Friday, June 23, 2006

Scripps Howard News Service-Non-voice way to communicate popular with young people

Scripps Howard News Service: "Text messaging has evolved into a powerful non-voice form of communication for cell phone users, especially younger subscribers who love to trade short notes and updates. The practice has grown in just a few years to the point where more than one-third of cell phone users regularly send and receive text messages, most of them personal.

Now businesses, governments and nonprofit groups are increasingly finding it handy to provide a wide array of services and information.

In the process they are finding out that text messaging can reach an unusually large audience, is easy to use and offers an immediacy not found in voice calls, e-mail or instant messaging."

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