Can someone explain the appeal of text messages?

[cali]

I am not a big texter, but it most certainly comes in handy. its happend before that my best frineds mom asks me to text her daughter for something important, her daughter in in highschool, and I cannot phone her cell while she is in class, and the office wont interupt a student in class if you not the students parent. one example: my friends little sister was rushed to the hospital, her mom wanted her other daughter to know what was going on, but needed to rush to the hospital, and cant have her cell on at the hospital. her daughter was in class so she asked me to text her kid a quick note, and ask her to call me ASAP for more info. her mom did not have time to call the school and sit there waiting 10 minuts for her kid to get to the phone, and if her cell rang in class if would have been confiscated on the spot without being answered.

now the appeal of contsant texting? I dont get, its not that easy to type with a cell phone lol

[king2005]

I text all the time for several reasons.

1. I get 1 bar of reception in my house, so I cannot take a call, but I can send & receive text messages.
2. When I'm at work & need to ask my freinds something, while they are at work, I can send aa text to them & they will reply when they are free.. if the convo needs more detail, then we call.
3. I have unlimited texting cause I cannot afford long distance, so I text my sister so she can call me. Or I text friends, to have a quick chat as not all of them use MSN or have a computer & neither of us can afford long distance.