Help free txt msging with droids?

[SLEEVO]

my buddy has the first droid phone and he showed me his plan on verizon. he gets unlimited txt and doesnt pay anything? i am kinda confused. is there something im missing here? is there a way to get free txt msgs without buying the stupid plan?

 

[fortesquieu]

my buddy has the first droid phone and he showed me his plan on verizon. he gets unlimited txt and doesnt pay anything? i am kinda confused. is there something im missing here? is there a way to get free txt msgs without buying the stupid plan?

Is he using Google Voice?

 

[TheWhiteBandito]

Maybe he uses Google Voice? They offer free SMS to anyone, but no MMS support at all.

 

[Deleted User]

google voice for sure sends free sms messages.

 

[SLEEVO]

is the google voice setup auto when gettin the incredible? (im gettin mine later today) from what i see it fwds the txt you got from your google voice to your phone. so wouldnt you be charged for the txt because a txt was fwded to your phone or what? i am confused lol

 

[TheWhiteBandito]

is the google voice setup auto when gettin the incredible? (im gettin mine later today) from what i see it fwds the txt you got from your google voice to your phone. so wouldnt you be charged for the txt because a txt was fwded to your phone or what? i am confused lol

No, it's not automatically set up. But you can just use the Google Voice app and voila, free SMS. Don't have it forward it to your phone and no text charge

 

[lamoglinsgal]

My plan includes unlimited text. Maybe that's the case with him as well.

 

[kristanc]

My plan includes unlimited text. Maybe that's the case with him as well.

Same here....all three of us have unlimited text and data with our family plan.

 

[SLEEVO]

yea we just looked and hes got umlimited everything. i dont need all that. im just goin to give out another number (my google voice number) for my friends to txt on me on. save me 20$ a month that i dont need to spend.

 

[Berry2Droid]

my buddy has the first droid phone and he showed me his plan on verizon. he gets unlimited txt and doesnt pay anything? i am kinda confused. is there something im missing here? is there a way to get free txt msgs without buying the stupid plan?

its build into his plan

My plan includes unlimited text. Maybe that's the case with him as well.

Yea this has to be the case. noone gets texting for free lol

 

[k.electron]

probably using google voice. its free texting galore on google voice. i send over 5k texts a month and receive something like that too.

 

[Marsden]

Somewhat related to this, does anyone know of a way to turn your regular text messaging off? I use Google Voice, but about twice a month I get spam texts, costing me $0.20 each, in spite of being on the "no-call" list. $0.40 per month is of course no big deal, but it bothers me that I have no control over it at all and it could become $200 a month.

 

[cfh09]

Somewhat related to this, does anyone know of a way to turn your regular text messaging off?

Just call Verizon customer service and request that they turn off texting. You can't turn it off yourself. I had to do that for the sane reason.