As well as being able to send and receive text messages, subscribers with camera phones can also swap photos.

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Although most airlines limit this to send and receive text messages, you still have a full GSM connection with your phone, tablet, or laptop.

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"We'll ensure we keep any maintenance work to a minimum which will help customers send and receive text and picture messages via their mobiles, " a spokesman for O2 said.

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Keep an eye out for TVs that receive and send text messages, operate wirelessly and show hundreds of thousands of pixels per second.

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According to CNN, Americans ages 18-29 send and receive an average of nearly 88 text messages per day.

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Americans ages 18-29 send and receive an average of nearly 88 text messages per day, compared to 17 phone calls.

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As long as your friends can receive pictures and text messages, you can send content to their phone.

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