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Report: El Paso Is Largest U.S. Market For Text Messaging

There's a direct correlation between the average age and cultural makeup of an area and its residents' propensity to text message, according to new data from Scarborough Research. The firm found that El Paso has the highest rate of text messaging, followed by Salt Lake City, Dallas and Memphis....

Tags: El Paso Corp., Dallas, Text Messaging, Texters, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Research & Metrics, Matt Kapko

External links 2008-11-26

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Motorola A45 Murano unveiled in Brazil as MOTOCUBO A45

It was back in July when we first saw the Motorola A45 Murano. Now it has been officially announced in Brazil as MOTOCUBO A45. The name makes perfect sense considering the device look and feel – it is kinda ugly, to be fair. Still, it offers the full slide-out QWERTY...

Tags: Brazil, Google Inc., Motorola Inc.

News items 2009-08-29

Qwest Introduces New Wireless Plans for Texters and Web Surfers

Message & More Plans Include Unlimited Texting Plus Internet Access, Picture Messaging and Mobile-to-Mobile Calling

Tags: Qwest Communications Inc., Web, wireless

Research articles 2007-11-12

GMTV accused of defrauding viewers

LONDON AFP — Television broadcaster GMTV suspended its phone-in quizzes Monday after a BBC investigative programme alleged that callers to its premium-rate lines were being defrauded. The claim is the latest in a long string British television programmes accused of deceiving viewers through paid-for phone-in competitions. BBC television's...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TVs

Research articles 2007-04-23

Send Free Text Messages From Your iPhone

If you routinely burn through your allotted monthly text-message allowance and end up paying exorbitant fees as a result, you'll appreciate this: SMS Touch [iTunes link] lets you compose and send text messages via e-mail, thus avoiding SMS charges altogether. Of course, anybody can send a text...

Tags: Apple iPhone, SMS, SMS Touch, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, E-mail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Rick Broida

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Mobile is the New Mass Medium, For Better or Worse

Mobile connected devices clearly are the universal screen of choice --  and not just because of this week's big news that Dell will brand its first smart phone, Verizon Wireless will offer customers Google's Android operating system and Microsoft's Windows Mobile apps will...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, Survey, Pew, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Diane Mermigas

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Two Million AT&T Customers Got Idol Text Ad

A text message that AT&T Wireless sent out advertising Tuesday night's season premier of "American Idol" went out to roughly 2 million of the company's 75 million subscribers, according to Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman. A number of recipients of the message have criticized AT&T Wireless for sending the message;...

News items 2009-08-07

Kyocera unveils 3 new phones for the U.S. market: SCP-6760 Incognito, S2300 Torino and S1310 Domino

Kyocera (NYSE: KYO) announced three new phones for the U.S. market, with two of them targeting heavy texters. From left to right, they are: And that's it from Kyocera. Nothing high-end-ish, just something for the mass market. [Via: PhoneScoop]

Tags: NYSE Euronext, Kyocera Corp.

News items 2009-11-20