Today we are inundated with messages from all different forms of communication, including email, messaging apps, snail mail, social media, telemarketing and more.

The benefits of text messaging are hard to ignore, and many organizations are choosing this simple and effective way to communicate.

On the other hand, open rates for text messaging towers over email at 98 and most are read within 15 minutes of receiving them.

It takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message.

If what you are communicating is time-sensitive, then you want to be sure your audience gets the message.

More than two out of five of you have even slept with your phone Plus, almost all mobile phones today are SMS-enabled, which means most everyone can receive text messages.

Text messaging doesnt require Internet access, so even if youre out of range, you can still receive a text.

Instead of hunting around for a barcode scanner, you just need to text a keyword to a shared short code (like 41411) to get an automatic text reply with a link to your website, download page, menu, form wherever you want traffic to land.

Text messaging on the other hand, offers a a reliable way to reach every single person that opts-in to receive messages, no matter how many are on your subscriber list.

Modern specifications, a unique gem-cut design, and excellent keyboard are its hallmarks.

Built, presumably, with Intels Project Athena and the 10th Gen Intel platform, the feature effectively turns a laptop more into a smartphone or Apple iPad.

The Surface Laptop on the left has been off for the entire night.

There, you see the Microsoft logo on the screen with the progress circle before it gets to the login screen for Windows 10.

The entire process is only about 20 seconds (some laptops take even longer, like Dell).

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After eight hours of being off, the Surface Laptop 3 13.5 only dropped 3 percent of the battery.

The feature works up to 72 hours before the system will finally hibernate.

Its an Intel-based technology (10th Gen, Project Athena stuff), which is why the 15-inch AMD Surface Laptop 3 does not have it....The short of it is the laptop or PC never goes into hibernate or deep sleep, e.g., when you go to bed, you close the lid and open the laptop 6 hours later you get what happens on the laptop on the left.

This effect happens on ALL Windows 10 PCs....

With Instant On, which is the Laptop 3 13 on the right, you can see the display and Windows Hello just pop-on.

Its just like that all the time....This may seem like a small thing, but if you open your laptop 20 times a day with breaks in between, it makes a huge difference as youre in your flow (as Panos Panay would say) much faster.

Its a game-changer, IMO....While its great on Laptop 3, its almost better on Surface Pro 7 as that device feels more like an iPad.

Now it acts like one too....Let me know what you think...Surface SurfaceLaptop3 SurfaceLaptop313inch MicrosoftSurface Laptops windows10 microsoft microsoftlife A post shared by Daniel Rubino (danielrubino) on Oct 25, 2019 at 8:53am PDT.

It is one reason why so many people like the iPad (and smartphones) they are always ready to work.

That means it will be even harder to choose between Surface Pro 7 and Surface Pro X.

Minor tweaks to the RAM, going to Intel for Wi-Fi 6, and Instant On ability make this Surface Pro 7 an absolute joy to use.

For 2020, theres a taller display aspect, a return to Sharp IGZO, and the latest CPUs from Intel.

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The results deliver impressive performance in an Ultrabook laptop.

Surface Book 3 is the top of its class despite these minor upgrades, mostly because it has no other competition.

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HP has fixed the giant bezels and not-so-hot trackpad making its latest model one of the best choices to maximize your dollar.

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