can u send a mobile phone text to hotmail ?

[rizzla]

im in england and i got a 63yr old not tech savvy lodger who works in germany for extended periods.
the land mail service is slow , unreliable and not suitable for anything urgent .
he has a uk mobile phone that doesnt work in germany but i assume a locally bought sim card will solve that ?
i dont own a mobile and have no desire to get one ( i like the idea of being the only person in the uk without one )


so my question is :
would he be able to send a text message from his mobile in germany to my hotmail acc ?


i understand u can send a message from your hotmail/messenger acc to a mobile device so i assume here would be no problem for me to message him.

he is coming back over in august for a week, so im hoping i can set up something.

i shall also sit him down and set up a hotmail acc for him and show him how to send an e-mail but i dont know if there is an internet/ library near him (the town of baumholder near the us base),
just so u know what im dealing with, he makes the thing out of the fantastic four look like an anorexic wimp and if u asked him to make dinner he would probably lumber outside and club the first animal he comes across to death with his bare handsand throw it on the table.

[Horace]

Pretty sure MSN has a service for this and also pretty sure they charge for receiving and sending. It'll be some local set up for Germany.
I'd be more inclined to use the mobile providers email service, tho again email from mobile is often charged, either per email or as an add-on with limitations.