The Czech Republic claims the second highest per capita adoption of mobile phones after Finland (at least those were the stats I saw a year ago), and the cost of talking has resulted in SMSing teens being a common site. I've even seen elderly people on the trams texting someone. You can always tell a pro by the fact that they use both thumbs to nimbly type their messages, and that within a few seconds. It is notable that since I broke my Nokia and now have a flashy Sony-Ericsson, my SMS skills have considerably dropped. The new phone has far too slow and less responsive an OS and isn't as suited to texting as my old Nokia. But there is a lot to say for the old two-thumb method I was able to use on that phone. I could have a complete discourse on esoteric subjects with some one on the level of IM, and in the end spend far less money than I would have had I called the person.
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The Czech Republic claims the second highest per capita adoption of mobile phones after Finland (at least those were the stats I saw a year ago), and the cost of talking has resulted in SMSing teens being a common site. I've even seen elderly people on the trams texting someone. You can always tell a pro by the fact that they use both thumbs to nimbly type their messages, and that within a few seconds. It is notable that since I broke my Nokia and now have a flashy Sony-Ericsson, my SMS skills have considerably dropped. The new phone has far too slow and less responsive an OS and isn't as suited to texting as my old Nokia. But there is a lot to say for the old two-thumb method I was able to use on that phone. I could have a complete discourse on esoteric subjects with some one on the level of IM, and in the end spend far less money than I would have had I called the person.