On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Marcela Christina Musgrove Ch. wrote:
> are referring to. I was hoping someone could tell me why SMS isn't available in
> Japan(just a simple standards difference?) and if you think there is (or have
> seen any studies that show) a real difference between the SMS experience and
> the emailing that I guess constitutes texting in Japan. (If I've got this
Isn't SMS like AU's cmail or J-Phone's skymail? I think all the providers
have (or had) short messaging systems.
Email advantages:
1. compatability - use with anyone, regardless of provider.
2. much longer messages
3. attachments - pictures, video, voice, ring tones, wallpaper, appli...
SMS advantages:
1. cheaper?
a. because within same provider only?
b. because squeezed into unused protocol bandwidth?
2. some obsolete phones can't do email
Or is SMS an inter-provider standard? Are those messages free to the
receiver? So there must be a payment protocol from the sender's provider
to the receiver's provider, like with a phone call. That must be a lot
more complicated than email. Does it cut down on spam?
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Received on Wed Jul 30 04:42:52 2003