• Use email instead of texts or MMS messages. Turn Fetch New Data ON: Check e-mail and sync contacts and calendars automatically instead of having the data pushed to your iPhone manually. To turn on the Auto-Check functionality tap on Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Fetch New Data. Change Push to “On”.

• Consider purchasing upgraded package: If you see that you need large amounts of texts, purchasing a Premium or Business Package will significantly reduce the cost of using SMS and MMS abroad. To upgrade your package while traveling, call 1-800-355-1118.

• Send text messages via email. It will be for free with iPhoneTrip devices and SIM cards. To send SMS text messages to any cell phone in the US using email, just use your 10-digit phone number including area code as the first part of the email address (without any dashes or hyphens).

Use the table below to figure out the last half of the email address for each major phone carrier:

Phone Carrier SMS Text Email Address
AT&T cellnumber@txt.att.net
Verizon cellnumber@vtext.com
Sprint cellnumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile cellnumber@tmomail.net
Nextel cellnumber@messaging.nextel.com
Alltel cellnumber@message.alltel.com
Virgin Mobile cellnumber@vmobl.com
US Cellular cellnumber@email.uscc.net
Metro PCS cellnumber@mymetropcs.com

Type your text message as the email subject and don't worry about entering a message body, but remember there's a 140 character limit to text messages so keep it brief just like you would if you were using your cell phone.