The shortfall of SMS

We’ve got divorces in Malaysia via SMS (which are forbidden now, but were shortly possible amongst the population adhering to the Islamic faith), employees were fired in Korea via SMS, but the same negative has also cropped up in the UK. The formerly so polite British now admit that More than 50 per cent of them would now rather apologise by text message than do it face-to-face or even over the phone.
Furthermore, 38 per cent of would even turn down a personal invitation such as a wedding invite by text, rather go to any more effort to politely decline in person.

Others are not honest about the places they are currently - 45 per cent of respondents have lied about their whereabouts by text message - such as sending a text that reads “am at office late tonite. won't be home until 10-ish', before getting another round of beers in down the pub. “ Hm – When the texting still works than the person cannot be too drunk. But it might be easier to text when you are drunk, than to try to grasp the right words. But we don't think that this makes it right - and is a shortfall of moder technology. But how will it develop once streaming media is available real time over the mobile phones? Do you have to show the mobile phone around, to prove your location? We don't know - but may be this is the reason why the Brits don't want to use MMS, although their mobile phones are capable of it? So far, 80 per cent of us have studiously avoided the new technology, according to The Register.

(By Asia Business Consulting)