This info may be relevant to a comparison of SMS and mobile email
http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2003/04/03/esociedad/1049379185.html
(if you can speak Spanish, but there must be similar reports in English).
It says that a Young & Rubicam report has concluded that
- Most Europeans over 35 have never tried to send an SMS message
- Even if they managed it, very few of their friends would know how to
receive it.
I can't say anything about the research behind this, but it sounds right to me.
My impression is that e.mail over mobile networks in Japan is not as heavily
skewed to the younger section of the market. Is that right?
I don't know why this should be. Maybe an interface issue, attitudes to
gadgets and innovation, or simply a matter of social trends and perceptions?
Dai Griffiths
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
At 00:23 03/04/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks Gerhard and John for answering question 2. Are
>there any advantages to SMS? It seems to me that it
>is inferior to regular email from the end user's
>perspective.
>
>Thanks Gerhard for the links regarding question 3. I
>will take a look, but I was hoping for something more
>encompassing, so that I can feel like I have a general
>understanding of all the issues regarding wireless
>tech. I can't even tell you what all I want to know
>because I don't know what I should know, you know?
>
>
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