Amid the smartphone craze those left with dumb phones may be wondering what all the fuss is about, since it’s possible to do many things a smart phone can do with text messaging.

Geek Juice tells how to send and receive mail, search Google and update your social networking sites, all through plain ‘ol texting via a smattering of simple hacks, third-party services.

If you’re bucking the smart phone trend, tell us why you’re holding out.

Smarten up your “Dumb Phone” (Special) [Geek Juice]
(Thanks, Kole!)

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