I think the distance between positions on this discussion is too great, but from my position
1. An email is not the same as an SMS message, as an email message requires a SMTP server (as mentioned) and also a network connection, which is not always available. Further, it requires the recipient to have a smart device, which is not as likely as we in the first/second wave adoption communities may think. 2. A social netowrk is not the same as email, and any intelligent design would provide both user level controls, as well as administrative controls at the enterprise level to manage both attention clutter and institutional policy or risk issues. Simply declaring things as junk or useless (even Microsoft) rarely sees the big picture, full of nuance and discovery. -Eric On Jul 20, 2009 8:39 AM, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: LB, you're a bit off with SMS being a stop gap. SMS was designed to send messages to 'phone users back when cellular bandwidth was very limited (things like voicemail notifications, etc.). SMS messaging today has more unique users than email around the world, and many of its users use it more frequently than they do email. As for emails being more easily sent, that's only true if you have access to an SMTP server, and some networks limit the SMTP servers you can access so your settings at home may not work abroad. As for email doing all that SMS can, that's just not true because SMS messages have a robust sender authentication system which email does not, and SMSs can be labelled as network broadcast by a network operator and so can be designed for use by the phone (e.g. to modify APN settings), whereas Email doesn't have this feature. Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The... Sent: 20 July 2009 14:27 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: make the best software ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
