SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2003 / 08 / 13

UK Mobile carrier mm02 expects record SMS volume today when British students text each other to compare A-level exam results:

"Rampant growth in the use of short message service (SMS) texts has slowed, and heavy texting is now led by special events and holiday

Arnold Schwarzenegger, film star and California gubernatorial candidate, is a significant investor in the Israeli mobile tech start-up CellGuide, according to an LA Times story published Monday:

"CellGuide was founded in November 2000 by Israel Military Industries graduates CEO Joseph Nir, CTO Baruch Shayevits and R&D director Hanoch Cohe

The color BlackBerry with a new UI will delight die-hard fans of the popular texting device, according to MSNB

Text-messaging saved the life of a skier who became lost on a cross-country ski trip in Australia yesterday: "Ken Corcoran, 59, from the Townsville suburb of Mundingburra, endured near-freezing temperatures and snowfalls after he became lost in Perisher Valley overnigh

Australian IT professionals were alerted of the "Blaster" worm's attack this week via text message, instead of e-mai

A survey of teens in the UK by mobile messaging provider Freever reveals that about a third of 18-year-olds would rather receive A level or GCSE exam scores by text messaging instead of postal mail:

"While 98 per cent of 16-23-year-olds own a mobile phone, just 20 per cent of 16-year-olds wanted to get grades by text rather than having them posted, and only 26 per cent of 21-year-olds wanted to get further education results sent to their mobil