Increased data capacity, after all, makes it easier to use alternatives such as instant messaging and Skype, which could become as pervasive on smart-phones as they are on personal computers.

毕竟，增加数据容量使得选择即时消息和Skype等更加方便，它们在智能手机会变得和在个人电脑上一样普及。

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The idea that kids might have their own cell phones with text messaging or other personal digital assistants (PDAs) was laughable.

那种认为孩子们可能拥有自己的具有文本消息传递功能的手机、或者其他个人数字助理(Personal Digital Assistants, PDA)的想法，在当时被认为是很可笑的。

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When his initial Suggestions did not work, he made solving my problem his personal vendetta, and we discussed solutions via instant messaging.

当他开始的建议不起作用时，解决我的问题就成了它的敌人，我们通过即时聊天讨论应该如何解决这个问题。

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Short messaging is more than personal notes.

CNN: Cell phones aren't just for gabbing

It also provides other services, instant messaging and e-mail, personal home pages, games, shopping and even a little news, with the aim of becoming members' home base in cyberspace.

CNN: Web pioneers lay foundation for cyber-communities

All manner of personal correspondence, including transcripts of intimate instant-messaging exchanges, can be unearthed by search engines.

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