Phones: Free SMS (Short Message Service)

It's quite common now to find that your Mobile Phone carrier offers text alerts to be sent to you on a regular basis so that you can keep informed of the latest news, sport, weather information or jokes. Although these are typically quite costly at around 10c per message and if your getting a few a day quickly add up. So how do you get them for nothing?

Using a little known feature of popular Instant Messaging programs like ICQ 2000a, allows you to send SMS (Short Message Service) to mobile phones anywhere in the world (if the carrier co-operates) at no cost. This is a great offer, although this means that you've got to have someone willing to send messages to you on a regular basis, highly unlikely so this is where the next feature becomes handy.

Yahoo has been offering for quite some time the option of Yahoo! Alerts, a messaging service that allows you to get the latest News, Horoscopes, Sports scores, Stock prices, weather information and even Yahoo! Auction and Mail messages beamed straight to your mobile at no charge! At any time of the day you select.

So instead of paying out 50c a day to your already overpriced telecommunications company, why not try the free alternative for your mobile phone?