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News RIP voice and texting: these two bastions of mobile revenue are set to be usurped by rich social media fuelled by an increasingly ubiquitous mobile web. Speaking in a keynote at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London John... [21 Oct 2008]
Through the fog... Predictive texting
Comment This did not deter fans who soon developed a whole new abbreviate language for texting. But where will the next predictive texting breakthroughs mean? A problem with predictive texting... [22 May 2003]
Fixed-line texting is the next big thing, says report
News Emulating mobile phone functionality could save fixed-line telephony markets, according to international consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan, citing SMS and MMS features. Frost & Sullivan maintains that though fixed-line SMS is unlikely to... [07 May 2004]
'So there I was, locked in the ladies loo... texting my wife for help'
News Last week we asked you to tell us about sticky situations in which you've found yourself where a mobile phone became invaluable. We've not been disappointed by the response. Here is just a pick of the bunch: [22 Apr 2003]
Instant messages take aim at texting
News AOL has developed a service with mobile provider Verizon allowing customers to send instant messages that arrive as text messages on mobile phones America Online announced an agreement on Tuesday that lets users of its AOL Instant... [02 Jul 2003]
Corporates get serious with texting
News UK companies are starting to rely on text messages more than any other medium to communicate mission-critical and real-time information to employees, partners and customers, according to a survey. SMS, or text message technology, started... [14 Jul 2003]
Brits smash New Year text messaging record
News Despite video and picture messaging, Brits are still in love with good old-fashioned texting - this New Year, we sent over 130 million of them. And the upward trend for texting is set to continue, the... [06 Jan 2005]
SMS means business
News Forget kids texting away on street corners - the SMS has arrived as a serious business medium. In order of priority, business texting goes to colleagues, customers, bosses and then suppliers. Research... [09 Dec 2002]
Landlines to get text appeal - smileys and all
News BT is hoping to launch the next big thing in texting - SMS between fixed and mobile phones - and is bringing out a range of handsets and signing up some big name operators to help. Texting is still one... [05 Aug 2004]
Hi... um, did we have text last night?
News Women are by far the worst culprits when it comes to 'drink texting', with a high proportion admitting to sending rude or confidential messages to the wrong person. They also have a nasty habit of... [17 Dec 2001]
Courts chase criminals with SMS
News The texting service had its first outing in Staffordshire during a fines blitz, dubbed Operation Payback Three. The DCA said because texting was so successful, it may form part of the National... [03 Jan 2006]
Vodafone gives away free desktop text software
News The desktop texting package, Vodafone Text Centre, is compatible with Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes, with the texting facility sitting in a user's email inbox menu. Like Vodafone, other operators... [12 Oct 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Tech history repeats itself
Comment He then went on to complain these young candidates used texting and Facebook to communicate instead of email. The next phase of technology has prompted a repeat performance but this time texting and... [25 Feb 2008]
Future bright for advanced mobility, says Nokia
News Petri Seppanen, head of marketing and sales at Nokia Networks, said: "The bad news is that pressure on price [of voice calls and SMS texting] is a challenge for operators in mature markets. Respondents to surveys and... [01 Feb 2005]
British are a nation of cowardly texters
News However, worst of all is the 13 per cent of respondents who admitted to texting while driving. You can look at these findings negatively or you could say this is evidence that texting is now considered... [21 Jan 2004]
