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Hack 78 Send a Paper Text Message

Who says that technology has taken the
personality out of our communication? Use your camera phone to send
messages in your own handwriting.

Regular text messaging with Short Messaging
Service (SMS) lacks an element of personality. ASCII letters just
don't possess the individual flair that handwritten
notes convey. That personality was certainly part of the charm of
passing notes in class as a child, in addition to the element of
risk.

Today's camera phones don't pose
much risk, but they can help you recapture the charm of handwritten
notes. Say you're waiting for a plane in an airport
and want to let your girlfriend know that you're
thinking about her. You could send the following SMS text message:
"Wish you were in the next seat! Miss
you..." She would certainly appreciate that.

But if you used the camera phone to take a picture of a handwritten
note, as shown in Figure 7-9,
you'd put a big smile on her face.

Figure 7-9. A picture note in your own handwriting

The technique is quite easy. First, use your camera phone to take a
picture of the handwritten note. Most camera phones give you the
option of saving or sending right there on the spot. Find and click
the Send button. You'll be prompted to address and,
optionally, provide a subject for your note, as shown in Figure 7-10. Enter the destination phone number or select
your friend from your contacts, hit the Send button, and your
"handwritten" note is on its way.

Figure 7-10. Sending the MMS picture note

Once you start thinking about the possibilities of paper text
messaging, you might even go so far as to keep a little pad of
Post-it notes in your briefcase just for this purpose.