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Carphone Warehouse pre-Christmas event

By Ben Smith on September 3, 2008 in News

I wandered over to Victoria this evening take a look at what would be big for Christmas this year from Carphone Warehouse (silly name, good shop). It ranged from the ‘meh’ to the ‘wow’ so here’s a quick overview in pictures. The event was organised as a ‘home’ with each vendor in a different room… [...]

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Holidays 2007 Were NOT The Year Of The MMS

By Ricky on January 3, 2008 in News

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, [...]

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Verizon Feeling Green This Season

By Ricky on December 28, 2007 in Operators

Verizon Wireless wants your old useless handset this holiday season. They’re calling out to anyone who found a new mobile in their stocking this year to bring their old stuff up to any Verizon Wireless location to donate it. Verizon will use the phones in their HopeLine Phone Recycling Program, which uses handsets and funds [...]

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Welcome To The No-Cell Zone

By Ricky on December 26, 2007 in News

I spent this past weekend in Abilene, TX, at my fiance’s grandparent’s house. They live slightly out of town, on the lake. I was warned on the way out there that I would be without service, as they live out of town, but I shook that off, since Christina previously had a Sprint cellphone, and [...]

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ZED Launches XmasMaker, Send Christmas MMS

By Ricky on December 21, 2007 in News

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 [...]

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Holidays are Coming

By Ewan on December 4, 2006 in News

Thanks to the Orange Shop, I am able to tell you — without looking in my diary — that there are 15 shopping days left until Christmas! Just to make sure we’re right up there in the spirit of things here at SMS Text News, here’s the Coca Cola ad from years ago – ‘Holidays [...]

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Exit boring Christmas Parties with the help of Westminster Council

By Ewan on December 4, 2006 in Services

Link: BBC NEWS | England | London | ‘Excuse text’ for boring parties Bailing out of a dull Christmas office party has been made easier with the launch of a new texting service. The “excuse text” is part of a free service launched by Westminster City Council, which includes a list of travel numbers and [...]

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Win 25x Nokia N93s (or Mars Bars) this Christmas with SMS Text News

By Ewan on November 21, 2006 in News

I was planning a wickedly good Christmas season of excitement here at SMS Text News. I was thinking something along the lines of an advent calendar for you all to virtually open every morning — and inside you’d find a mobile service, a download or something that you could go and sign-up and use. e.g. [...]

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