SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 03 / 22

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Nextel Communications isn't waiting for more mobile operators to roll out would-be competitors to Direct Connect, the pioneering "push-to-talk" service that lets subscribers talk instantly to friends and associate

Today at the CTIA Wireless 2004 conference, Digit Wireless, consumer electronics giant LG Electronics and Canadian wireless carrier TELUS Mobility announced an agreement to produce the world's first Fastap-enabled mobile phone, reports InfoSync Worl

Another good article, from Newsflash this time, giving details on how political parties in the Philippines are using text messaging in the presidential campaigns, thanks to "Text Brigades" and "Youth Texters

A groundbreaking cell phone developed by The Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) that automatically translates the speaker's language from Japanese to English and vice versa could be on the market by 2007, reports Mainichi Daily New

Mike Masnick for Techdirt reports on an article published in the Washington Times on special chips that can turn cell phones into "spy phones" or eavesdropping devices that can secretly and suddenly turn into microphone