Texts R Us

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So, you think you send a lot of text messages? Sorry yet your friend's kids do more then you by a mile. According to the study, it seems a teen sends nearly 4,000 messages a month!!! That's crazy (and they wonder why their thumbs hurt... sheesh lol)

Here's my take away from the study:

-teens will outpace all you adults out there in technology

- do a marketing ads/campaign towards teens and mobile phones = money

- kick apps to this group of people and you'll get $$$

- phone providers NEED to update their network infrastructure

Why? The teens will overload your systems with sms, mms, or data on their phones. (AT&T found this out with releasing the iPhone which is still plaguing their network and it isn't even teens who are killing it)

Thoughts? Leave em below.

:)

AT&T Turns Red

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So, it appears AT&T is now going to be running a few Droid phones. One might think it is a bad sign although having a diverse line up of phones is not. My thoughts below:

1. This move is a good thing

It will help bolsters AT&T and shy it away from iPhone land.

2. The network will benefit

If a user is in a spot that only has AT&T coverage yet, is able to get a Droid on the network = a win win for both parties.

3. It will help AT&T down the road

The rumor regarding them loosing the iPhone contract will hurt them yet, having the Droid help fill the financial gap down the road couldn't hurt.

My gripes:

1. Network speed

I still remember using my BlackBerry on the "Big Blue" network. It worked, minus the data speed on EDGE (I'm not in a 3G area) was slooooowwwwww.

2. Droid fast vs Big Blue spotty/dead coverage

If the phone itself is fast (and it is) yet, the network goes crapola = no good.

AT&T is in no position to have an influx of Droid users kill the network even further. I wonder if they considered this fact when they signed up for Droid life etc.

3. Tiered Data plans

I don't like the idea of having an uber phone then an tiered pricing structure. If I'm going to have a phone, I'd rather have unlimited data and not worry about it.

Thoughts/comments?

Let me know :)