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Vodafone offering free international texts all day today
Get those thumbs limbered up... 20 November 2009 12:31 GMT
They've kept this one quiet, but it seems Vodafone is offering free international texts all day today, so if you're a Vodafone customer and there's anyone overseas that you'd like to surprise with an SMS out of the blue, today is the day.

Vodafone customers...
Vodafone offers paid-for SMS retweet option
New Twitter service lets users RT the most recent post 19 November 2009 15:48 GMT
Vodafone has expanded its Twitter options in the UK by offering a new service that allows Twitter users to retweet messages via SMS.

Vodafone customers can already send and receive SMS Twitter updates and now they can use the same number to retweet the most...
Email extinction predicted in 10 years
Younger gen prefers tweets and IMs 18 November 2009 9:38 GMT
Email extinction could be a reality in the next 10 years, says TalkTalk, proclaiming the younger generation has no need for such long-winded communication.

No doubt echoing similar studies from 10 years ago that predicted the absolute death of snail mail, this...
Cluedo gets text messaging make-over in the US
"Secrets & Spies" edition incorporates real-time SMS 30 October 2009 10:18 GMT
Classic murder mystery board game Cluedo, known as Clue in the States, has been given a text messaging make-over by games giant Hasbro.

The new "Clue: Secrets & Spies Edition" launches in America as a spy-themed version of the game in which players receive...
Vodafone offers an hour of free texts this Friday
Get those thumbs limbered up 21 October 2009 11:47 GMT
"With the clocks going back this weekend, it's easy to feel all doom and gloom about the dark nights and cold mornings" says Vodafone.

The slightly tenuous solution? An hour this coming Friday when all text messages sent on the Vodafone network will be gratis....
Twitter announces Bharti Airtel text partnership
Largest mobile operator in India gets micro-blogging 15 October 2009 10:00 GMT
As part of its plans to "partner with organizations that share our vision for positive global impact", Twitter has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile operator in India.

This team-up means a "huge population" of people can now send...
AQA text service answers 20 millionth question
So what was the milestone puzzler? 2 October 2009 14:22 GMT
Text-based question and answer service AQA 63336 has announced it has reached the impressive milestone of answering its 20 millionth question.

The milestone puzzler, asked 6pm on 29 September, was: "Which hero featured in books by Captain W E Johns?". As fans...
PayPal adds SMS security layer
Authorise transactions with your phone 21 September 2009 12:10 GMT
Online payment service PayPal has rolled out a new feature that it hopes will increase the security on its users accounts. You can now choose to authorise every transaction via your mobile phone.

All you have to do is register your phone number on PayPal's website,...
VIDEO: Braille coming to SMS
From Nokia Labs 18 September 2009 9:23 GMT
Nokia has partnered with Tampere University and the Finnish Federation of Visually Impaired to create an application that allows the blind to read text messages on their S60 phones.

The app - Nokia Braille Reader - has come out of the company's Beta Labs program....
O2 offers PAYG customers unlimited texts and mobile web access
If they spend £15 a month 15 September 2009 10:05 GMT
O2 has announced it has reduced the minimum spend for a "Pay & Go" tariff that is says is "designed to give Pay & Go customers unlimited peace of mind when surfing and texting".

The "Text & Web" tariff, usually for those who top-up £30 a month, is now available...
First SMS trojan identified - "Sexy Space"
Chinese firms blamed for virus 23 July 2009 9:39 GMT
Malware defence company F-Secure has identified three Chinese companies as being behind the "Sexy Space" trojan. The virus, which got through the Symbian Foundation's digital signing process, spreads itself by text message.

For applications to work on S60 handsets,...
Visa trials mobile transaction confirmations
Early warning for suspicious activity 21 July 2009 17:22 GMT
Visa Europe has announced the trial of a new mobile service that gives Visa cardholders instant transaction confirmation to their mobiles when they use their debit, credit, or prepaid card.

Visa says the notifications will provide "increased peace of mind when...
O2 Joggler gets messaging
50 free texts a month 12 June 2009 12:17 GMT
O2 has announced it has gone live with messaging on its O2 Joggler family organiser device.

