More news of SMS being used to sack employees
Posted on 2-Jun-2003 22:16 News, Mobile
The Cellular News website reports another case of SMS dismissal. British The Accident Group has dismissed its entire 2,500 workforce - by sending them a text message.
A solution to allow in-plane GSM calls?
Posted on 30-May-2003 08:19 News, Mobile
Altobridge's central product offering is a GSM Picocell for use on aircraft. Mounted in a standardized Arinc chassis, the solution is configurable for use in both business jets and larger Air Transport aircraft.
AT&T flooding customers with SMS
Posted on 29-May-2003 22:39 News, Mobile
Forbes reports about AT&T sending unsolicited SMS with product advertising. Apparently if a third party sends you unsolicited ads it's spam, if the operator sends, it's ok.
New Vodafone Japan
Posted on 29-May-2003 07:47 News, Mobile
J-Phone announced it'll rebrand its operations in Japan, and assume the Vodafone brand, including logo and visual identity.
More than 1 million Palm Zire sold
Posted on 29-May-2003 07:43 News, Palm
Continuing the momentum of the Palm Zire handheld as the fastest-growing handheld in Palm's history, Palm announced sales of the original Zire handheld have passed the 1 million mark.
Flexible batteries
Posted on 28-May-2003 18:37 News, Computing
VoltaFlex is developing rechargeable lithium and lithium-ion batteries that are flat and very thin, resembling a piece of paper. These flexible batteries will be much thinner, lighter, safer, less expensive and have an energy density that is 2x to 4x compared to current lithium batteries.
DoCoMo to launch 3.5G service
Posted on 27-May-2003 07:36 News, Mobile
Most of us with mobile connections use 2.5G (GPRS and CDMA). Very few use 3G services, just launched in UK, Italy and Australia. But DoCoMo, the Japanese telco is already preparing to release HSDPA, a 3.5G tecnhology with speeds of up to 14.4mbps.
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