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   How did you or Phil get on to SMS and in your case rediculous =
conclusions based on an article discussing corporate use of IM?  Did you =
even read the article?

Rich

  "relayPoint"  wrote in message =
news:p8on5v0pk05dv0kiqdn9sda007q65jv7jv{at}4ax.com...
  On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:19:11 +0100, Phil Payne
   said all this:

  >http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/25/HNimcrisis_1.html
  >
  >I despair sometimes.  The word "instant" in "Instant
Messaging" means =
what
  >it says.  It has nothing to do with having to do it at a keyboard.  =
Kids in
  >the UK now _DEMAND_ instant contact with their peers, and they do it =
on 2"
  >x 5" Nokia handsets with their thumbs.  Leaning against lampposts - =
in
  >pubs, in cars, walking down the street.
  >
  >Nokia is now shipping almost FOUR TIMES the number of computers Intel =
is
  >shipping.
  >
  >PC-based "instant messaging" is DEAD.  Sut the division
down and get =
on
  >with something else.

  The thing is, over here in the US, IM is not so hot. Nokia's not the
  be all and end all. Kids around here couldn't care less about whether
  or not they have SMS and the like, they want the cellphone to ring
  their friends and waste minutes. (Which makes companies very happy.)
  Microsoft, being an American company, seems to adopt primarily
  American views - and the (albeit STUPID) American view is that SMS has
  no real use, is not worth it, and the one true Instant Messaging
  platform is their home computer. (This, is why companies are becoming
  very concerned about IM systems like ICQ, AIM, etc.)=20

  So.. no. We don't get it across the pond. Personally, I don't like
  SMS, don't want it. But I also am very slow at texting, having done it
  before, because I'm a Grammar Nazi and I have carpal tunnel. :P

  _rP
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   How did
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in your case rediculous conclusions based on an article discussing = corporate use=20
of IM?  Did you even read the article?
 
Rich
 

  "relayPoint" <rpoint{at}error404.nls.net>">mailto:rpoint{at}error404.nls.net">rpoint{at}error404.nls.net>
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  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 22:19:11 +0100, Phil Payne<philp{at}isham-research.com>=">mailto:philp{at}isham-research.com">philp{at}isham-research.com>=
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  all=20
  =
this:>http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/02/25/HNimcrisis_1.h=
tml>>I=20
  despair sometimes.  The word "instant" in
"Instant Messaging" =
means=20
  what>it says.  It has nothing to do with having
to do it =
at a=20
  keyboard.  Kids in>the UK now _DEMAND_ instant contact =
with their=20
  peers, and they do it on 2">x 5" Nokia
handsets with their=20
  thumbs.  Leaning against lampposts - in>pubs, in cars, =
walking=20
  down the street.>>Nokia is now shipping
almost FOUR =
TIMES the=20
  number of computers Intel
is>shipping.>>PC-based =
"instant=20
  messaging" is DEAD.  Sut the division down and get
on>with =

  something else.The thing is, over here in the US, IM
is not so =
hot.=20
  Nokia's not thebe all and end all. Kids around here couldn't care =
less=20
  about whetheror not they have SMS and the like, they want the =
cellphone to=20
  ringtheir friends and waste minutes. (Which makes companies very=20
  happy.)Microsoft, being an American company, seems to adopt=20
  primarilyAmerican views - and the (albeit STUPID) American view is =
that=20
  SMS hasno real use, is not worth it, and the one true Instant=20
  Messagingplatform is their home computer. (This, is why companies =
are=20
  becomingvery concerned about IM systems like ICQ, AIM, etc.) =
So..=20
  no. We don't get it across the pond. Personally, I don't likeSMS, =
don't=20
  want it. But I also am very slow at texting, having done itbefore, =
because=20
  I'm a Grammar Nazi and I have carpal tunnel.
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