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SMS and MMS are ripoffs

Both were created by the mobile commercial community as a separate and proprietary system to suck money out of your pocket.

It is granted it seems easier to send an sms... especially on most other phones where contacts are not so neatly integrated as iphone with email. But it is other phone's shortcomings on email access that makes sms still viable.

If you want to send the same message to multiple people, some will need email... some can see it via sms/mms.. some will have the mms portion stripped or blocked, and some will simply lose the sms in the ether.

sms is a total farce. really. If you read your fineprint it will tell you there is absolutely no guarantee an sms will be delivered or accepted, in any length of time or ever. Where as with email you have more control over the receipt, destination, attachments, etc.

All that, and it's free under the all-you-can-use net plan, vs. the paltry bit of free sms you get without paying.

But still, sms is push friendly.. and dings in your pocket.

Ah well... such is why I have system statuses SMS'd and emailed simultaneously. And pay for the privilege if a barrage of issues come up.

Posted by: wolftalamasca   Posted on: 06/18/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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