Pay as you go phones?

How does texting work with this. I want to get one for texting only. HOw do phone card phones work with this? I dont have to sign a contract do I ?

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Mine I just enter the e-mail or number and write what I want to say and push send. I have so many characters so I limited to what I say. Cost 5 cents to send. So a $20 card get you .... well it get you a lot of Text Messages. LOL!

This link help you learn "WTH" going on.

http://www.aim.com/acronyms.adp... No, they usually go by credits. You can buy as many credits as you want. You usually lose a credit or two texting and lose some receiving texts. You do not have to sign a contract, they are anonymous. NO contract, but you will pay out the butt for minutes. It would cost way more than just getting a contract phone with the unlimited text and pic messaging. A good example is if you sent 500 text messages a month the phone cards for that would cost well over $100. the plans for contract phones start at $39 for the unlimited texting. Depends what carrier you go with.

Most of them deduct minutes you already have. Like net10 and tracfone deduct .5 minutes for every text or 5 cents.

I think carriers like Cingular and stuff deduct a money amount.. probably a couple cents.

You can buy phone cards at gas stations and stuff... usually you put a code on the card into your phone which either gives you the # of mins on the card or a money amount. And you can use the minutes until you run out and have to buy a new one.