Begging for alms by SMS May 7, 2008
Pakistani beggars have started using mobile phones to fool people into giving them hefty alms in the name of religion.As a matter of routine, they send messages asking for a credit of Rs 10-100 (25 cents-$2,50), offering in return a place in paradise.Muhammad Usman, a businessman, told Daily Times that he received almost 10 messages a day in which a beggar used to ask him for mobile credit.One message reads, “I am a poor man and my daughter is admitted to hospital. If you have faith in one God, please send me a credit of at least Rs 10. God …
Email This Post10 killer texting tricks May 5, 2008
It’s not just for kids. You can track flights, get driving directions, transfer files to your phone and much more.
To many people over the age of 30, text messaging can seem like one of those strange, complicated behaviors only teenagers understand. In reality, it’s one more great tool in your productivity arsenal, right up there with e-mail and instant messaging.In function, texting treads a fine line between those two communication capabilities, essentially serving as a basic form of e-mail for even the simplest of today’s cell phones. Text messaging relies on a decades-old technology called SMS (Short Message Service) that’s …
Email This PostMotorola creating mobile movie store? May 1, 2008
Motorola is developing a movie store for its phones, claims UK trade magazine New Media Age (registration required for full article). An alleged source at partner studio Paramount says that Motorola is in the “late stages” of offering a service that would offer full-length movies pre-formatted for Motorola’s more media-friendly devices. Paramount is currently the only studio known to be involved, though others are allegedly in talks to add their own catalogs.
The service is labeled as a “breakthrough,” but would offer virtually the same means of loading media as for the iPhone; rather than download videos directly to the phone, …
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