4.1 Billion text messages sent every day in the US

In the semi-annual CTIA Wireless Industry Survey there were a lot of interesting facts and figures but of them all it has to be the fact that some 740 billion text messages were sent ... continue

Hugh Jackman tells cell phone user to STFU during performance

Hugh Jackman was performing in "A Steady Rain" with Daniel Craig on Wednesday when an someone in the audience's cell phone started to ring. He wasn't pleased. Video below: Related posts:Hugh Jackman can’t wait to lose his Sexiest ... continue

Play illegal music on cellphone and find it shut down

Word is beginning to trickle out of Japan that the country’s government and music companies are trying to get a pioneering system in place that is designed to stop unauthorized copying of music on ... continue

Sprint To Offer Google Android-Powered ‘HTC Hero’ By October

Sprint Nextel will give search engine giant Google more support in the mobile phone market after announcing it will offer a a product that uses the Android operating system. Beginning Oct. 11, Sprint will offer the HTC Hero, ... continue

Excuse me? $50,000 for texting? for a 15-year old?

Okay, okay, so texting is popular. Everyone is doing but way ahead of the bell curve has to be the pre-teens and teens as they bruise their thumbs in order to stay cool, or ... continue

Gee tell us something we didn’t know

I caught this one via Allen Stern’s post at CenterNetworks, but did you know that 35% of teens admit to cheating using their cell phones and that 23% don’t consider it cheating. This comes ... continue

Don’t have a smartphone – you’re a chump

It wasn’t really that long ago when the idea of having a carphone literally meant having a phone in your car and which you paid a really hefty price for. Then came the early ... continue

Who has the best mobile penetration data? Not the FCC

As the agency tasked with keeping track of all things telecommunication based one would think that it would be the FCC who would have the most accurate numbers regarding wireless penetration in the US. ... continue

Technology to take power usage through the roof

Last year the world spent $80 billion (USD) on electricity to power all the gadgets we can’t seem to do without anymore. This poser demand has increased due to the rise in computers, MP3 ... continue

Mobile computing has nothing to do with users – everything to do with money

There’s a lot of hot air being blasted into the tech blogosphere bubble trying to make it seem that the future of computing is mobile and how important this shift is to the user. ... continue

Advertising courtesy of your local telco

Anyone who doesn’t think that advertising isn’t the backbone of our Internet age is only fooling themselves. Anyone involved with providing services at some point looks to advertising to add to their bottom line; ... continue

Daughter’s texting cost family $4,756.25 – Damn!

Texting has become something of our next social disease but in most cases doesn’t much more damage that give you sore thumbs especially if you are in the habit of sending out 10,000 text ... continue