Reuters - Residents in the Republic of Ireland spent the most time on their mobile phones and sent the most text messages per head in the world in 2007, according to a report which examines changes in the communications industry.

Remember the report we had a few months back about the increasing cost of text messaging? Well, it appears that Senator Herb Kohl sent a letter last month to the heads of the four largest wireless carriers in the United States on precisely this matter. In his letter, Kohl noted that at 160 characters per message, text messages are very small and costs little to transmit. Referring t...

Last week we reviewed both Aerize and PeeKaWho, two great pieces of software that essentially give you great-looking caller-ID functionality for your emails and SMS text messages. We’ve talked quite a bit about PeeKaWho, developed by BlackBerry Cool 15 nominee Robert Kao of SmrtGuard (also the developer of Followup and SmrtGuard), and Aerize Alerts (developed by Aerize, who also developed th...

As wild fires rage over Los Angeles, it is a good time to think about how to have your cell phone, phones and information ready in case of fire. Be sure to keep your cell phone charged.A car charger, battery booster or other form of charger such as a the fuel cell Medis 24-7 is good to have.  During a power outage its important to have another way to charge your cell phone.Send text messages ...

London, 13 November 2008 – PageOne, the UK’s leading provider of mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, has been chosen by the Royal Academy of Arts to provide a messaging solution allowing the easy promotion of exhibition tours for the deaf and hard-of-hearing using mobile phone text messages. The decision to use ...

Nokia's latest phone, the E63, appears to target the business segment of the mobile phone industry with just enough perks to interest non-business types alike. This new converged device can switch modes via the press of a button, from viewing corporate mail, appointments and intranet data, to viewing photos, personal email and text messages. Users can capture and view photos (and videos) with ...

With the vast majority of mobile phone consumers looking to just make calls and text messages the budget mobile phone user still needs to be catered for - but still in style. This is where the Sony Ericsson T303 fits in. As mobile phones continue to develop into high level converged devices, certain sacrifices have to be made. If you want

WaltDisney Parks and Resorts and Verizon are teaming up for a multi-year relationship designed to enhance the guest experience - with mobile features. Beginning next year, guests will be able to access an array of features on their Verizon Wireless phones while at the Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resorts: Exclusive mobile application that will give guests with Verizon Wireless service the abili...

Nokia's latest phone, the E63, appears to target the business segment of the mobile phone industry with just enough perks to interest non-business types alike. This new converged device can switch modes via the press of a button, from viewing corporate mail, appointments and intranet data, to viewing photos, personal email and text messages. Users can capture and view photos (and videos) with ...

A new study has shown that sending and receiving text messages can help obese children lose weight. TechRadar reports. Researchers at the University of North Carolina found that teens using mobile phones to monitor their diet and physical activity levels were more likely to stick with weight-management programmes than those using paper diaries or nothing at all.