With a text message: text messages only take a few minutes to send, so if you don't text your partner often, why not send them a text message?

短信：发个短信只需要短短几秒钟，如果你不常给你的爱人发短信，为什么不试一下呢？

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In addition, Google voice will also include an automated voicemail transcription service, the ability to send and receive text messages, and integration with your Gmail contacts.

另外，Google语音也将会提供一项语音邮件的自动文本抄写功能，以及文本信息的收发，Google语音也将与Gmail通信录实现整合。

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Teenagers with cellphones each send and receive 2, 272 text messages a month on average, Nielsen Mobile says.

市场调研公司Nielsen Mobile的数据显示，拥有手机的美国青少年每个月平均要发送和接收2,272条短信息。

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

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Never mind that the ballots were cast for contestants in a televised singing competition, and that only those with the means to send text messages by mobile phone could take part.

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