[gotorazor]

> No calls, no voicemail, no email, no > apps, no touch. Rechargeable is a plus. I > envision something like 2-way pagers used > to work. Radio network or phone network > is not as much of a big deal to me.

So what is this device suppose to do if it doesn't connect to any wireless networks? Just take text notes?

Or, do you mean that you do want ONLY texting? But then you need all your friends to have one of these devices to text with you as well.

Texting phones & Blackberries, and only later, generic smartphones, replaced for 99% of all industies, pagers. Pagers are still a thing only for industies that never bothered changing or had some esoteric requirements (pagers are suppose to use a lower frequency that passes thru thick walls better.)

They still sell basic texting phones. SMS only

[0des]

What texting-only phones are you able to find? I'm having a hard time forming a potent search query for those. I keep getting support threads for people who have phones that can text but have a broken calling feature.

2-way pagers worked for SMS, that's essentially what I'm looking for, but on modern hardware, meaning I'd rather it be rechargeable through a port than have a AA battery slot, maybe a microsd slot for my contacts and messages.

The existing 2-way pagers work over conventional networks as well as radio networks that relay SMS and email through a gateway, which is why I specified that I was not concerned which method, I just prefer that it does SMS, perhaps natively.

The recipient, as with 2-ways, can use any method or hardware of SMS to send/reply.

[Gordonjcp]

Why don't you just get a candybar Nokia and be done with it?