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I just came across this article on The Daily Telegraph, which says that as per a study conducted among UK’s mobile phone users, the amount of total text messages exchanged every single day counts up to roughly 217 million. Yes, that’s right, 217 MILLION texts in a DAY. The one you just sent...
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I had an anonymous text on my handset just now from what I suspect is a pay-as-you-go number.
The contact advises me to check out the T-Mobile UK site this evening, promising something I’d like to see.
A working online billing system, perhaps? (Ok that was just a dig based on my recent T-Mobile...
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Yes, we’re reporting news about the iPhone 3G again. If you’re not the iPhone type, we’d still suggest that you be all ears for this. Apparently, even after having its fair share of problems and different lawsuits being filed against it, the Apple iPhone 3G is doing fairly well in the...
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If you are one of those regular air-travelers who often frequent the Heathrow Airport in the UK, this might come as a good news to you. Next time, pray that you get to use the Terminal 5 of the airport, so that you get to use T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi. Why’s that so interesting? Although technologically...
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I’ve been meaning to do a post about this news released by Ofcom a few weeks ago.
Here are the highlights: By the end of 2007, there were almost 74 million mobile connections serving a population of 60 million in the UK. This was an increase of 3.7 million connections since the end of 2006. The...
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Filed under: Misc According to a recent report, human beings are becoming so incredibly stupid that they require cushioned lamppost bases so that when they run into them they don't mess up their idiotic faces. Apparently, a study in the UK found that one in ten people actually managed to hurt themselves...
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03-06-2008
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Filed under: Misc, Mobile, Texting, trial, London, uk, padded lampposts, padding, PaddedLampposts, lamp posts, LampPosts
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Well, according to a recent UK study by Professor Nada Kakabadse of Northampton University, there's about a 33% (one-third) likelihood that you are indeed addicted to your mobile phone or similar electronic doohickey. Of 360 study participants, about one-third were suggested to be addicted to their...
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Here we go again with the ridiculous mobile phone charges. This one comes from the UK. The Mirror reports that Vodafone customer Ian Simpson apparently started using his mobile phone as a wireless modem, after realizing that his Vodafone handset could be tethered to his computer for faster download speeds...
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IntoMobile
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12-27-2007
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Filed under: Mobile, Vodafone, uk, cellphone, Announcements, data, phone, charges, financial, bill, simpson, ian
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Finally. If drivers in the UK are anything like we see in the US, then this legislation is sorely needed. Come this Thursday, new legislation will hit the UK-books that will threaten British drivers with jailtime, in addition to fines, if they’re caught using their mobile phone to text or talk...
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12-20-2007
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Filed under: Mobile, Texting, uk, driving, cellphone, Announcements, phone, talking, brits, jail, jailtime
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Don’t you just hate it when you have to run out for that hot date and leave your eBay bid on that unlocked mobile phone unattended? Those few hours spent trying to get in good with the opposite sex can really leave your bid open to a last minute snipe-attack. Well, eBay UK feels your pain. With...
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There’s nothing like watching a bunch of melodramatic bike builders and graphic shark attacks to help you relax on your lunch break. We can’t get enough of the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet’s mesmerizing programming, and it seems that the UK feels the same. Lucky UK subscribers...
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08-10-2007
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Filed under: Video, mobile tv, Mobile, Vodafone, Orange, uk, content, Announcements, animal, Mobile Web, network, Services, planet, channel, discovery
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A UK teaching union is pushing for mobile phone to be classified as “offensive weapons.” The move to ban mobile phones from schools was prompted by more than 100 cases of teachers being abused and bullied through the mobile pones. Teachers now have the power to confiscate the mobile phones...