There’s really going to be no middle ground here. Either you’re going to think this app is brilliant, or you’re going to …
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WhatsApp Who? AT&T Adds Free Text Messaging to Other Countries
AT&T has apparently realized that customers have little need to pay for international text messages when there are plenty of free services such as WhatsApp that perform the same function.
In-Flight Text Messaging Is Coming
Gogo is rolling out a new app that will allow passengers to exchange text messages with groundlings while they’re tens of thousands of feet in the air.
Hangouts, iMessage and the Trouble with Overriding SMS
Will Android’s Hangouts app replace SMS? Hopefully not.
Take This Texting Acronym Quiz
Considering smartphone owners aged 18 to 24 send more than 2,000 texts a month, it’s no wonder the number of abbreviations and acronyms in common use has skyrocketed.
Driving Game Makes You Respond to Text Messages While You’re Racing
It’s not a game that should be played in real life.
Why Facebook Will Have Trouble Killing the Text Message
Facebook has started to roll out a new version of its Messenger app for Android that only requires a name and a phone number, not an actual Facebook account, to sign up.
Get Text Messaging on Your PC with These 3 Handy Android Apps
Whenever someone asks me why an Android phone is worth considering instead of an iPhone, one of the first things I bring up is the ability to send and receive text messages from my PC’s web browser. Apple does not allow other …
Are Texting Apps a Real Threat to Wireless Carriers?
Apple is poised to introduce iMessage – essentially “free text messaging” – in iOS 5. Is it the end of the text message as we know it? Perhaps, but not quite yet.
The thought of an app on your phone that lets you communicate with others for free, sans antiquated text message, is thrilling. While it may not be time to ditch your …
Samsung ‘ChatON’ Messaging to Challenge Apple and BlackBerry
A war’s brewing between BlackBerry Messenger and Apple’s upcoming iMessage, and Samsung isn’t content to sit on the sidelines. The phone and tablet maker plans to launch its own mobile messaging service called “ChatON,” with the promise of supporting even its competitors’ smartphones.
Like BBM and iMessage, ChatON will let users send …
AT&T Texting Plans Whittled to Unlimited and Pay-Per-Text
On August 21, AT&T will once again “streamline” its text messaging plans, leaving only unlimited and pay-per-text options for new subscribers.
AT&T is removing a plan that offered 1,000 text messages for $10 per month plus 10 cents for additional messages. AT&T’s other texting prices will remain the same, at $20 per month for unlimited
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AT&T To Combat Verizon With New Text Plans, (Technically) Faster Network?
If rumor is right, it looks like AT&T is going to start their attack plan to beat the Verizon iPhone. A source has leaked to Gear Live a Best Buy company memo that says that AT&T will be changing text messaging plans to $10 for 1000 messages and $20 for unlimited texting. Each additional message will remain $.10. It says that new plans …