mobile sms messaging: do you use it often? - GoFuckYourself.com

mrthumbs · 03-15-2004, 09:44 AM

and what is your location??

Its strange: in europe its like communication method #1..
i think it beats email. But in the US it virtually unused..

How come?

Manowar · 03-15-2004, 09:45 AM

I live in the UK

everyone over here does it , it beats email because 99% of people have phones and SMS is instant and cheaper than a usual phone call

Addam - RichRealm · 03-15-2004, 09:55 AM

SMS is crazy over here! (UK)

dunefield · 03-15-2004, 09:55 AM

yeah here in australia too... lots of people use sms's... i find it more convenient if you really don't need to talk to someone and just need to give them info... like an address or a phone no.

4Pics · 03-15-2004, 09:56 AM

it's expected to be grow in heaps in bounds this year in the US.

sweandy · 03-15-2004, 09:57 AM

Fuck i almost never use sms. 1 Sms last month. I'm feeling old for this new hype thing. I'm 25

Paul · 03-15-2004, 10:01 AM

Its very popular in the UK, I suppose people use it so much because its so useful if your sending someone info only a few lines long and its cheap (much cheaper than a mobile phone call)

FUCKuPAYme · 03-15-2004, 10:05 AM

Its very popular in the hip hop scene to SMS

zentz · 03-15-2004, 10:13 AM

i use it all the time... icq sms is the reason why i installed icq long ago

polish_aristocrat · 03-15-2004, 10:15 AM

every day

polish_aristocrat · 03-15-2004, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sweandy
Fuck i almost never use sms. 1 Sms last month. I'm feeling old for this new hype thing. I'm 25

old - you must be joking

my mother's 54 and she uses it.
She doesn't even know how to turn on the computer on though.

pradaboy · 03-15-2004, 11:02 AM

Here in the Netherlands it's very big... I think I manage about 100 a month

Paul · 03-15-2004, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by zentz
i use it all the time... icq sms is the reason why i installed icq long ago

Do you know if icq sms works for UK mobile phones ?

sexsup · 03-15-2004, 11:27 AM

sms have wider diffusion in Europe, it's not a news

Manowar · 03-15-2004, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Coatsy

Do you know if icq sms works for UK mobile phones ?

someone has texted me off it before, maybe - you get a lot of problems using it frequently though

macker · 03-15-2004, 11:37 AM

everyday - se asia

Cory W · 03-15-2004, 11:37 AM

I do not like to be text messaged.

It takes me way to long to type into my number pad on my phone. I would just assume call someone.

<IMX> · 03-15-2004, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FUCKuPAYme
Its very popular in the hip hop scene to SMS

mrthumbs · 03-15-2004, 02:26 PM

well?

Rorschach · 03-15-2004, 02:29 PM

It's enormously popular here in New Zealand, everyone has a cell phone and everyone under the age of 40 uses text messages. It's a whole other realm of communication. I personally dislike them for the most part, although they can be useful sometimes.

Doctor Dre · 03-15-2004, 02:30 PM

I use them sometimes ... I don't like typing on my cell phone tough I have to buy myself a 2way !

hoe_vender · 03-15-2004, 03:56 PM

sometimes yes

radical · 03-15-2004, 03:59 PM

Yep evry one uses it here in Scotland!!

rjstar · 03-15-2004, 04:24 PM

Yeah UK here and use it shitloads.

Chris E · 03-15-2004, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rjstar
Yeah UK here and use it shitloads.

Living For Today · 03-15-2004, 04:27 PM

it used every day regularly by everyone i know.

Pun · 03-15-2004, 04:28 PM

I live in the US, and I use it maybe a couple times a week. I don't have a special phone with the keyboards (i.e. T-Mobile sidekick) so typing just isn't convenient for me. I'd rather pay the 20c and make the one minute call to give whatever information I need to give.

-Pun

Roger · 03-15-2004, 04:29 PM

We have the internet and we use emails. sms what for? It takes forever to type something and the phone's screen is tiny. I really don't see the use.

pornoshare · 03-15-2004, 04:32 PM

Its huge here in Australia. Every 14 year old kid in Australia has a phone and uses SMS every day. The penetration of mobile/cell phones in the states is very small compared to rest the of world due to network incompatibilited and basically because a lot of providers chose a shit network other than GSM.

polish_aristocrat · 03-16-2004, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pun
I live in the US, and I use it maybe a couple times a week. I don't have a special phone with the keyboards (i.e. T-Mobile sidekick) so typing just isn't convenient for me. I'd rather pay the 20c and make the one minute call to give whatever information I need to give.

-Pun

do you also make 1 minutes call to ppl you haven;t seen since 6 months...?
a SMS saying "hi, what's up? are u alive" is more convenient

hova · 03-16-2004, 02:03 AM

I use it a lot, like 20 times a day. Its just easy and cheap

Mr. Marks · 03-16-2004, 03:10 AM

SMS and MMS are frequently used in the Phiippines. Almost everyone has a mobile phone.

arial · 03-16-2004, 03:12 AM

Yup, I use it all the time. I can almost type as fast on my phone as I can on the computer. Craziness!

michel · 03-16-2004, 03:15 AM

Sms is big here in The Netherlands.

