A Telecom, Paging, Text Messaging and SMS Blog from NotePageTelecom Industry News and Software Tips for Text Messengers. Daily information and news related to telecommunications, paging, text messaging, and sms messaging. Includes news announcements from the industry and tips related to text messaging and SMS.Cell Phones Part of Life- January 31, 2007 Nguyen Huu Truc's trusty cell phone has revolutionized his small embroidery business and his life. When he bought his first mobile phone in 1995, Vietnam had just one fixed-line phone for every 100 people, and cell phones were a pricey novelty. Communication was difficult, forcing Truc to make time-consuming trips to suppliers and buyers. But these days, Vietnam has 33 telephones per 100 people and two-thirds of the phones are mobile. Now Truc can make calls on his cell phone from...http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#642 Thief Returns Cell Phone Because of Text Messages- January 30, 2007 A Chinese thief has returned a mobile phone and thousands of yuan he stole from a woman after she sent him 21 touching text messages, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Pan Aiying, a teacher in the eastern province of Shandong, had her bag containing her mobile phone, bank cards and money snatched by a man riding a motorcycle as she cycled home on Friday, Xinhua said, citing the Qilu Evening News. Pan first thought of calling the police but she decided to try to persuade the young man..http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#641 Text Message Novel- January 29, 2007 A novel whose narrative consists entirely of mobile phone text messages has been published in Finland. "The Last Messages" tells the story of a fictitious information-technology executive in Finland who resigns from his job and travels throughout Europe and India, keeping in touch with his friends and relatives only through text messages. complete articlehttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#640 2006 Cell Phone Shipments Top 1 Billion- January 28, 2007 Cell phone makers shipped more than 1 billion handsets for the first time in 2006, driven by a strong holiday season in which shipments rose nearly 20 percent to a record 295 million devices, the technology research firm IDC reported Thursday.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#639 RSS as a Communication Tool - New Software for Businesses- January 23, 2007 NotePage is pleased to announce a new release of FeedForAll. FeedForAll is software that allows webmasters and publishers to create, edit and publish: RSS feeds, podcasts, and video podcasts. RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication, a standard for Internet content syndication. FeedForAll enables users of all abilities to develop personalized RSS feeds, podcasts and videocasts. The newest version of FeedForAll includes a built in validator, advanced publishing features, and full..http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#638 |