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Learning English via SMS in India

Nokia are doing interesting things with cellphones like providing Braille SMS on their phones.  However, the plan to teach English to poor rural children in India using cellphones seems like a bad promotional gimmick rather than an honest effort at education.

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SMS for the Blind

Nokia have developed a SuperGenius SMS Braille reader for the Blind and Visually impaired for cellphones.

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Google Voice Goes Live

After a year of yearning, Grand Central is now Google Voice!  The service is quick and efficient and it’s great to finally meet the new interface.

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Banning Cell Phones in Public Places

Have you ever been with a group of friends, having a good time – talking, or whatever activity you may have been involved in – when everything was abruptly interrupted by the ringing of a mobile phone?

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Entitlement and the Ten Thousand Dollar Cellular Bill

There was an interesting story on the news the other day concerning Iraq and a woman and her husband and their cell phone bill and it proves to be an interesting tale on the riches of entitlement. The husband was being shipped off to Iraq. The wife, lonely and alone without him, wanted to stay in touch with him every day so she would feel “safe.” Together they purchased an International cellular phone plan from Cingular.

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786-879-6669: The Phantom in Your Phone

786-879-6669 is a phenomenon you don’t want touching you.
786-879-6669 is evil.
786-879-6669 is real. 

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Sprint Samsung a900 Blade Review

I am now using the incredible Samsung a900 “Blade” cellphone on the new high speed Sprint EV-DO network. The huge 1.8″x1.4″ QVGA screen is bright and readable in direct sunlight.

Samsung a900

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