April 20th 2008
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, it is none the less persuasive and tempting. All you would have to do is pick up your phone and order the product via SMS.
April 16th 2008
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 the consumer’s affinity for familiar things.
April 10th 2008
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.
April 9th 2008
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.
April 8th 2008
Text Messaging rise to fame was not felt in the United States until less than a decade ago. Now, we see the value of its use (especially in helping individuals that have hearing problems) with communication.
In a way, text messaging is able to give the deaf community a sense of independence. They can just carry a phone with text messaging capacity and they are able to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world. If it were not for the text messaging capacities of most phones; people with hearing disabilities would have had to use a TTY, which is a specialized text telephone.
April 6th 2008
The use of cellphones has been a phenomenon in the world of information and communications technology. From a simple device which enables a person to call from anywhere , cellphones have evolved into powerful gadgets which can enable man to explore state of the art features and technologies in a single press of his fingers.
April 6th 2008
Text messaging or short messaging service is now considered the most favored communication tool in this century. With over a billion users, text messaging had become a craze not only for the teenagers who are considered to be the most texters but also for the adult generation.
Through texting, a person can conveniently get in touch with friends and loved ones in far away places; do business transactions and even join contests for entertainment. A normal person would take the benefits and conveniences derived from texting a matter of course. However, a disabled person would be greatly thankful for this technological innovation.
April 6th 2008
Mobile phones or cell phones are fast becoming the most popular communication tool nowadays. Quite a big percentage of users of this wireless gadget favor text messaging. Cell phones are used for sending text messages more than making calls. This is due to the fact that a text message would cost less than a call. Information dissemination can be can be easily done by texting several people at once. Another advantage of text messaging is the privacy factor. A message can be sent without allowing other people to know.
This communication tool though has a drawback. Because of the ease of texting, cost can mount up. A large percentage of mobile phone users are teenagers. We know for a fact that teenagers are the sender of most texts. They depend on text messaging to get in touch with peers and even to send inane messages. These kids can send even a hundred messages a day. A parent who foots the bill would be shocked with the staggering amount of the charges.
April 6th 2008
The number of mobile phone owners has passed the 1 billion mark and still counting. Texting is now the favored and most popular means of communication. The fame of on line communication was over-shadowed by the popularity of texting.
But just like any other innovative technology, the use of cell phones comes with both benefits and risks. Endless text scams has become the dilemma of texters. An alert mobile phone owner would know at once that he is being scammed if he receives a text message informing him of winning a contest (one he never actually joined). Usually a time period to claim the prize is given. A text scam would either ask the recipient to purchase a product or to call a number that usually starts with 090 or to reply to a 19 number. These numbers would charge a higher rate. Some text scam would even reverse the charges so that the recipient of the message will be billed for both the message received and for the reply.
April 6th 2008
SMS (short message service) or texting between mobile phones is undeniably the most popular and favored tool of communication nowadays. The texting craze has surpassed the popularity of internet communication technology. Presently, there are more than a billion cell phone owners as compared to 600 million on line communication users. However effective this communication tool is, excessive use is detrimental to the health of the users.
A survey conducted disclosed that a considerable number of people suffer from texting injuries. Repetitive strain injury (RSI) and text messaging injury (TMI) afflicts a huge number of texters. TMI and RSI are upper limb disorders caused by the swelling of tendons of the wrist and fingers. People afflicted by this injury suffer soreness and pain of the wrist, fingers and forearms. Excessive and repetitive use of thumbs to type messages causes the swelling that hinders blood circulation. Maintaining good blood circulation is vital to avoid injuries.