SMS: Is it popular?

[difenbaker]

Hi there,

In the country you're in right now, do the people around you actually use text messaging? Or do they mostly prefer to call instead?

Like.... how many messages do you send? Or how many messages do you receive everyday?

[jesus_thats_gre]

Are you actually serious? There is very few countries where it is not popular.. It baffles me that that yanks do not use it more to be honest..

Here in Ireland, we are one of the biggest users with billions sent a year by only 3 million people. I will see if I can pulll some stats in work..

Some articles regading SMS usage can be found here:

http://www.cellular.co.za/stats/stats-sms-mms-mobiledata.htm

[Jose_R.A.M]

yeah, ditto. Anywhere where they have the technology to be viewing the internet, particularly viewing this website they will certainly have tech for phones that can text

[jayesh]

yeah, ditto. Anywhere where they have the technology to be viewing the internet, particularly viewing this website they will certainly have tech for phones that can text

weird question to be precise... Here in india i can safely say sms is popular in fact so popular around festivals time ( and believe me india has a huge no of those ) all networks announce upgrades to accomdate the sms storm that follows.

with just in and around 100 million users now including cdma landlines with sms capability and more.... one can say sms is here to stay

[Toocool]

Well.. i send about 150 text messages a day.. i get 200 sms free everyday (yes everyday thats the new offer)...

and yes here in india there is a sms storm specially during christmas newyear and diwali... if suppose u send a message at 6 in the evening it gets delivered sometimes at 6 the next day morning.. So this time during new year hutch (orange) disabled delivery report.. but still there was a problem..

So conclusion is sms is very very popular..

[xc]

Yes it is very popular in Germany too.

[difenbaker]

Are you actually serious? There is very few countries where it is not popular.. It baffles me that that yanks do not use it more to be honest..

Here in Ireland, we are one of the biggest users with billions sent a year by only 3 million people. I will see if I can pulll some stats in work..

Some articles regading SMS usage can be found here:

http://www.cellular.co.za/stats/stats-sms-mms-mobiledata.htm

hehe... yup, twas a serious question.

actually, a friend of mine (the office he's working in, just conducted a huge survey) there in toronto, Canada......... found out that 6.3 out of 10 people do not use text messaging (sms) at all. On some states even, like Vancouver, it's up to 7.1 out of 10 - who dont use SMS.

then he showed me another survey, conducted by another firm, in the United States this time.... that's even more surprising, on some states, 9 out of 10 people dont use it. Wow.



cheers!

[difenbaker]

Well.. i send about 150 text messages a day.. i get 200 sms free everyday (yes everyday thats the new offer)...

and yes here in india there is a sms storm specially during christmas newyear and diwali... if suppose u send a message at 6 in the evening it gets delivered sometimes at 6 the next day morning.. So this time during new year hutch (orange) disabled delivery report.. but still there was a problem..

So conclusion is sms is very very popular..

cool! 200 texts a day. Here in Manila (Philippines) where I am right now - it's very very popular too. I think 99 percent (if not all) of the mobile-phone-using public is into it. :D

cheers!

[Jose_R.A.M]

Well.. i send about 150 text messages a day.. i get 200 sms free everyday (yes everyday thats the new offer)...

and yes here in india there is a sms storm specially during christmas newyear and diwali... if suppose u send a message at 6 in the evening it gets delivered sometimes at 6 the next day morning.. So this time during new year hutch (orange) disabled delivery report.. but still there was a problem..

So conclusion is sms is very very popular..

A DAY? PPPPPPPFT >.< LOL! Thats what I send in a month :eek::eek: OMG. who on earth do you send it to and who and earth has the credit to reply to you? 6000 messages a MONTH! How much is your monthly bill?

[jayesh]

A DAY? PPPPPPPFT >.< LOL! Thats what I send in a month :eek::eek: OMG. who on earth do you send it to and who and earth has the credit to reply to you? 6000 messages a MONTH! How much is your monthly bill?


i have a feeling toocool exaggerated a bit when he said that i sms a lot too and its dirt cheap here about 30 paise....


