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As with email, the recipient doesn’t have to answer immediately. He can<br />

reply at his leisure; the message waits for him even when his phone is<br />

turned off.<br />

Unlike a phone call, it’s nondisruptive. You can send someone a text<br />

message without worrying that he’s in a movie, in class, in a meeting, or<br />

anywhere else where talking and holding a phone up to the head would<br />

be frowned upon. (And the other person can answer nondisruptively,<br />

too, by sending a text message back.)<br />

You have a written record of the exchange. There’s no mistaking what<br />

the person meant. (Well, at least not because of voice quality. Whether<br />

or not you can understand the texting shorthand culture that’s evolved<br />

from people using no-keyboard cellphones to type English words—“C U<br />

2morrO,” and so on—is another matter entirely.)<br />

All AT&T <strong>iPhone</strong> accounts include 200 free text messages per month (although<br />

you can upgrade your account—meaning pay more—if you send more than<br />

that). Keep in mind that you use up one of those 200 each time you send or<br />

receive a message, so they go quickly.<br />

Receiving a Text Message<br />

When someone sends you an SMS, the <strong>iPhone</strong> plays a quick marimba riff and<br />

displays the name or number of the sender and the message, in a translucent<br />

Fancy Phone Tricks 59

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