Teleflip is one of those amazingly rare technology conveniences that is free. It allows cell phone users to get your email without paying for email services through your cell phone provider. You still have to pay for text message service, but the email is brought over as a text message. Think of it as a Blackberry without all bulk or high cell phone bills.
Instructions
1. Subscribe to your cell phone provider for a text message plan. The text message unlimited plans are much cheaper than getting a phone that is specifically set up for email. Get the unlimited options the first few months until you can gauge how often you will be using Teleflip.
2. Sign up at the Teleflip Website by entering your email, email password and cell phone information. Read the disclaimer to be sure you agree with the rules and regulations of the service.
3. Turn off your email when you leave the house. Once your email is received on your home or work machine, it can no longer be downloaded to your phone.
4. Set your phone to vibrate or ring when a new text message comes through. When the message comes through it looks like a text message but when and if you send a reply, your recipient gets it looking like an email.
5. Limit your replies to 120 characters. This takes practice for people who can be verbose, but if you learn the IM language you can save hundreds of characters.
6. Stop those people who are text message and email junkies by capping the limit of messages you can receive in a day.
7. Add your contact list to the Teleflip service. Webmail users can import their contacts and it will be instantly uploaded. Those who use other email programs need to create a ,csv file and store it on your hard drive. Click "Browse" on the Teleflip site and then "Import." You can also enter each persons email address on your phone separately by typing it in.
8. For each person on your address list, which Teleflip calls your Fliplist, select "On" or "Off" to specify if you want to allow email from this person be sent to your phone.
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