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Articles tagged with: Text Messages and Voicemail
The Gap in Call Quality Performance among US Mobile Networks Narrows
As the wireless services industry becomes more competitive, the gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, verizon, iden, j.d.-power-and-associates, u.s.-cellular, landline, seven, sprint, j.d.-power, nextel, text-message,
UK Road Safety Group Warns About Driving While Using a Mobile Phone
The UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has started a new campaign to remind motorists about the risks of making a call or texting at the wheel five years after it became illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving. more
Related Tags: rsa, driving, hands-free, true, texting, UK
BlackBerry Shows Off its First Flip-Phone
Research In Motion (RIM) has shown off its first ever flip phone - the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 smartphone. The quad-band EDGE and Wi-Fi based BlackBerry Pearl Flip smartphone features two color displays, and the external LCD makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset, while the large, 240 x 320 internal LCD displays messages, videos and web pages. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, t-mobile, microsoft, bluetooth, smartphones, gps, xl, edge, blackberry, hands-free, lcd-displays, battery, lcd, mp3, displays
SpinVox Raises $100 Million in New Funding Round
SpinVox - which converts voicemails into text messages for operators - has secured over $100 million in a new funding round. The funds will be devoted to further building the global business of the UK-headquartered company that already operates on four continents and has signed deals with 12 carrier networks and intends to double that number during the next year. more
Related Tags: carphone-warehouse, spinvox, charles-dunstone
Voicemail-2-SMS Service Launched in South Africa
A new cellphone service arrives in South Africa today, when UK company, SpinVox enables Vodacom to launch the first Voicemail-to-Text service in Africa. This service, which is growing fast in Europe and the USA, converts voicemails into text messages so that it is no longer necessary to dial in to the voicemail service. more
Related Tags: vodacom, spinvox, South Africa
Cincinnati Bell Customers Can Receive Voicemails as SMS
Cincinnati Bell's postpaid wireless subscribers can now opt to have their incoming voice messages converted to text and sent to their mobile phone via a service from SpinVox. The partnership with Cincinnati Bell, initially announced in February, and the launch of the service marks the first commercial deployment by SpinVox with a wireless carrier. SpinVox will be announcing additional deployments in North America and around the world in the months to come. more
Related Tags: spinvox, cincinnati-bell, cincinnati, pda
Cell Phone Use Becoming a Major Problem for Some, Expert Says"
For most people, heeding these warnings in hospitals or at the movies is as simple as pressing a button. But for a growing number of people across the globe, the idea of being out of touch, even just for a 90-minute movie, is enough to induce anxiety, says a University of Florida psychologist who studies addictions to the Internet and other technologies. more
Related Tags: drugs, florida, university-of-florida, students
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