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Articles tagged with: Text Messages
O2 Launches Electronic Replacement for "Fridge Notes"
UK based mobile network, O2 has shown off a device which it says will "take the place of all the notes traditionally placed on the fridge door", and will send text message reminders which mean every family member will know who needs to be where by when. more
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British Lord Jailed over Fatal Road Accident After Sending Text Messages
The British Lord has been jailed for 12 weeks following a conviction for dangerous driving which lead to a fatal crash. Lord Ahmed, a Labour peer in the House of Lords was involved in an accident on Christmas Day 2007 when it hit another motorist who was killed instantly. more
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Student Arrested for Refusing to Stop Texting in Class
A 14-year old girl in Wisconsin, USA has been arrested by the police after she ignored requests from her school teacher to stop sending text messages during a maths lesson. She was later charged with disorderly conduct and will appear in court in April. more
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Lack of Education Restricts Growth of Mobile Instant Messaging
Research released today by instant messaging vendor, ProcessOne, has revealed that 60% of mobile users would send less text messages if they were better educated about how to use mobile instant messaging (IM) services. Despite many more of today's mobile handsets having IM capability only 35% of the users surveyed currently used mobile IM with text messaging remaining the dominant communications medium. more
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Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
African peasants paint their mobile phone number over their front doors. Indian slum dwellers buy SIM cards to use on friends' handsets. Chinese students spend three months' allowance on a phone they can use to surf the web. Once almost the exclusive domain of rich countries, the mobile revolution has swept through the developing world. An estimated 3.8 billion people, or half the world's population, own a mobile, and most of the growth is taking place in the global South. more
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Mobile Messaging Revenues to Defy Economic Downturn
2009 will undoubtedly be a tough year for many global economies. However, despite uncertain forecasts, messaging company, Acision believes that the changing economic landscape will present many revenue opportunities for service providers. Based on the 2008/2009 New Year SMS figures alone, Acision predicts messaging and its associated revenues will continue to soar globally despite the economic downturn. more
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Austria Tests New NFC Based Mobile Ticketing Service
Mobilkom austria says that it has developed an NFC service in cooperation with the Austrian railway operator, ÖBB for mobile ticketing in pre-selling conditions. The new chip-based NFC application is based on the interoperable international standard VDV-KA (Association of German Transport Undertakings - Core Application) and has been integrated into the mobilkom austria mobile ticketing platform. more
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Californian Girl Sent Over 14,500 Text Messages in December
A 13-year old girl in California sent 484 text messages every day in December - an average of one message every 2 minutes during the waking hours. The father, Greg Hardesty told the New York Post his 440-page mobile phone bill revealed his daughter Reina had sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages. more
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LG shows off 'Dick Tracy' wristwatch phone
LG Electronics has shown off the first watch-style mobile phone that also comes with 3G Video Telephony service. This wearable phone is a follow-up to the prototype that LG introduced at CES 2008 and includes a number of upgrades, including a full touchscreen interface, 3G capabilities and video calling. more
Related Tags: bluetooth, lg, touchscreen, lg-electronics, hsdpa, flash
Zimbabwe Network Stops Accepting Local Currency - Switches to US Dollars
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) ZimbabweÃ's largest mobile telephone network is phasing out Zimbabwe dollar tariffs and introducing United States denominated recharge cards from Tuesday, APA learns here. more
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