(SMS): A service that allows the sending of limited text messages over mobile telephones, using the telephone key pad. The service was made popular in Japan by NTT’s DoCoMo through its iMode phone system.
A service that allows text messages to be sent and received via a wireless network and viewed on any number of WAP-enabled devices.
Similar to paging, SMS is a service for sending short text messages to most modern mobile phones. SMS allows you to send short text messages from one cellphone to another, or from the Internet to a cellphone. You can save airtime minutes by writing your message first, then connecting to the network to send it.
A convenient way to send brief text messages directly to a wireless phone. There is a maximum message length of 140 characters.
SMS allows users to transmit short text messages of up to 160 characters. If the user if unreachable, the message will be stored in the Message Center until it can be accessed.
A service that is used to transmit text to and from a mobile phone.
The ability to send and receive text messages on your wireless phone. Works much like e-mail with a limitation to the number of characters you can send and receive, usually 100 to 200 characters maximum.
Short Message Service is the transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone. Messages must be no longer than 160 alphanumeric characters and contain no images or graphics. This service is the first step for enabling Internet access in cellular phones.
A service that lets the user send and receive messages of limited length. See also Messaging.
A globally accepted wireless service for sending messages of up to 160 alphanumeric characters between mobile subscribers and external systems such as email, paging, and voice mail systems.
The transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone, fax machine and/or IP address. Messages must be no longer than 160 alpha-numeric characters and contain no images or graphics.
You can receive alphanumeric messages on your phone. (network and subscription dependent feature -- not available in all areas)
Short Message Service (SMS) is a service available on most digital mobile phones,other mobile devices (e.g. a Pocket PC, or occasionally even desktop computers) and some fixed phones, that permits the sending of short messages between mobile phones, other handheld devices and even landline telephones. The terms text messaging, text messages, more colloquially SMSes, texts, or even txtsand its variants are more commonly used in North America, the UK, Spain and the Philippines, while most other countries (Russia, for example) prefer the term SMS.
