I was contacted today by a researcher from a leading UK television show hunting for people who’ve had a bad experience with SMS/Text spam. Have you been bombarded with unwanted SMS? Has it forced you to complain to your operator — or even change your phone number? Did it end up costing you a lot [...]
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Operator Innovation: Let me access my SMS everywhere?
Hello dear reader, it’s me again with another Operator Innovation post. The series has been terrifically well received — thank you once more to all the executives from around the industry who’ve complemented us. And hello to the chaps from o2 Innovation who, almost every week, point out that they’re working on something very similar. [...]
Vodafone’s marketing SMS leaves me clueless
So last week I was having a good time with Vodafone. This morning I got this comparatively useless text to let me know that ‘prices are changing’. This is really good — a text update, I will obviously read it — but the call-to-action? Visit some site that isn’t even linkable from my phone browser? Who [...]
Text-to-donate still a huge rip off [updated]
You’d have thought that as we are almost entering the year 2011, the UK mobile industry would have collectively got it’s act together regarding text donations. Alas no. This ad is currently running on Southwest Trains and is aiming to raise money for ‘Our Heroes’ — that is, the British Forces Foundation serving wounded troops. [...]
Ivy4evr: Channel4′s explicit SMS drama
I had a note in from reader James to tell me about Ivy4evr, Channel 4′s new ‘explicit SMS drama’. You only have to visit the site to determine that it’s a rather ‘edgy’ concept. The site explains that our key character, Ivy, has left home because ‘Lilsis’ (is that ‘little sister’ or somebody else, who [...]
What’s the best SMS IT support alerting system?
What does everyone use to send SMS alerts to employees for things like server alerts, planned downtime, that sort of scenario? Do you go to an SMS provider, buy the credits and then make your own sending system (or hook in to their API)? Or do you use the gateway provider’s sometimes rather rubbish system [...]
Text the school nurse for a morning-after pill
The morning-after emergency contraceptive pill is to be made available to schoolgirls at six schools in Oxfordshire here in the UK. And the medium of request is text messaging. If you’ve been having a bit of jiggery-pokery and you think the contraception might have failed; or if you didn’t bother and you’re in a blind [...]
115,000 Brits text [Mid-East] CEASEFIRE in 3 days
Save The Children ran a text campaign, via the chaps at Incentivated, recently, regarding the current Middle East conflict. It garnered 115,000 responses. All you had to do was text CEASEFIRE to 81819. The appeal was carried in half/full page ads in UK newspapers The Guardian, Daily Mail and Sunday Times amongst others. Smart. The [...]
Avoid burst pipes by text
I got this text in a few days ago from my insurance provider, Direct Line. Smart. Not only does it deliver some ‘seasonal greetings’, it also offers a top tip – don’t switch the heating off completely if you are away, to avoid burst pipes. Now, I wonder how much cash this will save them? [...]
Weird Text Time
Just got this one in this evening: – – – – – Fine girl friend – – – – – Ooohkay then…
Another weird text
Got another weird one sent in: – – – – – I must hear the fireworks – – – – – I’m not sure what to respond to this one… Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device Posted by email from MIR Live (posterous)
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