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All posts tagged "sms"


Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Attention HTC Touch Pro2 and HD mini Users: SMS Capability Has Been Enhanced Via Update

Posted by Brad Wasson in "HTC Windows Phones" @ 08:30 PM

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportVi...989&news_id=696

"This update amends the internal management of SMS functionality, and enhances SMS transmission stability."

With this simple note, HTC's European support site has announced a software upgrade for the HTC Touch Pro2 and HD mini that enhances SMS transmission stability. If you have one of these phones you might want to scurry over to the support site and get updating! Note that this update is suitable for ROM versions less than or equal to 1.36.XXX.X.


Monday, January 18, 2010

Maybe Walking Needs Laws For Cell Phone Use

Posted by Hooch Tan in "Digital Home News" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/t...distracted.html

"On the day of the collision last month, visibility was good. The sidewalk was not under repair. As she walked, Tiffany Briggs, 25, was talking to her grandmother on her cellphone, lost in conversation. Very lost. “I ran into a truck,” Ms. Briggs said. It was parked in a driveway."

It is becoming illegal in more places to use your phone while driving, without at least using hands-free and overall, I agree with the movement. I see driving as a privilege, and I see people holding a handset, let alone texting, as very dangerous. However, the war between drivers and pedestrians rages on, and pedestrians are far from innocent. People not using crosswalks and paying attention to the traffic signs is bad enough, but then there are those that are completely oblivious to the world around them which makes them just as much a danger as distracted drivers. If only there was a way we could impose or enforce the laws we currently have to encourage people to pay attention to the world around them, at least where safety is concerned.

Tags: phones, sms, texting

Saturday, January 2, 2010

SMS Messages With A 2016 Date?

Posted by Ed Hansberry in "Windows Phone Talk" @ 10:00 AM

http://www.wmexperts.com/y2016-sms-...rts+(WMExperts)

According to WMExperts, you may be seeing some text messages on your phone with the date 2016. It doesn't affect all phones, but it isn't limited to Windows Mobile devices either. T-Mobile's network appears to be unaffected. I have an HTC Touch Pro and an HTC Ozone, both on Verizon and neither of those are showing this problem either.

If you are experiencing this problem, you might want to head to the WMExperts post where there is a link to a .CAB file that will fix the issue on WinMo devices.

Tags: bug, sms

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

SMS Vulnerability For GSM Phones

Posted by Ed Hansberry in "Pocket PC News" @ 01:30 AM

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...coming-soon.ars

"Demonstrations at the Black Hat computer security conference revealed that smartphones based on iPhone OS, Android, and Windows Mobile are indeed vulnerable to hacking via SMS messages. Those aren't the only phones that are vulnerable, though, and security experts are working with mobile carriers and handset vendors to patch the problem."

It looks like a general security breach in how almost all phones handle SMS. I'll be curious to see what patch is necessary and how far back Microsoft and their partners will go to fix the problem. My guess is, WinMo 5 devices won't get any on-device fix. We'll see. Because it involves the way SMS messages are crafted, it is possible the network could be modified to detect and trap the messages rather than allowing them to make it to your phone.

Tags: security, sms

Monday, July 27, 2009

The Proof: Texting While Driving is Idiotic

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Pocket PC News" @ 07:00 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/t...xting.html?_r=3

"The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research - and far surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions. The new study, which entailed outfitting the cabs of long-haul trucks with video cameras over 18 months, found that when the drivers texted, their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting."

While common sense tells us that texting while driving is a bad idea, I frankly didn't realize what a stratospheric jump in the chances of having an accident texting incurs. This is a sobering article that I'd urge everyone to read and pass on to their friends - there's absolutely nothing cool about endangering the lives of those around you. Don't send or read texts, or emails, while driving. Nothing you're getting send to you is important enough to warrant endangering the lives of those around you.


Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Send Texts and Files With Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile

Posted by Darius Wey in "Pocket PC Software" @ 09:18 AM

http://www.skype.com/go/windowsmobilebeta

Skype 3.0 Beta for Windows Mobile has just been released, and it delivers two major features: SMS and file transfers. There's also a new user interface and a single installer for both Windows Mobile Classic/Professional (Pocket PC) and Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone). Interested? Check out the video demo at the Skype Blogs, then download it and give it a whirl.


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Send Text Messages To Email Accounts

Posted by Ed Hansberry in "Pocket PC Software" @ 06:00 AM

http://electricpocket.com/txtforward/

"txtForward automatically forwards SMS text messages you send or receive on your BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphone to any email address you supply. Using txtForward to send your incoming text messages to email can be useful in a number of different ways... "

?

At first I didn't really see the point of this software, but one use would be to forward a text to your email account for archival purposes. The site has other recommended uses for it as well. It costs $7.95 and has a trial version available. It only specifies Windows Mobile, so I am not sure if it work on both Pro and Standard.

Tags: sms

Monday, October 20, 2008

The Importance Of Text Messaging For The Deaf

Posted by Ed Hansberry in "Pocket PC Talk" @ 05:00 AM

http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/10/t...-messaging.html

"Text messaging is something that just about everyone is doing these days. I have spoken with many friends who admit that texting has become their primary means of communicating with their kids when they are out with friends. I can't estimate how many times I have been sitting in my house and watched at least two family members sitting texting on their phone. It's more commonplace than out of place these days."

jkOnTheRun has some interesting insights to how text messaging has become an important method of communication for the deaf. I hadn't really thought about it before, but SMS seems to be almost tailor made for the deaf as a means of remote communication. Do you know anyone that is deaf that relies heavily on SMS?

Tags: sms

Friday, April 11, 2008

A Stranger in a Strange Land: A Windows Mobile Guy Meets iPhone

Posted by Rocco Augusto in "Smartphone Talk" @ 01:00 PM

http://mobilitysite.com/2008/04/a-s...y-meets-iphone/

"My brother, the cinematographer, is a MAC kinda guy. So, naturally he packs an iPhone of which he is very proud. While visiting me last week he was showing off the virtues of his iPhone with a bit of a smug air and a tinge of superiority. He quickly established that the iPhone makes phone calls, surfs the Web, does email and SMS, takes pictures (but has no flash), and it does it all on a really cool, high-resolution, finger-friendly touch screen..."



Over at Mobility Site, Tim Hillebrand has brought us one of the most amusing articles I have read this week. I was hoping to post this earlier in the week, but with our server woes I decided to push this back to Friday to give you guys and gals a good chuckle before the weekend. Tim goes through the list of all of Apple's good qualities that was packed into their little device that could and than in classic 1980's buddy comedy fashion the article takes a turn for the comical going through everything you would think this fancy high end device should/would include in its repertoire list but doesn't. It just goes to show us that Apple's handset has as many growing pains to conquer as Microsoft's cellular device offerings and also that Tim's brother is a good sport for letting him write this article about him. ;)


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