100 to 140 characters may be fine for short messaging, but you can hardly get the gist of most email messages from the first line or two. If spam is a serious problem for email users, it s a total disaster for wireless users who are at the mercy of handheld devices sporting tiny LCD s and limited memory. Wireless spam can also be a disaster for employers who have to pay the bills. Although the filtering choices for wireless email forwarding are simple and straightforward, the filtering systems in email clients deal you a lot of curves. Too many choices lead to email filtering apathy.
Email clients transmit messages only via the Internet.
Because they cannot take advantage of speedier and more reliable wireless protocols, messages forwarded to wireless devices are subject to Internet delays and failures. Especially when it comes to paging, this is can be a serious disadvantage for businesses that depend on the prompt and reliable exchange of information. And once they re set up to forward, there s no way to way to turn them on and off or change critical message-forwarding functions from a remote location. Of course you could always turn your wireless device off, but then you ll never know what you re missing. Email clients also don t include special reports that help companies reduce costs by fine-tuning their wireless messaging plans for optimal efficiency.