Text Shopping

A new breed of telemarketer is evolving. This one will not call you at nay hour,    nor will it spend a long time trying to convince to purchase a product. No, this telemarketer comes in the form of ads in magazine, newspaper and TV. Even if it is in a non interactive form,... Continue Reading

Text Messaging Coming to an End?

With the introduction of Voice SMS, one can’t help wonder: Are we witnessing the death of Text Messaging? By using Voice SMS, a person is able to send “Voice Packets” from a mobile phone to another. In a technical sense, it is nothing like SMS; it is only marketed as such to avail of... Continue Reading

Spam Text Messages

Spam messaging has always been an irritating problem with email, now it is finding its way to Mobile Phones. Like what happened in late 2006, Spam Text messages offered free stock tips as well as a few announcements, but the companies mentioned in the Spam messages have denied collaboration with the Spam authors. Like... Continue Reading

Spreading Mobile Phone Viruses thru Text

The increasing use of text messaging has also increased the risk of exposure and acquiring of a Mobile Phone virus. An SMS message is not the only route that a Mobile Phone Virus can infect your cell phone or PDA. Bluetooth is also a threat as well as MMS messages. A few years... Continue Reading