| Text messages on your cell phone may be worth | | | | a name to it if you want. You will be presented |
| saving for several reasons. You may want to save | | | | several options: Mail, Invite to Chat, Send SMS, Show |
| them for sentimental reasons, or you may need to | | | | in Chat List, etc. Choose "Send SMS" and a chat box |
| save them to use them as evidence in a court case. | | | | will pop up on the right-hand side of the screen. Type |
| Judges will often admit them as evidence because a | | | | in a message, and when you hit return, it will be sent |
| cell phone text message is a form of communication | | | | to your phone. |
| and is traceable. But do you know how to save text | | | | At that point, you have a way of saving cell phone |
| messages from your cell phone? | | | | text messages by sending or forwarding them to |
| Whatever your reason for wanting to learn how to | | | | your Gmail account from your phone. Save the reply |
| save text messages from your cell phone, there are | | | | number and name it something like "My Gmail," if you |
| several ways to go about doing it. This article will | | | | want. Any time you send a text message to "My |
| discuss a free way of doing this: using your Google | | | | Gmail" either individually or as part of a message |
| Gmail account. | | | | group that you set up on your phone, your |
| If you live in the U.S., saving cell phone text | | | | messages will go to your Gmail account. You can go |
| messages can be done by setting up a Gmail account | | | | to your Gmail account later and copy, paste, or |
| if you don't have one. In your Gmail inbox, click on | | | | forward the messages and have a record of them. |
| the icon in the upper right corner that looks like a | | | | If there is a message on your phone's inbox that you |
| laboratory flask. That takes you to Google Labs. | | | | want to save, go to that message on your phone, |
| Scroll down the list until you see "Text Messaging | | | | and use your phone's "forward" function to direct it |
| (SMS) in Chat." Select "Enable," then select "Save | | | | to your Gmail account. It will be there next time you |
| Changes." | | | | log into your Gmail account, and you can save, print, |
| In the left-hand column of your inbox, you'll see the | | | | forward, or do any number of other things with it. |
| option "Chat." Click it and there should appear a | | | | Saving cell phone messages using Gmail is very easy |
| dialogue box that says "Search, Add, or Invite." Type | | | | for those with cell phones with U.S. numbers. |
| in your phone number, including area code, and assign | | | | |