I second (or third, or ...) the motion offered by the esteemed Alli.
I sometimes call it Silly Message System because it's what gave rise to
all the initialese we see the kids using. SMS used to cost by the
message (still does on some plans) and on some cost by the character.
Anyway, messages "back in the day" were often limited to 20 or so
characters, so users learned to make up BTW, LOL, and other such stuff
to keep it short. Eventually, it became a kid cult thing that lots of us
use just because the shorthand is so convenient -- once you're used to it.
As for Alli's specific comments -- I can do SMS or IM (Instant
Messaging, which is essentially an internet-based way of doing the same
thing) and whatever work I'm on. If you're talking to me, courtesy and
realistic responses dictate that I pay attention, and not get much work
done.
But with SMS and IM, what was said doesn't go away while I'm finishing
writing a paragraph. Unlike voice communication, I don't have to ask
what you said; it's right there.
Kids like it also (I know from grandkid experience) because they can
text without teachers and parents knowing they're doing it. Gone is
whispering in class.
Unfortunately (I think), SMS and IM have become a way for some folks to
avoid actually talking F2F. But that's another thread, about a week or
so ago.
YMMV.
Alli wrote:
> You're still a young'n compared to some of us, Levi. I go through a
> *ton* of SMS each month, and very few of them are talking to my own
> kids. It's one of those things that once you start using, you'll use
> more. I find lately that my adult friends who can't sms frustrate me.
> "Can't I just call?" "No, I can't talk, but I can text." The other day
> someone asked me when he could call. I said - text me when you're ready
> and I'll let ya know how close I am to being able to have that
> conversation. If he'd sent a text, I could have replied with "10
> minutes." By just calling, I hit the ignore button and now he thinks I'm
> mad at him. Go figure.
>
> There used to be some 3rd party sms apps, but none seem to work on
> anything beyond the 600 (some on the 650). AgendusMail can handle SMS.
>
> Levi Wallach wrote:
>
>> Sprint recently offered unlimited SMS messages for free for SERO
>> accounts and I was able to get this added to all of my family's
>> phones. Now I need to know need to know:
>>
>> a) what to use this for: I've changed my Google Calendar
>> notifications to use SMS as opposed to email, but other than that I'm
>> not sure what to use it for. Most of my friends are my age (38) or
>> older, and so are not using SMS like the yunguns, as far as I know.
>> Any other uses for it that people know?
>>
>> b) if I can use something besides the built-in messaging app on my
>> 700p: I've looked online but perhaps haven't looked in the right
>> places. I don't see people discussing third-party SMS apps in the
>> same way that people have talked about third-party email apps like
>> Chatter and Snapper. The app built in to the 700P is not ideal. It's
>> kind of a pain, actually. There's gotta be something that is both
>> more efficient to use as well as have more features and be fairly
>> popular, right???
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Levi
>>
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