How to Socialize With Cell Phones
Whether keeping in touch with a relative hundreds of miles away or texting a friend in the next room, cell phones have a wide capacity for socializing. According to a study by Ruder Finn, an independent public relations agency, more people use their cell phones than computers to electronically socialize. But socializing through a cell phone goes beyond networking organizations. Following a few steps can launch a newcomer to the cell phone revolution and render them socially cell phone savvy.
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Call a loved one. With all the technological advances in Internet capabilities, a cell phone is still primarily a telephone. Cell phones aren't subject to the same long-distance fees that landlines have. While calling a foreign country can still be pricey, calling your aunt three states over isn't.
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Send a text. According to a Neilsen survey from 2009, teenagers send 10 text messages an hour and around 2,000 per month. Texting is a quick and easy way to communicate short thoughts. Texting is so ubiquitous that it has spawned its own language comprised of shorthand phrases.
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Update your profile. Whether you MySpace or Facebook, social networking sites are highly accessible through cell phones. Although some smartphones have applications that manage social networking, such as Twitter accounts, most social networking sites also text messages and updates to phones without Internet capabilities. Social networking sites allow users to share the day-to-day details of their life, witticisms and photos or videos. Social networking aficionados can access dating sites as well as video chats through their phones. Some cell phone social networking programs, like Nokia's Instant Community, allow people to link up with the cell phones of strangers in the immediate area via text message.
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Send an email. For text-based thoughts longer than Twitter or texting allow, email is a tried and true method of communication. If a phone has an Internet data plan, online email accounts are easily accessible. Some email providers, such as Google, have their own cell phones that link into their online network, which also offers document and calendar sharing. Many cell phones can sync with email clients like Microsoft Outlook for easier email use.
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References
- PR Newswire: New Study Shows 'Intent' Behind Mobile Internet Use
- Engadget: Nokia's Instant Community Lets You Socialize With Those Around You Without Actually Meeting Them
- "New York Times": Teenagers' Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing
- Fast Company: If Your 9-Year-Old Doesn't Have a Cell Phone, He's Not Socializing Enough
- T-Mobile: The T-Mobile G2 With Google
- Photo Credit texting a message on pda device image by Paul Hill from Fotolia.com
