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Text messaging: everything you need to know

What is text messaging? Text messaging is the act of sending a brief message a mobile device connected to a phone network, between 2 or more devices. . Text messaging: everything you need to know. CANADA SENDS OVER 187 000 000 TEXTS PER DAY: THAT NUMBER IS CLIMBING EVERYDAY.

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Text messaging: everything you need to know

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  1. What is text messaging? Text messaging is the act of sending a brief message a mobile device connected to a phone network, between 2 or more devices. Text messaging: everything you need to know CANADA SENDS OVER 187 000 000 TEXTS PER DAY: THAT NUMBER IS CLIMBING EVERYDAY

  2. This number is expected to climb about 15% by 2013 37% of people have data plans with their cell phones, while 29% of them use the internet on their cell phone. EVERYDAY YEAR MORE THEN 78 000 000 000 TEXTS ARE SENT FROM MOBILE DEVICES ALL OVER CANADA

  3. A smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system. Smartphones have more advanced computing capabilities then regular feature cell phone. Now a days, smart phones can include functions such as portable media player, digital cameras and even access to the internet. Blackberrys and Iphones are smartphones. SMARTPHONES

  4. TOP RATED CELL PHONE PROVIDER COMPANIES IN CANADA Telus is the second largest in Canada, with just over 7 million customers Rogers is the largest cell phone company in Canada with over 9 million customers

  5. 1.56 trillion texts were sent in America in one year 68.7% frequent texters (America) AMERICA On average, there are 52000 texts sent every minute 97% of texts are opened within an hour of being sent DAILY TEXTING: Some teens say that they send upwards of 500 texts per day, to different people, for different reasons

  6. TEENS AND TEXTING: Only 42% of teen boys do the same 59% of teen girls say they text their friends just to chat The average teenager sends 1500 text messages a month.

  7. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

  8. TEXTING WHILE DRIVING CAUSES DESTRACTION TO THE DRIVER, WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES OR DEATH. DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE, IT’S THE LAW! All the provinces in Canada except Nunavut have banned the use of cell phones while driving. This includes texting, browsing and calling, unless you are not using a hand held device. More then 21 million mobile phones were being used in motor vehicles in 2008 DRIVING DISTRACTIONS

  9. Texting while driving increases your crash risk 23 times more then someone who is not texting when at the wheel Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37% CONCLUSION PHONES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF MANY PEOPLES LIVES, WITHOUT THEM, SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO SURVIVE. THEY HAVE MANY BENEFITS BUT CAN ALSO BE DANGEROUS AND AFFECT OUR HEALTH. BE AWARE OF HOW MUCH YOU TEXT!

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