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.Fastest Growing Companies According to CNN- May 31, 2007 CNN rankings show another banner year for the leaders of the tech revival. BioMed and Pharmaceuticals also make a strong showing! Fastest 100 Growing Companieshttp://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#701 The 100 Best Products of 2007- May 30, 2007 PC World editors rank the best PCs, HDTVs, components, sites, and services. Plus: the products PC World is looking forward to next year, and which technologies are rising and falling. Google Apps Premier Edition Intel Core 2 Duo Nintendo Wii Verizon FiOS RIM Blackberry 8800 Parallels Desktop Pioneer Elite 1080p PRO-FHD1 Infrant Technologies ReadyNAS NV Apple Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" Adobe Premiere Elements 3 Apple TV Samsung SyncMaster 244T BillP Studios WinPatrol HP...http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#700 The Life of a Cell Phone- May 30, 2007 Everyone who's still using the cell phone they bought five years ago, please raise your hand. Any takers The odds are good that not many hands are in the air right now. According to a recent J.D. Power and Associates report, the average replacement cycle for a mobile phone is just under 18 months.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#699 Alltel - Size Does Not Matter- May 29, 2007 Little Alltel does not look so little anymore after two buyout companies moved to purchase the mobile phone service provider for $27.5 billion on May 20th.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#698 Clear Channel Taking Service Approach- May 22, 2007 Clear Channel Communications Inc. launched on Monday a free mobile program that enables listeners to text-message radio stations from their cell phones to make song requests, get real-time traffic reports and access other information.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#697 Cellular Tracking Saves a Life- May 15, 2007 Police located a 10-year-old boy awaiting a heart transplant by asking his mother's cellular provider to locate her cellphone. John Paul May of Harrisville had the successful surgery at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh on Saturday night, but came dangerously close to being passed over for the donor heart until police tracked down the boy and his mother at a jazz festival. The hospital called state police Saturday afternoon because officials couldn't reach the boy's parents to let them know.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#695 Audio Recording Software Wins SIA Nomination- May 15, 2007 NotePage's audio recording software, RecordForAll received a 2007 SIA nomination for the Best Sound and Audio Program for 2007. We are honored that RecordForAll was recognized as an intuitive easy to use audio recording and editing application.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#696 Smellophone!- May 14, 2007 Touting the future of the mobile phone market at the Software 2007 Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., earlier this week, Motorola CEO Ed Zander made no mention of his company's secret weapon: The smellophone. Last month, Motorola received a patent for a Communication device having a scent release feature and method thereof.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#694 Another Plan for Cellular Phones- May 9, 2007 The government is researching whether the best defense against a chemical, biological or radiological attack might one day be right in everyone's hands - or on their ears. Homeland Security officials are looking into outfitting cellphones with detectors that would alert emergency responders to radiological isotopes, toxic chemicals and biological agents such as anthrax.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#693 Mobile Game Said to Ease Culture Shock- May 8, 2007 Nipan Maniar, a senior lecturer at the University of Portsmouth in Britain and one of the creators of the cell phone game C-Shock, describes his creation as an e-mother. The game offers a 3D recreation of the Portsmouth campus that can be distributed to foreign students planning to come to British universities for the first time. Maniar, an Indian who arrived at Portsmouth in 2000, is well-acclimated to the culture shock the setting can inflict on new-comers. C-Shock, which is currently in.http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#691 |