Valentine's day and SMS
12th Feb 2006, 03:58 GMT
"A poll of 3,000 mobile phone users in Britain found 40 per cent will be texting rather than sending cards and that one-in-four have misdirected a provocative text or photo,"the abc reports."Recipients of the unwanted texts include bosses or colleagues (9 per cent),parents (3 per cent) and perhaps most embarrassing of all,ex-partners (2 per cent).The study reveals eight-in-10 people aged 18-25 years old have sent a flirty text message within the last year, with a third indulging in "text sex".The survey found 60 per cent of respondents had sent a flirty text to someone other than their regular partner,although not without consequences for many of them". Warning for Valentine's texters
Valentine's day and SMS related news:
- Debate of SMS Divorce (still) Rages in Malaysia — textually.org
- Italy: new SMS service for fresh produce consumer — textually.org
- Verifying an ID card by SMS and MMS — textually.org
- Verifying an ID card by SMS and soon, by MMS — textually.org
- Valentine, Mental Health, Detroit Cobras — athensmusic.com
- SMS übernimmt von Siemens den restlichen SMS-Demag-Anteil — Finanztreff.de / BRANCHEN
- SMS Costs Doubling at the Value Leader, T-Mobile USA — The Wireless Report
- As of February 15th 2006, Yakoon a Leading SMS Provider Shall Be Reducing Its Prices by 20% — PR Web (The Free Wire Service) Telecom
- SMS 2003 Account Review Tool — NT Compatible
- Kunden mit Gratis-SMS in die Abo-Falle gelockt — silicon.de news
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