You can actually send an email to a texting addressing on the phone. You would however, need to know the individual's cellular carrier and the extension that it would use. The best way to find this out is for the individual to send a text to your email address. This would then give you their texting "email" address. It is usually their 10-digit telephone number, followed by the @ symbol, then followed by the carrier information. For AT&T it is either txt.att.net or if an MMS it is mms.att.net. Other carriers of course are different. You may be able to find a listing somewhere, but again it is easier for you to get them to send you something. I just tested it again to see if it works and was able to get ther right away.