Fone Arena - The Mobile Blog » SMS http://www.fonearena.com/blog The Mobile Blog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Teenage Girl Falls into Open Manhole While Messaging http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/07/13/teenage-girl-falls-into-open-manhole-while-messaging.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/07/13/teenage-girl-falls-into-open-manhole-while-messaging.html#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:30:47 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=5665 According to CBS 2 News a Teenage Girl met with a rather weird accident . She fell into a Open Manhole when she was messaging while walking on the road.  There were no warning signs on the road according to the victim Alexa Longueira from New York City , USA. If its the state of affairs in USA , thinking about India. This incident comes as a wake-up call to Teenagers in India and SMS Addicts !

Its a common sight to see mobile users in India unaware about whats happening around them. Luckily Alexa was saved by a City worker from the 5 Foot deep hole and she’s doing fine. We have seen so many incidents of children falling into borewells in India.  So please act responsibly and don’t message / call while your driving or walking on the road.  Your SMS might be delivered but you might not reach your destination !

And these are the injuries Alexa suffered from the fall according to this pic from wpix and she is going to get a MRI Scan done to see if her spine was damaged.

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SMS – basically it was being evolved to convey short messages and over passage of time, its been used as a means of passing time, in fact teens are now seen texting every where and every time, doesn’t matter whether they are in school, sleeping, eating, playing or even studying.

Students, specially teens are seen glued with their mobile phone with a good ‘Unlimited’ sms plan on their mobile phone. That’s it. These unlimited SMS plans are adding fuel to the fire.

According to a report in the New York Times:

The phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.

SMS can cause mental stress and agony in the young minds who just keep texting unaware of the consequences of what they are doing. When contacted to a few parents, they are even  unaware about the fact that their children just keep texting every time, may be because of the Unlimited billing plan that makes a parent care less about viewing the usage details.

Also, besides mental stress, these teens also face physical stress specially on their thumb. Heard of the “Blackberry Thumb” ?

Also read:

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For Rs. 199, your first 200 SMS, national or local, are free and all calls to your CUG is absolutely free. Local Airtel to Airtel mobile calls would cost you just 20 paisa and calls to other local mobiles and landlines 40 paisa and 60 paisa!

Catch?

Yes sadly, you need to be employed (or have a friend?) in a large organization like Infosys or Oracle to be eligible for this plan.
Questions? Call 121 from Airtel mobile or ask us.

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For example in an SMS I received “AK-SBI” then the 1st alphabet ‘A’ signifies that it is originated by Bharti Operator and the second alphabet ‘K’ reveals that the message has been originated from Kolkata.

Here is the complete list of the codes assigned to various operators and service areas:

Service Provider

Code
Aircel, Dishnet Wireless D
Bharti Airtel A
BSNL B
BPL Mobile/Loop Telecom L
Datacom Solutions C
HFCL Infotel H
Idea Cellular I
MTNL M
Reliance Communications R
Reliance Telecom E
S tel S
Shyam Telecom Y
Spice Telecom P
Swan Telecom W
Tata Teleservices T
Unitech Group U
Vodafone V

Service Area

Code
Andhra Pradesh A
Andhra Pradesh S
Bihar B
Delhi D
Gujarat G
Haryana H
Himachal Pradesh I
Jammu & Kashmir J
Karnataka X
Kerala L
Kolkata K
Madhya Pradesh Y
Maharashtra Z
Mumbai M
North East N
Orissa O
Punjab P
Rajasthan R
Tamil Nadu T
UP-East E
UP-West W
West Bengal V

So the next time you receive such messages, then don’t start scratching your head and simply head over to this post and find out where the SMS reach you from!

