Quarter of Cell Customers Use Messaging, Associated Press, 18 Mar 2005

“A quarter of American adults who have cell phones have used the devices' text-messaging features within the past month, a new study finds. Usage correlates with age: 63 percent of cell phone users ages 18-27 have used text messaging compared with 31 percent for ages 28-39 and 7 percent for those over 60…Also known as SMS, for Short Message Service, "texting" is highly popular in Europe and Asia but only starting to catch on in the United States.�

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