Well, there is a workaround. For some, it may bee too much of a hassle, for others it may be a perfect reason to save your money and not buy a text messaging plan. I'm still torn personally. In either case, with the Samsung Delve, I understand that, at least with US Cellular, you
have to get the unlimited data plan. I'm uncertain what Alltel's stance is, but assuming you did get the unlimited plan, why don't you just email your texts to people? All major carriers have email addresses and from what I understand it seems to work well for some... Just set yourself up one of the mobile email accounts so that you can use that as your texting email and set it up so that way you can just email your friends. It appears that the following website seems to have a very comprehensive list of what a person's "email address" would be:
http://www.nfomedia.com/mobilehelp.nfoI have never tried this method, but I've read a lot about it and just haven't gotten around to it. Why don't you tell us your feedback on doing it this way. Does it work well? Is it worth it? Could this be the replacement to high text messaging costs, making that unlimited data plan a little less painful and more useful?
***Disclaimer: I do not warrant the use of the above information as being truthful or an alternative to using your normal SMS messaging. Use this at your own risk!!***
