ok so what you have to do is log onto gmail on your desktop. go into the contacts there, and you can make groups which you can add your contacts to. So you make a group called drinking buddies. Then go into the main list of contacts, check off the ones you want, and there is a button on the top right of the contacts box that when you click it will say Add To, and then list off your groups. Addem, let it sync, and in handcent go to groups, select, and you have your group text