Texting becoming a preference?

shel90 said:
A better question would be:

"Would people in the global market be more receptive to the idea of using text as a main source of communication in the business world?"
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I don't think texting will, but, I can see email being widely used to send inter-office memos and such. Texting is more of a recreational thing, I think, so I don't see it catching on or being that popular in the business world. Personally, I don't text or even own a cell phone but, I know that some have very small display screens/buttons and such. That may be a deterrent to texting being used as a means of formal communication in the workplace.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
I don't think texting will, but, I can see email being widely used to send inter-office memos and such. Texting is more of a recreational thing, I think, so I don't see it catching on or being that popular in the business world. Personally, I don't text or even own a cell phone, but, I know that some have very small display screens/buttons and such. That may be a deterrent to texting being used as a means of formal communication in the workplace.
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True but the phones with a bigger screen and a real keyboard mean texting is as easy email, just instant messaging. :)
 
Here's a better way of answering that business text question. When do you see wall street using text over phone? Some probably are texting, but there's going to need to be a really big advancement that everyone chooses it over voice. I think for the fact that you can multitask while on the phone is the prime reason why it's still a choice, not to mention all the text-to-speech and speech-to-text offered on smartphones nowadays.
 
SimonJ said:
True but the phones with a bigger screen and a real keyboard mean texting is as easy email, just instant messaging. :)
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That's true, too. So, maybe.

I'm hearing, so, I'm not reliant on texting as a means of communication. I was also thinking about the future, too. I guess I should my answer to a "Maybe". I can see it in certain situations.
 
shel90 said:
A better question would be:

"Would people in the global market be more receptive to the idea of using text as a main source of communication in the business world?"
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no. If the White House conducts its important affairs over phone, so do we.
 
Ah, the best thing about modern technology. I can't live without texting...!
 
I think that texting will become a stronger means of communication. Especially because it is less disturbing to others than using voice. I have seen many examples of where several people would be on their individual phones at the same time, it is crazy. Texting is here to stay.
 
Just another example of how we humans are losing human touch with one another, going through machine to communicate rather than directly...scary.
 
It has to be, if you noticed... most cell phone companies offer unlimited texting.


When my fiance (who is hearing), and I go out to places, occasionally, he will try to talk to me by signing to me. Although this is a bit difficult for me to grasps when every single word in a sentence is spelled out. :lol: I admire his efforts though. We're going to try to take up a ASL class next year.

But if that fails me we usually will text each other things.
 
Yeah.

My friend and I usually meet at her smoking area where the smokers hang out, and i happen to chat with a hearing person that uses the cell phone to use text each other right there. lol. I tried to let this hearing person go but keep talking to us by texting. I don't mind that one. ha
 
I am not totally unable to text, but have no one to text to. Mother and hubby can't figure it out and son uses my cell phone. The only other person who has that number is LDNanna. My brother and his family use cell phones, but never text each other. All the kids in school have been doing it and so the school are banning any and all cell phones except those for family members of servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. At my office in Missouri before I left, people would email each other, but the boss didn't like it. She is a firm believer that you need to get up from your desk often and move, so she encourages you to get up and talk to that person face to face. Just not often and keep it short.
 
I prefer texting over a voice conversation, however not everyone has texting on their phones so I am forced to either have a voice conversation with them or wait until I can get home to email them.
 
shel90 said:
A better question would be:

"Would people in the global market be more receptive to the idea of using text as a main source of communication in the business world?"
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Not any time soon.

It certainly is a convenience but there is still a need for phones in the business world.

In Hubby's business, 99.99 percent of his customers contact him by phone even though he has text and email available. Of course, his business is not global. :lol:
 
I'm not really sure why voice calls are still so popular. Even for hearing people they're quite inconvenient:

1. Generally the person receiving the call is caught off guard and can't prepare their responses since calls are in "real-time"
2. No text record is left of the phone call which might otherwise be useful in the future. I know I often look at old email records when deciding what to say in my next message.
3. Not really compatible with multitasking, though people with good hearing might think differently.

We've seen moving away from that to some extent, such as in services that translate voice mail to text and email it to you.
 
rraja said:
I'm not really sure why voice calls are still so popular. Even for hearing people they're quite inconvenient:

1. Generally the person receiving the call is caught off guard and can't prepare their responses since calls are in "real-time"
2. No text record is left of the phone call which might otherwise be useful in the future. I know I often look at old email records when deciding what to say in my next message.
3. Not really compatible with multitasking, though people with good hearing might think differently.

We've seen moving away from that to some extent, such as in services that translate voice mail to text and email it to you.
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you gotta think deeper, there is so much you are singling out or being biased against. Have you ever observed a major metro area? Seen people talking while jogging or Mcdonalds taking orders?

Vocal communication benefits the business industry much further than you are implying. For one, not everyone has internet or a text plan, but many people have phones. Secondly, not everyone types 50wpm or faster, some can talk faster than they type.

fThird, vocal communication benefits big time in group situations. in the event of a group project or collaboration, instant feedback from people responsible for their sectors rather than reading through multiple emails/texts in linear fashion at once unable to assest a priority.

There is much out there that weights heavily in vocal communication in modern society, you have to open your eyes to recognize them.

Would you think presidential debates would do well in forms of a mass email or mass text?
 
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