Text Messaging

The first wireless text-messaging services sent messages from paging companies to alphanumeric pagers. Motorola, a leading player in the paging industry, developed technology that consumers, dispatchers, and computers could use to send text messages over its paging networks. There was a limit, only 80 characters or so at a time and a message was sent from the paging network only once despite the fact the pager was turned on or in coverage area of service. There is several ways to send text messages to pagers: Call a dispatcher with your message so that he or she would type it into a paging-specific keyboard attached to dialup to the paging network, purchase a software package prepared purposely for alphanumeric paging, and the Internet became frequently available by visiting a Web site to send a text. Many companies then began giving pagers Internet e-mail addresses to receive e-mail messages and notifications.
Today’s generation grasps the Internet and text messaging with little to no teaching. They know how to use these technology advancements even before they were taught. Text messaging is a tool that youth of today use to express who they are, both literally and figuratively. Furthermore, it is a definite way for the youth to stay in touch. It is also a way to cover up their negative personalities. For example, if an adolescent is shy, by text messaging he or she is less likely to be shy since they aviod confrentation. This new adavanced SMS technology can allow users to order movie tickets, track stock quotes and check bank account balances. Like anything else it has many negatives. For example texting while driving, texting answers to a test, and texting dirty things to friends.