Chapter 8

Text Me

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Creating a text message

check Getting a text message

check Forwarding a text message

check Texting pictures, videos, and media items

check Managing your text messages

check Specifying a text message ringtone

Texting is the popular name for a cell phone’s capability to send short, typed messages to another cell phone. The process echoes earlier technology, including telegraph and teletype. Curiously, the acronym LOL dates to a telegraph message sent in the 1880s:

Butch Cassidy robbed the 302 out of Belle Fourche.It was carrying steer manure. LOL.

Despite its seemingly anachronistic nature, texting remains a popular form of communications. Indeed, some young people text more than they use the phone to place a call. It’s a convenient and popular way to quickly communicate.

  • Android tablets do not have the capability to send or receive text messages. Yes, even LTE tablets, though they ...

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