Short Messaging
(by C. Enrique Ortiz)
A word on short messaging (regardless of SMS or MMS or Twits): best channel for notification-like distribution. Second to none. True SMS is way to expensive and prohibitive for many; SMS though is a cash-cow for network providers who must be terrified of Twitter. If targeting notification-like app such as promotions SMS and Twitter is the way to go.
- On Mobile Applications, Platforms and Monetization — “Show me the Money”
- SMS is King, Heaven and Hell, all at the same time
- Competing in the Mobile Market Today
- 8 BILLION texts sent every day. Or 92,000 text messages sent every second of every day
- Analysis and Opinions on the Future of Messaging
- On Texting Usage in the USA (PEW Internet Project)
- Interaction Triggers in Mobile Applications
- On iterations, mobile, texting, web, and local applications (oh, and voice)
- Texting and The Evolution of the Thumb
On Coding: Messaging, Multimedia Messaging on Java ME
- The Wireless Messaging API 2.0
- The Wireless Messaging API 1.1
- Advanced Message Coding Using JSR-120
- The Wireless Messaging API FAQ
Good External Resources
- Communities Dominate Brands
- Text Message Statistics (CellSigns)
- @TxtFo