Mobile Email vs. SMS
Are mobile emails gaining priority over text messages?
Mobile emails are fast becoming an ingrained part of the modern lifestyle. Previously, sending emails was limited to PC only. Thus, for instant messaging SMS (Short Message Service) gained popularity. SMS is used to send short messages. And the best part of SMS is its incredible speed and it is embedded in all mobile devices without exception.
Research done in this field over the past 2 years reveals that there has been a steady decline in the use of SMS. GSM operators have witnessed a drop of close to 9% in outgoing SMS since the last quarter. This decline in usage could perhaps be related to the revision of SMS rates by various GSM service providers and the easy availability of free mobile emails on the basic mobile phone that allows users to read, reply, compose, forward, send and delete emails from your mobile phone. phone, the question that arises in our mind is “Is texting slowly losing its flavor with the growth of the cellular base?”
The allure of email has transcended both the fixed and wireless worlds. SMS is simply wireless and more limited than email. Where SMS is often used for short personal messages with a text size not exceeding 160 characters per message, the email service can be used to send anything from short to long descriptive email, with attachments of your images. , sound, text/doc/ PDF file.
Although many of our regular phones do not support viewing attachments, the rapid advancement of mobile technology has brought email solutions to our doorstep that provide free access to email on our regular mobile phones and with attachments as well.
I recently came to know of a certain mobile email solution that provides free access to email on a regular GPRS-enabled mobile phone along with attachments that include not only text and document files, but also image files. In addition, you can use your existing mobile phone with a WAP 1.2 and above browser to wirelessly access your email inbox and register for a new email ID via your basic mobile phone.
Personally, I think “Email is like putting a letter in the mailbox. You can open it whenever you want, while SMS is like tapping on the shoulder and forcefully handing a message.”
The biggest drawback of texting is that it takes up a huge chunk of your phone’s memory and fills it up with unwanted text messages, very few of which are really important.
On the other hand, the best part of mobile email is that your phone memory is absolutely free and is not affected by unnecessary storage of messages as emails along with attachments are not stored in your phone’s memory. your phone. You only get a mobile view of them. Your emails remain in your mailbox on the server. Whenever you want to access your email on your mobile phone, you just have to point your mobile browser to the URL like wap.emailatmobile.com, enter your email id and password and your emails will be pulled from the mail server to your phone. mobile.
Above all, to access your emails on mobile, you are not dependent on your personal mobile phone. You can easily access your emails from any mobile phone that is capable of browsing the Internet. But SMS ties you to your phone. If you lose your phone, all your information will be lost, but with mobile email, since nothing is stored on your phone, your information is absolutely safe.
SMS appears to be cheaper and more popular on the surface, as all mobile phones have this capability, but rising rates from major service providers have made it an expensive affair. But to access emails on mobile, you need to pay the basic charges applicable to surf the web on the phone and that gives you many other facilities besides emails.
I feel that in the coming years mobile email will become increasingly popular with millions of businesses and individual users with access to wireless email around the world. The increasing availability of wireless email support will definitely take over from SMS in the near future.