( to convert goto www.xe.com ..... 0.30 indian rs into us $ )


i avg 3-4k sms on an avg month.

[Jose_R.A.M]

4K??? THATS STILL 133 SMS A DAY!!! omg!

[jayesh]

4K??? THATS STILL 133 SMS A DAY!!! omg!

:) well its there so use it :) and its a great corp communication tool. a simple sms often conveys an entire conv without calling up someone. and is great at times of network congestion

[Jose_R.A.M]

i wouldnt mind having 133 to send per day. The most I sent in one day was only around 120 but that was on christmas day.

[carcomptoy]

Okay, many "Yanks" may not use it, but those "Yanks" that don't use it are the older population. Mostly all of us teenagers text, especially since that's the only way you can communicate in class really...I myself have 800 messages, which is taken up by text messaging and instant messaging...

And in the Philippines, like diffenbaker said, everyone's into it, not because it's "cool" but because it's the cheapest. I mean it's only 1PHP for text message as compared to like 6 or 7PHP a minute for voice calls, so yeah it's necessity really...

[Jose_R.A.M]

coudnt believe it was 1peso ... i was like text freak then, for £1 instead of sending 10 i could send 100!!!

[carcomptoy]

LOL right? Even then, I still had to reload so many times!

[Jose_R.A.M]

puttin up credit aint so bad. The only thing i hate is that if u somehow dont use it up within a month, it disappears!!!

[carcomptoy]

Yeah especially since I'm using my Globe SIM card in the States. I have to get my relatives to pasaload to me...only way I know how to. BTW, I didn't say it was hard...just sometimes a bit of a hassle but I guess that was because we were short on pesos...mainly had USDs:p

[DangerHiptop]

Absolutely. Ever since text messaging (SMS) was invented I believe it was popular.

[carcomptoy]

Well, I wouldn't say EVER SINCE but it has grown quite rapidly since its birth. But, as the saying goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention" and certainly a more discreet, yet less expensive way to communicate was needed, and here we are:D

[commedecargons]

In malaysia, it depends on ur network; DiGi offers 1 cent per sms (within the same network) and the others were 5 cents internal network; 15 cents between networks... quite costly in comparison to phillipines... I used to text alot, around 30 to 50 per day. Since i'm not stayin with my girlfriend then. But now, (we faced each other 24/7) i msg around 1 -2 per day. Sometimes none.

[Jose_R.A.M]

Yeah especially since I'm using my Globe SIM card in the States. I have to get my relatives to pasaload to me...only way I know how to. BTW, I didn't say it was hard...just sometimes a bit of a hassle but I guess that was because we were short on pesos...mainly had USDs:p

it works over there? what about calls?

[timmy]

i do about 50 txt's a day and it's felt like an addiction. it's a lot easier than calling and reduces the hassle of an ongoing convo that just wastes time.

[Jose_R.A.M]

to you text 50 separate messages or 20-30 joined ones?

[tedwardo]

i send on average 30-40 a day on schooldays but about 150 on weekends

[3gpeasy]

Wow, that's a lot of texts some of you send. i don't think i've got six thousand things to say in a month, and if i did a lot of them would be to people (like the prime minister, weatherman, God, etc) who's number i don't have.

I was about to say that through work i've come into contact with some people who send up to 3-3.5k texts a month. I thought they were mental, but aparrently some of you aparrently well-adjusted individuals do the same or more.

Did you know, when SMS was first invented it was used solely for network engineers to send information to each other, and wasn't opened up to the public until loads of the engineers said how cool it would be to send these messages to everybody, not just each other?

Another piece of SMS trivia maybe somebody can help me with; I'd heard that in one country at some point in the 90's everyone with a compatible phone could send unlimited texts free, even if it was Pay As You Go. Is this true, if so which country was it and for how long?

[Jose_R.A.M]

Wow, that's a lot of texts some of you send. i don't think i've got six thousand things to say in a month, and if i did a lot of them would be to people (like the prime minister, weatherman, God, etc) who's number i don't have.

