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For various text alerts which are related to health, check out the Health Issues and SMS Alerts category in textuall

For various text alerts which are related to health, check out the Health Issues and SMS Alerts category in textuall

New York based Upo

New York based Upo

TV viewers will be able to vote for the next country music sensation on USA Networks show "Nashville Star

TV viewers will be able to vote for the next country music sensation on USA Networks show "Nashville Star

A new text alert service from UK satellite TV channel Sky News keeping consumers up to date with the latest Iraq coverage has attracted 11,000 subscribers in the first week of the wa

A new text alert service from UK satellite TV channel Sky News keeping consumers up to date with the latest Iraq coverage has attracted 11,000 subscribers in the first week of the wa

"Phone messaging and email traffic has surged over the past week as people use the latest technology to vent their outrage or voice support for the military invasion of Ira

"Phone messaging and email traffic has surged over the past week as people use the latest technology to vent their outrage or voice support for the military invasion of Ira

SMS alerts, quizzes and games will be tied-in with the launch of French film "Wanted", due for release in movie theaters April 16, starring movie and song legends Gérard Depardieu, Renaud and Johnny Hallyda

SMS alerts, quizzes and games will be tied-in with the launch of French film "Wanted", due for release in movie theaters April 16, starring movie and song legends Gérard Depardieu, Renaud and Johnny Hallyda

SMS alerts, quizzes and games will be tied-in with the launch of French film "Wanted", due for release in movie theaters April 16, starring movie and song legends Gérard Depardieu, Renaud and Johnny Hallyda

SMS alerts, quizzes and games will be tied-in with the launch of French film "Wanted", due for release in movie theaters April 16, starring movie and song legends Gérard Depardieu, Renaud and Johnny Hallyda

The Federal Government of Australia is launching a new SMS alert service for the unemploye

The Federal Government of Australia is launching a new SMS alert service for the unemploye

Good news! According to an article ZDNet UK, mobile operator Orange has signed an "interconnect" agreement with T-Mobile, Vodafone and mmO2, enabling users with multimedia MMS compatible phones, to send and receive picture messages to other users signed up with those networks, effective March 31s

Good news! According to an article ZDNet UK, mobile operator Orange has signed an "interconnect" agreement with T-Mobile, Vodafone and mmO2, enabling users with multimedia MMS compatible phones, to send and receive picture messages to other users signed up with those networks, effective March 31s

The Detroit Free Press reports that the debate on the war is raging not only on the Web, but in SMS chat groups on Verizon Wireles

The Detroit Free Press reports that the debate on the war is raging not only on the Web, but in SMS chat groups on Verizon Wireles

According to an article in C/Net Asia, Asians are spreading SMS messages related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which manifest's as a pneumonia-like illnes

According to an article in C/Net Asia, Asians are spreading SMS messages related to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which manifest's as a pneumonia-like illnes

Another innovative campaign to raise money by SM

Another innovative campaign to raise money by SM

According to an article in abs-cbnnews, reported on SMS: Business Gets the message, text messaging has replaced mail correspondence as the chief mode of communication in the Philippines and may put the Philippine Postal Cor

According to an article in abs-cbnnews, reported on SMS: Business Gets the message, text messaging has replaced mail correspondence as the chief mode of communication in the Philippines and may put the Philippine Postal Cor

Nintendo Official Magazine (NOM), the popular games console magazine from EMAP, is to launch its first range of SMS services to its reader

Nintendo Official Magazine (NOM), the popular games console magazine from EMAP, is to launch its first range of SMS services to its reader

The wail of air raid sirens bring terror to Baghdad but also to Kuwait City, according to an insightful eye witness account by a British hairdresser in Kuwait, who has been e-mailing the The Evening Pos

The wail of air raid sirens bring terror to Baghdad but also to Kuwait City, according to an insightful eye witness account by a British hairdresser in Kuwait, who has been e-mailing the The Evening Pos

British Internet provider BTopenworld in partership with TV guide Onthebo

British Internet provider BTopenworld in partership with TV guide Onthebo

A doctor at South Manchester University Hospital in the UK is using text messaging to communicate with patients and cut down waiting times for medical result

A doctor at South Manchester University Hospital in the UK is using text messaging to communicate with patients and cut down waiting times for medical result

Two articles picked up online today, on keyboards which allow for enhanced textin

Two articles picked up online today, on keyboards which allow for enhanced textin

SMS marketers should seek parental consent before targeting minors with their campaigns, according to a new set of industry guideline

SMS marketers should seek parental consent before targeting minors with their campaigns, according to a new set of industry guideline

