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When the shoe's on the other foot and you're seeking to reach out to your nearest and dearest, swiping right on their name in the Contacts list will initiate a call, while swiping left will start the composition of a text.
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If many of these changes are made, defenders of the convention text will cry foul and start saying that the whole thing has been gutted.
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Opt-in ESPN text alerts will notify fans across carriers of game start times, scores and notable performances throughout The Finals.
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Text messaging is just the start as companies hope to increase the number of data plans and increase usage in this segment.
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And now the same thing could be about to happen to mobile-phone text messages, following the launch this week of Hotxt, a British start-up.
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"The host states, including Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Egypt and the North African countries, have been exemplary in their different ways, but we fear the pressure will start to overwhelm their capacities, " she told the council, according to a text of her remarks posted on the United Nations website.
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The service requires businesses to make no changes to their existing number or hardware-customers keep their current voice providers, and simply sign up for a separate cloud-based texting service at zipwhip.com, text enable their existing landline numbers and start texting from any connected device in a matter of minutes.
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