I was about to say that through work i've come into contact with some people who send up to 3-3.5k texts a month. I thought they were mental, but aparrently some of you aparrently well-adjusted individuals do the same or more.

Did you know, when SMS was first invented it was used solely for network engineers to send information to each other, and wasn't opened up to the public until loads of the engineers said how cool it would be to send these messages to everybody, not just each other?

Another piece of SMS trivia maybe somebody can help me with; I'd heard that in one country at some point in the 90's everyone with a compatible phone could send unlimited texts free, even if it was Pay As You Go. Is this true, if so which country was it and for how long?

thats cool trivia...i like these did you know things! lol.

Most of the best and really cool inventions werent made for the purpose they have now. Theyre there by accident..some guy just goes..wouldnt it be cool if...? lol

im not sure what country but imagine if that happened now. UK is currently 104% saturated with mobile phones...the rest of europe will reach 100% in 2007.

BY THE WAY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS.

The messages you send and receive, do you delete them or save them? and if you save them - do you organise them or do you just let them pile up?

[3gpeasy]

there was a time when i saved my favourite ones, on my 7110 i used to keep some i liked in my saved items folder; that was when i saw text messaging as more of an artform, now i just ask my mates when they're going down the pub and i get loads of texts saying 8pm, 8:30 pm, 7:30 pm etc etc. so i just leave them sitting there until my memory's full then delete everything

[Toocool]

A DAY? PPPPPPPFT >.< LOL! Thats what I send in a month :eek::eek: OMG. who on earth do you send it to and who and earth has the credit to reply to you? 6000 messages a MONTH! How much is your monthly bill?

Read my post again mate... i mentioned clearly that i get 200 Text messages free everyday... that is the offer... i send around 150 text messages everyday... i.e 4.5k messages per month and not 6000... in the month of december i send around 7k messages :)

[Jose_R.A.M]

Read my post again mate... i mentioned clearly that i get 200 Text messages free everyday... that is the offer... i send around 150 text messages everyday... i.e 4.5k messages per month and not 6000... in the month of december i send around 7k messages :)

yes i know that 150 x 30 is 4500 ...i assumed the highest possible number because its bigger and more wowwy - still - its a big number.

How can you spend so much time texting people? OMG...150 messages a day...sheesh:D

[3gpeasy]

even if you can send 2 texts a minute that's still two solid days and two solid nights per month texting.

do you do anything else aswell, or just text and post on here?

you're not by any chance locked up in one of those "luxury" prisons we keep hearing about are you? then you'd have plenty of time

[Jose_R.A.M]

yeah...i just asked toocool in another thread why he needs to be connected to people 24/7 ...in the sense of talking to people texting people 24/7 (cos everyone who owns a phone is technically connected 24/7) what job does he have?

maybe undercover agents who have to pay for their own calls instead of being subsidised by the government.

[3gpeasy]

i wonder, did he say
"Yes, I'm a secret double agent, so i've got direct uplinks with moscow and washington, my top secret spyphones are always on, hidden in my buttons"

i think we could be on to something here

[Toocool]

LOL.... whats going on here?

See i agree i send 150 to 200 texts a day... but i dont actually type every message... 80% of the messages are forward messages (jokes etc) i have created a group and the messages are forwarded on on click...

I am doing a part time job, helping my friend on a website, help my dad on his software business... i have my exams starting from 18th too :D

I spend about 1 hour a day on messaging, talk to my gf for some time, then i keep receiving calls from a lot of people.. the end result i waste about 6 hours per day messaging and talking on the phone... i am gonna temporarily disconnect my connection from tomorrow till my exams get over... :)

PS:- messaging is a addiction.. i am badly addicted to it.. :(

[jayesh]

May 11, 2005, 3:00 PM PDT
Man sets texting record
Not that the guy has too much time on his hands or anything, but Deepak Sharma of Ludhiana, India, has gotten his name registered in the Guinness Book of World Records for sending 182,689 text messages a month, notes gizmo hub Engadget.

