Filed under : Mobile Messengers, Yahoo Messenger

Web-based version of Yahoo Messenger Mobile now offers SMS capabilities. In addition to the usual instant messages and emoticons, you can now send text messages from Messenger to your friends’ mobile phones for free.

The following updates have been made to the latest version of Mobile Web Messenger:

* Send SMS for free to your IM friends or to any mobile numbers

* Enhanced Searchbox allows you to look up contacts by their usernames or phone numbers in your Yahoo! Address book and IM contact list

* Easy toggle between SMS and IM conversations

Whether you have a smartphone, or standard feature phone, if you have a data plan, Mobile Web Messenger can run on your phone. No setup is required – Just enter m.yahoo.com/messenger into the mobile browser on your phone, and you’ve got Yahoo! Messenger.