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MCSwan
In my GMail contacts, I created a contact with just my cell phone number. Then, using GChat, I SMS'ed my cell phone number.

On my phone, I saved the number it came in on (406-XXX-XXXX)as a contact named "GMail Chat."

Now, whenever I'm out and about, away from a laptop, or just have something I want to look up later, I'll text my GMail Chat number with a short note. This shows up in my GMail inbox as a Chat that arrived while I was offline.


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A quota is an allocation of SMS (text messages) that you're able to send to a mobile phone:

* Initially, you're granted a quota of fifty messages.
* Every time you send a message, your quota decreases by one.
* Every time you receive an SMS message in Chat (for example when a phone user replies to one of your messages) your quota increases by five, up to a maximum of 50.

If your quota goes down to zero at any point, it will increase back up to one 24 hours later. So, you won't ever be locked out of the system.
"Buying" additional messages
Keep in mind that if you'd like a higher message quota, you can always send an SMS to your own phone, and then reply to that message multiple times. Every time you send a reply message, your quota is increased by five. Effectively, you're buying more messages by paying your phone company for these outgoing messages.