That would be, oh, something in the neighborhood of 6,000 messages a day, 253 an hour, 4.2 a minute or a new one every 14 seconds. Which leaves Sharma just enough time get in a quick wrist exercise every 12 hours or so.

Sharma aims to increase his messages to 300,000 in the coming month, according to Web News India, which notes that Sharma sends his rapid-fire messages to his relatives and friends, who purport to fully support his endeavour. Sharma's wireless operator, Airtel, reportedly sent him a 1,411 page bill.

No word on how Sharma supports his habit.

[Toocool]

see its quite easy for him to do it... he just need to have a distribution list feature in his phone... if his distribution list group has 200 nos.. then on one click he can send the message to everyone in the group... he just needs to send 30 messages a day to 200 people..

i can send 1,000,000 messages a day IF someone can pay my cell phone bill :D anyone here who can support me??? LOL

[Toocool]

1,000,000 messages a month... sorry... :D

[Box215]

well i have unlimited sms for $9.99 a month...

[carcomptoy]

LOL it's funny since everyone knows I have text messaging enabled and have 800 in my bucket a month, lots of my classmates borrow mine for text messages...doesn't matter anyways since I never use the 800. Thank goodness I'm only paying for 300 of them:D

[difenbaker]

May 11, 2005, 3:00 PM PDT
Man sets texting record

That would be, oh, something in the neighborhood of 6,000 messages a day, 253 an hour, 4.2 a minute or a new one every 14 seconds. Which leaves Sharma just enough time get in a quick wrist exercise every 12 hours or so.



hehehehe.... even if only half of those he texts everyday replied to his texts, his phone would be filled up in no time flat! (unless he's using a 512 or 1GB mmc). Wonder what he'll do when all of those people he texted every month - replied a simple "thank you", hehehe... his phone will hang! haha lol :D

cheers!

[Jose_R.A.M]

i only ever send to my group lists on occassions where i have to text the same stuff to every person, like a party or seasonal message.

forwards of jokes, thought provoking quotes i leave that to email.

If i had 200 sms a day id make a daily blog in all my friends phones!

[3gpeasy]

question:
if you send everything to 200 people you consider close enough friends to want to read your jokes, etc, and they all have 200 friends, etc, etc, how long does it take before all the inboxes in the world are full of the same few jokes?

"when i was going to st. ives, i met a man with 7 billion wives..."

[Jose_R.A.M]

how long?

all the inboxes being full of same joke? 3rd jan 2006 if everyone starts today

[osmium109]

I was at onepoint a HUGE sms user (i had a n6820 just to text). I forked over the 20+ a month for my text and picture plan alone (US plans are ridiculous), but i've started to shift to GPRS based messaging becasue for text its just flat out better. A bunch of free apps out there but my favorite is netomat (visit http://m.netomat.net) and the beta is free to download. you're not limited to the 160 characters (which is great so you're not reading through 4 texts when you receive a long message) and pictures are sent faster and easier than MMS (which doesnt work here half the time).
unlimited data is now the same price as unlimited text and picture, and with data i can check my email and sync with my pc (i love my n6630). Does anyone else plan on shifting over the gprs based messaging? at work and within my group of friends we've all shifted, it seems to be much more efficient (and its easier to send online). Has anyone overseas tried this out? I can see it being the next big shift in messaging. (http://m.netomat.net). lemme know what you think.
osmium109@yahoo.com

thanks

[Jose_R.A.M]

I was at onepoint a HUGE sms user (i had a n6820 just to text). I forked over the 20+ a month for my text and picture plan alone (US plans are ridiculous), but i've started to shift to GPRS based messaging becasue for text its just flat out better. A bunch of free apps out there but my favorite is netomat (visit http://m.netomat.net) and the beta is free to download. you're not limited to the 160 characters (which is great so you're not reading through 4 texts when you receive a long message) and pictures are sent faster and easier than MMS (which doesnt work here half the time).
unlimited data is now the same price as unlimited text and picture, and with data i can check my email and sync with my pc (i love my n6630). Does anyone else plan on shifting over the gprs based messaging? at work and within my group of friends we've all shifted, it seems to be much more efficient (and its easier to send online). Has anyone overseas tried this out? I can see it being the next big shift in messaging. (http://m.netomat.net) (http://m.netomat.net%29). lemme know what you think.
osmium109@yahoo.com

thanks

You said you have a nokia.

