SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2003 / 10 / 23

In another example of business gets the message, record company giant BMG is offering retail partners a free text-message service with up-to-date sales information, reports Revolutio

NTT DoCoMo said that it is now developing anti-virus software in cooperation with a US Internet security service company Network Associate

Nokia will be presenting 3 new phone models at the Nokia Mobile Internet Conference in Nices next week, according to Reuter

As American casualties mount in Iraq, Pentagon officials are rushing new bomb- and sniper-detection equipment to the country in an effort to thwart attacks on troops, the military's top research scientist said yesterday, according to the Seattle Post Intelligence

Erotic pictures coming on a cell phone near you - not of women but of me

The Guardian has a (poor) review of a new play at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, entitled «Two Tracks and Text Me», by Sol

An appeals court on Wednesday sided with a federal judge who dismissed an $800-million lawsuit filed by a Maryland doctor who said his cell phone use caused his brain tumour, reports The Globe and Mai

Rebecca Fairley Raney for the New York Times reports on companies making navigation systems for cellphones, allowing drivers to dial up a computer which will give them direction

In article from the BBC, on a new permanent interactive exhibit entitled "Communicate!" opening Friday at the Edinburgh's Royal Museum, commemorating Alexander Graham Bell, one of the objects discribed caught my eye:

"A giant mobile phone keypad on the floor allows visitors to text using their feet and also a machine where people can practice the art of Morse cod

The cell phone industry on Wednesday is expected to announce its biggest recycling initiative — a move environmentalists say is an inadequate response to a growing problem, according to USA Toda

In an article adressing the concerns of senior citizens and cell phones, Katherine Meyer for the WSJ reports that people over 65 years old are largely ignored by youth-focused wireless carrier

In the UK, a mother-to-be won a High Court victory yesterday in her battle to remove a mobile phone mast which she fears could harm her family's health, reports The Independen

CNN is about to start using mobile phones to enable viewers to send in opinions and vote on questions using text messages, reports Cyberjournalis

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Sony is studying ways to let consumers use their cell phones to buy groceries at convenience stores, pick up the tab for lunch and pay train fares, the company said, reports Wire