Richard Sonnier Predicts Demise of Text Messaging
On today's Houston Business Show (Monday at 1 PM on CNN 650 or 24/7, archived at HoustonBusinessReview.com) I interviewed Business Show Advisor Richard Sonnier of Nimble Services, who did an update on some of the latest changes in technology. I love this kind of programming because it helps me understand what are real changes and not mere fads, what I need to implement immediately or can wait until later, and what are the best approaches to incorporating technological changes.
On this week's show he discussed the new Apple IPhone which is expected to change the way individuals communicate with others and the way phones such as this is profoundly impacting text messaging (SMS). Text messaging was a hot form of communication just a couple of years ago and now, according to Sonnier, it is facing serious decline. Why? Because as people move to pda equipment they will increasingly use email, which doesn't cost anything extra since they likely already will have the web on their devices. Furthermore they can check out that information on their computers as well as their phones. When you can have major forms of communication be dismissed in months, the world of business is a really scary place. Companies must be holding on for dear life as they try to keep up the demands of an ever changing population.
Richard Sonnier has been an Advisor to the Houston Business Show for three years and his information has made a difference in the way many in our audience and I conduct business.
Labels: Houston Business Review, Houston Home Show, IPhone, Richard Sonnier
posted by Kevin Price at 10:46 PM
2 Comments:
Text messaging is far from being in decline - it's possible that it's being used less often for business purposes, but the average joe is more than picking up the slack.
Thank you for your comments. I think Richard's point was that as email on phones become more easily accessible, everyone will go to that methodology for that form of communication. A couple of years ago I began to look at phones like the T-Mobile Dash and they cost around $500.00. I got my new phone just a few weeks ago for $150 after rebates. As the prices for such continue to go down, the more common the phones become, the more likely users will use the one communication they can access both on their computers and their phones. That will be email. But you are right, today text messaging is far from threatened.
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