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Archive for the ‘SMS’ Category

July 19th, 2008

Can consumers sue for mobile phone spam?

T-Mobile might be in deep s#it as consumers are up in arms over mobile phone spam. Truth be told, the story of cellphone spam is nothing more than push advertising but with your subscriber base ranting over being misinformed on whether or not they subscribed to a service in the first place.
Culturally speaking, the level […]

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April 3rd, 2008

SMS2.0: Text in color?

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SMS2.0 is an app developed by Affle, a UK based company that develops custom SMS applications into phones. Rather than customize apps for every manufacturer, Affle has developed SMS2.0, a consumer app that runs free of charge, with ads running on the side.
SMS2.0 is a […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Travel and the Geekiness

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As a cellphone geek who’s been traveling around the neighboring Asian countryside I’ve developed an eccentricity to never put my phone on roaming. Instead I’d always buy a “souvenir” SIM card from each country (Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia) and put it on my open-line phone. […]

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January 3rd, 2008

Air France OnAir: Cellphones on planes

The test subject: an Airbus A318 used for domestic flights. For the first three months of testing, passengers will be allowed to send email and SMS. For the duration of the second three months, passengers will be allowed to make calls for $2.50 above 10,000 feet.
According to Crave, passengers will not know they are […]

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January 2nd, 2008

Special SIM cards for text voting in contests? Weird.

I love shows that do audience participation. Especially in the form of SMS voting for talent shows like American Idol. Well, we have our own franchise back here called Philippine Idol. And as a fan of these talent shows that, I’ve become a little disturbed with some developments in blatant SMS padding of votes. For […]

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December 17th, 2007

Text campaings don’t work during office hours and on long holidays

Textually reports of the power of text messaging. You’ve probably heard of the coup attempt done about two weeks ago in the Philippines. It was broadcast all over BBC and CNN. Textually cites that the power of SMS can rally a huge mob in a matter of a 2 to 3 hours.

What happened? Had […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

December 7th, 2007

ASUS P750

You know, this kinda reminds me of the BenQ-Siemens P50. Interestingly enough, the ASUS P750 looks like an all around solid smartphone. Running on Windows Mobile 6 (with handwriting recognition), the P750 comes with a fast HSDPA connectivity feature as well as wireless 802.11g. Selling points include a 3MP camera, all around connectivity with push […]

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November 23rd, 2007

SMS Mac: Send SMS

So I was listening to episode 66 of MacBreak Weekly and towards the end of the show Alex Lindsay brought up a neat SMS application for the Macintosh called SMS Mac - this was his pick of the week. What it is really is an app that allows you to easily send SMS blasts to […]

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August 26th, 2007

Kameraflage: More than meets the eye

It works with regular digicams but it works just as well with the camera on your phone. The Kameraflage application allows you to see things that you can’t see with the naked eye. T-shirts, billboards, and other media can use this technology for advertising campaigns especially for those print ads on the street. Take a […]

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August 7th, 2007

Is your relationship based on SMS?

SMS is catching up with the west. Back here in the east, couples buy secondary phones to avail of unlimited SMS promos within cellular networks. What does this mean? For the high maintenance couples, it says something about wanting to be in touch 24/7, and have no excuse NOT to text back.
But it also means […]

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