When you receive 1 message sent as four, i thought nokia devices joins them back as 1?

(thinks about 7210...oh yeah ..no)

well it should have it .

confused though, cos this implies it does.

[difenbaker]

... it seems that the philippines is still number 1 when it comes to texting. :D

http://money.inq7.net/topstories/view_topstories.php?yyyy=2005&mon=07&dd=25&file=2

cheers!

[carcomptoy]

Hehe I'm not surprise...although, is that really something to be proud of?:p

[jayesh]

ah well guess to much freetime on their "hand " :p

[carcomptoy]

Nah it's just it's so much cheaper than phone calls

[666joe]

SMS is the killer app for GSM - look at the revenues alone...

A basic service used by engineers has turned into a bigger money spinner than ringtones - with good cause...

[Jose_R.A.M]

SMS is the killer app for GSM - look at the revenues alone...

A basic service used by engineers has turned into a bigger money spinner than ringtones - with good cause...

there must be other really cool things that engineers are doin without realising it would be fab to impliment as a proper user feature.

[carcomptoy]

Like maybe teleportation...THAT'D be awesome!:D

[Jose_R.A.M]

Like maybe teleportation...THAT'D be awesome!:D

of course! or dna morph modification.:D:D hehe:cool:

[carcomptoy]

AHAHAHAHA PMS = Personage Messaging Service:p

[joeyramone]

you know what I think is funny, how big text messaging is in Asia, and it’s really funny they have contests to see who can text the fastest; they actually prefer it over talking... what is the world coming to? Here a news link > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051214/20051214005365.html?.v%3D1

[oneclick]

you know what I think is funny, how big text messaging is in Asia, and it’s really funny they have contests to see who can text the fastest; they actually prefer it over talking... what is the world coming to? Here a news link > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051214/20051214005365.html?.v%3D1

Well, there are some advantages to texting, that normal voice calling doesn't have. Plus the fact that it's cheaper than actual calling in some countries.
http://forums.mobileburn.com/showthread.php?t=12697


tnx-1clk

[hotzigetty]

yeah i have 200 sms a day free.. plus some extras.. i send round 150 on average daily..

[stephanie]

I'm thinking sometimes. If it weren't for texting, will cellphones be like as popular as they are now?

I think that if texting did not exist, motorola will be number 1, samsung will be number 2, ericsson wouldn't have to partner with sony, siemens would still be like by itself, and nokia would probably be making more and more phones that has changeable faces only. :D

[brad]

I'm thinking sometimes. If it weren't for texting, will cellphones be like as popular as they are now?

I think that if texting did not exist, motorola will be number 1, samsung will be number 2, ericsson wouldn't have to partner with sony, siemens would still be like by itself, and nokia would probably be making more and more phones that has changeable faces only. :D
Why would you say all that? I'm not trying to be mean, I'm curious as to where your ideas have come from.

[stephanie]

Why would you say all that? I'm not trying to be mean, I'm curious as to where your ideas have come from.

Hi brad, here's how I think of it.

Texting was the one thing that Nokia was very strong at (made famous by 3310/3390), so if texting didn't exist - motorola would still be number 1. Samsung, with their flip-style phones similar to motorola, would be number 2. Then ericsson, also not that big in texting, would have designed and sold follow-up models to their T68 and T39 series. They would've been like successful on their own - and wouldn't need the money of sony anymore. Same for siemens - which makes fantastic phones too. Nokia would be like number 3 or 4? and would be somewhat of a "novelty" brand because of their changing facias, wild designs (3300, n-gage), and ringtones.

