how can i use twitter on my blackberry without a data plan?

[Mike]

I have been using twitter without a data plan, but need to have sms (text messages). Basically, the steps are:

1. sign up with twitter.com
2. click on the setting tab
3. click on device and enter your phone info and follow thru

Then you can use twitter by sending sms commands to the twitter short code (40404) and twitter will send you info back depending on your command. For instance, you send "follow algore" and twitter will send you future blog updates of Al Gore.

Try http://db4.us as they will respond right away so you can immediately see how text messages are used as commands. For instance, if you send "define cactus" to 466453 (short code of google), google will send you back the dictionary definition of "cactus" immediately.

Using sms.google.com first helped me understand the concept of twitter.