Not strictly about SMS this posting, more about VOIP than anything else. I got this primarily from the PhoneAddict blog (http://phoneaddict.blogspot.com/) and then had a look for some other opinions. Jajah is billed by some as a Skype killer. Or David vs Goliath. Not sure about this — as I think they’re addressing a slightly […]
T-Mobile unlimited texting… why don’t we have this in Britain?
I was reading Nick Starr’s blog where he laments the idiot rules that T-mobile USA stand by. He wanted to swap from his Sidekick (with unlimited texting on that plan) to using his RAZR phone (also on T-mobile, but without an unlimited texting plan). Obviously T-mobile aren’t allowing him to swap or carry over minutes. […]
Texting during your Uni lectures is fine… just don’t make any noise
Duvall, who is annoyed in class by ringing cell phones, has no complaints about texting and he doesn’t think that his professors do either. "They have to see people playing with their phone, but they don’t seem to mind as long as there’s no noise," Duvall said. Not everyone’s impressed at in-class texting though, as […]
French in Lebanon are connected by text
Daily Star Lebanon reports: French nationals in Lebanon have received warnings by SMS to refrain from heading to any demonstrations and to keep up-to-date on the developing political situation. According to the SMS, "French nationals are warned to keep themselves informed by any means they can on how the situation is developing and avoid at […]
Update on Indian cricket scores delivered by SMS is proprietary information
An update on this blog from yesterday. I have a real problem with a match owner asserting that live score information is proprietary content and can only be delivered to end-users by their approved supplier. How can the number "5" (for example) be proprietary information? In the context of a cricket match, if BBC Radio […]
Alfie of moblog.co.uk comments on recent MMS survey
Gah I should have asked Alfie’s opinion earlier seeing as he is running www.moblog.co.uk! Alfie has posted a comment to the article I published recently commenting on In-Stat’s recent MMS survey, reporting less than a third of cameraphone owners bothered using MMS. Apart from price (obviously a key issue), Alfie comments: People need to be […]
Cafe Coffee Day runs SMS promotion across 262 stores for Valentines Day in India
To mark the arrival of Valentine’s Day, they’re launching the Cafe Coffee Day Luv Zone complete with tips on how to remance your beloved — everything from love quotes, picture messages and even one of those wicked compatibility percentage calculators. I like to see good, cool uses of the medium… I haven’t heard of anything […]
10 texts sent for every person in China over Chinese New Year
Business is good for the network operators in China! Check out this TMC Net article about the country’s phenomenal historical and recent SMS traffic: Link: Here
IceMobile’s VideoCall2TV service nominated in GSM Innovation Award
I got a note from Tim Krengel at Ice Mobile (www.icemobile.com) to say that they’ve been nominated as a finalist for the GSM Association’s Mobile Innovation Award. Congratulations! I think I’ve seen their stuff working a few times plus I particularly like the concept of VideoCall2Helpdesk too. Here’s the press release: GSM Association Nominates IceMobile […]
Loan sharks offering services via SMS
The Malay Mail is running a story on how loan sharks are now hawking their services via text! More: Here
Survey: MMS use still disappointing
VNU / Personal Computer World are running a story on In-Stat’s recent survey which found that less than a third of cameraphone owners share picture messages with friends. Full article: Here Now this survey blames poor picture quality, apparent slow network performance and the difficulty of actually sending pictures. These are issues. However it’s the […]
TxtNation announces SMS credit card payment system
TelecomPaper reports that txtNation (www.txtnation.com) has developed its own SMS credit card payment system. When I went to txtNation’s website to read their press release…….well, they just have a canned website, no news links or the like. So I haven’t been able to read anything more (I’m not a TelecomPaper subscriber either). I’ve just done […]
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