Mike
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join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:   | Ah text messaging
If only there was a way which would take 20 seconds to relay information vs typing on a keypad for 30 minutes... |
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jesseb_66
join:2002-12-06
Tucson, AZ | Pretty much the reason I don't text. I just use email on my BB... |
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dogma
Premium
join:2002-08-15
Boulder City, NV
| reply to Mike
What message is sooo important that the recipient must receive it in 20 seconds?
1700 inbound Soviet ICBM's just appeared on your radar screen?
Magnitude 8.4 quake created tsunami raises your fishing boat with a 75' swell?
WoW raid instance? |
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tbone2006
join:2006-07-22
Abilene, TX | reply to Mike
You should see how the young people text, I can't read a damn word.
c u 8ter |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
Premium
join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
| reply to dogma
People substitute SMS for IM and don't want to spend 3 hours having a simple exchange.
Not everyone has time to wait around for the reply, otherwise they would just email the person.
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justin
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join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY
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said by dogma  :What message is sooo important that the recipient must receive it in 20 seconds? It isn't about that.
I use it most frequently with friends/family when we're meeting up or just doing humdrum stuff: "don't forget to.." "r u home.." "driving there now.." "can u buy some milk as well.." "gonna be 5 mins late.." "its raining  " "call me when u get a minute" .. (etc)
All this stuff could be done with voicemail (or a call) but that takes much longer, and interrupts the other person more.
Why do we have IM on this site when we could just be posting or emailing? |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
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join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
3 edits | I use texting in meetings when I need quick answers to questions but can't get up and make the call or don't want people in the room even hearing MY side of the conversation. Without a quick send (and reply) the feature would be useless. I also use it in places I don't want to make a racket, like a movie theater, restaurant or somewhere else where I am but can't talk or wait to get to a place I can talk.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to ColorBASIC
I'll just use my work Blackberry email - unlimited.
Its as quick as mms/sms, and no message length restrictions.
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dogma
Premium
join:2002-08-15
Boulder City, NV
| reply to ColorBASIC
You young whipper-snappers use the technology available to you, and fully integrate it into your lifestyle. I, on the other hand, am an old fart...who can remember when there was no such thing as FedEx.
Somehow we got along without it. And we loved it!
Bring back steam engines and leather belts. |
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ColorBASIC
8-bit Fun
Premium
join:2006-12-29
Corona, CA
| My customers have become spoiled with instant answers. It wasn't too long ago that it was business as usual to wait 24 hours for a quote or delivery estimate. Now they're pissed if you take 30 minutes, or can't answer the question on the phone.
I loved being able to take my time doing stuff, but so long as there is a competitor willing to bust ass, I have to bust ass to match them meaning I have to have instant answers and be instantly available to my employees and customers 24/7. SMS, along with FileMaker Mobile are the primary tools I use to meet these obligations.
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cwy1980
Premium
join:2004-08-10
Monmouth Junction, NJ
clubs: | reply to dogma
Your comment just made my day!  |
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click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA | reply to justin
Hmm... you forgot a common SMS sent from the office.
"This is one boring meeting!"
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY | whats a meeting? oh .. those .. I think I have about 1 a year. |
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click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA | Wanna swap jobs? 
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biggbrother
Premium
join:2001-11-07
Providence, RI
| reply to Mike
Sadly, I don't think we are going to get any relief on this issue, or any cell phone issues, unless the government regulates it more strictly. We basically have an oligarchy of a handful of big cell phone companies. Even worse, these damn companies had the audacity to raise the fee from $.10 to $.15 recently! 
Even the small up-and-comers like MetroPCS, who offer attractive pricing and contract options don't offer free texting.
I have an HTC MDA thru T-Mobile and I subscribed to their 400 text/MMS messages for $4.99 a month because I found myself using it so much with the MDA built-in keyboard. But I really hate when I text someone and they call me back complaining to me not to send them SMS because they get charged $.15 each message.... 
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sivran
Long Live The Suite
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join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
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| My Sidekick seems to be the opposite of the norm for cellphone pricing. Anything that's not voice or "catalog" purchases, including SMS, is free with the (prepaid) dollar-a-day access fee. Phone calls, however, are a whopping 15 cents a minute. This price doesn't bother me though, and fits my usage (phone: never, data: all the time) very well.  Even my dad knows it's better just to email my phone than call it. It's a lot quicker and easier to check a text/email than it is to check voicemail.
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to biggbrother
said by biggbrother :Even the small up-and-comers like MetroPCS, who offer attractive pricing and contract options don't offer free texting. Not "free", technically, but SMS is billed the same as voice and 'net access with my mPCS account -- FLAT RATE!
How much? A tad more than fifty bucks a month...
-NK
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