July 08, 2002
Web-based short message services
HERE ARE a few web-based services that send text messages to mobile phones from a computer.
Most of the cell phone users would certainly be aware of the short message service (SMS), which refers to the process of sending instant text messages from one mobile phone to another. The technology is called `short messaging', as the sender cannot send a message longer than 160 characters. Similar to other new technologies such as instant messaging, on-line chatting and so on, the early adopters of SMS were young people. But, from being a youth communication tool, SMS is finding reasonably good acceptance among different categories of people including professionals and businessmen.
Most of the cell phone users would certainly be aware of the short message service (SMS), which refers to the process of sending instant text messages from one mobile phone to another. The technology is called `short messaging', as the sender cannot send a message longer than 160 characters. Similar to other new technologies such as instant messaging, on-line chatting and so on, the early adopters of SMS were young people. But, from being a youth communication tool, SMS is finding reasonably good acceptance among different categories of people including professionals and businessmen.
