The SMS or text message, is seeing its last days, and I am sure that content. Google is working on its own version of iMessage or BBM for Android. This means that users can send text and multimedia messages to each other, worldwide, without costs of messaging for carriers. If this is true, I am delighted that the carriers will have to find new ways for its customers in terms of price of nickels and dimes.
VentureBeat reports:
For consumers, these new apps will be means faster and less expensive integrated message friends. But the Outlook is less rosy for carriers, which will likely see their revenue from lucrative text messaging made major dip. Applications of messaging moves activity resembling a textos in networks of cellular data and SMS networks for the ageing of the carrier.
To date, the rate of what carriers for SMS charges, plans and even rates per message, are astronomical. A few years ago, the Government has asked why SMS rates were so dear, and really the carriers could not come up with a viable excuse. But with applications such as iMessage, BBM, Kik, WhatsApp and now possibly a version above apps Android, carriers will have to.
The Wall Street Journal says that for Android, Google "" has also recently worked on an e-mail application, a person familiar with the matter said.""
In addition, with messaging applications free of charge and available on multiple platforms smartphone for many customers chat, more users have easier to cut on their plans of messaging for free alternatives. Some might even say that SMS is outdated and boring.
I, for its part, much longer wait for the death of SGS. He reached his goal, and it always does when the carrier's data network is down, but it is time to move forward. With AIM, GTalk, Facebook Chat, BBM Kik, Skype and more readily available and free pay even a penny a message has absolutely no meaning at all.
As Phil, character of Bradley Cooper in the hangover, has said in his box voice greeting, "leave me a message, or not." Oh, make me a favour and do text me. "He is gay."
