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New Products/Services
, PDAs
, SMS Services
, Windows Mobile
by Rico Mossesgeld on February 5, 2008
It seems that the sms Chat apps are coming out by the bundle nowadays. I recently featured Pocket SMS, and to be honest, this new offering by VITO technology looks like it blows the competition away...
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PDAs
, SMS Services
, Software
, Windows Mobile
by Rico Mossesgeld on February 3, 2008
I'd like to thank Howard Wilton for calling my attention to a potentially useful program for Windows Mobile PDA phones. Pocket SMS is a no-frills app that organizes text messages into threads.
Bu...
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Mobile Services
, PDAs
, Rico's Ramblings
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on November 28, 2007
I once wrote about why I will never use Twitter. Recently, I came up with another reason.
In case you didn't know, users of Twitter can set up their mobiles to receive SMS updates. Whenever con...
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New Products/Services
, Nokia
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Software
, Symbian
by Rico Mossesgeld on September 24, 2007
Sorry ThreadSMS, Nokia's new Conversation threatens to make you obsolete. If only because they know how to maximize the platform they're known for.
Conversation also organizes SMS messages ...
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New Products/Services
, PDAs
, SMS Services
, Windows Mobile
by Rico Mossesgeld on September 20, 2007
Textr gives your Windows Mobile PDA Phone/Pro SMS Chat. There are different versions for Windows Mobile 5 and 6.
I really love threaded SMS clients, or apps that let you keep track of your text mes...
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Mobile Services
, Mobile Web
, New Products/Services
, News
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on August 29, 2007
Through a recent Press Release, Yahoo has announced a new feature for its Yahoo Mail service: "the ability to send free text messages... to mobile phone numbers in the US, Canada, India, and th...
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Orange
, SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on August 9, 2007
A recent UK indoor smoking ban may hurt big tobacco's bottom line. But it's apparently a windfall for Orange.
According to Cellular News, the service provider's network has seen an additi...
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News
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on July 23, 2007
Still need convincing of the dangers of texting while driving? Then you ought to read the story of Rachel Begg and Maureen Waites:
A teenage girl killed another driver after taking her eyes off the ...
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Rico's Ramblings
, SMS Joke
, SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on July 3, 2007
Have you ever written a long SMS message, going over it to make sure you didn't commit any mistakes, and that your meaning is crystal clear? Isn't it irritating to get "k" as a reply...
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PDAs
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on May 17, 2007
A friend also received some SMS spam described about a month ago. And, driven by a morbid sense of curiosity, he decided to pursue the offer, even though he was exposing his number as legit and thus f...
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SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on May 15, 2007
Last May 14, 2007, everyone in the Philippines had the day off as they cast their votes for the 2007 Midterm Election. And, according to various news reports compiled into one sweeping article, SMS wa...
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Important Mobile Tools
, Opinion
, PDAs
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on April 21, 2007
Over the last few days, The Smart PDA has featured SMS spam, which is usually sent to a list of numbers from a single source.
But there are legitimate uses for broadcasting messages. Especially in ...
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SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on April 20, 2007
A few days ago I received some SMS spam advertising the administration's senate ticket (the 2007 Philippine General Election is just weeks away). And that helped me realize that some mobiles can a...
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SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on April 16, 2007
This morning I got the following text:
Congratulations! your cell # had won 1 Million and a brand new car in ABS-CBN dti-ncr permit# 3306 series of 2007. Call me now! Henry Lopez jr.
It's easy to ...
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Mobile Marketing
, Mobile Services
, Opinion
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on March 30, 2007
USA Today reported on the growing trend of unscrupulous content providers taking advantage of children:
...the most common complaints involve situations where kids are duped into doing something that ...
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Mobile Web
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Wireless Living
by Rico Mossesgeld on March 26, 2007
Yes, the web is buzzing about the FCC's (or at least its chairman's) stance against in-flight calls: No.
Yet if voice calls somehow lose prohibition in the US, that probably wouldn't be e...
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News
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on February 8, 2007
Yesterday a story that made the front page of The Manila Times caught my attention:
The NTC ordered Globe and its CPs [content providers] to pay P12,200 [$250] for sending 61 text spam messages to com...
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Palm
, PDAs
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Software
by Rico Mossesgeld on January 6, 2007
Any of the newer Treos (600, 650, 680, 700p, 700w, 700wx, and 750v) use the Messaging app. It's a great way to keep that specical someone happy.
You may know how a Treo arranges your messages lik...
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PDAs
, SMS Services
, Useful Info
, Windows Mobile
by Rico Mossesgeld on January 3, 2007
When not highlighting the dangers of Mobile TV, Ollie Whitehouse writes about an MMS exploit that affects Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phones. Turns out this little of software was created to highlight a ...
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PDAs
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Useful Info
by Rico Mossesgeld on January 3, 2007
Aside from SMS Spam, looks like smartphone and PDA phone users now have "Smishing" to deal with:
Some cell phone users have started receiving SMS messages along these lines: "We'r...
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Freebies
, PDAs
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
, Windows Mobile
by Rico Mossesgeld on December 29, 2006
It may be too late for Christmas, but mccMassMessage will still make your life easier this New Year's. As the Mobile Competence Center's product page says: "Send SMS, Mails, and MMS to pr...
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Mobile Web
, New Products/Services
, Smartphones
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on December 12, 2006
The mobile social networking site officially launched last December 8 (read the press release). And here are some further updates and info on the service:
Apparently, the $2.99 charge for unmasking...
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Mobile Web
, New Products/Services
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on December 6, 2006
Thanks to my post on SMSJock, FeedText was kind enough to let me try out their new web-based mobile service officially launching in the next few days. Hobnobster apparently mixes the virtual interac...
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SMS Services
, Useful Info
by Rico Mossesgeld on November 23, 2006
David Pogue of the New York Times has compiled a list of free mobile services that naturally work only in the US. Here's a listing of the services featured:
Google SMS - You can also find out u...
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Opinion
, SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on November 16, 2006
(Image Courtesy of Wikipedia) All of us know how bad e-mail spam can get, but thanks to spam filters and helpful information, it's basically a controlled epidemic. Unfortunately, the scum of the e...
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SMS Services
by Rico Mossesgeld on November 15, 2006
Here's a great service I came across while researching more on mobile marketing. SMSJock looks like a great way for radio stations to reach out to their audiences.
Though satellite and mobile rad...
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