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Japan is an interesting case. From what I understand mobile email has largly replaced SMS usage in Japan Using e-mail rather than SMS as the messaging medium f
by danw 19y ago
Japan is an interesting case. From what I understand mobile email has largly replaced SMS usage in Japan
Using e-mail rather than SMS as the messaging medium for mobile phones has made mobile Internet services in Japan more successful than in the West, says an industry expert -- a claim supported by recently discovered mathematical properties of networks.
http://www.thefeaturearchives.com/topic/Networks/Email__Scale-Free_Networks__and_the_Mobile_Internet.html http://www.thefeaturearchives.com/topic/Networks/Email__Scal...
- jsjenkins168 19y agoIt makes perfect sense if you think about it. Being charged for sending text messages is ridiculous. Look at the iPhone plan, it costs $20 more a month just to have unlimited text messages. Its just TEXT (and only 140 bytes per message maximum). I dont think users will tolerate that kind of rape much longer when they can send emails (of basically unlimited length) for free. SMS either needs to die or the carriers need to be realistic with how much they charge for what is essentially 15+ yr old technology.
- staunch 19y agoI think most service plans in Japan charge for emails as well as SMS. I'm pretty sure email is way more popular, but SMS is far from dying.