| There is a nice television commercial that is | | | | four or five figure number) for viewers to |
| being shown currently on the Indian TV | | | | send text messages with their opinions. |
| channels. The Nokia advertisement seeks to | | | | Marketing companies have used text so |
| dispel the commonly held notion that phones | | | | extensively that the courts stepped in to |
| are used just for talking. A number of | | | | restrict the usage.Sending text messages is |
| applications are shown, including video | | | | also very convenient because this medium is |
| recording, still photos, MP3 music, FM radio | | | | very suitable for sending payment reminders, |
| and of course text messages. Though text | | | | payment intimations, disaster alerts, SOS |
| messaging is a big improvement on the pager | | | | calls, greetings and courtesy calls can be |
| (remember it?), today it feels impossible to | | | | transmitted in this form. Receipts of |
| live without it.For the younger generation, | | | | payments like utility bills, club fees, |
| life is unimaginable without a mobile phone. | | | | subscriptions, renewals and so on can be sent |
| For them it is like an extension of their | | | | by way of SMS messages.Text messages have |
| hands, a handy tool to say so many things. | | | | proved their worth during the last few years |
| The young people have devised a peculiar | | | | as the ownership of mobile phones exploded to |
| lingo of missed calls and text messages by | | | | 60 million sets. During times of crisis, |
| the dozen. Text messages are an improved | | | | governments have rushed SMS alerts to |
| version of the old pass-the-note messaging, | | | | citizens warning of floods, earthquakes, etc. |
| especially in the classroom as SMS messages | | | | Thanks to its ease of use, more people are |
| scurry to and fro. Text messages are ideal to | | | | taking up text messaging. The mobile phone is |
| send to people because they are stored in | | | | now seen more as an accessory of modern life |
| their handsets to be read when they are free. | | | | than as a novelty item. There are now more |
| Sometimes a call might catch the receiver at | | | | than 120 million phones in India, of which |
| an awkward moment and he may prefer to ignore | | | | landlines constitute less than half the |
| it at the time. Text messaging is possible on | | | | number.SMSCountry is a leading two-way SMS |
| every mobile phone and some landline phones | | | | text messaging application developer |
| also.Text messaging has proved to be a | | | | providing mobile office tools that link the |
| profitable revenue earner for the telecom | | | | desktop to the mobile phone. Visit SMS India |
| companies thanks to the TV channels. Almost | | | | for more details. |
| every program advertises a short code (three, | | | | |