According to a recent study by our friends at Pew (don’t you think they need a better name?), 85% of Americans now say they own a cell phone (seems low to me). Of those 96% make phone calls (what else would they do with their phones?) and 67% send text messages.
The global study reported that [...]
The history of the text message is portrayed in this infographic from Advanced Telecom Services.
We’ve all known for a long time how much teens are addicted to text messages, but text message use continues to spiral in all age groups according to a recent study from Nielsen covering third quarter, 2011. Women now average 802 text messages per month and men send and receive 604 text messages per month.
You’ve got to love those infographics and here’s one of the best ones I’ve seen to discuss teens use of texting. According to the third quarter, 2011 study by Nielsen, teens are sending 3,417 text messages per month.
USA Today asked visitors to the historic Varsity restaurant in Atlanta how often they text.
For the actual national results on how many text messages are sent by age group, click here.
Mobile messaging is big business. Just ask Portio Research in the UK.
Portio Resarche indicates that the worldwide mobile messaging was the highest earner in the industry, raking in US $179.2 billion in 2010. Revenues will exceed $200 billion in 2011 and $300 billion in 2014.
It said SMS (short message service), also known as the ubiuquitous text message, has [...]
The vast majority of college students today use smartphones and 3/4 don’t pay for their own cell phone bill.
Think you are paying a lot for college costs? Consider that your young adult student may not be paying as much attention in class as you may have thought. 88% send a text message during [...]
Text message use and taking pictures is the most common use of a cell phone other than talking, according to a new study by Pew. 73% of adult cell owners use the text message function on their cell phones.
Americans average 41.5 text messages per day sent or received. That is a slight increase over the [...]
What states use the most text messages per resident? Nielsen also analyzed text message use by state and here are the results.
