PRAGUE, Jan 30 (CTK) – An appeal circulating among the people that they should send SMS messages to President Vaclav Klaus advising him whether he should sign a bill on registered partnership is a fraudulent initiative, though several dozen people have risen to the bait, Prima TV said today. If you’re getting hundreds of thousands [...]

Tom Baker is doing the voice on the BT text delivery service!  Wicked!  I’ll need to try this out. Check out the story on Channel4: Here

Good to see another bank add SMS banking as a service to customers.  You know, I don’t know if HSBC UK do this yet. I’ll need to check. Meantime check out the news release: Here

Teknik Digital Arts has unleashed two new games, Fear Factor DELIrium and The Phil Mickelson Golf Game on Teknik’s new SMS distribution system. Available to Cingular customers in the US, users can order the game via SMS and the purchase gets added to their next bill from Cingular. More: Here

Emily at Smartmobs.com noted this one here.  Smart.  It’s good to see American institutions really embracing the medium.

MUSLIMS in Malaysia will be able to receive personal reminders to conduct daily prayers (solat) soon. The reminder, which will be sent via short messaging system (SMS), will be available from today. The solat reminder service, made available by Connection Fidelity Sdn Bhd, a mobile data company specialising in short messaging service and multimedia content, [...]

"I can tell a new joke on stage one night and get a huge laugh," whines Stan, "But all it takes is for someone in the audience to text it to their mates and it spreads so quickly that the very next night you only get a little ripple." Saw this on The Inquirer site, [...]

Christchurch City Council is planning to introduce some uber-sexy parking meters that may well accept payment via texting.  Very smart. I’ve yet to come across this myself — it would be far more convenient than arsing around with coins. Bring it on, I say. More: Here