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- Text Messaging
- Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length....
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- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- T-Mobile clarifies G1 Android pre-order availability and text messaging question
- T-Mobile clarifies G1 Android pre-order availability and text messaging questionPre-order or not T-mob delivery method is greatThe articles/videos showing Apple's brick-and-mortar store lines, the iTunes wacky operation is comic relief to some. Not T-mobile. All I was told by wife was to sign for package. Wow, that is consumer friendly...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, T-Mobile, G1 Android, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- T-Mobile clarifies G1 Android pre-order availability and text messaging question
- I was lucky enough to attend the T-Mobile G1 product announcement in New York a couple of weeks ago and actually pre-ordered my own G1 that day on the train back to the airport for my flight home and it turns out it was a good thing I did. I...
- Tags: T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile, Text Messaging, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- News to know: Google; Text messaging; Spam; Microsoft
- News to know: Google; Text messaging; Spam; MicrosoftZDNet, aren't you going to fix the links???"Spammer walks as court says state antispam law is unconsitutional" directs me here!
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Spam, text messaging, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
- News to know: Google; Text messaging; Spam; Microsoft
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging Garett Rogers: Google wants your Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL contacts Jason Perlow: Microsoft: It's...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Text Messaging, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Spamming, Spam, E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-15
- Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging
- Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text MessagingNot usually.[i]Do you allow phone calls to interrupt:- a current live conversation?- your dinner?- sitting on the toilet?[/i]Only if the call is from my wife. She gets furious if I don't answer. At the least I will answer, tell her I'm...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, text messaging, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging
- Don't kill the messaging technology, when the alleged messager is already dead. But the possibility that text messaging was at the root of Friday's fatal train wreck in California should be enough to give us all pause. Isn't it about time we called a timeout on our...
- Tags: Text Messaging, Wreck, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Groupware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-14
- Text message pricing: Is Sen. Kohl fighting the wrong battle?
- How much do you pay for a text message? In case you didn't know, the cost of a text message has doubled in the past few years - from 10 cents to 20 cents - and suddenly Sen. Herb Kohl wants to know why. Techmeme I specifically ask each...
- Tags: Mobile, Text Messaging, Pricing Strategy, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?
- Did you see CrunchGear on AT&T's text charges? I found it via Ars It seems at 20 cents per message, AT&T is charging $1,310.72 per megabyte at those rates. The rising rates for texting prompted Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.) to write a letter...
- Tags: Text Messaging, Carrier, Ars, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- HTC Dream Android device may be available on October 13th for $199
- More details of the rumored HTC Dream Android device arrived today courtesy of TmoWorld and it looks like they have a good inside contact at T-Mobile. The previous 17 September pre-order date was confirmed as true when existing T-Mobile customers can order the device. However, the device will actually be...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, T-Mobile, Text Messaging, Data Plan, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- OMG! texting is so expensive
- Amid all the talk about AT&T's data plan fees and the cost of buying an unlocked iPhone perhaps the most notable jump is the cost of texting. News.com's Maggie Reardon breaks it down: Since 2005, rates to send and receive text messages on all four major...
- Tags: Text Message, Text Messaging, AT&T Corp., Object Management Group, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Mobile software Monday: SMS-Chat from VITO Technology
- While you have companies like HTC and Samsung pushing the limits of the hardware and operating system level software integration on Windows Mobile, there are also several companies providing software applications to enhance your Windows Mobile experience. As readers know, I have been testing out the HTC Touch Diamond and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Text Messaging, SMS, Chat, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- AT
- ATpricing is confusingI thought I saw on the AT&T web site that iPhone plans already include Unlimited Data as part of the plan. What am I missing? Why are we talking about it as a separate charge?RE: ATI thought that this is a good idea with making an iphone that...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- New York City subpoenas creator of text messaging code
- New York City subpoenas creator of text messaging codeIs this real or sci-fi?Reminds me of flashmobs..RE: New York City subpoenas creator of text messaging codeI think the city of New York has lost its collective mind, if it ever had one. As new means of communication evolve, government oppression must...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2008-03-31
- Text messaging among various races
- Text messaging among various racesinteresting... but I'm not sure if this is statistically significantIt does suggest non-whites are more technically savvy!The sample size for the black and hispanic groups needs to be closer to the number of white people surveyed to be able to draw any significant conclusions, I think.Not...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Text messaging among various races
- Mobile activity White Black Hispanic Send or receive text messages 28 34 42 Take a picture 14 21 20 Play a game 6 11 15 Send or receive email 7 7 9 Access the internet for news,...
- Tags: Text Messaging, Activity, Video, Internet, Corporate Communications, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- SMS Software AdvPro (exe)
- ADV+PRO is offering a wide range of bulk text messaging solutions: Stock and Commodity Market, Automobile Industries, Tours & Travel Industries, News and Print Medias, Advertisement Medias, Entertainment Industries, Multiplex Theaters. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Text Messaging, SMS, Canny Infoteh, ADV+PRO, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-03-14
- Ez Texting (exe)
- Ez Textings Text Messaging platform is as powerful as it is easy to use. Our philosophy is that launching a Mobile Marketing campaign does not need to be difficult. While technically advanced users will enjoy the extensive feature set that our text messaging software offers, anyone who can pick up...
- Tags: Software, Text Messaging, Ez Texting, Ez Textings Text Messaging Platform, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Tools & Techniques, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Management
- Software downloads 2008-03-14
- Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messages
- Police Blotter: Armed robbers nabbed through text messagesMore Stupid Criminals...ntWhile criminals, they do have a point.I find that both U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone and the 9th Circuit's decision in the McCreary trial to be in gross violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. To wit, "The...
- Tags: Vertical industries, text messaging, robber, Police Blotter, government, warrant
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Team Texter (zip)
- What is your time worth? Ever had a venue or a time change at tournament with players and parents spread over different accommodations and side activities? Communication of this one change requires much of your time and renders varied results. We have removed the need for countless hours on the...
- Tags: Team, Change, Text Messaging, Cell Phone, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Team Management, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Management, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- Software downloads 2008-02-04
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