Instant Messaging vs. Email

Instant Messaging vs.Email Instant Message (IM) Instant messaging is a stripped down version of email. With instant messaging, there is no automatic mailbox. Messages are instant and disposable. But instant messaging archiving is also available and is growing in popularity. Advantages: Instant messaging accounts will reach Disadvantages: 2.7 billion > Immediacy > It is brief > It is conversational > It doesn't work unless both parties are present > It is intrusive > It is proprietary > You need to sign in this year and peak at 45% 4.3 billion 35% Of smart phone user IM on a daily basis use of US adults aged 30-49 have used their mobile phone to instant message others 30% of teenagers send IMs on a daily basis compared with merely 10% of adults 70% 24% of teenagers say they send more IMs than e-mails percent of adults can make the same claim Email Email is a store and forward technology. Is the most widely used and commonly accepted form of communication Advantages: > The advantage of e-mail is that recipients can read and respond to their messages at their own pace. > It is universal. Everyone has an email address, and you can send a message from any email provider to any email provider. > You can send a single message to a large group of people, It provides a Archiving written record. is another reason people favour email 4.3 billion Disadvantages: > That you might have to wait a couple of hours or even a day for a response > It is filled with spam Email accounts will reach the same 4.3 billion for 2016, suggesting that instant messaging will be just as popular as email by 2016. The number of worldwide email accounts is projected to increase from over 2.9 billion in 2010, to over 3.8 billion by 2014 Predicted in 2013 dAa 918 million corporate email accounts & 2688 million consumer email accounts. Avg. of 117 emails will be sent/received per User/Day The average number of email accounts per user ratio is expected to remain even at roughly 1.6 accounts per user over the next 4 years. S Scayl Email Without Limits www.scayl.com Sources: http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Email-Statistics-Report-2010-2014-Executive-Summary2.pdf http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248142/email_vs_im_vs_sms_choosing_the_right_one.html Instant Messaging vs.Email Instant Message (IM) Instant messaging is a stripped down version of email. With instant messaging, there is no automatic mailbox. Messages are instant and disposable. But instant messaging archiving is also available and is growing in popularity. Advantages: Instant messaging accounts will reach Disadvantages: 2.7 billion > Immediacy > It is brief > It is conversational > It doesn't work unless both parties are present > It is intrusive > It is proprietary > You need to sign in this year and peak at 45% 4.3 billion 35% Of smart phone user IM on a daily basis use of US adults aged 30-49 have used their mobile phone to instant message others 30% of teenagers send IMs on a daily basis compared with merely 10% of adults 70% 24% of teenagers say they send more IMs than e-mails percent of adults can make the same claim Email Email is a store and forward technology. Is the most widely used and commonly accepted form of communication Advantages: > The advantage of e-mail is that recipients can read and respond to their messages at their own pace. > It is universal. Everyone has an email address, and you can send a message from any email provider to any email provider. > You can send a single message to a large group of people, It provides a Archiving written record. is another reason people favour email 4.3 billion Disadvantages: > That you might have to wait a couple of hours or even a day for a response > It is filled with spam Email accounts will reach the same 4.3 billion for 2016, suggesting that instant messaging will be just as popular as email by 2016. The number of worldwide email accounts is projected to increase from over 2.9 billion in 2010, to over 3.8 billion by 2014 Predicted in 2013 dAa 918 million corporate email accounts & 2688 million consumer email accounts. Avg. of 117 emails will be sent/received per User/Day The average number of email accounts per user ratio is expected to remain even at roughly 1.6 accounts per user over the next 4 years. S Scayl Email Without Limits www.scayl.com Sources: http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Email-Statistics-Report-2010-2014-Executive-Summary2.pdf http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248142/email_vs_im_vs_sms_choosing_the_right_one.html