Actual business thread...

[Newton]

Gonzo, sms is not dead and won't be for many years ..most adult companies can't get their heads behind the concept and how many have actually launched .. i can name two maybe three, that are any good or have infrastructure in place ..

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Newton

Gonzo, sms is not dead and won't be for many years ..most adult companies can't get their heads behind the concept and how many have actually launched .. i can name two maybe three, that are any good or have infrastructure in place ..

Just looked on the web for some recent SMS in the US usage figures.

From April 2005, found a thread on a message board. Guy asks if SMS is popular in "your country". People around the world wondered if this guy was serious and started spouting figures about how widespread it is, in Ireland, India, Japan, you name it.

They they start to all say "what is with you yanks that you haven't adopted it".

Guy replies about two articles. One was Canada, 6.3 out of 10 do not use text messaging. In some provinces, like Vancouver it's 7.1 out of 10 with cellphones do not use it.

He then quotes another survey saying in the US, 9 out of 10 do not use it.

Will it ever catch on here? Don't know. It seriously seems stupid to us to start typing with our thumbs crap like "Dude, sup?" "Nutin" "Ok, l8r". But obviously the rest of the world seems enthralled with it.

Hmm. Does that include Australia, I wonder?

[Newton]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Just looked on the web for some recent SMS in the US usage figures.

From April 2005, found a thread on a message board. Guy asks if SMS is popular in "your country". People around the world wondered if this guy was serious and started spouting figures about how widespread it is, in Ireland, India, Japan, you name it.

They they start to all say "what is with you yanks that you haven't adopted it".

Guy replies about two articles. One was Canada, 6.3 out of 10 do not use text messaging. In some provinces, like Vancouver it's 7.1 out of 10 with cellphones do not use it.

He then quotes another survey saying in the US, 9 out of 10 do not use it.

Will it ever catch on here? Don't know. It seriously seems stupid to us to start typing with our thumbs crap like "Dude, sup?" "Nutin" "Ok, l8r". But obviously the rest of the world seems enthralled with it.

Hmm. Does that include Australia, I wonder?

http://digital-lifestyles.info/displ...ion=cm&id=2398

http://www.text.it/mediacentre/defau...?intPageID=132

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Just looked on the web for some recent SMS in the US usage figures.

From April 2005, found a thread on a message board. Guy asks if SMS is popular in "your country". People around the world wondered if this guy was serious and started spouting figures about how widespread it is, in Ireland, India, Japan, you name it.

They they start to all say "what is with you yanks that you haven't adopted it".

Guy replies about two articles. One was Canada, 6.3 out of 10 do not use text messaging. In some provinces, like Vancouver it's 7.1 out of 10 with cellphones do not use it.

He then quotes another survey saying in the US, 9 out of 10 do not use it.

Will it ever catch on here? Don't know. It seriously seems stupid to us to start typing with our thumbs crap like "Dude, sup?" "Nutin" "Ok, l8r". But obviously the rest of the world seems enthralled with it.

Hmm. Does that include Australia, I wonder?

That being said Drav. The FFN network uses the shit out of SMS. But we thumb important issues....

"Breakfast?"
"Where are we eatin?"
"Whats for dinner?"

[The Other Steve]

SMS is quite big here in Australia - even in a town as small as this one 50k people you will often see people in the street, in cafes and even on the beach sending text messages.

And it's not just limited to young people - you will see quite a few older people sending messages too.

Businesses use it as well - my daughter is in IT and the company she worked for used it to send alerts if something went wrong when the IT staff was off duty. She even used it to start the daily back up process when she was holidaying with us.

The data centre was two states away and although the backup was supposed to start automatically it often didn't. She would get an SMS alert - respond to it by dialing another number and waiting till she got an automated response and then hang up and the back up would begin.

[aeon]

Originally Posted by The Other Steve

SMS is quite big here in Australia

These dorks obviously haven't seen a fresh piece of pussy in years. Chicks are obsessed with text messaging and I hate it for that reason alone. Whoever the absolute fucking idiot it was that decided to give women the ability to write fuckin novella's with a phone should be shot.

It’s a great idea for marketing tho...we just need to prohibit women from being able to use it.

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by aeon

Whoever the absolute fucking idiot it was that decided to give women the ability to write fuckin novella's with a phone should be shot.

I resemble that remark

[Dravyk]

Ok, serious question for "the rest of the world" outside of North America ...

SMS -- Why?

In the US we just phone the other person on our cells and talk. Sometimes we use the walkie-talkie feature.

Why text when you can talk?

Is it possible -- and I do not know, that's why I am asking -- that the US phone prices are cheaper than elsewhere?

Just as Other Steve said people texting everywhere. You walk down the street here and everyone is walking down the pavement with a cell to their ear. Get on a bus and there's usually three people on it talking. Hell, if I have to wait at the pharmacy 15 minutes for a prescription pickup I usually end up having a chat.