delivered via data rather than SMS
English translation: messaging delivered using internet connection instead of SMS communications
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| 15:11 Apr 10, 2017 |
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|  Selected response from: Jacek Kloskowski United States Local time: 01:33 | ||||||
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8 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| delivered via data rather than sms sms text messages sent other than by phone Explanation: Not quite exactly; he is specifically referring to SMS (i.e. text) messages being sent (one assumes he means in the same format) via a web application (as I can, for example, from my Orange Internet account) instead of using the 'normal' method on a mobile phone (smart or toherwise). This means that ican use say Skype or my ISP to send SMS messages from my computer that people are going to receive on their mobile phones. Obviously, otherwise, there would be no point — in computer-to-computer mode, other much more flexible messageing facilities are available like IM, e-mail, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 minutes (2017-04-10 15:21:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Of course they key point of his remark is the use of data channels (= Internet etc.) to communicate with smartphones or tablets INSTEAD OF 'conventional' SMS routes. |
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10 mins confidence:
| delivered via data rather than sms you can also send photos and videos by using tablets and smartphones, but not by ordinary mobile Explanation: phones. Functions of mobile phones (not smartphones) are limited to text message but cannot send a text message with photos and videos. On the otherhand, smartphones can send photos and videos using emails and lines You can send a photo/video by using an ordinary mobile phone, but it takes too much time to transfer the data, and the receiver's phone also uses a lot of space when received. I just say that ordinary mobile phones' first intentions are to send text messages and not intended for sending heavy data. |
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16 mins confidence:
| delivered via data rather than sms Internet connection Explanation: I think what they mean here is a regular Wi-Fi or Internet connection. For example, when I use WhatsApp to message my family, I do so via Wi-Fi and not through the SMS text messaging service my phone company offers. If I wanted to use the Internet when outside my home, I would have to click on the "mobile data" icon on my phone. I think this might be what they mean by "data". |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +8
peer agreement (net): +8| delivered via data rather than sms messaging delivered using internet connection instead of SMS communications Explanation: In the old days there was only SMS standard for text communication. Now all of the new phones and tablets feature internet data connections and messaging applications (e.g. Whatsapp. FB messenger, Skype, Viber etc) that can communicate and exchange informations over the internet data lines. Messaging in this case mean s both textual messages as well as sending files and/or pictures to each other. So can be also done via SMS/MMS, but in much more limited fashion because of more limited throughput. |
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