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Top 3 Free Text Messaging Services

Guide-reviewed free text messaging services to save you money on texting

By Adam Fendelman, About.com

Why pay for a text messaging plan with your cell phone carrier when independent services exist that offer you free text messaging? This About.com list presents to you the best services for free text messaging on the market today.

1. Review: Free Text Messaging With txtDrop.com

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The free text messaging service txtDrop.com receives high marks in our testing for offering a simple and easy-to-use Web interface for free text messaging.

2. Review: Free Text Messaging With mjoy

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The free text messaging service mjoy offers a no-brainer of a cost saver: free text messaging to any mobile phone in the world. But you need to go online to use it, which means you need a data plan.

3. Review: Free Text Messaging With Peekamo

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Rather than branding itself as a free text messaging service, Peekamo instead first looks like a Twitter competitor in the microblogging space. At the heart of Peekamo, though, indeed is a free text messaging offering.

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