TEXT messaging is about to grow up, which could mean that the curious
language it spawned is about to meet its F8.
Cellphone users worldwide send 15 billion short message service (SMS)
mailings per month. But Â鶹´«Ã½ has discovered that makers of the next
rash of mobile phones have quietly adopted an emerging standard called the
Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). This allows phones to send and receive much
longer messages, which will remove the need for the shorthand familiar to every
teenage texter.
EMS-compatible phones will also let you embed sounds and attach animated
graphics to your messages—and,…
