SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 04 / 20

Mattel chief executive Robert Eckert is adding more features to Barbie, Mattel's 45-year-old American icon, including giving Barbie text-messaging capability after losing more than 20 per cent of the $US

Dodgeball, the social networking tool for mobile phones, is expanding past NYC this weekend, becoming available in SF, LA, Boston, and Philadelphia as well, according to 3G porta

mediapost guest columnist Courtney Acuff, manager, mobile marketing, SMG IP, the digital and interactive unit of Starcom MediaVest Group is responsible for evaluating mobile marketing opportunities and coordinating research for a variety of clients including Kellogg, Nasacort, and Allstat

The Cleveland Public Library is among the first national network of public libraries to add Mobipocket eBooks to their download libraries, according to TMCne

Vodafone, France Telecom and several other European mobile-phone operators are teaming up to provide a single set of standards to handset-software suppliers, according to the WS

About 90 rural cell phone service providers missed last week's deadline to introduce a system for emergency workers to find cell phones dialing 911, according to the Federal Communications Commission, according to New

Data use is surging ahead in the US, finall

Text messaging has definitely acquired a patent of nobility (in French lettre de noblees) as Malaysian science fans can participate in The Nobel Prize SMS Quiz Master challenge, where the grand prize winner will get a 10-day all-expenses-paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark, according to Star Tech Centra

Paul Brownfield for the LA Times via azcentral reports with humour and uncanny insight on how acceptable cellphone use has become in public spaces; "how many people talk and order, talk and shop, talk and drive