It's like all im saying is that, nokia wouldn't be number 1 if it weren't for texting. So if texting wasnt famous - then nokia wouldn't be too.

:D

[Jose_R.A.M]

I'm thinking sometimes. If it weren't for texting, will cellphones be like as popular as they are now?

I think that if texting did not exist, motorola will be number 1, samsung will be number 2, ericsson wouldn't have to partner with sony, siemens would still be like by itself, and nokia would probably be making more and more phones that has changeable faces only. :D

Interesting "what if" theory.

What was Nokia's position before the texting boom anyway?

What if, it wasnt just unpopular but non existent....?

oooh, interesting!:D

[jayesh]

I dont really agree...nokia also had a very good ui going for itself when most ui's were a pain the ass to use back in those days. it was quick worked damn well and never gave rf trouble.



Hi brad, here's how I think of it.

Texting was the one thing that Nokia was very strong at (made famous by 3310/3390), so if texting didn't exist - motorola would still be number 1. Samsung, with their flip-style phones similar to motorola, would be number 2. Then ericsson, also not that big in texting, would have designed and sold follow-up models to their T68 and T39 series. They would've been like successful on their own - and wouldn't need the money of sony anymore. Same for siemens - which makes fantastic phones too. Nokia would be like number 3 or 4? and would be somewhat of a "novelty" brand because of their changing facias, wild designs (3300, n-gage), and ringtones.

It's like all im saying is that, nokia wouldn't be number 1 if it weren't for texting. So if texting wasnt famous - then nokia wouldn't be too.

:D

[Jose_R.A.M]

lol, that's right jayesh. At the time, another thing nokia was the best at was its reception.

Some others in the top 5, their rf was not really something to smile about.l

[carcomptoy]

Who would you say is the best in RF now then?

[Moby]

....Texting was the one thing that Nokia was very strong at (made famous by 3310/3390), so if texting didn't exist - motorola would still be number 1. ....... Nokia would be like number 3 or 4? and would be somewhat of a "novelty" brand because of their changing facias, wild designs (3300, n-gage), and ringtones......It's like all im saying is that, nokia wouldn't be number 1 if it weren't for texting. So if texting wasnt famous - then nokia wouldn't be too.So when do we think that texting officially became big.

From Stephanie's point of view the 3310 era. But certainly I remember Nokia being huge when 5110 came around, and from what I understand the 2110 series was huge in sales terms.

BTW: Motorola #1 :) everyone would be walking around with Green and Purple striped razors now.........<shivers>. ..... what a hellish world we would live in :D

[Jose_R.A.M]

So when do we think that texting officially became big.

From Stephanie's point of view the 3310 era. But certainly I remember Nokia being huge when 5110 came around, and from what I understand the 2110 series was huge in sales terms.

BTW: Motorola #1 :) everyone would be walking around with Green and Purple striped razors now.........<shivers>. ..... what a hellish world we would live in :D

What a frightening thought :eek: the v3i's not so bad. What's that material made off?

Texting was a little popular during the 5110 days...still remember the phillips fisio that displayed like 1 line of text and had a battery the size of your arm that lasted 30 seconds. (sarc)

Texting then was more between the people in the know... It wasn't big big like it was when the 3310 became a common a sight as people...calls were still the big thing then. At least in the UK.

[stephanie]

I dont really agree...nokia also had a very good ui going for itself when most ui's were a pain the ass to use back in those days. it was quick worked damn well and never gave rf trouble.

In a way, what I said is related to what you're saying too. :D Nokia's texting menu IS part of it's UI. So if nokia's UI is considered "nice and user-friendly" among the others - it's also testament to how good their text messaging menu is.

[stephanie]

So when do we think that texting officially became big.

From Stephanie's point of view the 3310 era. But certainly I remember Nokia being huge when 5110 came around, and from what I understand the 2110 series was huge in sales terms.

