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Just think of it as the next communication means. First there was talking. Then letters. Then telephones. Then email. Now texting. You just need to change your line of thinking and embrace it. It's like anything else though, the more you do it the more comfortable you will be with it.
We can offer some help if you let us know what phone you have. There's different apps and keyboards you can use that might make things easier.
Texting really does not make much sense in a place where we get unlimited calling, even when I am in the Philippines these days, we get an unlimited calling plan 30 days at a time and I will usually text someone to ask if it is okay to call them but some people insist on texting so then I have to text back.
As for the problem, get a phone with a swing out keyboard or a slide down to expose keyboard or a Blackberry or a 5.5 inch or larger quality android and then turn the android phone sideways to see the larger keyboard, I find that makes it much easier for me to text.
Texting really does not make much sense in a place where we get unlimited calling, even when I am in the Philippines these days, we get an unlimited calling plan 30 days at a time and I will usually text someone to ask if it is okay to call them but some people insist on texting so then I have to text back.
This is a joke, right? We've had Unlimited Calling for years and yet texting (and WhatsAPP'ing) are as popular as they ever are. It's not a method to get around limitations on minutes. It's simply more convenient then using the phone.
Someone texts me: You busy tonight?
I am in the middle of something and don't have time to reply. 30 minutes later: No, I'm free.
Versus a phone call.
Someone calls me. I am busy, can't answer. Person must wait for voicemail system: "Hey, man. How are you? Just curious if you're busy tonight".
That has ALREADY taken longer then texting would have. and no result.
I see I have a VM. I have to call my VM. Wait for the prompts. Listen to the VM. Call said person back. Now we are at 3 times longer then simple texting would have taken.
Texting really does not make much sense in a place where we get unlimited calling, even when I am in the Philippines these days, we get an unlimited calling plan 30 days at a time
As I explained to my 70 year old friend, texting is about doing a quick communication when you are not wanting to do a five or 30 minute conversation. "Let's meet at Harry's in an hour." My friend got it and she texts as needed.
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Originally Posted by Peregrine
This is a joke, right? We've had Unlimited Calling for years and yet texting (and WhatsAPP'ing) are as popular as they ever are. It's not a method to get around limitations on minutes. It's simply more convenient then using the phone.
Someone texts me: You busy tonight?
I am in the middle of something and don't have time to reply. 30 minutes later: No, I'm free.
Versus a phone call.
Someone calls me. I am busy, can't answer. Person must wait for voicemail system: "Hey, man. How are you? Just curious if you're busy tonight".
That has ALREADY taken longer then texting would have. and no result. I see I have a VM. I have to call my VM. Wait for the prompts. Listen to the VM. Call said person back. Now we are at 3 times longer then simple texting would have taken.
One of the beauties of the iPhone is visual voice mail. None of those steps you mentioned. One stop listen. No calling, no prompts. It's there on your phone. Touch "call back" and there you have it!
When I am at work and on the computer, I do most of the texting on Gmail chat using computer and regular keyboard. I often have to text same message to a group every week. For that I have pre-typed, saved text on my phone, that I send by one click.
After work, I try not to type novels, just few sentences. I rather call and have conversation.
I'm one of those who said "I will Never text" and you know what? Now I do. It took a little while to learn the etiquette and conventions, but I did it, and haven't looked back.
Do I want communication with my granddaughters? Why Yes, I do : and so I'll text.
I have an iPhone, and Messaging through this app makes it very handy and I don't have to use the now old-fashioned abbreviations, which sound and look very 12-years-old-ish.
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I'm one of those who said "I will Never text" and you know what? Now I do. 
It took a little while to learn the etiquette and conventions, but I did it, and haven't looked back. 
: and so I'll text. 
