SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2003 / 09 / 22

MSNBC has an upbeaut article on the growing potential of cell phone sales thanks to pre-teens, as children using mobile phones are getting younger and younger, as their parents feel more secure in being able to keep tabs on them through their handset

I read about this in Newsweek on the plan

Fastmobile's Fastchat offers a downloadable walkie-talkie feature for cell phone

In Sri Lanka, The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is investigating a cyber sex racket, whereby unscrupulous operators have been transmitting pictures of school girls often labelling them as 'prostitutes', according to the Sunday Observe

In a first for India, Kerala's leading mobile company Escotel, in association with the Election Commission, will launch on September 29, a new service whereby the public can access real time electoral data on their cell phones by text messagin

Chip giant Intel is backing Fastap by Digital Wireless, a novel way to make it easier to input text on mobile handsets, reports the BB

Nigeria's National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) called for a boycott of GSM phone usage last Friday in the countr