Since the war broke out in Iraq, dozens of e-mails and mobile text messages have been circulating between friends in Saudi Arabi

Since the war broke out in Iraq, dozens of e-mails and mobile text messages have been circulating between friends in Saudi Arabi

Stories are starting to emerge from around the world, on SMS campaigns encouraging consumers to boycott US products, singling out Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonald

Stories are starting to emerge from around the world, on SMS campaigns encouraging consumers to boycott US products, singling out Kentucky Fried Chicken and MacDonald

Chinese officials are hoping to drive crooks crazy, and make them give up crime, with a relentless barrage of messages sent to their cellphones, according to an article in Nando New

Chinese officials are hoping to drive crooks crazy, and make them give up crime, with a relentless barrage of messages sent to their cellphones, according to an article in Nando New

A new system allows parents to keep a closer eye on the movements of their children via their mobile phones, according to an article in the BB

A new system allows parents to keep a closer eye on the movements of their children via their mobile phones, according to an article in the BB

The first integrated cellular phone and personal organizer was on display in Los Angeles recently, incorporating features for the blind and visually impaire

The first integrated cellular phone and personal organizer was on display in Los Angeles recently, incorporating features for the blind and visually impaire

Taking SMS teletexting to a new level, a popular feature in Europe, where users, generally coach potato teenagers, send their SMS message to a TV channel and wait around until it finally scrolls by on their screens (sometimes hours later), the popular VitaminaN show on Spanish Citytv, is now offering users the opportunity to send in their pictures with their text message

Taking SMS teletexting to a new level, a popular feature in Europe, where users, generally coach potato teenagers, send their SMS message to a TV channel and wait around until it finally scrolls by on their screens (sometimes hours later), the popular VitaminaN show on Spanish Citytv, is now offering users the opportunity to send in their pictures with their text message

Precious information picked up on Smart Mobs, linking an Informal Catalogue of cell phone concerts performed around the worl

Precious information picked up on Smart Mobs, linking an Informal Catalogue of cell phone concerts performed around the worl

What on earth is all this about then?

It's about enabling mobile Brits to send text messages when they feel like grumbling about UK companies who have let them down with poor customer service, flaky pledges, intrusive marketing, aggressive selling, general thoughtlessness and carelessnes

What on earth is all this about then?

It's about enabling mobile Brits to send text messages when they feel like grumbling about UK companies who have let them down with poor customer service, flaky pledges, intrusive marketing, aggressive selling, general thoughtlessness and carelessnes

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In trying to access textuall

Insecure and troubled Brits know where to go for a confidence boos

Insecure and troubled Brits know where to go for a confidence boos

Displaying an act of faith in the business potential and secure services conducted by SMS, according to an article in newmediazero, credit card giant MasterCard is rolling out a "MasterCard SMS" programme across Europe, aimed at banks, retailers and companies developing co-branded card

Displaying an act of faith in the business potential and secure services conducted by SMS, according to an article in newmediazero, credit card giant MasterCard is rolling out a "MasterCard SMS" programme across Europe, aimed at banks, retailers and companies developing co-branded card

Five thousand regular Scandinavian Airlines customers are being invited to test a new information service: receiving an SMS text message on arrival if baggage has been delayed for some reaso

Five thousand regular Scandinavian Airlines customers are being invited to test a new information service: receiving an SMS text message on arrival if baggage has been delayed for some reaso

Young users will account for more than 40 percent of the market for mobile phone handsets and will spend over 13 percent of their disposable incomes on mobile products in the next few years, according to a comprehensive study of the behavior, attitudes and perceptions of mobile consumers, conducted by Telephia and Harris Interactive,

The report, written up in Business Standard, predicts that text messaging will account for 85 percent of all youth spending on value added services in 2006, followed by ringtone

Young users will account for more than 40 percent of the market for mobile phone handsets and will spend over 13 percent of their disposable incomes on mobile products in the next few years, according to a comprehensive study of the behavior, attitudes and perceptions of mobile consumers, conducted by Telephia and Harris Interactive,

The report, written up in Business Standard, predicts that text messaging will account for 85 percent of all youth spending on value added services in 2006, followed by ringtone

A new chess game for amateurs lets players go head to head with their mobile phone

A new chess game for amateurs lets players go head to head with their mobile phone

Hexacto has introduced a Symbian version of its highly acclaimed «Tennis Addict» sports gam

Hexacto has introduced a Symbian version of its highly acclaimed «Tennis Addict» sports gam

Another text alert service offered in view of the current war situation, this time from Info2cel

Another text alert service offered in view of the current war situation, this time from Info2cel

