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
College Acceptance Notification by SMS
Emily at Smartmobs.com noted this one here. Smart. It’s good to see American institutions really embracing the medium.
SMS prayer reminders
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, [...]
MMS pricing worldwide
Telephony Online has a wicked graph, I think via Informa, showing the average price of MMS and the ratio between MMS/SMS. Check it out here: http://telephonyonline.com/wireless/metrics/mms_pricing_worldwide_013006/
Texting is killing Comedy
"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, [...]
Pay your Christchurch, NZ parking by text
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
Blue Frog Mobile launches text-to-screen for US TV companies
SEATTLE, Jan. 23 — Leading mobile entertainment provider, Blue Frog Mobile, announced today the launch of its innovative txtv service. The first service of its kind in the United States, txtv allows television viewers to send text messages directly to their TV screens. txtv broadcast partners share in messaging revenue. txtv has been successfully tested [...]
Eurotel trounces T-mobile in Czech Mobile Market
Nice one Eurotel. They signed up another 282,000 customers in the last year — they now have 4.68 million customers in total, putting them back in the number one spot over T-Mobile… so reports the Prague Daily Monitor here: http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?id=20060130E02503
About 80% of Respondents Would Consider an MVNO
www.cellular-news.com reports a study that concludes that 80% of respondents would consider swapping service to an MVNO away from an incumbent direct supplier. No resting on laurels please! More: Here
SMS services for Business Process Outsourcers & their teams
www.telephonyworld.com have posted a concept paper by ValueFirst Messaging regarding the use of SMS to manage and connect with employees of Business Proecss Outsourcers (BPOs). It’s excellent to see the medium being discussed and used in this manner. Link: Here
Malaysians still mad-for-it with SMS
Edwin Yapp and H. Amir Khalid at TechCentral have written an analysis of SMS use in Malaysia. Malaysians still prefer the short message service (SMS) over the more advanced mobile communication services that are available in the market. There’s a lot more: Here
SMS and search results, Google, Vazu
Gary Price over at Search Engine Watch blog has posted a note commenting on the Google Toolbar 4 beta ‘send to SMS’ function. He points out that the service only works for US numbers.. something I missed when I looked at it last time. Bit of an arse that for anyone outside of America. Gary [...]
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