Consumers are increasingly using their phones for things other than voice calls, such as text messaging, downloading songs and games, and accessing the Internet.

消费者越来越多地使用手机进行语音通话以外的活动，比如发短信、下载歌曲和游戏，以及上网。

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She'd wake up early, turn on her laptop and chat on Internet dating sites and instant-messaging programs—leaving her bed for only brief intervals.

她早早醒来，打开笔记本电脑，在交友网站和即时通讯软件上聊天，这期间很少离开她的床。

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They are upgrading their network to broaden revenue generating services beyond messaging, voice and basic mobile Internet.

他们通过升级网络提高服务，而不仅仅是通过短信、声音和基础的移动网络来增加份额。

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Erin Jansen is founder of Netlingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms.

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Erin Jansen,founder of Netlingo, an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, also says the new technology has not fundamentally changed existing language but added immensely to the vocabulary.

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Adoption of such technologies by companies like Apple and Google could push Internet messaging into the mainstream.

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The fast-growing Internet messaging service is currently in discussions to raise a new round of private financing, said people familiar with the matter .

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Think of the convergence of music, apps, Internet, messaging and wearability while working out, for example.

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