Today everyone wants to stay connected with their family, friends and colleagues round the clock. Some use social networking sites, Some USC IM while others use SMS to remain hooked up. However, the two most used options are IM and SMS. Now with the cap of 200 SMS es per day, many users especially the youngsters, who are addicted to this for long, face dilemma. But there is a solution for this Instant Messaging. With messengers like BlackBerry, eBuddy, Gtalk, Whatsapp getting popular amongst the young generation,
common man and corporates, would it be correct to say that SMS is on the wane or will decline in the coming years? Read onto find the answer.
Instant Messaging
(IM) gives many advantages over other means of communication. IM is fast. The moment you press send button, it flashes on the screen of receiver’s device. And there is no possibility of a message being lost, lithe oilier person is not connected, he will get the message once he is connected. This offline message feature is an added advantage. IM service also lets you exchange information in real time. IM lets you organize your contacts. You can separate your family contacts or create a different group for your family and business. This will actually prevent you from sending the right messages to the wrong person. This also lets you have multiple chats at the same time. Almost all IMs let you share files which can be a text, image file or a document. You can easily send files to multiple contacts at one go.
The negatives
One of the major disadvantages of IM is security. With IMs we share files, documents, etc which can contain viruses or spy-ware which not only can infect your handset but also infect the handset of the person at the receiving end. This in turn can compromise the security of the handsets and can leak the private information as well. If you are using IMs, then you need connectivity 24 hours. You can be connected to GPRS, EDGE or 3G. This actually takes a toll on your phone battery and drains it at a faster rate. So you might need to recharge your phone battery twice or thrice a day. IM can also affect the productivity in organizations. In most organizations, social networking websites and IM (excluding official IMs like Office Communicator and others) are blocked but employees can use their mobiles for chatting with friends and families while working (or not) in office. This can drastically distract the employees. Most of the IM clients require you to sign in if you have restarted your phone, or were disconnected. You may miss out a conversation if you forgot to sign in. (PCQ-Shumpy Saini)
common man and corporates, would it be correct to say that SMS is on the wane or will decline in the coming years? Read onto find the answer.
Instant Messaging
(IM) gives many advantages over other means of communication. IM is fast. The moment you press send button, it flashes on the screen of receiver’s device. And there is no possibility of a message being lost, lithe oilier person is not connected, he will get the message once he is connected. This offline message feature is an added advantage. IM service also lets you exchange information in real time. IM lets you organize your contacts. You can separate your family contacts or create a different group for your family and business. This will actually prevent you from sending the right messages to the wrong person. This also lets you have multiple chats at the same time. Almost all IMs let you share files which can be a text, image file or a document. You can easily send files to multiple contacts at one go.
The negatives
One of the major disadvantages of IM is security. With IMs we share files, documents, etc which can contain viruses or spy-ware which not only can infect your handset but also infect the handset of the person at the receiving end. This in turn can compromise the security of the handsets and can leak the private information as well. If you are using IMs, then you need connectivity 24 hours. You can be connected to GPRS, EDGE or 3G. This actually takes a toll on your phone battery and drains it at a faster rate. So you might need to recharge your phone battery twice or thrice a day. IM can also affect the productivity in organizations. In most organizations, social networking websites and IM (excluding official IMs like Office Communicator and others) are blocked but employees can use their mobiles for chatting with friends and families while working (or not) in office. This can drastically distract the employees. Most of the IM clients require you to sign in if you have restarted your phone, or were disconnected. You may miss out a conversation if you forgot to sign in. (PCQ-Shumpy Saini)