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INDUSTRY NEWS
Text mad granny proves SMS not just for youth
A text-mad great-grandmother has proved that SMS is no longer the preserve of the younger generation.
Betty Turner, a 78-year-old from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, regularly uses text messaging as a way of keeping in touch with her children and grandchildren.
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Power of text
"I don't like to disturb them when they are busy working, but with a text message they can read and respond to it when they're ready," she added. She has found texting useful when she is out shopping as well. "My daughter helped me to pick out a shirt for my son-in-law, whilst shopping, all through the power of text," she said."I used to text things in shorthand but now I've learned how to use the predictive texting tool, I can use full words and send messages much more quickly and easily. Really, I prefer it to calling," said Mrs Turner.
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Information source
Text.it, an information site about text messaging set up by the Mobile Data Association, is now on the look-out for the UK's oldest text messenger. "It's not only the younger generation that realises the benefits which SMS has to offer," said MDA spokesperson Kate Marriot. "We are seeing an increasing number of people from the older generation starting to use text. They are obtaining information such as cricket scores, theatre events and show times and holiday information, such as weather reports and days out," she added.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2712955.stm
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