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The enemy of SMS is my ... ?

Posted May 14, 2012 - 10:58 am

As previously noted in this space, text messaging, or SMS, is a scam and it needs to die. I suggested that Google Voice, Kik Messenger, and Apple’s iMessage could help kill it off. Yet it’s really a fourth, much more obvious service that will be the death of SMS.
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You really, truly don't need to pay so much for text messages anymore

Posted May 3, 2012 - 1:42 pm

Why are carriers still charging customers, especially those with data plans, exorbitant amounts to send 160 characters at a time?
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What does Google want out of your Voice?

Posted March 23, 2012 - 11:03 am

Why is managing every single phone call for you so attractive to Google? There’s a cynical guess, a reasonable line you can draw through their previous voice-based initiatives, and then there’s just a question mark the size of a server farm.
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T-Mobile rumored to impose SMS toll on businesses

Posted September 15, 2010 - 5:58 pm

We'll see if this actually happens -- and I'm not convinced it will, for reasons I'll get into below -- but according to an article in GigaOM, carrier T-Mobile USA intends to implement a toll on businesses of up to one cent per text message sent to their customers. The "Twitter tax" is slated to begin on Oct. 1, writes GigaOM's Colin Gibbs.
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13 Tips to Supercharge Your 'Dumb' Phone

Posted June 2, 2010 - 7:27 am

Smartphones are expensive. Ordinary, "dumb" cell phones are cheap. The trade-off is that basic candy-bar phones are inferior and no fun, and they can't perform highfalutin tasks such as play Super Monkey Ball. Well, that's what you thought.
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SMS services to make your standard cell phone smart

Posted September 14, 2009 - 8:08 am

Forget expensive mobile data plans. With just a $5 monthly text message plan and some free and seriously useful SMS services in your address book, you'll have the most essential elements of the web at your fingertips.
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I divorce you. I divorce you. I divorce you... by text message

Posted April 13, 2009 - 5:23 pm

Milestone reached: First known instance of divorce by text message in Saudi Arabia.
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