Each one of those messages are 20 cents a piece on my AT&T Wireless bill. I understand the need to communicate discreetly without it being a phone call from time to time, but an e-mail or better yet the new, free iPhone application Grackl would be preferable. On the latter, I do check at least several times a day for something, more if I know it’s urgent.
As far as I’m concerned, SMS is just the phone companies latest scam to squeeze every dime out of these devices through naive teenagers because the market is saturated. Why not get an unlimited plan like my friend Jeremy has? If we could keep our ADSL at home without the landline, which AT&T won’t allow, then I’d reconsider. However, call me an old luddite but isn’t the purpose of a mobile phone for making phone calls anywhere? A live conversation can convey more information than a text message, including iChat-AIM-Adium. I probably should take my own advice and make my friends with Mac do my iChat AV conferences via our built-in iSight cameras more often. It has come to the rescue helping Anje and Alaire with their computer issues.