Computers & Technology (Page 2)

Have you ever wondered why text messages have a limit of just 160 characters? Texting can be one of the fastest way of communicating with someone.   In today’s modern world most people hardly talk over the phone at all, in seems like everyone is communicating by text messaging. Most business communications run through a text message. Of course text messaging can be cheaper than making cellular phone calls.   Younger people in particular tend to be very addicted to text messaging. Most of them actually prefer to communicate by text messages rather than calling someone or meeting them face to face. The major drawback to text messaging however is the limit of messages to just 160 characters including any punctuation and spaces.   So you might ask yourself, why there is there a 160 character limit for text messages? Below are the key reasons as to how that limitREAD MORE!