MMS
I very much respect the quiet dignity of the old chap in his uniform standing outside Waitrose in the local High Street selling poppies to raise money for the Royal British Legion and to remember all those lost in the war(s).
I always try and drop off a few quid at least.
The chaps at Moblog have [...]
Sybase 365, the subsidiary of Sybase, Inc, the global leader in mobile messaging services today announced its global multimedia messaging exchange system at CTIA in California, USA. Christened MMX 365, the system is designed to nullify operator and country borders so that globally, subscribers can enjoy seamless delivery of MMSs.Â
Marty Beard, Sybase 365’s President, says:
Today, [...]
It has been reported that Comtel, an Australian telecom firm is to launch SMSpup: Mobile, an MNVO offering subsidised tariffs in return for adverts.
Unlike Blyk the service is not completely free, and that they will receive around a 65% discount on pre-paid tariffs.
Similar to Blyk customers who “opt-in” will receive MMS and SMS messages complete [...]
I was just browsing the Carphone Warehouse site, and noticed the “Back to School” offers they have. This however wasn’t what I was interested in; it was something called SOS Messaging.
SOS messaging according to the CPH website is:
“Feeling in danger? Simply press the volume key 4 times on your phone to
discreetly alert your parents that [...]
I was talking to Ewan about my phone operator Blyk; I’ve been with them since February/March, and for the most part I’ve loved the service, I mean it’s free right?
Somehow, some Blyk membercare staff have got it into their heads that shouting to me down the phone, or telling me to go to the forums, [...]
The mobile industry is moving along quite nicely isn’t it? We have (some) great services, some brilliant ideas being made reality, and I can only assume how cool the next five years will be. But still, I want more initiative!
A couple of month’s back I was told about a new web/mobile service; and to be [...]
Is it just me or is the postal service having a rough time of it of late. First of all their main market dwindled massively when email began. Then, to top it off, Fox has just reported that MMS is killing the postcard industry.
According to the digital measurement firm comScore photo messaging climbed [...]
BMI has become the latest airline to consider ditching paper tickets for a mobile equivalent. According to the Glasgow Daily Record. The paper says the airline is trying a new system which works by sending a barcode to a passenger’s handset over MMS, which is then scanned at the boarding gate as well as when [...]
Continue ReadingWhat do people do during disasters? Turn to their mobiles, of course. The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a plan that will see mobile networks used to transmit alerts during disasters or emergencies.
The system, called the Commercial Mobile Alert Systems, will see texts sent to mobile users including, presidential alerts, imminent threat alerts and child [...]
Heathrow Airport’s new terminal, ‘Terminal 5′ has been attracting a lot of attention of late, not least from environmental campaigners Greenpeace. They’re intimately acquainted with new technology and new media — here’s a good example: They’ve been using BAFTA nominated MoBlogUK’s system to deliver a blow-by-blow account of their Terminal 5 campaign today. [...]
Continue ReadingHere’s a neat little piece of software out from Vodafone: a search engine that works by MMS. Instead of typing in your query, Vodafone’s Otello lets you take a snap with your cameraphone - of a building, for example, send it by picture message to the search engine. The results are then sent back to [...]
Continue ReadingAfter Singapore’s most wanted terror fugitive escaped detention on 27th Feb the mobile phone networks were called on to support the massive man hunt:
“The three mobile phone operators here - SingTel, StarHub and MI - are also sending out messages with pictures of the fugitive to 3.9 million subscribers, police said. “
Link: The Straits Times
Yes! What self respecting girl wants roses this year when they can have a funky Valentine’s Day message sent to their handset? It is your mobile duty to send a picture message to your loved one, this year.
To help, Cellyspace, the online tool for user-generated and advertiser-generated composition of mobile content, has launched [...]
AT&T and 1-800-FLOWERS are seeing a greenish-red this year for Valentine’s Day. The largest GSM carrier in the United States has added a link to the 1-800-FLOWERS mobile shop to its MediaNET deck, as part of their ‘Cupid Goes Wireless’ campaign. AT&T subscribers can login to send their special someone a free animated flower bouquet [...]
Continue ReadingYou read correctly, AT&T, the biggest GSM carrier in the United States, will be once again raising the cost to send or receive a message. Text message rates will go up $0.05 to $0.20 per message, while MMS rates will also increase by a nickel, up to $0.30. Note that these changes only affect subscribers [...]
Continue ReadingThe Big Art Mob, Channel4’s project to create the first comprehensive map of Public Art across the UK, continues to grow from strength to strength. You can send photos direct from your mobile or PC — and it works very, very well — it’s the guys at MoBlogUK who’re providing the technology for it.
Alfie, [...]
Cellyspace allows Realtors to create custom slideshows for a property, including pictures, video, and text. They can then pick out a keyword for that slideshow, and post it at the location and on publications. Interested homebuyers send an SMS containing this keyword to Cellyspace’s shortcode and in return are sent an MMS containing the Realtor’s [...]
Continue ReadingThis week’s application is Radar, a phenomenally well put together service that enables picture conversations online and on-the-go.
If photo sharing site Flickr is Web 2.0, then Radar is Mobile 3.0. Or something like that… The entire service has been conceived to run from your mobile, not as a bit-part of the overall experience. Yes [...]
Alfie from MoBlogUK knows a think or two about mobile blogging and MMS. Whilst he agrees that mobile blogging can be an arse, he also points out that it could (and can) be simple (they use MMS heavily and effectively at MoBlogUK.
Link: Alfies’ Blog » Blog Archive » SMS Text News - Mobile blogging [...]
I declared previously that the 2007 holiday season would be the year of the MMS taking over. We’re all familiar with the generic, corny SMS messages that get sent about during the Holidays, and I was hoping that this year, we’d go multimedia and add pics or short video clips to the fun.
I tried, [...]
Zed Group has created a special app for the holidays, dubbed ‘XmasMaker’. It’s simple, really. Instead of writing a “Merry Christmas” SMS and then sending it to everyone in your phonebook, the Zed XmasMaker allows you to send an MMS. Not just any ordinary MMS, mind you, but a photo - taken with your phone [...]
Continue ReadingWell I like the sound of this. I might be a bit of a real-time email snob with my reliance on the likes of Good Mobile Messaging but I’m a fan of any service that helps make mobile email simple for your average normob (”normal mobile user”)…
Link: PC Pro: News: O2 pushes email [...]
The Evening Standard ran a piece of news today about The Portland Hospital in London. The Portland is a private hospital favoured by the likes of Victoria Beckham. They’re offering 40-minute £120 scan that produces high-res pictures of their baby. And every well-to-do expectant career woman in London has a decent handset [...]
Continue ReadingWith all the hubbub over mobile ads growing, one has to wonder what’s to come of all the billboards all over the place. And what of other real-life advertising mediums? Enter Snaptell to save the day. Snaptell enables you to use your camera phone to get ad-related content on your mobile phone.
Using your phone’s [...]
I caught this news in the Glasgow Evening Times newspaper this morning. The paper reports that Orange UK customers uploaded a million photos from their handsets to online photo albums in August alone.
Hmm.
Have a read of the story:
MOBILE phones are increasingly being used for services other than calls and texts it seems.
A [...]
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