Mobile messaging has been reshaping the way people interact with each other and their corporate information. It’s available on most digital wireless networks and devices and people are becoming more comfortable with using it. Mobile messaging has already taken over most of the younger generation and even for those into their 40s. The amount of interested in growing everyday.
Will voice or text messaging take over in the future? Nobody knows for sure but people (customer, employees, owners, etc.) are keeping IT departments busy in bringing companies into the standardization of the mobile messaging market. With an ever increasing usage of SMS messaging, the growth of mobile emailing and Internet access is huge.
When the current technology doesn’t do the things we need any longer we find ways for new things to accomplish those goals and mobile messaging is going very well as far as finding millions of people to use it but there are hundreds of millions of cell phone users around the world that have yet to embrace mobile messaging needs and break out of the current model with needs pushing into the current unknown.
Using cell phones to make contact is a great way to get people on the run. Having accurate and timely information can help save a life and help avert tragedies. Add this to medical history, medications, allergies and other medical information can help emergency professionals take injured people and truly help them.
By nature, text messages are limited to 160 characters. This is an advantage when trying to interject short messages as necessary. The downside is sometimes you want to send an image or video clip. An SMS can send a link to a URL for a picture but MMS can do both. Handheld devices will continue to invade our lives and enhancing the ability to receive messages will be critical. There were about 14 billion domestic text mobile messages sent during 2003 and the expectation is around 25 billion in 2004.
Another interesting trend is showing that many people will use a mobile device as their main computer and the benefits of a desktop computer over mobile are starting to become widespread among cell phone users. Wireless technology and mobile messaging in urban areas is proving successful for both for text and voice communication. To expand upon that experience in mobile messaging will include marketing and communication tools.
The RapidAlert system was developed by Movius, in a partnership with Velleros, to enable providers with a mass notification system. A great use of the system is to support the National Weather Service and Pacific Tsunami Warning feeds. In addition, it can be used for warnings of tornadoes, tsunamis, hurricanes and Amber alerts. This service was founded with the vision of being the first revenue-generating web-enabled content and services to the network connected consumer mass market.
Finding carrier-grade solutions will allow the large companies, providers, huge organizations and others who need to send a message. Our lives consist of constant messaging and the ability to make that easier, faster, more timely, require less effort and in some cases even perform messaging tasks on our behalf without our personal interaction would be welcomed by mobile users around the world. Pushing mobile messaging needs is the critical step in finding the solutions.
