Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richmond Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: RCS messaging Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:12:10 +0100 Organization: Frantic Message-ID: <867c41igv9.fsf@example.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="772141"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IWTB5oO6TsnBcmPLfzjXfda8WDA= sha1:UEJiwuwWXiODlXUuZ1nqGqsT3xM= X-User-ID: eJwNx8kBwCAIBMCWwrELlKMo/Zdg5jcwCjucoGMw2/w7UuK6tX0qFynLgmFSRwJ5G1r4P3mnHwKHEFQ= Bytes: 3070 Lines: 54 Frank Slootweg writes: > micky wrote: >> In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 3 Apr 2025 08:37:04 +0200, Jörg Lorenz >> wrote: >> >> >On 03.04.25 05:52, sms wrote: > [...] >> >> The e-mail to SMS and e-mail to MMS gateways are very useful. I didn't >> >> think that there would be an e-mail to RCS gateway. >> > >> >Is it really? In other parts of the world where mobile communication is >> >more advanced than in the US such a service is completely unknown >> >> Then in this regard, the communication outside the US and Canada (and >> the rest of Latin America, I suspect) is less advanced. > > As said many times before, in the rest of the world, it's not needed, > because better methods - Instant Messaging (WhatsApp, Signal, etc.) have > been available for a long time. > > Because - for some weird 'reason' - IM has not been widely adapted in > the US - at least not on Android -, USAsians still settle for the old > SMS/MMS method. So the US is indeed less advanced, and by their own > choice. > >> > and I >> >cannot see how that could be useful. >> >> Let's say you are using your computer and you want to send a message to >> a cellphone. > > Just use Skype ... Oops! :-) Or the Windows 'My Phone' app or any of > the multitude of control-your-phone-from-your-computer solutions. > > As I use WhatsApp - yes, also on my computer - and have absolutely no > need to *send* SMS messages, I don't need that stuff. Reading the click send website suggests the point is reach: === Some benefits of sending email to SMS include: • Better reach: thanks to a 98% open rate, you know that your message will be seen. • Have your message read faster, with a much faster open rate than email. • All your email and SMS communication in the one place. === You might have trouble sending Whatsapps to me, as I am not on it.