The Surge in Text Messaging

As our lives become more and more networked, another boom that's coming will involve sending and receiving text messages through cell phones and, ultimately, through any other device. It's already been extremely popular in Europe and Asia for a number of years. And now it's catching on in the U.S., too. We'll show you why this trend is important and highlight some of the major implications.

Mobile phones that can send and receive text messages have finally reached critical mass in the United States. Some 90.....