Q&A for How to Text Someone

THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. It will make you sound like you are angry or shouting at the recipient.

Yes. In fact, some cell phones offer this service automatically. In other cases, contact your cell phone provider to see if it's available. You text to a landline the same way as to a cell phone. The service will convert the text into a voicemail that it sends to the landline. Just type in the phone number of the landline and send the text if you have the service automatically.

You definitely need the area code. For example, if the area code is "123", you will need to include it before the other digits.

On an iPhone, blue means that the text was sent via iMessage, while green means it was sent as an SMS text message. It's still been delivered if it's green - unlike iMessage, SMS simply doesn't have the feature to say so.