text messaging:blackberry::Joe Roa:Pedro Martinez

Woody wrote:text messaging:blackberry::Joe Roa:Pedro Martinez

You're the best, Woody.

Trent Steele wrote:

1 wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Grotewold's June usage

Phone calls: 12
Text messages: 289 (you have exceeded your limit)

I kinda missed out on the text message thing. Are they for people who don't have blackberries?

i'm not even sure what this question means

If I have a blackberry, why do I need to text message? Isn't it the same thing? Or am I missing something. I'M IN THE DARK HERE!!!!!

this actually makes less sense than your previous post on the subject

a blackberry is a phone. a text message is a text message. so, no, they aren't the same thing.

Well now I'm sort of intrigued and want to know the difference between texting and whatever a Blackberry does. Does it transcribe your voice or something?

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Well now I'm sort of intrigued and want to know the difference between texting and whatever a Blackberry does. Does it transcribe your voice or something?

A Blackberry is just a brand name of a smartphone with internet and e-mail. It can be synched with whatever corporate e-mail server you're using (general MS Outlook/Exchange) and allow you to get your work e-mail on it 24/7, thus further enslaving you to the Man. Jesus christ people read something now and then

z ipper wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

1 wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Grotewold wrote:Grotewold's June usage

Phone calls: 12
Text messages: 289 (you have exceeded your limit)

I kinda missed out on the text message thing. Are they for people who don't have blackberries?

i'm not even sure what this question means

If I have a blackberry, why do I need to text message? Isn't it the same thing? Or am I missing something. I'M IN THE DARK HERE!!!!!

this actually makes less sense than your previous post on the subject

a blackberry is a phone. a text message is a text message. so, no, they aren't the same thing.

huh? a blackberry can be a phone, but it's really for email. what is a text message that makes it different from email

Woody wrote:

Houshphandzadeh wrote:Well now I'm sort of intrigued and want to know the difference between texting and whatever a Blackberry does. Does it transcribe your voice or something?

A Blackberry is just a brand name of a smartphone with internet and e-mail. It can be synched with whatever corporate e-mail server you're using (general MS Outlook/Exchange) and allow you to get your work e-mail on it 24/7, thus further enslaving you to the Man. Jesus christ people read something now and then

So it's email and not text messaging. I don't think you can send an email to most people phones.

TEXT MESSAGES ARE SHORTER GENERALLY 160 CHARACTERS OR LESS AND USE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL CALLED SHORT MESSAGE SERVE, OR SMS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE PHONE TO ANOTHER PHONE

More like 450 characters biff

And I've got to think BlackBerrys probably have text messaging.

oh i get it. you guys are being purposefully obstinate. i was scared there for a minute.

YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES

It's like Father Ted up in here.

Woody wrote:TEXT MESSAGES ARE SHORTER GENERALLY 160 CHARACTERS OR LESS AND USE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL CALLED SHORT MESSAGE SERVE, OR SMS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE PHONE TO ANOTHER PHONE

So, back to my original question, if I have a blackberry, I would probably only use my phone to text someone a message if that person did not also have a blackbery?

YOU KNWO WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL THEM HOUSH, THEY CALL THEM CRACKBERRIES, THAT'S WHAT.BECAUSE THEYRE WELL KNOWN IN THE THE CORPORATE WORLD FOR THEIR ADDICTIVE PROPERTIES AND ALSO BECAUSE THEY TURN YOU INTO A MINDLESS ZOMBIE MUCH LIKE THEIR COLLOQUIAL NAMESAKE

A blackberry is a tool provided to me by work that lets me know when my weekends are going to be ruined, and allows me to follow Phillies games when I'm away from my house.

Trent Steele wrote:

Woody wrote:TEXT MESSAGES ARE SHORTER GENERALLY 160 CHARACTERS OR LESS AND USE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL CALLED SHORT MESSAGE SERVE, OR SMS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE PHONE TO ANOTHER PHONE

So, back to my original question, if I have a blackberry, I would probably only use my phone to text someone a message if that person did not also have a blackbery?

You? No, you'd be better off setting your technology device on fire and sending a smoke signal

Woody wrote:

Trent Steele wrote:

Woody wrote:TEXT MESSAGES ARE SHORTER GENERALLY 160 CHARACTERS OR LESS AND USE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL CALLED SHORT MESSAGE SERVE, OR SMS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE PHONE TO ANOTHER PHONE

So, back to my original question, if I have a blackberry, I would probably only use my phone to text someone a message if that person did not also have a blackbery?

You? No, you'd be better off setting your technology device on fire and sending a smoke signal

you son of a bitch

Trent Steele wrote:

Woody wrote:TEXT MESSAGES ARE SHORTER GENERALLY 160 CHARACTERS OR LESS AND USE A COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL CALLED SHORT MESSAGE SERVE, OR SMS TO TRANSFER FROM ONE PHONE TO ANOTHER PHONE

So, back to my original question, if I have a blackberry, I would probably only use my phone to text someone a message if that person did not also have a blackbery?

Trent, your blackberry probably has text msg too. But you're example is correct -- you would text msg someone who doesn't have email on his/her phone.

Don't feel bad, I never used text messenging until about six months ago, and that's only because my son's school uses a county-wide alert system to notify us of closings. I signed up for everything, so now I get a couple messages a week, usually about bad accidents and road closings. The only other time was for the BSG meetup.

I love email on my phone, though.

The singularity can't get here soon enough