short message service

Since practically its inception, Twitter has supported SMS (short message service) for updating your Twitter status.

If you text something to 40404 in the U.S., your Twitter will update with that text message.

At the “Future of Media” panel in New York, Twitter exec Jack Dorsey said he wants Twitter to be like electricity, e-mail, SMS, or phone.

It’s an ambitious goal, and whether Twitter will reach such levels of ubiquity depends on whether its creators have really discovered a new communication channel.