The thing every high-schooler fears is getting his cell phone taken away, which is why the Scholastic Elecronic Text Messengers are allowed to exist. These inconspicuous walkie-talkie like devices can send 40-character SMS messages from a 600-foot radius.
Up to 24 friends can be linked up and texting with the Scholastic Elecronic Text Messengers. Forty characters and a memory for only 14 messages is incredibly paltry, but when you consider that for $17 you get two of these bad boys, it isn't so bad. The future of text messaging is upon us, and it looks a lot like the past.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Sms-only Walkie-talkies
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop more advanced SMS-only walkie-talkies that support longer messages and have greater memory capacity.
- Inconspicuous Communication Devices
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design inconspicuous communication devices that allow discreet texting in settings where cell phones are prohibited.
- Affordable Group Messaging Solutions
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create affordable group messaging solutions that enable easy and inexpensive communication among a large number of users.
Where This Applies
- Education Technology
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate SMS-based communication devices into education technology platforms to enhance communication and collaboration among students and teachers.
- Security and Surveillance
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate SMS-based communication devices into security and surveillance systems to enable covert communication in sensitive environments.
- Mobile Device Accessories
- Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative mobile device accessories that enhance the functionality and convenience of SMS-based communication devices.
