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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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. But...
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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...
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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 by...
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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...
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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 the...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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