While most mobile phone text messages sent in Britain are about gossip and socializing,some managers think they can be useful for business -- if they could read them,a survey on Tuesday showed.

• 周二的一项调查结果表明，如今在英国大多数手机短信只是用来传达无关紧要的事情和进行社会交往，但是一些经理人认为，如果能够做到明白易懂，手机短信对于商业还是有很大用途的。