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This is kind of like saying text-messaging is being killed by emailing. The issue isn't just backwards compatibility, but cross-platform compatibility. Emaili

This is kind of like saying text-messaging is being killed by emailing. The issue isn't just backwards compatibility, but cross-platform compatibility. Emailing a picture vs. using MMS only works if the receiver a) has mobile access to email and b) has said email "pushed" to their phone (or is checking constantly).

alrex021 17y ago
No, text-messaging is actually being killed by twitter and tweet-deck on iPhone. ;-)
- dandelany 17y ago
  O rly? Monthly text messages sent: 2000 - 14.4 million 2005 - 9.8 billion 2008 - 110.4 billion Data: http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/service/index.cfm/AID/10323 http://www.ctia.org/consumer_info/service/index.cfm/AID/1032... 2010 proj. - 192 billion Data: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=12176 http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=12176 I don't think text messages are going to be "killed" by anything in the very near future.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    I don't think text messages are going to be "killed" by anything in the very near future. Except by constantly-increasing prices. (Some people pay 25 cents to receive a spam message. You can buy an entire newspaper for that amount of money!)
  - Xichekolas 17y ago
    Real mobile instant messaging with full presence notification would do it.