TextPlus for the iPod Touch.

With the new version you even get assigned a "phone number" and you can text (and receive texts from) anyone with a mobile phone.

d.

+1 on google voice and all the freebie features.

You can also just use your email service.

Address bar their phone number and the applicable .com or .net....for whatever provider they are using.

ie.....3608259991@vtext.com for verison

ie.....3608259991@txt.att.net for At&t.

Just find the provider and the syntax for it.

I never understood why people pay more for products that do less just because it has an Apple label. You can get a decent smart phone on the Straight Talk system that does unlimited everything for $45 a month.

You can get mp3s at gomusicnow.com for 9 cents yet people are happy paying 11 times more for iTunes.

Is it that they just don't know?

Not sure what you mean, Dennis... we're talking wi-fi texting, not smartphones. I don't have a cellphone at all but find my iPod handy to send and receive texts using wi-fi.

Ok. New to me I admit. Why not just send an email?

Because although you can receive a text message on a non-smart phone, you can't get email on one.

Dennis, I've played with those cheap android phones... I used to sell sprint, att, tmobile, and Boost.... They aren't the same.... I've laid hands on them all, and yet I still held out for an iPhone 4S, and I'm very happy...

Tell me what your straight talk phone does that my iPhone doesnt?

And I could have gotten an EVO on a very cheap plan....

The one big limit on the iPhone is no Flash & no playing a WMV. Other than those two items which is 100% Steve Jobs descision the iPhone is a nice device.