Goodies come in short (message) packages
If you think that it's just personal messaging that is riding on the SMS
wave, think again.
While the most commonly used application in SMS is the plain vanilla person-to-person messaging, which is a big hit with young people, a whole range of services are finding their way on to the mobile phone through SMS.
Service providers are using SMS to notify mobile phone users that they have new voice/fax mail messages, about a bill due date, or about changes in tariff.
Recently, M1 customers in Singapore have also been informed of new payment methods--all this via a single SMS sent to its subscribers.Similarly, SMS is being used to used to deliver share prices, sports scores, weather news, flight information, news headlines, jokes, astrological predictions... all of it on that tiny cellphone.
Make no mistake, service providers are encouraged by the tremendous response from customers.
On the cooler side, you no longer have to be content with the limited number of ringtones or screensavers built into your phone. Thanks to SMS, you can download new ring tones or screensavers from different sites to your phone. Go to PictureMessaging.com and select the picture you want from over 200 unique screensavers, fill in your mobile phone number and credit card details and soon you will receive the picture via SMS.
Similarly, visit RingTones.com for a range of music tones that are delivered to you via SMS. However, a caveat: Before you think of impressing your girlfriend by sending her the cool Mission Impossible ringtone, check out compatibility issues--most of these extras work only with the latest Nokia phones.
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