For those who want to break free of smart phones but still need texting. Pinger TextFree ( pinger.com) offers a good way to send and receive text from a computer. Verizon also offers Verizon Messages / Message+, a downloadable app for your computer that resides in the taskbar so you can send and receive texts. It even uses your cell phone contact list. It syncs with your cell phone so you can use both. I can even send a text to myself when I want to send a phone number or address to my cell phone from my laptop.

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