{"id":4095,"date":"2014-11-10T06:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T19:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:58:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T19:58:06","slug":"still-paying-mobile-text-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/still-paying-mobile-text-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you still paying for Mobile Text Messages?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/whatsapp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/whatsapp-300x191.png\" alt=\"whatsapp\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>If your mobile phone plan doesn&#8217;t include unlimited text messaging it\u2019s worth checking out some free alternatives to traditional mobile SMS.<\/p>\n<p>For iPhone users free messaging between other iOS devices users is built in with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/au\/ios\/messages\/\" target=\"_blank\"> iMessage<\/a>, but you don\u2019t have to miss out just because you have a windows or android device&#8230;simply download a free app called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This App allows text, video, audio and photo to be sent between anyone who has the App no matter what platform their mobile device is on&#8230;but of course you\u2019re smartphone or tablet still needs to use mobile internet for the App to work.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find more info on \u2018WhatsApp\u2019 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.whatsapp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your mobile phone plan doesn&#8217;t include unlimited text messaging it\u2019s worth checking out some free alternatives to traditional mobile SMS. 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