Is there an easy way or site to go to allowing sending a text message from a computer?  One of our local cell providers has a site offering that (see http://www.cellular1.net/sendmessage.asp ) but it only works sending to their customers ... and I think it may limit it to when the customer is in their service area.

It would be handy at times to be able to send a short text from the computer. Kenwood used to have software / hardware you could use to send messages to some of their two-way radios.  It was a great idea, but the capability was too limited to be very useful.

I know, get a smart phone etc etc etc.  Some of us are lucky to even have a working cell phone.