How to Get Email as an SMS on Your Mobile Phone - for Free

I promised myself (and everyone else in the company) that I wouldn’t use this blog to shamelessly self promote.  But we’ve been working with a company by the name of Unomobi that has just released a ridiculously useful service and - here’s the kicker - it’s totally free.

In a nutshell, Unomobi has developed a way for anyone in North America to recieve all of their emails as a text message on their cell phone.  Now, admittedly, this email push service is not totally new, but I’m quite sure the this type of service has never been offered at no cost to the end-user. 

To take advantage of the service, just visit www.MyInboxNow.com and follow the directions when signing up.  Within a couple of minutes, you’ll be receiving text messages each time someone sends you an email.  

You can actually setup more than one account with the same phone number, which is really useful if you hate going back and forth between gmail, yahoo, hotmail, and work accounts.  They also have a bunch text message commands that allow you reply to emails via SMS and even download and view documents.

Best of all, the whole thing is ad supported, so you’ll never have to pay a dime. 

If you asked me, the service has HUGE potential around the world - especially in developing markets where very few people have smart phones but everyone is text messaging.  

Only problem I see with this is that it may have a short shelf life now that the iPhone has truly brought the web to our pant pockets.  

Would love to hear your thoughts about the service…