Most text messages are saved only briefly (AP)
Date : 26 Jan 2008 Category : Technology
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AP - Millions of fingers scurrying over mobile electronic devices probably paused this week as news emerged of a trove of text messages containing flirty and sexually explicit chat between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a top aide. Even those engaging in more wholesome dialogue would be wise to wonder: Do text messages disappear like oral conversations or are they permanently logged somewhere for potential retrieval like e-mail usually is?