How to Text Message

Some people call it texting, but it is just one innovation that has found its usage in everyday life in different manifestations- business, family, education, politics and so on. No one would say he is never familiar with the concept of text messaging, but common as it is, it has some technical definitions to it and important techniques that must be mastered if its objective must be fully achieved and its usage absolutely realized. A lot of lucrative business deals have been pulled off and otherwise pulled out in times past and also a lot of relationships have been mended and also broken too. It’s just a simple act of communication between people. In technical terms, it is the transfer of quick, short messages or information between people and enabled through the use of mobile devices or phones over a network. It could also be from a personal computer to a mobile phone device. For a transfer of text message to be successful, there must be a network provision, two phone device and two individuals. The sender is the texter while the receiver is the textee. Text messaging has witnessed a lot of technological developments and new innovations are still underway.
The term text messaging is referred to in a different name in different parts of the world. Some call it SMS-(short messaging service) in Europe, Asia while it is called a text in India and Australia.
Most mobile phones have an enabled system of mobile text messaging; the feature can be easily located on the menus of most phone devices. The art of text messaging has simply reduced the use of voice calls as the new generation finds great fulfillment in the use of the fingers in sending text messages. Quick to note that text messaging was first used in 1992 when a 22 year old engineer sent a text from a personal computer to a phone.

Uses
It is relatively cheaper to making voice calls; the rates of most network providers are way cheaper than sending SMS, this low rate has found its use in business advertisement, promotion and programs announcement through another modification referred to as bulk SMS where a lot of messages are sent from the personal computer through an internet connection to several phones at the same time, this is a fast and cheaper method of Business communication.

It is less intrusive, instead of calling someone at a less convenient time when such a person won’t be able to pick up calls; text messages can be sent to the person’s phone and the person would understand quickly what is going on even if there is an emergency.

Text messages are a good way of self-expression without the necessary act of confrontation; not everyone is confident or better put, bold to express their opinions, thoughts and feelings to others.

You could avoid disturbance during your quiet times by using text messages, you wouldn’t need to talk to anyone but your fingers would do the talking.

Source of income: Text messaging is a source of earnings to some people; the network providers, bulk SMS companies.

It is used as a way of getting customer feedback of one’s product, to obtain public perception of one’s brand. Some companies use these as an additional means of customer care service. It is also usefulto obtain polls or for popularity voting.

Text messaging is used as a means to getting regular updates, news and on-the-hour notification of major sporting events or political activities taking place at any particular time. E.g. A premiership football march could be going on and you might not have the luxury of time and space to watch it, you could be presented with an on-the-minute update of the football match.

Below are carefully listed steps to sending a text message on a mobile phone:

a. Check out the main phone menu
b. Navigate to the part of the menu where the message is located
c. Go to either new message or create message
d. Type your message using either the phone keypad or if a touch screen phone use the stylus or tap on the screen
e. After typing message, then select ‘send’