Text messaging may be primarily the world of teenaged mallrats and iPhone-addicted 20-somethings, but a new survey from Sprint shows that older Americans are getting on board with the trend as well. While only 13 percent of Americans aged 50 to 64 used text messaging two years, ago, that number has grown to 20 percent more recently.
The shift toward adult text messaging seems to be driven by adults texting their children to stay in touch. Of those who did report texting, 76 percent use it to send messages to their kids, probably because data also suggests children response faster – usually immediately or within minutes.
