Talk:SMS

message: Regarding this edit, text messaging and SMS are not the same thing.  SMS is a specific protocol, and there are other text messaging implementations that are not SMS-based. Jpatokal 15:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're confusing the importance of the technical definition of jargon with the common vernacular of the English-speaking world.  If Wikipedia were the GSM specification, or a technical reference for a technical audience, then you'd be absolutely correct in pointing this out.  The vast majority of the world understands an "SMS" to mean a "mobile phone text message", without regard for the protocol or the implementation actually used on their phone. Reswobslc 16:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted Reswobslc's changes, and I have done so for a very specific reason.  Look back up in this talk section a couple of lines, and you'll see the requested split consensus.  Basically, the original article here was an utter mess, mixing up the technical details with the social aspects.  World wide (note, NOT N. American specific), the common term is texting, or text messaging.  The Short Message Service is, always has been, and always will be, the means by which text messages are sent.  There is a very deliberate stub template in the article for people who know about non-GSM implementations to come along and add their knowledge to the technical aspects.  In the meantime, the Text messaging article is the place to talk about "texting", from a non-technical perspective, whereas this article is where the technical details should go.  I've tried, at the top of this article, above the lead, to point people looking at the social aspects to the right place, but it seems not to be working.  If this crap carries on, I'm inclined to just revert everything to the original article, and let everyone else sort out the resulting abortion of an article. Carre 16:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, but it's definitely worth clarifying "The Short Message Service is, always has been, and always will be, the means by which text messages are sent." is just wrong. In some parts of the English speaking world, texting/text messaging now means any form of mobile to mobile communication and is increasingly not SMS based (WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook are all increasingly common used for 'texting' and one of them are Short Message Service/GSM based. richardwhiuk 22:54, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  SMS != Text messaging 

message: Please add information about timestamp metadata. What timestamps does a sent SMS contain? What timestamps does a received SMS contain? Many phone users are confused and frustrated by wanting the sent time for received msgs but being shown the less useful received time. Much of this limitation and confusion seems to be caused by the apps. But if we could have some clarity about the embedded SMS timestamp metadata we would be able to know what the apps could be making available to the user.-73.61.15.145 (talk) 21:58, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  timestamp metadata 

message: The link at reference 74, about Flash SMS, does not exist anymore.
Itskieran (talk) 14:24, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for reporting this. I've linked an archived copy of this reference. —Bruce1eetalk 14:31, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 74 offline