BTW: Motorola #1 :) everyone would be walking around with Green and Purple striped razors now.........<shivers>. ..... what a hellish world we would live in :D

The 5110 was very good in texting too. But using it can is a turn-off for some because it had rubber keypads (like the 6110 and 6150). Nokia corrected that in a later version called the 5110i. The 3310/3390 was very comfortable to use - the keypad had great response, and has a more 'exact feeling' than the 5110, in my opinion.

[carcomptoy]

BTW: Motorola #1 :) everyone would be walking around with Green and Purple striped razors now.........<shivers>. ..... what a hellish world we would live in :D
DON'T EVEN JOKE ABOUT THAT!:p

[Jose_R.A.M]

I think someone should buy CCT a razr.

[joeyramone]

yeah i have 200 sms a day free.. plus some extras.. i send round 150 on average daily..

!!! dang thats alot did you see NBC's thing about it > http://www.nbc24.com/Global/story.asp?S=4316008

[carcomptoy]

I think someone should buy CCT a razr.
LOL why? Do you think I'd annihilate it because of my immense hatred? hahahaha I've warmed up to it a little, but I still can't stand it as a primary phone. I just like holding it...

If someone were to give me one, I'd sell it to get a Nokia S60 phone:p

[oneclick]

So when do we think that texting officially became big.

From Stephanie's point of view the 3310 era. But certainly I remember Nokia being huge when 5110 came around, and from what I understand the 2110 series was huge in sales terms.

I remember that phone - it was so cute because it was one of the smallest at that time. But I agree with miss stephanie - I think texting really took off when more and more people bought the 3310.

tnx-1clk

[Jose_R.A.M]

LOL why? Do you think I'd annihilate it because of my immense hatred? hahahaha I've warmed up to it a little, but I still can't stand it as a primary phone. I just like holding it...

If someone were to give me one, I'd sell it to get a Nokia S60 phone:p

No, because I think you'll like it. We've already seen there are many aspects of it that you like :D

About selling it, if someone gave me a phone free, I'd sell it too.:D

[carcomptoy]

No after a while I can't stand the Moto UI...some aspects of it I like, but just the limitedness of it all makes me claustrophobic:p

And referring to the topic, Moto IMO hasn't really helped SMSing cause there's so many steps involved in it...not like with Nokia that you can just type the message, pick the person, and press talk!

[Jose_R.A.M]

OK so its settled. The 3310's global domination paved the way for wide distribution thus popularity of text messaging thus popularity of phones.

[jayesh]

I remember that phone - it was so cute because it was one of the smallest at that time. But I agree with miss stephanie - I think texting really took off when more and more people bought the 3310.

tnx-1clk

pretty much... on a side note im glad to see stephanie is a regular part of our conversations ;).

[carcomptoy]

Moi aussi;)

[JooMoo]

Hi,
does anybody know a good site where I can send sms from my PC?
I need unicode also.

Thanks

[JooMoo]

Hi,
does anybody know a good site where I can send sms from my PC?
I need unicode also.

Thanks

[ninjabear]

Very popular in New Zealand

Extremely unpopular in Hk

At the price rate of NZ texting.It is equivalent to the calling rate HK

[Saka]

Hi,

[jellynet]

SMS is popular here in the US, but I don't really like using it. AT ALL. If someone sends me a message I will call them back or ignore it.

[chazmunkee]

I reckon it really all depends on if its pay as you go or contract and what deal your on. Cornwalls preety much packed with tourists and its hard for us locals to buy our own homes because everyone wants second homes here for holidays so we end up paying masses to live in our hometowns renting. I dont know many mates who can afford a good deal on contract so we end up with a pay as you go mobile and of course then it is cheaper to text. My sim cards 02 and you get so many free texts if you top up a certain amount. Hardly anyone here phones its cheaper by text last time I got a phone call was 2weeks ago but ive had loads of texts lol

[shlinky]

I love my SMS package...unlimited for $4.99/mo (US).
I think I avg around 5kish/month, but then again I work tech support for a cellular carrier, so it's used to send out SMS Blasts all day every day