"Streets of Boston: are you some little girl who can't tell the difference between pay-for-obsolete-sms and free-email?"
I'm a very very little girl! But I actually do know the difference between sms and free e-mail! With SMS i can send a message to (almost) every cell-phone out there. Using e-mail, i'm not so sure. Most cell- phones are not smart-phones and a lot don't have any e-mail functionality. Another thing is that e-mail is not constantly checked on a lot of smartphones. It drains the phone's battery too much to constantly check e-mail (say each 10 to 20 seconds). For example, I have my e- mail set to never check automatically. If i would, i would set it to once an hour or so. SMS is virtually instantaniously. You're right that SMS is quite limited. It will go into oblivion at some point. But not yet. On Jul 20, 9:27 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > Something stopping him from sending an email? Email is more likely to > reach the recipient than some social network crap that the recipient > may or may not bother looking at. > > Streets of Boston: are you some little girl who can't tell the > difference between pay-for-obsolete-sms and free-email? SMS is > pointless when you have the ability to send email. It is limited in > length and limited in payload. Email is just as easy to send, has no > limitation on length, and has no limitation regarding what type of > data you want to send. > > SMS was a stopgap measure between voice-only and email. There is no > more need for it since it does NOT perform a function that isn't > handled BETTER by email. > > On Jul 17, 4:48 pm, "L!TH!UM" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I guess you've forgotten about the young man who was arrested while > > visiting in Egypt. He had enough time to send a twitter comment that > > he had been arrested. His professor and some friends from Stanford > > saw the tweet and arranged to get him help. I'm sure if I was that > > guy, I'd think twitter was the shiznit. To each his own lb, just > > remember that. > > > On Jul 17, 10:03 am, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > In use, sure, as a corporate marketing BS word. It really doesn't have > > > any other use. > > > > And clearly you aren't understanding something about #3... It is a > > > waste of space, so if you want it, install it yourself. There's no > > > reason to force crap like that on people who don't want or use it. SMS/ > > > MMS = obsolete and expensive. twitter/facebook = pure and absolute > > > garbage with no beneficial use whatsoever, likely a BARRIER to corp > > > adoption due to potential for abuse. I certainly wouldn't want my > > > employees wasting time on that crap when they're supposed to be > > > working, and NO, most business aren't going to go off and build their > > > own system. > > > > On Jul 17, 10:18 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > lb you really need to chill out and do some research; Synergy is a word > > > > that's been in use since the mid 1600's and refers to the co-operative > > > > action of two or more components. > > > > > As for your point 3, it's nice that you share your views, but they are > > > > your views and many others find SMS/MMS/Twitter/Facebook useful. > > > > > Al. > > > > -- > > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > > > ====== > > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > > > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > > > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > > > > subsidiaries. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lbcoder > > > > Sent: 17 July 2009 15:10 > > > > To: Android Discuss > > > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: make the best software > > > > > Well, to address your concerns; > > > > > 1) synergy is a nonsense word -- it is a marketing B.S. word with no > > > > meaning. > > > > 2) you obviously don't know anything about android if you think it > > > > doesn't multitask. Learn how to use it and it is great. There are two > > > > big things to think about regarding multitasking... there are > > > > activities and there are services. Activities are typically UI > > > > elements and thus, if that activity isn't in the foreground, there is > > > > no reason for it to be active. Services run in the background. If you > > > > want to develop a program capable of demonstrating high multitasking, > > > > you develop it as a service and develop an activity to interface with > > > > it, that way the application continues to operate in the background > > > > when you close the UI. Of course, many applications aren't designed > > > > for background operation, and that is simply a choice of the developer > > > > (i.e., there may be no reason for the app to run in the background) > > > > and not a reflection of the platform. > > > > 3) Yeah, it wouldn't be too bad if the contact email address linked up > > > > with the email apps a little more strongly. Don't see any reason to > > > > worry about sms/mms nonsense though when you have full email > > > > capabilities -- they really are pointless. Facebook and twitter > > > > nonsense crap should absolutely be KEPT OUT. I don't want that crap > > > > anywhere near my phone, so if you really want them, add third party > > > > apps. > > > > 4) You seem to have missed the app labelled as "Google Talk" -- that > > > > is a native IM app. > > > > > On Jul 17, 7:28 am, sonisoe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > well its easy, i guess... adapt palm-pre synergy and multi-tasking > > > > > convenience, and what htc hero or the rumored sony-ericsson rachael is > > > > > doing ie. communication convenience (you see a contact, and you can > > > > > easily see your communications with him/her be it sms, mms, email, > > > > > even facebook status, and twitter, i dont know about im though... even > > > > > i think htc & SE are already doing what palm pre is doing to some > > > > > extent ie. importing a contact's facebook photo to the contact dbase > > > > > on the handset)... oh one more thing i like about the palm pre is that > > > > > native instant messaging app... you dont have to install an IM app, > > > > > it's already part of the communication app and i think this IM app > > > > > autmatically checks if your buddies are online...- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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