Yesterday, nearly 3000 students from the Valais, a french speaking canton of Switzerland, demonstrated in the streets of Sion against the war in Ira

Yesterday, nearly 3000 students from the Valais, a french speaking canton of Switzerland, demonstrated in the streets of Sion against the war in Ira

Irish mobile operator 02, launched a text initiative designed to generate 1 million "good luck" messages for the Irish Rugb

Irish mobile operator 02, launched a text initiative designed to generate 1 million "good luck" messages for the Irish Rugb

European mobile users can sign up to News Press PRO's Text Alerts on Iraq (in French), in partnership with mobinews, fed by breaking news and press releases issued from the UN, the French government, the Agence International Atomique, and the White Hous

European mobile users can sign up to News Press PRO's Text Alerts on Iraq (in French), in partnership with mobinews, fed by breaking news and press releases issued from the UN, the French government, the Agence International Atomique, and the White Hous

Criticising the state government for its "lethargic approach" to withdrawing value added tax legislation, an assocation of Delhi traders has started an SMS campaign against the mov

Verilocation, a new mobile phone tracker, pinpoints a cell user's wherabout

Are you ready for an Avril Lavigne mobile phone? It would for example, feature a photo of the teen pop star on the faceplate, with embedded software that shows an Avril screensaver and include clips from her latest video, concert ticket information or links to her favorite Web site

The Wall Street Journal, reporting fromCeBIT, describes a phone called Kurv, made by Kyocera Wireless Corp, targeted to teenagers and which should launch second half of 200

The Kuwaiti government is planning to send out free text alerts on war related announcements, from a reliable source (unless the enemy takes over the cellular operator), to inform citizens and dispel rumor

Picked up on Paul Golding's Weblog on Wireless, Marvel comic characters to send out as animated Multimedia messages (MMS), from Shout Messenge

According to an article in the BBC, reported in favorite SMS bookmark SMS: Business Gets the Message (a gold mine of SMS applications -- check them out, you won't be sorry), Bristol International Airport is offering a new Text message service with information on flight delays and arrival time

According to Matt Donovan, director of ad agency Euro RSCG in Australia, who has just conducted a survey to prove women are not technophobes, has targeted the campaign for the soon-to-be-launched 3G phone services, just as much at women as me

For Japanese youth, leaving home without their keitai (cell phone) or letting the battery go dead, is just about the worst thing that can happe

Per an article in The Copenhagen Post, a 14-year-old Swedish girl came face to face with a 55 year-old man dressed only in his underwea

Nokia's « Digital Pen » or « digipen », enables users to send colorful handwritten text messages over their cell phon

It looks and feels like a fabric, but it's more than tha

My Nokia 7210 is not a picture phone, but I recently bought a small camera for Sfr 14

Mobile start-up erotigo offers a range of erotic services for people on the move:

«Eroticoguide

According to an article in CBSNews, the

Statistics published last year from children's charity, National Children's Home (NCH), showed that 25 percent of students had been threatened in chat rooms or by e-mail, and 16% had been bullied by text messag

The US market is gearing up for mobile gaming, which could potentially become a major platform for games after PCs, consoles, handheld computers and the Internet, according to Mike Goodman, an analyst with market research firm Yankee Group, as reported in Wired

Danish consulting firm Strand Consult estimates the market at $

SMS Chess, a multiplayer SMS game, developed by Purple Software and published by Sony Ericsson, has been named mobile game of 2002 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA

Baffling her teacher and creating an uproar in the academic world, a 13 year old Scottish schoolgirl handed in an essay, entirely written in text messaging shorthan

American cell phone users interested in sharing their views on the Acadamy Awards, can check out Oscar's Chat on Upoc, favorite mobile company and provider of mobile messaging communitie

As most readers are reluctant to log in their credit card numbers online, Swiss daily newspaper, Le Temps, offers it's readers a pay-per-view by SM

A 13-year-old Scottish girl having handed in an essay written entirely in SMS short-hand has the academic world in uproa

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In an article today in the Financial Times, according to research carried out by Surrey University’s Digital World Research Centre on behalf of the UMTS Forum, cellphone users have an emotional relationship and a psychological dependency on their mobile phone

Good News reported in Forbes Magazin

As popular as texting may be in the Philippines, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has spoken against accepting confessions by SM

A poetic company, Shake-M

The New Zealand Star reports that researchers from the University of Agricultural Sciences of Stockholm are tagging several dozen moose with special cell phones to track their eating habits and movements across the countr

The Manila Times reports on a local doctor's fear of repetitive stress disorder (RSD) caused by too much textin