I beg to differ, this is only new for the US, the rest of the world has had GSM and text messaging for quite a while.
True, but that's only because our stupid phone companies can't do anything right. While many other locales had to deal with poor terain for landlines, the US stuck with 'em. Portable phones (and HDTV) are probably the technologies which the US is farthest behind everyone else in.
It's kind of sad in some respects. US trying to play catch up, and ending up going for substandard result, yet having the US public willingly pay for it because they *think* its the best they can get?
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I beg to differ, this is only new for the US, the rest of the world has had GSM and text messaging for quite a while.
True, but that's only because our stupid phone companies can't do anything right. While many other locales had to deal with poor terain for landlines, the US stuck with 'em. Portable phones (and HDTV) are probably the technologies which the US is farthest behind everyone else in.
It's kind of sad in some respects. US trying to play catch up, and ending up going for substandard result, yet having the US public willingly pay for it because they *think* its the best they can get?
Obligatory comparison to Microsoft. Sorry.