By: Anthony Kinsey
In class, we discussed how text messaging has changed the landscape for the way that people do business. We noted that lately companies have been using text messages to effectively get to their consumer so that they can capitalize on the latest communication trend. Here is an old video when texting was just becoming popular in 2008:
A personal story: My dad used to work for Ameritech back in the late 90s/ early 2000s so my family has always been at the forefront of telecommunication developments. I remember when cellphones started becoming more prevalent then pagers. Looking back, pagers seem so inefficient and pointless comparative to text messaging on a cellpone. A pager has no way to communicate back to the person that sent you the page other than calling them on some landline phone. Here is an article from E-How that talks about the development of the mobile phone:
Prior to talking about the death of pagers and the rise of text messaging, I believe it is important to explore an intermediary that seemed to be a fusion of the two. Motorola, one of the companies that originally made the pager developed what I believe to be the base of text messaging with the ability to “chirp.” Chirping was reminiscent of a walkie talkie phone but it allowed users to quickly communicate with people on the other line without actually talking on the phone. This method of instant communication was dubbed push to talk on motorola phones. In 2003 it was the standard method of quick communication for people with Motorola phones. It was not until 2005 that the texting frenzy began to take off. I believe that this idea of PTT or push to talk was a better version of the pager yet it was eventually overriden by the text message. Here goes a commercial promoting the software popularized by motorola and nextel.
I also agree with Anthony. Txt Messaging has truly passed pagers and walkie talkies or we know as "chirp." Txting is a fast way to get in touch with somebody without even talking on the phone with the other user. Since we have went from pagers to walkie talkies and then txt messaging, I am just waiting to see whats next in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI think voice messaging tried to be the next big thing with voxer but that faded quickly. Text messaging will continue to dominate but they way we text will get much more complex.
ReplyDeleteTexting has definitely taken over the world. Even my grandmother knows how to text. I remember when texting first started catching on you would just send an occasional "hey" or "goodmorning". Now we use it as the number one source of communication through cell phones. I know 10 year old kids with cell phones. I also remember "chirp", I actually never had it but deep down I still want it.
ReplyDeleteTexting has definitely changed the communication world, I text on my phone more than I make phone calls now a days. Texting is a more convenient and quick way to communicate and allows to still carry on task as supposed to talking on the phone and staying on the phone and inconveniencing yourself.
ReplyDeleteTexting by far has been the greatest innovation in telecommunications. People no longer have to wait till some is available to get a message accross, its instant and very time considerate. Eventually there will be no need for phone calls, everyone will just be soley texting.
ReplyDeleteWhen you look at the service plans for cell phones now, voice calls aren't even the focus anymore. Data plans are the bulk of your bills now. This can be testament to what Anthony is speaking about with the revolution and takeover of texting
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