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Re:Japanese pagers to issue last beeps on Tuesday, ending 50... by gambiting on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:44AM (#21123307)
No, you can definitely send a text message to them, they just don't have the ability to send anything back.
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Re:Japanese pagers to issue last beeps on Tuesday, ending 50... by m23khan on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:23AM (#21125022)
the most basic pagers can only receive callback number. More advanced ones have additional features to display text messages as well.
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Re:Japanese pagers to issue last beeps on Tuesday, ending 50... by 83457 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:32AM (#21124184)
Except for the 2-way ones
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Re:Japanese pagers to issue last beeps on Tuesday, ending 50... by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @11:03AM (#21126076)
What next? 2-way voice communication!? ;)
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