I agree with all. Have you ever texted? I tried once and realized how
stupid the concept was. Why not just call, and if they weren't
available, leave a voice message? Text messaging is stupid. I'd never
pay for it as a parent.
I send text messages to my son all the time. When he can't talk on his
phone or get voicemail, he can get the text at a glance, and he replies
quickly. I do the same with a few friends.
Texting is especially convenient when I travel overseas. Unless I get
pay for a local SIM card, voice calls are _EXPENSIVE_ --anywhere from
$.75 to $5 per minute. Texts are 25-35 cents to send and 10 cents to
receive. With an international SIM, texts are free to receive and around
25 euro cents or less to send.
At home I send my texts from my email account. T-Mobile email to SMS is
[[email protected]; my son's AT&T email to SMS is
[[email protected], and it's free to send; sorry, don't know
Verizon or Sprint email to SMS addresses. I also send texts from my iPod
touch. Sent quite a few from Greece in June.
Texts aren't pointless. TWITTER is pointless. Twitter is for people who
have nothing to say, but say it anyway.
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