January 22, 2004

With SMS, You Can Lie, With 3G, You Can't

Well, so goes this reasoning of why 3G may not take off: the beauty of SMS text messaging is that it allows you to lie to your other half...cheat on them, or just generally tell them off. With 3G, the horribly honest medium of video conferencing will easily betray you when you are not in the office [Silicon.com]

Mike Grenville, CEO of mobile messaging association 160 Characters, said: "Does technology mean we lie more? Maybe it does. Maybe this is also a reason why 3G video conferencing won't catch on. After all, maybe there are some benefits to the other half not being able to see where you are."

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