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Facebook more popular than text messaging, but more people use text messaging than Facebook

Categories: Research
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 at 2:45 AM

textingA smallish (hence questionable) survey of 300 consumers in Boston, U.S. by PR agency Prompt Communications found that phone calls remain the most common (99%) method of communication. With 96% score, Facebook is now the next most popular communication tool, followed by SMS (93%) and email (91%).

However, when people were asked which method they used most frequently, most participants chose SMS (37%), followed by Facebook and then the phone (28%). Email is not on the list, yet only 20% said they could live without it entirely.

Rest of the results of the survey deals with social media, so I’ll stop here as that’s not something we cover in great length at IntoMobile. I’ve found the survey interesting because I’m everything but a fan of Facebook and other what I see as time-wasting services. So I’m curios to know – do you use Facebook more than SMS? And if so why? Why? :)

[Via: CellularNews, image from TGTBATU]

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.