Text-Messaging More Popular Than Calling, Study Finds

No one...No one.. needs to be on a cell phone or texting constantly. When I encounter these people at the grocery store, bank lines, DRIVING..I want to shout, get a life! Before all this stuff, how many of us had to stop at a payphone to "chat". Technology does have a place, but not like it is being used. Ridiculous.

well...this is wat u get wen u put technology(aka cell phones...pdas...etc) in the hands of tweens to teens...cuz older adults dont really do it this much.....

I love to text message. It can be used for simple exchanges of pleasantries, as well as to send short memo's, when you are unable to talk for any reason. Also, I like sending and recieving jokes... Just stupid stuff... last month I used 9482 texts. I know, thats kinda sick, but I text all day long, while at work (naughty ;-}) with my friends who work elsewhere. keeps me entertained, and in the loop. Then dont leave ridiculously long postings, such as this, on websites when I need a mental break from work. LOL...

Duh..Morena's boss might think that actually working at work would be preferable. In today's economy, Morena, you might be already looking for a job.

Secondly, in Europe and Asia, text messaging is averaging 1,500 to 3,000 text messages a month, America is actually behind at 357 as quoted in the article. No wonder productivity is going down. We will be in a world wide depression if this keeps up.

...morena.. didn't your employer hire you to do your job? Who is doing your job when you are busy being entertained? When I'm standing in line I'm thinking of finishing the task at hand, and then actually using my brain thinking, planning and doing all the things that are part of being an involved human.

Quote me on this, ... "Either they invented the worlds smallest typewriter, or
I'm crazy. A phone is supposed to make phone calls, not type on. People
are really bugging on texting."

I had a conversation with my insurance agent about the CELL PHONE DESEASE that plagues are roads today and he aid the insurance agencies are pushing for tighter laws for people who are using them while driving.he said when one of THEIR clients causes a accident they raise their rates so they can pay out the LAW SUITS that are following these people.he said the insurance agency dont even fight law suits that a cell phone was involved.The proof is on record and when the other drivers Lawyer says my client ATTENTION was 1000 % on their driving and their client cant say that and the produce a cell phone record that shows they was on the phone for a hour before the wreck and during the wreck and some even after the wreck they refuse to get off.So open your wallets it will be the most expensive call you ever made if you hit me.

Of course people use more texts if you count raw number of texts vs calls.

In a 2 minute call I can get a dozen questions answered... but it would take 2 dozen texts - question then reply - to do that.

And what if I talked for a half hour?

Still, it shows lots of people are sending those 24 texts instead of that one phone call. That's the thing about statistics, you have to take into account how they gathered the data.

I love my friends and family, but I in no way feel the need to be "connected" to them all day long be it talking on the phone or texting. I have owned cell phones since 1994, I have never once used a phone for text messaging. I just don't get the need for it. Too bad we can't ask the train conductor from that California crash how he feels about texting while trying to control a train being responsible for many lives. Had he not been texting, that crash would never have happened.

Digital divide or not, the absence of common sense is doing this society in, and big time.

I don't mind people tx, the only think that really bothers me is seing pleople texing and driving, that is so irresposible, its like carryin a gun shooting at everyone driving by you, but me personatly I hate texing. For me its like I cant say enought.

I could text if I wanted to, I can afford it. However, I choose NOT to pad the pockets of the cellular companies anymore than I have to.
It is my opinion that those who text the most are the ones who should be putting the money in the bank.

Jules wrote:
Those who do don't need to "get a life" they actually have a more active social life than you standing in line behind them, in silence, disconnected from your friends and family. Texting while your wating in line is called multi-tasking, just standing there like a loser is called being inefficient... no wonder you people are being replaced by people my age.
Its the digital divide, either you are able to adapt to better more efficient technology, or you are unwilling. The unwilling will be forced to learn or eventually die off.
So get with it.

Jules, your comments, like many of those constantly on cell phone and texting is simply RUDE!!!
I talk on my cell and have since the mid '90's...and I text, but I have the decency to respect others around me. Texting is great if you want to just let someone know something quick and don't want to get involved in a long conversation. Assuming that you have more of a social life than the person standing behind you in line because they aren't on a cell phone is crazy! The truth is that so many people today rely on electronics to deal with others that they don't know how to deal with "real" people anymore. As an employer I have had to deal with people not doing their work because they are too busy "socializing". There is nothing more agravating than trying to hold a conversation or give instructions to someone when you are constantly interrupted by texts or calls. I'm in my 50's and very technically savy...but to you I say...GROW UP!

A telephone is a poor substitute for a brain.

My 17 yr old nephew has had 2 major accidents in one year and I am willing to wager that he was texting both times or was dilaing his cell phone, altho he has not fessed up to it. I told him that I want him to be attending my funeral not the other way around. I hope he got the msg or should I text it to him? I wonder?!

I think that the inattention, accidents and obsessive use associated with cellphones is merely behavioral and does not represent any form of brain damage... Case in point, most cell-phone users return to normal, within minutes of having their phone removed. The only exception to this, is habitual users, who exhibited higher levels of anxiety and feelings of helplessness. I do not know of any cases, where actual tumors resulted from the use of these devices.

I think that the inattention, accidents and obsessive use associated with cellphones is merely behavioral and does not represent any form of brain damage... Case in point, most cell-phone users return to normal, within minutes of having their phone removed. The only exception to this, is habitual users, who exhibited higher levels of anxiety and feelings of helplessness. I do not know of any cases, where actual tumors resulted from the use of these devices.