SMS russian: transliterated russian alphabet

I remember my first impression: american guy was totally shocked by very first sms he recieved from russian friend. It was with latin letters but just some abrakadabra. So, what is pecular about sms language?

Text message in english could contain 180 signs, but in russian it has a limit of 70 signs per sms. This was a primary reason why russian use latin letters in sms quite often.

Words are transliterated as it is but probably this matches will make it easier for you. Note: do not try to read letters in combinations, as long as in russian all letters are pronounced. For example kh would be кх, not x (as it sounds in english)

1) ж is zh, z and asterix
2) ч is ch and 4
3) ь is b or '
4) ш is sh, w
5) е is equal to ё
6) щ is sh, sch
7) ц is c, sc, ts
8) з is z, 3 (digit)
9) я is ja, ya
10) ю is ju, yu
11) ы is bl, y, i
12) й - j, y,i
13) г is g and r (resembles russian letter)
14) д is d and g

Here are several examples of such phrases:

Privet, ya to4no na paru ne uspeyu
3aderzhus' minut na 30
Ja na soveschanii
Tbl rge?