What is text messaging? How do I know if I can send text messages?
Text messaging is a way to communicate on your mobile phone by sending and receiving plain text messages. Other terms for text messaging include SMS (which stands for Short Message Service), texting, mobile messaging, wireless messaging, and short mail. To determine if you can send text messages, the best thing to do is contact your wireless service provider or reference your mobile phone’s manual. The text messaging service is typically found on your mobile phone menu under ‘Messages’. After selecting ‘Messaging’, if you have an option to ‘Send’ or ‘Create’ a message, this is typically how you would begin the process of sending a text message. The type of message you would create or send is a ‘short message’, ‘text message’, or ‘message’.
