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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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- 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
- California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude
- Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18--but there's a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES--Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Democratic Lawmaker, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, California
- News items 2008-06-27
- 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
- Java Desktop SMS (zip)
- Java Desktop SMS from CardBoardFish is a complete desktop text messaging solution. It is compatible with all computer operating systems that support Java Version 6, and so is ideal for sending and receiving text messages on your Linux PC. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Text Messaging, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Programming Languages, Java, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- OS X Widget (zip)
- SMS Widget for Mac OS X from CardBoardFish is a complete Dashboard text messaging solution, making it quick and easy to send and receive texts on your Mac. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and later. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Text Messaging, Apple Mac OS X, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- Why don't kids use email?
- Why don't kids use email?An Interesting PerspectiveI was working at AT&T Wireless when they started really pushing text-messaging for our customers, and at the time I didn't get it: I never thought it would catch on. Typing a text-message into your cellphone instead of just placing a call is like...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, e-mail, e-mail application, cell phone, computer, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2007-12-03
- Integrating Text Messaging Into the Healthcare Staffing Environment
- Text messaging, known as SMS, has the potential to dramatically simplify and improve communications between staffing offices and their staff while reducing costs and improving business processes. This is accomplished by integrating text messaging into the current forms of voice communications. Using text communication allows the organization to more effectively...
- Tags: Staffing, Text Messaging, Health Care, Advantix Communications, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- White papers 2007-10-18
- CallWave Text Messaging Gadget Vista (gadget)
- Free unlimited Text Messaging to any US mobile number. Simply type your message in the gadget, select a name or phone number and hit send. The gadget figures out the carrier. Version 1.1 features: easier to send messages and no need to select a carrier.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Text Messaging, Messaging, CallWave Inc., Gadget, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2007-10-16
- Nokia enhances your text messaging experience with Conversation
- I first ran into threaded SMS on my Palm Treo 650 and have to say that this feature set the standard for text messaging on mobile devices. For those of you who aren't familiar with threaded SMS, what happens is that text messages to and from particular contacts appear together...
- Tags: Conversation, Nokia Corp., Text Messaging, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- Communicate via text and multimedia messages from your Treo smartphone
- Text messaging has been the rage in Europe and Asia for some time, and in recent years even U.S. business users have begun to realize its utility. Along with the newer BlackBerry devices, the Treo 600 and 650 represent a new generation of devices that combine a mobile...
- Tags: Multimedia, Smart Phone, Text Messaging, Palm Treo, Chapter Coverage, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware
- Book chapters 2007-09-13
- GotVoice (widget)
- Visual voicemail plus text messaging SMS plus record by phone and publish on the Web. Say it, share it, send it, and see it with the GotVoice widget. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Text Messaging, Voicemail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-07-25
- The verdict on candidates' texting: Obama ahead of Edwards, Clinton coming up lame
- What campaign manager could resist technology that reaches more than 75% of Americans? Taking cues from television, presidential hopefuls are using cellphones to text-message voters in much the same way that viewers vote for their favorite American Idol contestatnt, reports the Washington Post.The Obama campaign has jumped on the fledging...
- Tags: Elections
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
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