There is no question that the cell phone is more of a advance in communication than the telephone was over the telegraph. As the novelty wears off, I believe it will be tied to many other meaningful applications in the future and that a lot of the tricky/glitzy bells & whistle transformations hanging off of them today will sort themselves out.

The one presently popular and highly demanded ‘whistle’ that completely escapes me is the Text Messaging capability. If the intent is to easily leave a single response or statement, why in the world does anybody want to cock around trying to use a phone key pad as a typewriter? If the TEXT message is sent from a computer, the receiving party gets to fumble with some extra buttons and $pay$ for seeing these letter scroll past on a tiny screen. If it’s sent from another cell phone, BOTH parties get to $pay$ the extra charge for something that could MUCH easier have been left and received from a voice mail with no additional cost. How is this not a step BACKWARDS?

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You're absolutely correct about text messaging. For some it's free to CALL mobile to mobile, but we pay to text eachother. It doesn't make sense to me either. But I admit to using it on occasion when I'm not able to talk out loud on a phone or just want to send a little note to make someone smile. My new phone has the camera function and so I have taken pictures and "emailed" them from the phone which is cool, but costs.

So....... just pick up your damn phone and call me!

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it all sounds rather silly to me.

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I love being able to receive a text when the timing is not right for a phone call.

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Since the cell phone has become so popular and the price of calling has come down, maybe this is just another way for the phone companies to scam(make) money off of the user

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well here in england the reciever does not pay for either the incoming call or the incoming text so its quite nice. i also sent many phot texts ut monday while i was at the premier , that way ppl cud see the ink on my arm before it wa s made permanent and before i even left london that afternoon. i really enjoy being able to send a simple txt to peopl when its not convient for me to call , like when i need to tell a friend one thing and yet i know if i call she will keep me on the phone forever and i really am not in the mood to talk. its really cheap to text actually i get 100 free with my contract every month so thats nice!! i wish that the states would take a look at the cell phone plans here and reprice everything , i pay (after conversion ) $80 a month for 2 phones, 400 min and 200 texts, and as i said all incoming is absolutly free, no min used if i dont place the call, really really nice........one thing i will def miss in 2 months when im bac stateside

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In my business, we use text mesaging to send information about house listings to phones (permission based) so that people can search for houses more efficiently.

I use text messaging in class to send notes/comments to students when speaking out loud isn't appropriate.

I get updates on my phone plan minutes and traffic in the Bay Area via text messaging.

If my plane is late or I have a gate change, Delta sends me a text message.

I find all of these very useful bits of information...and much more useful than if I received a phone call. The data is stored *in* my phone and I dan't have to write anything down. Plus, I have a record for later use.

As for charges...if you make my life easier, I am more than willing to pay for the service.

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I won't geet one for the same reason. I have a phone for my convenience. People tell me what if you breakdown on the highway (which did happen once) the stae police told me that they recieved a ton of calls so my point being why pay a phone company for what amounts to a foolish toy
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Some of us, for personal and business reasons, need to be contactable "on the run".

Pagers are a pain in the arse and call-backs to home and the office a pain.

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We have 3 mobiles in the house ( 2 are used daily and one is recieve only for the kids to take with them when they go anywhere, so we can contact them to make sure all is ok)....as well as a landline....I need to be contactable

I use both text and calling on the mobile.....but then we dont get charged for recieving them....just for sending....and i like them as they are cheaper than making a call...'get milk' costs me less than making a call and asking for milk to be bought home *L*...mine also has a camera function....but i never use it....

I also have one for safety reasons...if i have a car break down i can get assistance (which works well let me say *LOL*)...much more preferable to lock myself in my car and use the mobile, than walk to a public pay phone that chances are isn't working anyway, in the dark at like 4:30am

....they are certainly not foolish toys....if you dont want them...fine dont have them....but please dont chuck off at those that do want or require them

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I love txting, and like others, I use it when calling isn't appropriate. I need to figure out how to make verizon stop sending me txt telling me my bill is available, since I also get an email, and they auto-ebill my checking account too. Three notices is about two, too many.

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A text messaged "x" is worth a thousand spoken words...when you can't talk.

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does an a have as much value?

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I can't always talk on the phone while at work and neither can my wife. Texting is the most efficient way for us to coordinate things sometimes when actually talking isn't possible.

That's the part I don't get. How can you screw around with getting to the right mode, enter even the shortest message with one finger poking at keys multiple time for each letter, then send it to a number faster or easier than just push the call button, say what you want to them or their voice mail and close the damn thing?

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