TEXT MESSAGING

Advantages and Disadvantages of Text Messaging

Advantages and Disadvantages of Text Messaging

Introduction

Definition

Text messaging can be defined as, texting system or messaging system is the action of writing, typing and sending a message through the electronic signals via mobile phone between the two or more cellular phones over the networking channel of the different telecommunication companies. The messaging service knows as SMS (Short Messaging Service), it includes the pictures, text, sounds, symbols and videos known as MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service). Text messaging occurs between the two cell phones, the sender of the message is known as texter. The messaging service has the various colloquialisms region vise. South American used to call it text, in Australia, UK, and Philippines used to call in cellular messages, while in the rest of the European world and Asian world people call it SMS.

History

Matti Makkonen known as the father of text messaging, he is the Finnish engineer, work on the technology enhancement for the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) network. He improves the performance usage of mobile phones by added value to the GSM with text messaging SMS. Matti was working for Nokia cellular company; they are the pioneers in the cellular manufacturing technology, they used the first ever messaging interface in one of their cell phone 9960i. They have developed very simple user interface text messaging system with the support of GSM network providers. The messaging system works even the cell phones switched off or out of network coverage area. Matti Makkonen awarded by the Economist magazine for his invention. In 1992 December, the first text message was send through the computer to the mobile phone in UK via Vodafone GSM network. In the beginning, when the public is not fully aware by the text messaging and use of cellular phone, the text messaging was very rarely used by any one the daily usage of text messaging in USA is 35 messages, but now the use of text messaging increases drastically about 2 trillion messages per year in USA.

SMS is a conveyances order that allows small bits of qualified data, called information data packets or SMS, to be conveyed between two mobile phones. To abstain from over-burdening frameworks that has its device in the transitional phase the transmission capacity and space limits, the originators of SMS assented to a greatest size of 160 characters for every SMS. Later, portable specialists received the standard of a most extreme of 140 characters for clients, and 20 characters for inward control (SMS routine, parcel header qualified information).

The point when a SMS is formatted, the transmitting unit interfaces device hooks up with the proposed beneficiary through the beneficiary's carrier (cellular phone system). A similarity is that the bearer's channel is the way where voice, information and pictures passage. In light of the fact that the note transmission through the cell specialist's framework, the proposed appropriating gadget does not be controlled on or accessible inside the specialist's scope range around then the note is sent; the beneficiary ...