day’s blog. It’s the Oregon Trail one under ‘Gaming’.
Also – with many people texting me now, especially photos (by the way, I didn’t have photos included in my plan [cough]Mike and Slade[/cough])(don’t feel bad – even my principal texts me), my wife and I had to move up to an unlimited texting plan. It’s better than the overage fees (in my defense, the E3 Twittersplosion was posted from the web) .
As I explore some phone tricks, I’ll post them here.
The first one you may know about (thanks to the friends who told me about it) being able to e-mail your phone and have it show up as a text message. Here is a list of formulas for what the e-mail address for your phone is:
AreaCode+MobileNumber@message.alltel.com Alltel
1+AreaCode+MobileNumber@mobile.mycingular.com Cingular
AreaCode+MobileNumber@mmode.com former AT&T users on Cingular
AreaCode+MobileNumber@page.nextel.com Nextel
AreaCode+MobileNumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com Sprint (US)
AreaCode+MobileNumber@tmomail.com T-Mobile
AreaCode+MobileNumber@vtext.com Verizon
AreaCode+MobileNumber@vmobl.com Virgin Mobile (US customers only)
So now anything that will send you an e-mail can now send you a text update. I would not recommend giving this address to something suspicious of SPAM.
The part that I think is really cool is sending a text to an e-mail address. The “To:” section is a certain number to send the text to; the next part is the e-mail address – once the phone sees a space, it moves on to the subject. Put a ‘#’ at the end of the subject to separate it from the body of your e-mail.
Here are the SMS-to-E-mail codes:
121 Cingular
0000 Cingular/ATTWS
500 T-Mobile
Now you can reach a loved one for less bandwidth than a phone call – texts get through networks easier than voice. Although it would be creepy to get “Help. Cloverfield destroying NY” e-mail as your last e-mail from a loved one.
This is a collection of tattered threads of information that I found, so test it out. If it doesn’t work, post a comment to let me know.
I should remind you that each Wii console has its own independent e-mail.
Semi-related posts:
Try putting slashes to separate the subject from the body. Also, I guess you can reply right back without needing to type in the e-mail all over again.