All the stories tagged with: sms
SMS features found on Google+
07/12/2011, Google+ has been growing, and Google has not forgotten developing countries such as India. In fact Google+ has thought about the demographics in India, and realized that not many people living in India own smartphones, but rather feature phones, which [...]
SMS Corrector is an app that corrects text-speak into regular words
07/11/2011, Sick of reading text messages that are full of text-speak? If you are, you’re not alone, as we’re guessing there are probably people of the older generation who are receiving text messages in text-speak, and for the life of them, [...]
Nexus S receives Android 2.3.2 OTA update
01/21/2011, Well one thing is for sure, Samsung are doing a great job of keeping their flagship Android phone, the Nexus S, updated. According to some folks, an Android update is being pushed out over the air (OTA) and updates the [...]
Who needs papers when you can divorce through SMS?
12/28/2010, A court in Saudi has decided to make official a divorce that was initiated through a text message. According to a report from Emirates 24/7 over the weekend, a Saudi woman decided to use her husband’s text message against in [...]
SMS used for the greater good of everyone
12/13/2010, If you happen to live in the cosmopolitan city of London, then chances are pretty good you might have stumbled upon this unique campaign that asks you to report on faulty traffic light alerts through the use of sending SMS [...]
303,398 Text Messages A Month
05/08/2009, If you thought that sending 217,000 text messages in a month was an amazing feat, wait till you hear about the girl who sent 303,398 in a month using an iPhone, without having to resort to spamming texts like “LOL” [...]
Text Messaging History
05/05/2009, Did you ever stop to wonder why the text messages you send are limited to 160 characters per message? Did you think that it was just some carrier-imposed restriction to milk more money out of us consumers? Well, there is [...]
Boost Mobile To Clear SMS Bottleneck
05/05/2009, Boost Mobile’s $50 per month free for all has certainly received overwhelming response, so much so that Boost Mobile doesn’t seem to be able to keep up, causing excessive text message delays. The issue has been acknowledged, and there will [...]
$26k Text Message Bill
04/23/2009, Some records are great to have, but sending 217,000 text messages in one month? That’s about 583 text messages every hour. Even worse for the 2 people who attempted to get this record, they were slapped with a $26,000 phone [...]
Text Your Car To Stop Theft
04/17/2009, Worried about getting your car back after it’s been stolen? Well, soon you might be able to text your car to stop the thieves from getting away with it. If the system works as promised, all you’ll have to do [...]
File Your Tax Via SMS
04/15/2009, Ever thought you could file your taxes via text message? Well, it seems the folks on Sweden have had the option to do so for the past 5 years. All they have to do is enter their social security number [...]
Senate Bill To Ban Spam SMS
04/08/2009, First we got used to spam in our email mailboxes, and now we’re forced to start getting used to receiving spam text messages in our cell phones. It’s an irritating situation, and it’s great to see that a couple of [...]
Easy SMS Helps You Text
02/05/2009, Folks out there who use Windows Mobile will certainly have had occasions where texting on a Windows Mobile device just makes you want to pull your hair out in frustration. Fortunately, AIM Productions is looking to make things easier for [...]
