Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 09/27/07 12:07

"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
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> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message

>> That's *exactly* what I was thinking of.
>> My niece is a texting guru.
>> She has her phone all setup for a kind of code-completion.
>> She types a couple of characters - and it spits out a whole sentence.
>
> Why????? That, to me, is like looking at a big console radio and
> expecting to see the show. Why type? Why not simply TALK? OK, I can see
> one reason. That would be to send a message if the person isn't answering.
> Then, again, isn't that what voicemail is for?

Because, for them, it's more efficient than dialing a bunch of numbers,
waiting for someone to answer, getting past the hellos and the can-you-talks
and then, after all that, remembering the unimportant thing you wanted to
say.

Welcome to the 21st century.

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