text message record smashed uk mobile owners continue to break records with their text messaging  with latest figures showing that 26 billion texts were sent in total in 2004.  the figures collected by the mobile data association (mda) showed that 2.4 billion were fired off in december alone  the highest monthly total ever. that was 26% more than in december 2003. the records even surpassed the mda s own predictions  it said. every day 78 million messages are sent and there are no signs of a slow down. before december s bumper text record  the previous highest monthly total was in october 2004  when 2.3 billion were sent. text messaging is set to smash more records in 2005 too  said the mda  with forecasts suggesting a total of 30 billion for the year.  even though mobiles are becoming increasingly sophisticated with much more multimedia applications  texting is still one of the most useful functions of mobiles. people are using sms to do much more too. booking cinema tickets  text voting  and news or sports text alerts are growing popular. mobile owners have also given the chance to donate to the disasters emergency committee s (dec) asian tsunami fund by texting  donate  to a simple short code number. looking further ahead in the year  the mda s chairman mike short  has predicted that more people will go online through their mobiles  estimating 15 billion wap page impressions. handsets with gprs capability - an  always on  net connection - will rise to 75%  while 3g mobile ownership growing to five million by the end of 2005. these third generation mobiles offer a high-speed connection which means more data like video can be received on the phone. globally  mobile phone sales passed 167 million in the third quarter of 2004  according to a recent report from analysts gartner. that was 26% more than the previous year. it is predicted that there would be two billion handsets in use worldwide by the end of 2005.
Iwe aro mesiji duro, awon eniyan UK n sise awon iwe aro mesiji won, pẹlu iye 26 billion ti a sa lọwọlọwọ ni ọdun 2004. Awọn ọ̀nà ti a gbero nipasẹ Mobile Data Association (MDA) faaji pe 2.4 billion ni a ti sa ni Osu December ni okiki ọjọ oru ti o ga julọ. Eyi jẹ 26% ju pe Osu December ọdun 2003 lo. Awọn iwe aro mesiji duro yi sọ awọn iroyin MDA lọwọ. Ogun ni 78 million awọn iwe aro mesiji ni a ti sa, kowa si awọn ami ti o n mu. Ṣaaju Osu December ti o duro okiki iwe aro mesiji, awọn iwe aro mesiji ti o ga julọ ni Osu October ọdun 2004, nigbati 2.3 billion ni a ti sa. Iwe aro mesiji duro yi yoo duro okiki ni ọdun 2005, pẹlu iye 30 billion ti a ti faaji. Awọn foonu ayelujara n sise duro, pẹlu awọn iṣẹ multimedia, ṣugbọn iwe aro mesiji duro yi jẹ okan ninu awọn iṣẹ ti o ṣe pataki. Awọn eniyan n lo iwe aro mesiji duro yi lati ṣe awọn iṣẹ miran, bi a ti n ṣe cinema tickets, iwe aro mesiji voting, ati awọn iwe aro mesiji fun news tabi sports. Awọn eniyan ayelujara ti n ṣe awọn iwe aro mesiji duro yi lati fun ni DEC Asian Tsunami Fund, nigbati wọn ti n ṣe "donate" si awọn ọ̀nà kọọkan. Ni ọjọ oru, Adipọ MDA, Mike Short, ti faaji pe awọn eniyan yoo lo ayelujara wọn lati bọ si intanẹẹti, pẹlu iye 15 billion WAP page impressions. Awọn foonu ayelujara ti o ni GPRS capability - "always on" net connection - yoo de 75%, nigbati 3G mobile ownership yoo de 5 million ni ọdun 2005. Awọn foonu ayelujara yii ni a ti faaji pe wọn yoo ni awọn iṣẹ ti o ṣe pataki, bi a ti n ṣe video. Ni agbaye, awọn foonu ayelujara ti a ti rii duro 167 million ni kẹta ọjọ oru ọdun 2004, pẹlu iye 26% ju pe ọdun sẹhin. Awọn eniyan ti n ṣe awọn iwe aro mesiji duro yi yoo duro okiki ni ọdun 2005, pẹlu iye 2 billion handsets ni agbaye.