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Community weekly poll: How many text messages have you sent in the last month?
- 4/25/07 4:36 PM
Answer to why text
by Treker - 4/26/07 3:54 PM In reply to: Why text????? by kodiak53Can't talk cause hubby's flying a plane, but can text. Need a quick item from the store but talking's not convenient - text. Gotta get some quick info to your loved ones, but they're unavailable to "talk" to - text! Why text? It really comes in handy quite a bit for us as a family and I'd HATE to see it go!
don't get rid of it
by yevegeniy - 4/22/09 8:15 AM In reply to: Why text????? by kodiak53this is actually a fast communication! some people can not hear so they rely to texts! also in some situations you can't talk so you text because you have no time!
Shows the difference in clutures
by Avendon - 4/25/07 9:32 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Wow what a different group of people folk in the U.S. are from the rest of the world !
Europe, Australia and New Zealand have been texting for many years as a quick inexpensive way to communicate simple messages.
In Asia, for many people who have moved into the urban areas for work texting is the only affordable way to keep in contact with family members still living in rural areas. In the Philippines for example (I believe the Philippines is still the largest user of text messaging services) many people move into urban areas working as domestic staff. They can send a text message for only 1 peso to remain in contact with their family.
maybe difference in pricing
by kayatbucks - 4/26/07 3:48 AM In reply to: Shows the difference in clutures by AvendonMaybe it's not the difference in cultures but difference in pricing structure. Here in US, we basically pay a flat fee for use of phone and certain times to certain people, it's free. People who have text messaging pay an exhorbitant fee the 1st time they experience it, then realize they need to get an unlimited plan and pay an extra $5/month for it. So we see text messaging as an added expense.
Price is the issue
by Joey301 - 4/26/07 5:32 AM In reply to: maybe difference in pricing by kayatbucksI agree with you. Everything adds another little expense and the phone plans are too expensive already. I don't think carriers try to compete in price anymore.
joey
Cell Phone Text Messages
by Snowhater - 4/25/07 9:46 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Absolute waste of time.
Asimov's 'Solaria'
by nboltz - 4/25/07 9:54 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Isaac Asimov's novel 'The Naked Sun' is set on the planet Solaria, a world colonized by 'spacers. In this world, viewing a holographic image of a person is preferred to actually being in the same room with them. In fact, it has reached the point where personal contact is feared, even despised. People live their entire lives in isolation, served by robots and never coming in personal contact with another human being except through 'viewing.' Even the proces of procreation occurs without personal contact between two humans.
While we're still a ways off from being an isolationist society, the current preoccupation with text messaging, and to a lesser extent, email and cell phones, certainly seems to be moving in that direction. Many people prefer to communicate with a disembodied voice or text on a screen than to interact with live human beings. Perhaps it's 'safer' or just easier. It certainly isn't better.
One final thought: There are situations where text messaging is superior. It's easier to ignore someone text messaging in a restuarant than when they're talking (at the top of their lungs) on their cell phone! But the real question is, why this need to be constantly connected? Communication is generally a good thing, but maybe it's becoming 'too much of a good thing'??
over 100
by ace58 - 4/25/07 9:57 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
there are people who would rather talk then spend time composing & sending; i fully agree that there are situations where calling is more efficient than texting (for example, if you to ask for directions, then needed to clarify each direction). there are times, however, when texting is a better way of sending a message (in a moviehouse, while the other person is driving, or if you need to send info that the person will need to reference more than once).
if i were giving you an address, would you rather i dictated it to you, or that i send it to you in a text message?
most of the text messages i send have less than 20characters in them. (wer r u?, ok? i'm waiting outside.) i can't imagine doing a 5second phone call that costs 40x more than a text message just to send this kind of information.
You call yourselves techies?
by thenutmeg - 4/25/07 10:03 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Who are you all who don't use your phone to its fullest potential?
information overload
by doug2k5 - 4/26/07 5:54 AM In reply to: You call yourselves techies? by thenutmegIts all 2 much. Information overload, and having someone lmowing your psition in the world all the time is Like "Big Daddy" watching over us.
Parents: for your children, its understandable.
Meh
by eibbor7 - 4/25/07 10:06 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I do send and receive text messages on occasion... but they're a complete pain in the ass in their current form.
The idea is nice. Text-messages can definitely be less intrusive. As a university student, it's nice to be able to communicate with people outside of the lecture hall without having to talk to them over the phone.
All that said, using a numeric keypad to enter text is STUPID. I don't care how good some kids are at it, it's among the worst ideas ever. I have no plan to make extensive use of this feature until I get a phone with a full keyboard, so it doesn't take me 5 minutes to write a sentence. Even then... I don't use my phone much in the first place. So, my text-messaging usage probably wouldn't increase much anyway.
Motorola Q
by daydrem - 4/25/07 10:09 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Verizon Wireless doesn't offer the best text messaging plans. But it is still my preferred way to communicate with friends, immediate family, and so on. When you find yourself typing 30 words a minute, you realize how much more convenient it is to send a text than to make a phone call.
text messaging for safety
by Markak1951 - 4/25/07 10:12 PM In reply to: How many text messages have you sent in the last month? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My secretary text messages me so that I don't have to answer the phone when I am driving; it's a question of safety and economics as text messaging can be cheaper in the long run!
test while driving?
by PapaDann - 4/25/07 10:19 PM In reply to: text messaging for safety by Markak1951Reading a text message while driving is AS dangerous ! I DO NOT use my CELL at all when driving. I also use a seat belt all the time! Have a good one!
Text messaging not safe at the wheel
by lewist - 4/26/07 12:33 AM In reply to: text messaging for safety by Markak1951In Britain - where mobile phone text messaging is well established - either voice (without hands free) or texting while driving carries a £60 fine (about US$120) and three penalty points on your licence. There is a probability that the hands free exception may go and use of the mobile phone while driving will be illegal altogether. My young students are joined at the hip to their mobiles and do thousands of texts a month.
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