Texting is the new e-mail?

I was just reading an article on MSNBC about text messaging being the new e-mail.

I used to text my boyfriend while I was at work as a way of communtication/ We don't anymore but I was wondering who all does ue texting.

I'm always texting. I'll send over 100 per month.

I don't ever text.....I use to text all the time, when I was in highschool.


But i'd rather talk to someone on the phone than have to take the time to type out a message.....

I text sometimes, but I don't have unlimited text messaging, so its 10 cents a text and I try to keep it down. I definitely email a lot more.

I use a lot of text messages - friends, John, my dad, brothers - usually for quick conversations or when I'm @ work and can't get on the phone to call them. Usually to John its just little messages like - whats for supper, what time will you be home - stuff like that

I don't use a lot of email really.

I don't have a cell phone!

My sister was just telling me how much she texts because it's cheaper than calling.

I don't text message, wouldn't that cost you everytime you send?

Originally Posted by Cyber Cat

I don't text message, wouldn't that cost you everytime you send?

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It depends what kind of plan you have with your phone. Mine costs extra to text.

My cell phone is for phone calls ONLY. What a concept!

Originally Posted by Cyber Cat

I don't text message, wouldn't that cost you everytime you send?

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It does if you don't have a plan - I have a plan for 1,000 messages a month - for $9.00

Originally Posted by GingersMom

My cell phone is for phone calls ONLY. What a concept!

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Same here-

Originally Posted by GingersMom

My cell phone is for phone calls ONLY. What a concept!

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LOL...you mean you don't have a camera or music on your phone??

Originally Posted by Cyber Cat

I don't text message, wouldn't that cost you everytime you send?

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Depends what sort of price plan you have. The one i have in the UK is £20 per month with 50 hours talk time free to any UK landline or other t-mobile handset after 6 p.m. with 50 free text messages, but some networks have 3000 free texts for a fixed price as well such as O2

Text message kills the battery on my cell phone, so I try to avoid it at all costs and the 10 cents per text message sometimes kills my bill too.
Also doesn't your friends still have to be on the same company? I.e. if you text from T-mobile, they have to be on T-mobile to receive it?
My friends all vary with their phone companies.

Email is still free.

I use texting sometimes.. usually with my boyfriend during the day when we can't talk, and sometimes with mom when she isn't home. I swear, she'll text message me across the house just to tell me something..

Originally Posted by rosiemac

Depends what sort of price plan you have. The one i have in the UK is £20 per month with 50 hours talk time free to any UK landline or other t-mobile handset after 6 p.m. with 50 free text messages, but some networks have 3000 free texts for a fixed price as well such as O2

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That sounds like a great price! 50 hours = 3000 minutes, and even if I calculate 1 pound = $2.00usd, that would still be about $40.00. That's really cheap... what is the conversion rate pound to $ now-a-days??? I pay $40p mos for 450 anytime minutes, so 7.5 hours, and get free nights & weekends (after 7pm), and free mobile to mobile, so anyone that had a cingular phone I can talk to for free. But by the time I actually receive my phone bill it's always $58.00, cause I have insurance on the phone, and then the $10 in taxes I pay every month...

Originally Posted by Phenomsmom

I was just reading an article on MSNBC about text messaging being the new e-mail.

I used to text my boyfriend while I was at work as a way of communtication/ We don't anymore but I was wondering who all does ue texting.

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I don't ever text, but sometimes I send picture messages (at 50cents/each, I try to only send good pictures).

The other day I noticed that McDonalds has a new contest going to do with Pirate of the Carribbean and you text your code and find out if you/what you've won. They give the number to test to then say If your old school: go to some website. Since when is going to a website old school?

I don't know who I would text anyhow most of the people I know that have cell phones just use them for calling. The camera phone pics aren't as good quality w/ a digital which I carry around most of the time as I need it for work. Never downloaded music or anything else either (must be my generation). Just use phone for callin and voice mail.

I think texting is just a trend right now..It will settle down after a while.

Texting was a craze back home when I was in university but now its just I will be home late kind of messages we send each other.
I email alot more than text