Ofcoures You Can!
No. You can not open or send a text without using minutes, but you CAN receive them.
No, you can't text without minutes because your phone is not on but it depends on what kind of phone it is.
You have to upgrade to text plus silver in order to send and receive picture messages.
no.
no, airplane mode cuts you off from service, and you need service to receive text messages.
yes
I do not think it is good or bad to receive a lot of text messages from people, it really does not matter.
You can receive text messages on a landline phone, but you cannot send them.
You would have to load a custom ringtone and associate it with messages.
Well about 2
yes it can get....
No but u can get it usually in the airport itself or later on