Hi, Robs suggestion is good if they need video contact, but failing that, iMessages should do the trick, but as Rob also said, make sure that the devices are connected to the wifi before you send them.
Cheers, Ben. On 5/14/13, RobH! <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I think skype and Facetime would work through it so long as they turned the > > phone's 3G off to be sure it didn't try using that. > Need to be sure they're connecting to the foreign wifi first. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynda Ingraham" <lynda.ingra...@gmail.com> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 5:25 PM > Subject: WI-FI Outside of U.S. > > > Hi Everyone, > > I am asking this question for a friend. Her daughter is going to Mexico. > The hotel has wi-fi available. Is there an accessible app that would allow > her daughter to text and/or call from Mexico to avoid international and > roaming charges? Her daughter is not visually impaired. If there is such > an app, do both parties have to have the app installed? Or, is it possible > for the kids to install such an app on their phone and my friend (who is > visually impaired) to receive the text on her Iphone without an additional > app? > > They are using 4s phones. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Regards, > > Lynda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
