Mobile Industry Review

Link: Australian IT – SMS speeds round-up of sailors (Kelly Mills, MARCH 07, 2006). THE Royal Australian Navy is using a mobile communication system that offers a high level of security for contacting personnel in times of emergency, such as a recall to base.

Link: Emily Chang – eHub. ZapTXT. – RSS filtering and notification application. Define search keywords for each RSS you’re interested in. ZapTXT pings RSS feeds every few minutes and when it finds that the new RSS post contains your search keywords, it notifies you via email or SMS. Access your ZapTXT data from your mobile […]

Link: C21Media:. Some 21.8% of British mobile subscribers, around 8.9 million people, versus 12.1% in Germany, around 5 million mobile subscribers, said they had voted via text in TV or radio polls over the course of a single month.

Link: eBay.co.uk: Sony Ericsson W900i 3G Walkman Phone, 2MP Cam & Video! (item 9109775737 end time 06-Mar-06 20:00:00 GMT). I can’t decide whether I will use it for 20 minutes and then put it on the ‘old phones’ pile or actually commit to using it as a proper phone…. Update: I was outbid by 3 […]

Link: Text bullies devastate family – Wairarapa Times-Age – Mar 6 2006 6:00PM – localnews. Merciless text bullying of a high profile Wairarapa pupil for months by a "pack" of teenage classmates led to the parents withdrawing their child from school. I clearly have a much different perspective on bullying than the person(s) featured in […]

ITP.net {News: Etisalat rolls out e-mail to SMS} eCompany e-mail subscribers can send SMS messages to local and international mobile telephone numbers using either their standard account and an e-mail client (such as MS Outlook or Netscape Messenger) or eCompany’s webmail client at www.eimmail.ae.

Link: With a slip of his thumb, Richard Burton changed the course of his life.. With a slip of his thumb, Richard Burton changed the course of his life. Attempting to text a friend, the car worker got one digit wrong and sent the message to Debbie Hunter -then a stranger- now his wife. Richard’s […]

Link: Receive Breaking News Via IM, SMS Or Email – Robin Good’s Latest News. A new Dutch-based service allows anyone to subscribe to her favorite news feeds and receive selected news items via instant messenger, SMS on mobile phone or email depending on her online presence "status" and personal preference settings.

Link: The Daily Record – NEWS – TEXTING WORLD CUP. The first mobile phone texting world championship will be held in Belgium next month. The winner, who must send messages including long words and maths formulas, gets a cup and a car.