ultraman80
join:2001-07-26
Saint Paul, MN
| reply to mattman
Re: Wow.
said by mattman:
And of course they are already moving past sms, yet i know of maybe one or two people that have even used sms here. i just don't see the point here of using sms, might as well call them  .
Exactly what I thought before I started using them.
Using the phone to read email is actually very handy. A lot of people use it to receive email rather than send one. It beats having to boot up a PC or laptop and having to hook it up to phone jack or cell phone. By the time you get to your office you'll be done reading all email that came in during the night.
As for sending SMS, it depends on how you use it. Most kids do it to pass funny messages between friends or set up a date as well as talk. You can put frequently used messages (like "I'll meet you in front of Parco at 6:00 pm" in memory (actually some phones come with a default set of messages) and have it sent tapping only 3 keys.
To the kids who grew up with this stuff, its just another communication tool and its natural to them as TV.
And if you've every commuted in Tokyo, you'll know that reading a cell phone is much easier than trying to read a newspaper or book while being sardined into a train running at 150% capacity. |
