How do I send a text to all contacts?

Seriously Can i send a text out to everyone in my contacts? Just got a new number and have like 400 contacts and i want to send out a mass text to give everyone my new number.
I am not stupid i know how to create a group and add members to it but does anyone really want to sit there and add 400 members to a group? Its killing me.
How could this thing that is basically a computer not just be able to compose a text message and just have a menu option to add all contacts. Does blackberry need a new design team. Or am i just missing the joke.
It should be easy and it should be possible. Or do they really want to make me add each contact one by one? Lame if so.
Can anyone help me?
If you can you are the bomb lol because i could not find it.
Message Edited by SeanGlen on 09-26-2009 11:40 AM

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