It is quite possible that the year 2012 is when consumer flight from traditional text-messaging turns into a stampede.

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This supports the theory that iPhone is particularly effective at undermining traditional text-messaging.

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And in Finland, the unusually low number of iPhone owners may have extended the growth of traditional text-messaging in 2011.

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Facebook's service is designed to combine traditional email, instant message and cellphone text messages into one system, routing messages to whichever service is best for each person, and keeping an archive of it all.

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One attraction of its platform, he said, is the way Ooyala can follow how consumers watch video, including the parts they repeat, the way they connect text and video, as well as traditional measures like time spent on a site.

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While a high-speed wireless connection is a nice plus for users of typical mobile phones, it promises to do wonders for widescreen iPhones, which combine the ability to play movies and surf the Web with features found on more traditional mobile phones, like the ability to send text messages.

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Social Experience: Reading has traditionally been a solitary activity, which may explain the growing appeal of blog-reporting over traditional newspapers: through comments and follow-up posts, the text talks back.

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You'd be forgiven if you weren't entirely on the same page with Panasonic regarding its micro color splitter sensor: it's a big break from the traditional Bayer filter approach on digital cameras, and the deluge of text doesn't do much to simplify the concept.

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