- Click IM Anyone button located in the top menu of your buddy list.
In the Buddy: field enter the phone number in the following format:
+12223334444
Note: The leading ”+1” is required before the 10 digit phone number.
- Select either a AIM or ICQ account from the drop down menu for the Login ID: field.
- Click on the IM Buddy! button. An chat window will appear where you can enter in your SMS message to your buddy's mobile number.
- Type in your SMS message in the chat window and hit enter to send.
You can add mobile numbers to your buddy list just as easy as adding other AIM accounts. After adding the mobile numbers, you can send SMS messages to these numbers by accessing your buddy list. You can also rename the mobile numbers in the buddy list to something more appropriate or easy to remember as well by clicking on the mobile number screen name and selecting Rename +1XXXXXXXXXX number function.
- Click the Add Buddy button from the top menu of your buddy list.
- In the Buddy: field enter the phone number in the following format:
+12223334444
- Select either a AIM or ICQ account to assign the mobile number from the drop down menu for the Login ID: field.
- Select the Group category to assign the mobile number from the drop down menu in the Group field.
- Click on the Add Buddy button to finish adding the mobile number to your buddy list. Check to make sure the mobile number appears under the correct group.