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redglasscurls:
I'm a huge fan of text-messaging! It's a way to send a quick bit of information that is not time sensitive. Most people I'm texting are either working or possibly in class when I want to send them a message, so I don't have to interrupt them with a call at an inopportune time for something relatively unimportant. It also works well for me because I can type stupid fast on a cellphone, and I despise calling people.

ZJGent:
I appreciate and respect people who can text message, especially those who can text message at speed, even with unfriendly abbreviations that mean nothing to the outside observer. Unfortunately, I am completely clueless in that area, and never got on the whole "newer, better mobile phone" boat. My first phone was a Bosch 509e, for christ's sakes. Bosch.
As in, them lot who make washing machines.
My current phone is bulky, comfy, black and white, and calls people. That is all I need, really.

Symp:

--- Quote from: redglasscurls on 04 Apr 2008, 17:41 ---I'm a huge fan of text-messaging! It's a way to send a quick bit of information that is not time sensitive. Most people I'm texting are either working or possibly in class when I want to send them a message, so I don't have to interrupt them with a call at an inopportune time for something relatively unimportant. It also works well for me because I can type stupid fast on a cellphone, and I despise calling people.

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This is exactly what I do.

Also, to the people who hate T9, maybe you did what I did for the longest time. In "normal" texting, you would 8 once, 4 twice and 3 twice to spell "the". In T9 (at least on my phone) you would hit would just hit 8 4 3 once in that order and it assumes you want a word from those letter groups and 90% of the time its "the". If you try to type out stuff like a "normal" text message in T9 it wont work.

It took my close to 6 months to grasp this

sean:

--- Quote from: valley_parade on 04 Apr 2008, 08:17 ---What do you do if you're in the middle of somewhere and need to call somebody? I thought payphones went extinct.

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This is actually surprisingly untrue, at least in rather urban areas! Payphones, while a bit harder to find, are still practical (at least I think.) (then again i only use them when I'm enough of a dumbass to leave my cell phone home.) (which is more often than I would like.)

Jimmy the Squid:
My phone is actually an incredibly important tool for me. Not only do I need to to call people and indeed be called by people I am almost hamstringed without it because I don't own a watch. If I don't have a phone I don't know what time it is (and having a really shit internal clock means that even if I ask someone the time I will be just as fucked as I was before after about 5 minutes). If I forget my iPod then my phone also has some songs on it that can help me waste time until things I need to do are ready to be done. It also has solitaire on it which helps a lot.

I use text messages all the time, but they are cheaper than calls so it's not that surprising and it's handy being able to send someone a message saying "we're out of chilli sauce. Can you pick some up on the way home?" rather than call them, ask them that and then get drawn into a long and ultimately expensive conversation about their day which I do not care about at all.

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