Archive for September, 2007
Today, Ben is wrapped in a long raincoat with spy-hat tipped strategically down over his eyes — he wants to know where you are, right now…
- - - - -
Location, Location, Location…
Rather like opening bottles with their teeth, we all know someone that can do this. In fact, given the audience I’m writing for, [...]
Continue Reading
Smart.
I have been waiting to see something like this for ages. I always thought Lastminute.com should do this sort of thing.
When you’re booking a 500 quid holiday, adding on a free (or even a 5/10 pound sim card is peanuts — and a good idea). Or you could of course [...]
Heh. Good marketing.
YouNeverCall, the online cell phone store, has jumped on the coattails of Google’s $30m moon landing prize announcement….
YouNeverCall has decided to allow a few more days to place the first cell phone call from the moon and so the deadline has been set for January 7, 2015.
Just in case you were wondering, that’s [...]
Continue ReadingNow and again things pass me by. For example, the Mobile Entertainment Awards apparently happened recently. Tuesday evening to be exact.
Everybody’s favourite mobile media company, 3UK, triumphed.
Here’s the gossip:
Mobile media company 3UK was recognised at the Mobile Entertainment awards as the Best Network 2007 on Tuesday evening. The Mobile Entertainment [...]
I hope you appreciate my skillfully cropped screenshot above. The Nuts Mobile site is definitely not safe for work, particularly if you’re sat wearing a tie or have the word ‘analyst’ in your job title. Or have particularly vindictive system administrators.
Nuts? Well it’s a weekly lads-mag and popular website. And [...]
I knocked an email over to Paul at Shure UK to query what’s happening with Shure’s uber-wicked headphones and support for the rather annoying deep-bevel iPhone headphone jack.
Paul confirmed there’s a Shure MPA (’music phone adaptor’) coming out at the same time as the iPhone in the UK — it’ll be in the Apple stores [...]
It’s not often that a mobile operator launches innovative services such as what Virgin Mobile’s just announced:
Virgin Mobile is announcing the launch of 3jam SMS 2.0, a way for users to send SMS to groups with replies of any member of the group, going to all group members. Some folks can send an SMS to [...]
Now and again I take the bus in London.
Sometimes it’s the most effective way of getting across the city without having to arse about with the tube system. I do like getting taxis around the place but the traffic in London is getting worse and worse. Everywhere I want to go [...]
I moved to England from Scotland when I was 9. For some reason (my parents reckoned it ‘was the water’), I was about half a foot taller than the rest of my school colleagues. Perhaps it was the fresh Scottish air that helps me grow into a strapping teenager, compared to the small [...]
Continue Reading
I can’t quite recall how Mobibucks came across my radar. I found it and then kept it in my browser window — anyway, it looks like a smart proposition. At first glance I wasn’t entirely sure whether the mobile phone is actually required — theoretically speaking, it isn’t.
Here’s what you do.
1. You register [...]
I was sent a T-Shirt by the chaps at Truphone the other day. I’m going to wear it at the gym so that people think I’m a proper mobile geek.
You to can put Truphone on your chest via the Truphone merchadise shop!
Link: msmobiles.com - Rumor: Sony Ericsson to use Windows Mobile
“Commercial Times” publication that is issued in Chinese language is reporting that Sony Erricson will sell Windows Mobile phones next year.
Couple years ago when we published a April Fools Day Hoax about it, then we were contacted by Sony Ericsson representatives from UK (where this joint [...]
The rumours and speculation continue. I’m excited to see what they come up with.
Link: Slashdot | GPhone Still In the Works At Google
According to sources at a Taiwanese manufacturer, Google will definitely be launching its own branded phone. An article at DigiTimes states that the company has yet to finalize the handset’s specifications, OS, [...]
Engadget got hands-on with the Texas Instruments mobile phone that includes a mini video projector. Very swish. Check out the video here:
Continue ReadingEverytime I hear someone talk about Blyk, the all-new UK mobile operator, I am reminded of the South African Consulate scene in the movie, Lethal Weapon 2. A consulate official is extremely put out that Sargent Murtagh had the balls to try and apply for citizen, objecting with the words “But you’re Blyk!”
Turns out [...]
Vyke, the leading mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, today released a new version of its Vyke Pro software. Â The upgrade to this software now allows mobile phone users with limited-access mobile internet service to send and receive free text messages. This upgrade is offered for free to all Vyke users and, to [...]
Continue Reading
Here is a picture I took live from the sauna. I have been sat listening to my music whilst I try and rid myself of my cold. I wasn’t sure if anyone would believe me so I snapped a photo - and decided to blog it right away.
I kept the device wrapped in a towel [...]
Nokia have today launched their new converged GSM/UMA/WiFi handset, offering consumers seamless voice and data mobility across GSM cellular and WLAN networks. The Nokia 6301 phone uses UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology to integrate the benefits of landline and a mobile phone, including seamless indoor coverage, sound quality and affordability.
“The convergence of mobile and fixed/land-line [...]
US mobile network AT&T have announced the launch of the new BlackBerry 8820 - the first in the range to have WiFi support.
The BlackBerry 8820 provides support for 802.11a, b and g with enterprise security features, extending the BlackBerry platform to business customers at public hot spots and on wireless local area networks. Customers can [...]
We’re big Stephen Fry fans here at SMS Text News. Especially when it comes to Blackadder. Or Absolute Power. Or the Harry Potter narrating. We even have our very own Mini-Fry in the form of Ben Harvey who writes our weekly Friday 3pm column.
So it was with some delight that [...]
Picked this up on Gizmodo — the application, Navizon (”peer to peer wireless positioning”), uses your cell ID to place your location. Smart. Very similar to the way Jaiku does it.
Link: Apple: iPhone Faux-GPS Hack Works and is Awesome - Gizmodo
The iPhone just got GPS. Well, its actually using peer collected GPS [...]
Link: No mobile means poverty, say children | Technology | The Guardian
Almost half of children in some parts of Britain think that not having a mobile phone means a child is poor, according to a poll commissioned by Dare to Care, a new volunteering campaign aimed at tackling child poverty. Not being able to afford [...]
I’m now firm friends with Vodafone. I got a response from Victoria in their Media Team this afternoon.
If you recall, I emailed Vodafone to check to see if Amy Rose (whose posts I’ve been following - so has Ken) was actually a Vodafone staffer — I wanted to check that I wasn’t writing absolute [...]
Visto Corporation, the leading global provider of mobile email, today announces a marketing and enablement relationship with IBM that will leverage IBM Lotus Notes Traveler and help enable delivery of Visto’s Mobile for IBM Lotus Domino to millions of IBM Lotus Notes users.
“In an age of increasing mobile usage, providing flexibility and choice to customers [...]
Earlier, I posted a note pondering whether Vodafone UK have actually implemented a blog relations strategy because a good friend of mine, Dan Sumption, posted an open letter to Vodafone — only to receive a response directly on his blog within 24 hours, pupporting to be from a Vodafone staffer.
I thought I’d record Dan’s [...]
Mike42 on 