I think email may very well make a big comeback. With smart phones getting an email is about the same as getting a text message since my android phone indicates when I get new emails. Text messages are a pain to type on a small keyboard on your phone while emails can be easily sent from your computer. Email is universal, everyone basically has it, no special software to install like Skype. Calling on the phone can also be a huge pain if it's just a short message you want to relay. You get their voice mail leave a message, they then have to dial in to hear the audible message... either that or you just play phone tag back and forth trying to get a hold of each other. A Facebook message.... really?? Can you use that in a professional setting? How is that really much different then sending email anyway?
This whole idea of a move away from email is a bunch of bunk!
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I think email may very well make a big comeback. With smart phones getting an email is about the same as getting a text message since my android phone indicates when I get new emails. Text messages are a pain to type on a small keyboard on your phone while emails can be easily sent from your computer. Email is universal, everyone basically has it, no special software to install like Skype. Calling on the phone can also be a huge pain if it's just a short message you want to relay. You get their voice mail leave a message, they then have to dial in to hear the audible message... either that or you just play phone tag back and forth trying to get a hold of each other. A Facebook message.... really?? Can you use that in a professional setting? How is that really much different then sending email anyway? This whole idea of a move away from email is a bunch of bunk!
Seriously, I'm amazed at how many technically literate people out there haven't yet figured out the whole moon landing hoax.