Premium Rate Research
Lack of trust with consumers as well as the economic downturn have contracted the UK premium rate phone market in 2008 according to research for PhonepayPlus.
Continued Growth for Mobile Messaging
The number of people sending text messages across the EU is growing 3.3% year on year, a figure only beaten by MMS which is growing by 9.2% according to study.
Predictive Text Saves Languages
With around half of the population of the world now owning a mobile, many languages under threat are now at greater risk of extinction when they cannot be used to text.
SMS Shares HIV Status
Kenyans are being urged to get HIV tested and have their status added to a confidential database that partners can query before having sex.
New Year - New World Records
Once again sending an SMS to greet friends and family as the new year strikes has become even more popular with huge increases in volumes reported in countries around the world.
An SMS Can Crash Symbian Phones
A new exploit delivered by SMS crashes the SMS function on a wide range of Symbian OS-based smartphones so the user cannot receive new text messages.
Texperts Bought By 118118
SMS information service Textperts has been bought by the company that operates 118118 in the UK.
SMS Restored In Kashmir
After a five month ban text messaging has been turned back on in Kashmir.
More Texts Than Calls in USA
2008 was the point when finally the typical U.S. mobile subscriber now sends and receives more SMS text messages than they do mobile telephone calls according to Nielsen figures.
UIQ 'files for bankruptcy' in Sweden
First tech casualty of 2009? UIQ has finally thrown in the towel and reportedly applied for bankruptcy in the Swedish courts.?
SMS bug: Nokia's Conversation goes mute
Not a word, so far Comment Did you have a quiet Christmas? What about New Year? While New Years Eve is the busiest time for text messages, maybe you didn?t get any. And if you're a Nokia user, there may be a reason for that.?
Nokia 'Curse of Silence' SMS exploit uncovered
Old bug, new tricks Mobile phone security vendors were rejoicing last night when it emerged that an obscure bug in an old version of the Symbian OS could allow an attacker to crash a target's mobile phone with a specially-formatted text message.?
RIM sues Motorola
Staff, not patents, this time Research in Motion is suing Motorola for not allowing laid-off employees to seek work with the owner of the Blackberry brand, who is hoping to scoop up some cheap engineers now that Motorola is shedding so many.?
Android runs (on) free(runner)
Open OS on open hardware Google's mobile phone platform, Android, has been ported to the OpenMoko's open-sourced hardware platform, though it's not quite the perfect combination as yet.?
iPhone gets Hong Kong eye transplant
Stick-on lenses If you're an iPhone owner who's disappointed with that oh-so-popular device's oh-so-limited camera, there's good news from Hong Kong gadgeteer USBfever: stick-on lenses.?
LG trumpets 3G wristphone
'Flattop' Jones surrenders LG Electronics has lately been trumpeting its plans to debut a 3G wristwatch phone with a touch screen technology at the Consumer Electronics show in January.?
French get iPhones everywhere
Orange is not the only fruit French retailers have started selling iPhones, previously only available from network operator Orange, though at such a high mark-up that the offer is not that tempting.?
AT&T punts $99 iPhone
Yes, it's a refurb Although the rumors of a $99 iPhone 3G from Walmart recently died an ignominious death, that yearned-for two-digit price point has again resurfaced - and this time it's real. To make the deal even sweeter, if you buy before December 31 you can knock another fifty bucks off the price.?
If you can fart, you can earn $10,000
As Apple relaxes, stinkers escape iPhone developers have discovered that there's big money to be made in - as Mark Twain once described it - clearing one's nether throat. According to stats published on his website, developer Joel Comm's unsubtley named iFart Mobile is the current point-poot in a silent-but-deadly rise in the popularity of cyber-flatulence.?