I used to "sms" a lot, but since my gf moved in with me, I don't use it that much anymore

eiht_98 · 03-16-2004, 03:30 AM

using it every day...95% of the population has a mobile here (Slovenia)

=^..^= · 03-16-2004, 04:01 AM

here in Austrlia SMS is off it's head
teenage girls 14 years old are averaging $400 a month SMS bills

I dont see the point in it most of time

figure this:

by my estimation about 80% of SMS messages are sent saying less than 10 words.
Now - that will cost you 20 cents.

BUT if you CALL the person and have your phone contracted for per second billing - you can SAY it faster and cheaper than you can SMS it.

I know one girl who sends One word SMS's all day.
just saing "yes" or no" or "when" and "where"

By time she has a full sentance it's cost her $5 and she could have spoken it in less than 30 seconds and paid .45 cents

I wish I owned a phone network

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03-15-2004, 09:44 AM	#1
mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	mobile sms messaging: do you use it often? and what is your location?? Its strange: in europe its like communication method #1.. i think it beats email. But in the US it virtually unused.. How come?

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Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	I live in the UK everyone over here does it , it beats email because 99% of people have phones and SMS is instant and cheaper than a usual phone call

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4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	it's expected to be grow in heaps in bounds this year in the US.

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sweandy Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 422	Fuck i almost never use sms. 1 Sms last month. I'm feeling old for this new hype thing. I'm 25

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Paul Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,637	Its very popular in the UK, I suppose people use it so much because its so useful if your sending someone info only a few lines long and its cheap (much cheaper than a mobile phone call)

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Cory W Deeply shallow Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hollywood, Ca. Posts: 9,133	I do not like to be text messaged. It takes me way to long to type into my number pad on my phone. I would just assume call someone. __________________ ICQ: 292310358 Offering writing and content services (mainstream). Marketing for L3 Payments

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mrthumbs salad tossing sig guy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: mrthumbs*gmail.com Posts: 11,702	well?

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Rorschach So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,579	It's enormously popular here in New Zealand, everyone has a cell phone and everyone under the age of 40 uses text messages. It's a whole other realm of communication. I personally dislike them for the most part, although they can be useful sometimes.

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hoe_vender Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 2,018	sometimes yes __________________ ICQ #286508534

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radical Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 2,876	Yep evry one uses it here in Scotland!! __________________ ICQ: 166108967

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rjstar Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 353	Yeah UK here and use it shitloads. __________________ <a href='http://stats.ars4real.com/wmref/click.php?type=but&a=1017433'> <img border=1 src='http://stats.ars4real.com/wmref/load.php?type=but&a=1017433'>

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Living For Today Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 3,970	it used every day regularly by everyone i know.

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Pun Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 379	I live in the US, and I use it maybe a couple times a week. I don't have a special phone with the keyboards (i.e. T-Mobile sidekick) so typing just isn't convenient for me. I'd rather pay the 20c and make the one minute call to give whatever information I need to give. -Pun __________________ TrafficHolder.com - Buy/Sell Adult Traffic ICQ: 18771941

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Roger Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: MetroCity Posts: 3,181	We have the internet and we use emails. sms what for? It takes forever to type something and the phone's screen is tiny. I really don't see the use.

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pornoshare Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 237	Its huge here in Australia. Every 14 year old kid in Australia has a phone and uses SMS every day. The penetration of mobile/cell phones in the states is very small compared to rest the of world due to network incompatibilited and basically because a lot of providers chose a shit network other than GSM.

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Mr. Marks Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wherever I want Posts: 7,517	SMS and MMS are frequently used in the Phiippines. Almost everyone has a mobile phone.

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arial Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bay Area Posts: 4,012	Yup, I use it all the time. I can almost type as fast on my phone as I can on the computer. Craziness!

03-16-2004, 03:15 AM	#34
michel TheHun's Yellow Pages! Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 3,420	Sms is big here in The Netherlands. I used to "sms" a lot, but since my gf moved in with me, I don't use it that much anymore

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eiht_98 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: EU Posts: 6,103	using it every day...95% of the population has a mobile here (Slovenia)

03-16-2004, 04:01 AM	#36
=^..^= Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ICQ 380-366 Posts: 6,935	here in Austrlia SMS is off it's head teenage girls 14 years old are averaging $400 a month SMS bills I dont see the point in it most of time figure this: by my estimation about 80% of SMS messages are sent saying less than 10 words. Now - that will cost you 20 cents. BUT if you CALL the person and have your phone contracted for per second billing - you can SAY it faster and cheaper than you can SMS it. I know one girl who sends One word SMS's all day. just saing "yes" or no" or "when" and "where" By time she has a full sentance it's cost her $5 and she could have spoken it in less than 30 seconds and paid .45 cents I wish I owned a phone network __________________ #RememberYourRoots #AaronMForGFYHOF