Magilla <magilla@DELETETHISstupidmonkey.org> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Dan Anos <fiach.reid@gmail.com> wrote

>>> I think that the argument is quite obvious,

>> More fool you...

>>> as soon as Email from mobile devices is as cheap as
>>> email from a PC, then it will instantly replace SMS.

>> No it wont, because it isn't as convenient to email as it is to SMS from most mobile phones,

> When I did have my mobile ( NextG ) configured and contacts entered I found it just as easy to SMS
> as it was to send e-mail.

And the reason email wont instantly replace SMS is because not
everyone will bother to do that configuration and contact entry.

Plenty dont even bother to store phone numbers either.

> Admittedly, I was sending pics and vids with just a title typed in but it would've been a simple
> matter to add text as well.

Irrelevant to whether it will instantly replace SMS, that aint gunna happen.

>> and plenty of the low end mobile phones cant even email anyway.

> I agree that SMS wont be dying a sudden death any
> time soon but e-mail definitely has a big future if it's
> priced right ( which it currently isn't ).

Sure, but thats nothing like what he said. If he had said
what you have just said, I wouldnt have commented.

>> And most dont compare prices like that anyway.