| Mobile text messaging could become extinct within a generation as millions of young people turn to other forms of electronic communication, the Daily Mail reports. |
据英国《每日邮报》报道，由于数百万年轻人选择使用手机即时通讯或网络通讯，手机短信有可能会在这一代年轻人中绝迹。 |
| Experts predict the amount of texts sent in the UK will drop by 20 percent in the next two years. |
专家预测，未来两年内英国手机短信业务量将下降20%。 |
| It comes as teenagers and students are increasingly using BlackBerrys instead of iPhones and other smartphones because the device has a free BBM messenger. |
由于黑莓手机有一款内置即时消息应用程序BlackBerry Messenger，所以越来越多青少年和学生开始用黑莓手机取代苹果手机和其它智能手机。 |
| Sales in the phone have increased six-fold during the past year, mainly because of an increase in sales among 16- to 24-year-olds. |
去年黑莓手机的销售额翻了六番，主要消费人群的年龄段为 16-24岁的青少年。 |
| A study for broadband provider TalkTalk found only 51 percent of Britons in their teens or early 20s say e-mail is their first choice of communication. |
英国最大的家庭宽带业务提供商TalkTalk集团研究表明，英国现在仅有51%的十几岁和二十出头的青少年认为电子邮件是他们社交通信的首选。 |
| Industry experts believe that if this trend is followed into adulthood, then text messaging could disappear within a generation. |
业界专家认为，如果按照这一趋势，这一代年轻人成年后，他们将会完全弃用短信。 |
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Instant messaging is extremely similar to texting, but faster and cheaper. It is free on BlackBerry phones even for "pay and go" customers and is used by 39 million people across the world.
(China.org.cn April 27, 2011) |
即时消息受青睐主要是因为发消息很简单、既快速又便宜。而且黑莓用户使用 BlackBerry Messenger程序是完全免费的，也包括非签约用户。目前，世界上的黑莓用户达3900万人。 |
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