Those that have a Joggler may have already noticed that the messaging application went live over the last couple of days.

The app lets owners of the digital...
Facebook offers SMS status updates
Keep up to date when out and about 5 June 2009 16:08 GMT
Facebook is offering a new service that lets users of the social networking site subscribe to receive text messages of their friends' status updates directly from their profiles.

Users can also comment on their friends' status updates directly from their phone...
WeROK free mobile phone Wi-Fi portal announced
From ROK and WeFi 27 April 2009 15:14 GMT
WeROK, a Wi-Fi powered mobile portal including "low-cost" texting and free mobile phone services, has been announced.

Coming at Symbian S60 3rd Edition phone owners, the service, from ROK and WeFi offers the afore-mentioned low-cost SMSing, mobile email services,...
Vodafone offers "Freedom Packs"
£50 of texts and minutes with £10 top up 8 April 2009 14:30 GMT
From Good Friday, 10 April, Vodafone pay as you go customers will be able to buy "Freedom Packs" that Vodafone says give £50 worth of minutes and texts for £10.

The Freedom Packs, which include minutes and texts, can be bought using existing credit or with a...
Virgin Media offers mobile "Addict" tariff
For phone fanatics 2 April 2009 11:10 GMT
Virgin Media has announced the launch of the "Addict" mobile tariff, aimed at phone fanatics who prefer to pay as they go.

The Addict tariff claims a "market beating" deal of unlimited texts and unlimited mobile internet access when customers top up £20 per...
60% of Brits suffer from "Twitterphilia"
Are you a Twitterphiliac? 27 March 2009 12:22 GMT
Following Vodafone's news of a return of its Twitter SMS service, the company has released results of research that shows 60% of Brits are hooked on social networking, with a further 30% admitting a need to access such sites anywhere, anytime.

The operator...
Nokia offers "Text Art" for the E71
New app transforms your SMS into work of art 6 March 2009 12:18 GMT
Nokia is offering an intriguing sounding application for its E71 Eseries smartphone.

The "Text Art" widget created by "generative artist" Marius Watz transforms an ordinary text message into a work of art.

Nokia says of the app: "Simply type in...
Twe2 brings Twitter SMS alerts back to UK
Get @Replies and DMs to your inbox for free 6 March 2009 10:14 GMT
UK users of micro-blogging site Twitter will now once again be able to receive free Twitter SMS alerts informing them of @Replies and direct messages free of charge.

Twitter users in the US, Canada and India have had this functionality for a while, but it was...
Nokia offers Cupid text service for Valentine's Day
Free anonymous SMS to the one you love 12 February 2009 15:39 GMT
Nokia says it's playing Cupid on Valentine's Day with a site that will let you send anonymous text messages to loved ones.

The free service sees the texts delivered anonymously and messages can be queued up now ready to be sent on the 14th.

There...
Text yourself an email with Jotterbot
And it’s free 14 January 2009 17:51 GMT
If you’ve even been stuck in one of those "I have to look that up later" moments, where you just wished you could send yourself an email as a reminder, then you’ll appreciate Jotterbot.

An entirely free service (apart from the cost of a normal SMS message),...
O2 breaks text messaging records
166 million messages sent over New Year's eve 2 January 2009 15:46 GMT
O2 has announced that 166 million messages were sent over its network in a 24-hour period ending at 7.30 am on New Year’s Day 2009.

This apparently breaks the operator's previous records as more of us turn to texting to pass on New Year's greetings.
223 million texts to be sent over New Year
Brits to go SMS crazy on 31 December 31 December 2008 17:00 GMT
This New Year will see a huge amount of text and picture messages sent, according to Orange.

The number of text and multimedia messages sent during the last day in December has increased steadily over the past few years and Orange says 2008 is set to be another...
bmi offers inflight communications
"Etiquette issues" noted as airline leaves voice calls out of trial 16 December 2008 13:07 GMT
bmi has become the first British carrier to offer its passengers an inflight communications service.

The airline will allow the use of SMS-enabled mobile phones and PDAs as well as access to the Internet and email from laptops fitted with GSM data cards.