How fast can you text - Page 2

DarkFish · 08-24-10, 05:32 PM

Another reason why texting is much better than calling:

Imagine you're in a noisy pub, and some friend of yours in some random other noisy pub is trying to find you.

"He..., wh...e ar... ...ou?"
"What?"
"Sor..., ..at di....ou j...st ...ay?"
"I said WHAT?"
"..ere are ..ou?"
"We're in the Jack"
"c...'t hea... y..u"
"The JACK"
"...e w...at?!"
"Ah never mind, I'll text you"
"..an you ...epeat ... at?"
"BEEP -- BEEP -- BEEP"

Wouldn't be the first time this happened to me

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

I don't text much anyways. less than 50 a day. considering some of my friends, that's caveman level.

What?! Caveman level?! I usually text less then 10 a week! If I want to talk to someone, I go see him/her in person, maybe find him/her on MSN if I can't. Texting is reserved for short messages like "you going out tonight?", "where are you?", "sry for last night" and the like.

Platapus · 08-24-10, 07:46 PM

I hope I am not the only one here who has never texted?

Sledgehammer427 · 08-24-10, 07:51 PM

DF, I may have been exaggerating, 50 a day is a bit much for me, but, having a girlfriend whom I can rarely see kinda notches my texting activity up a bit.

between me and friends, < 10 a week

between me and her about 50 a week

SteamWake · 08-25-10, 09:43 AM

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Walking, sitting, it doesn't matter where it happens, teenagers seem to need to text. Statistics show 80 percent of all 15 to 18-year-olds own a cell phone. And the rate of texting has sky rocketed 600 percent in three years. The average teen sends 3,000 texts a month.

http://cbs3.com/health/Health.Alert....2.1877150.html

Takeda Shingen · 08-25-10, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Despite having a Blackberry with a qwerty keyboard and unlimited text allowance I reckon I don't use double figures per month.

The only exception is if I get a text or an email off the boy whilst I'm out.

Yes. I send maybe five or six texts a month on my Blackberry and recieve about the same, although some of those are promotional from AT&T. Most of my texts are work-related and I am terrible at typing on it.

frau kaleun · 08-25-10, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I hope I am not the only one here who has never texted?

I did it once or twice to make sure it worked, because I'd only just enabled it on my phone. It did. I haven't done it since. I barely ever use my cell phone anyway.

Tchocky · 08-25-10, 10:01 AM

I send rather a lot of messages, and usually keep a chat window open with anyone online - I'm usually talking to people back in Ireland so it's a lot cheaper to keep an email/IM window open on my phone than use SMS.

I use Swype as the keyboard -

Jimbuna · 08-25-10, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Yes. I send maybe five or six texts a month on my Blackberry and recieve about the same, although some of those are promotional from AT&T. Most of my texts are work-related and I am terrible at typing on it.

Yep....on my third consecutive Blackberry now. I keep going for a slightly larger (dimensionally) model hoping the keyboard will be expansive enough for my fingers.....fail every time.

Looking for one the size of a house brick next

Sailor Steve · 08-25-10, 01:31 PM

The member of our band at whose house we rehearse regularly texts us all about the next session. My replies to him are the only time I ever text.

As for phones, I became briefly infatuated with using it for the internet, so when I got my current service I bought a phone with internet and a camera. I've used them so much that when it finally dies I intend to replace it with an el-cheapo model that makes phone calls.

kiwi_2005 · 08-25-10, 10:02 PM

When not using the phone I use skype for communication, at least with that you can see who your talking too. What i find morbid with this texting is those who use it don't have any emotional/mental contact with the receiver at least on a phone you hear their voice texting its nothing.

Can understand if you need to text about work etc but using texting as your main form of communication you mos well be texting to yourself.

CCIP · 08-25-10, 10:04 PM

I kinda like texting. It's not the most convenient method of communication, but for confirming plans and meeting people, it's extremely handy. Sadly, noone ever texts me, so that capacity in my phone goes largely unused.

08-24-10, 07:46 PM	#17
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,386 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I hope I am not the only one here who has never texted? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Sledgehammer427 PacWagon Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Drinking coffee and staring at trees in Massachusetts Posts: 2,908 Downloads: 287 Uploads: 0	DF, I may have been exaggerating, 50 a day is a bit much for me, but, having a girlfriend whom I can rarely see kinda notches my texting activity up a bit. between me and friends, < 10 a week between me and her about 50 a week __________________ Cold Waters Voice Crew - Fire Control Officer Cmdr O. Myers - C/O USS Nautilus (SS-168) 114,000 tons sunk - 4 Spec Ops completed V-boat Nutcase - Need supplies? Japanese garrison on a small island in the way? Just give us a call! D4C!

08-25-10, 10:01 AM	#22
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I send rather a lot of messages, and usually keep a chat window open with anyone online - I'm usually talking to people back in Ireland so it's a lot cheaper to keep an email/IM window open on my phone than use SMS. I use Swype as the keyboard - __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-25-10, 01:31 PM	#24
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The member of our band at whose house we rehearse regularly texts us all about the next session. My replies to him are the only time I ever text. As for phones, I became briefly infatuated with using it for the internet, so when I got my current service I bought a phone with internet and a camera. I've used them so much that when it finally dies I intend to replace it with an el-cheapo model that makes phone calls. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-25-10, 10:02 PM	#25
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	When not using the phone I use skype for communication, at least with that you can see who your talking too. What i find morbid with this texting is those who use it don't have any emotional/mental contact with the receiver at least on a phone you hear their voice texting its nothing. Can understand if you need to text about work etc but using texting as your main form of communication you mos well be texting to yourself. __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

08-25-10, 10:04 PM	#26
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I kinda like texting. It's not the most convenient method of communication, but for confirming plans and meeting people, it's extremely handy. Sadly, noone ever texts me, so that capacity in my phone goes largely unused. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)