A better alternative exists for SMS - if players can be persuaded to use it

Singapore

FROM personal digital assistants (PDAs) to digital video discs (DVDs), many of the technological inventions of the 1990s have changed dramatically or been replaced today.

Yet, the SMS, or short message service, has lived on mostly unchanged for decades. No wonder, then, that the technology has become embroiled in scams that have cost hundreds of customers millions of dollars.