Sending a text message internationally
 

While in Korea I was able to send my wife a text message from my Korean cell phone. Now how do I send a text message to a korean cell phone from my US cell phone.

+(country code)and the number....

Have her send you one and hit reply ;)

But his wife is with him in the .... Ooooohhhhhh now I get it! :eek:

It does not let her reply.

I use ICQ 5.1 to send text messages for free overseas. Works great and even better, it is free.

What's your carrier? Can you send and get an error, or reply is not an option in the menu?

Assuming your mobile is in the US have her send to:

+15554441212

To get the + on the mobile you will likely hit * twice. The 1 is the US country code. The rest is your mobile's area code and phone number.

Send it to 01182+Korean number (without the leading 0).

If it doesn't work, why not may depend on the combination of carriers at each end.

or if noen of the above us 00 + the country code, area code etc instead of 011

If + countrycode number doesn't work for you, it could be a restriction on your phone service and you will have to call in to customer service to get it unleashed.

Or perhaps you have verizon which doesn't seem to send internationally (and to lots of Americans numbers).

US cell phone companies blow compared to their international cousins.

Alternative.. her cell phone should have an email address. Add her email to your phone's email (which, to my understanding is HUGE in Korea) and just email her...

Another option is Skype.

When I travelled to London, I used skype to send sms messages back here to Uganda.

How do you do this?

You need latest version of the software, I believe.

Sorry, I also should have mentioned that SMS messages aren't free, but they're relatively cheap.

http://www.skype.com/products/skypesms/