Wow, I was just checking out the Skype web page and saw there was an option to send SMS messages to cell phones. It is only about 10 cents (US) too and at least for the 2 I sent they went fine. The user sees the sender as being your skype name and the messages are outgoing only, incoming is not yet supported.

Optionally, you can "authenticate" your own cell phone number so that instead of your skype name, the SMS receiver would receive your actual cell phone number. This would allow them to simply click reply to send a message back to you.

Here is the webpage to get the latest beta (for Windows only):

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/windows/skype25beta.html

Tags: Skype, Sms