My boss told me I needed to learn how to text. I asked him if that meant I should get a cell phone First?
Well, my PC is almost always on, so texting is easy.
You can text (I think) pretty much any cell phone in the world by sending an email to XXXYYYZZZZ @ txt.att.net where XXXYYYZZZZ is the phone number.
Much easier than trying to figure out how to make letters with a digital keypad!