Using a prepaid mobile phone, instead of a phone with a contract, is a great way to stay on a budget. Prepaid phones allows users to use only the minutes for which they have paid in advance without the option of going over, thus, avoiding costly overage charges. Now with the advent of Internet capable phones, many prepaid mobile providers are offering prepaid data plans. A data plan lets users send and receive emails, access the Internet and stay in sync with social networking sites. Understanding how to use your prepaid phone to send emails will keep you connected to your contacts.

An SMS message is better known as a text message. "Texting" is the method of chatting with someone, by sending messages from your mobile phone to another mobile phone in the event that you cannot talk. However, it can become rather costly to continue to send text messages if you do not have a data plan. If you constantly receive a text messages from someone who is harassing you or you need to find a way to keep your kids from texting you may want to try disabling your SMS messages.