SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 01 / 16

Text your way to ether, literally: A service promising to answer people's prayers with a text message apparently sent by Jesus has been shut down after complaints by Finland's mobile services watchdog, reports Reuter

Mark this one in your favorites, for sure: Peter Rysavy, a wireless consultant, has began publishing Spotlight on SPOT, a great compendium of information about Microsoft's SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) efforts, including the network, devices (the wireless watches), applications, et

This may be connected to the post below on enhanced 999 service: technologists in UK are demontsrating a new car-based device called E-merge, which automatically sends an SMS to the local emergency operator when a vehicle crashes, giving the precise location, model, colour and licence plate number in the local language of the country where the accident occurred [New Scientist

: The SMS greetings industry is having a negative impact on the small-scale local paper greeting card manufacturers in India, according to this stor

The UK police is work on an enhanced 999 (the local police emergency number) service for cell phones that will help the emergency services to locate people calling the emergency assistance number, eports Cellular New

Two of the biggest studios in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures and Universal, have signed up with mobile content delivery company mForma, to develop game-based services for cellphones, reports WirelessWee

An Australian company has started a new wireless information site with an interesting twist: people can text in their buzzwords and then choose to get iformation about that word in various way