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mytoday

Mytoday is among one of the first services started by Netcore solutions which provided one of its kind services and followed it are many other services like Tagg, SMSGupshup, Vakow, GoogleSMSChannels, etc.

smsgupshup

SMSGupshup – This is the service, that brought change to the Indian group messaging solution. Though, Netcore’s Mytoday was launched much prior to SMSGupShup but Gupshup was hit just because of its huge investment in advertising and marketing its product.

tagg

Tagg.in is another entrant in free group messaging solution in India followed by Rajesh Jain’s Mytoday and webaroo’s SMSGupShup. Tagg.in was initiated by another commerce graduate – Ashish Deora who was the founder of AOL broadband in India. Though Tagg.in also tried hard to market its product, it remained far behind Mytoday and SMSGupshup because of the downtime their service faced many times in the past.

vakow

Vakow is a service that you MUST have come across for sure, if you are a twitter fan. Apart from free group messaging solution, another advantage Vakow has over all other free group messaging services is that it used to update your twitter account using the SMS that you send to their 10 digit mobile number. But it seems even this service (sending tweets via SMS) has also now went down as I am unable to use it since last couple of months.

google sms channels

GoogleSMSChannels – A service that does not needs a description. This free group messaging solution is in testing phase of Google and as such tagged as ‘Labs’. Though Google was late to come out with such a service, but its definitely worth using once. The biggest advantage with Google SMS Channels is, unlike any other free group messaging solutions, it delivers the SMSs at a very fast rate and that is not all.. Its the only free group messaging services in India supporting SMS publishing of full 160 characters without any ads in the footer.

Group messaging lovers out there, now its your work to use the above mentioned services and rate them on the comments section below. :-)

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In the past, we have come across many free SMS messaging solutions, using which you can send free SMS to any number in India without incurring any charges and sometimes, you even have the ability to send SMS without even disclosing your name or identity. (It is useful while advertising a product or so) but the only disadvantage among such free messaging solutions is the receiver of the SMS will get the desired message along with an Ad that the free SMS providers add to make good the loss they incur for giving away free SMSing solution.

But, guess what if I say, you can send unlimited SMS from the internet, without having to pay a single paisa and the receiver will not get even any ad at the bottom of the SMS? Isn’t this service too tempting? Yes, even I was excited to try this free SMS solution and to describe it in a single line, the service is just awesome. :)

SMSFame this is the service we are talking about. To start sending free SMS from this website, you just need to register with the website and verify your mobile for the first time. That’s it.. You are done with the entire thing. Hence forth for sending free SMS, you just need to login with the credentials provided to you and start sending free SMS in bulk.. Its that easy!! :)

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NNE have now went one step ahead by collaborating with a 2 way SMS service provider – IMImobile using which any student can request their marks by just sending an SMS – ‘RESULT’ to 56263.

Well, there were already several other services providing results via SMS service, but this one by NNE is one of its kind because it provides marks of almost all the exams held over the country.

So, this time while checking your results, don’t bother of switching on your PC and searching various sites for exam results. Just send an SMS as “RESULT” to 56263 and follow the instructions to get your exam results. :)

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After spam and phishing mails, spam SMSs are making their presence felt. Such SMS hoaxes are not a new phenomenon in India and cash in on the recipient’s incredulity by making use of ‘get rich quick’ themes and ‘free gifts’ to allure mobile phone users.

Frauds like these are a type of Premium Rate Service Fraud (PRS), using SMSs instead of phone calls. In this type of fraud, subscribers are asked to call on a number by using pretexts like ‘lottery winnings’, ‘free gifts’, or, as in this case; that they have won a prize. Once subscribers make the call, it is disguised as a Premium Rate Service (PRS) number and the subscriber is charged an exorbitant amount.

So what steps can be taken to combat this nuisance? There is not much one can do it seems, though posting advisories on the website is one way. Sending warning messages to subscribers as soon as such a message or call is detected in the circle is another way.

Via: CXOtoday.com

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Be it tourism, finance, economy, or newest technology, India is now the most preferred destination for all activities. India is now abuzz with activity and yes the world has finally understood its true potential. Well this is certainly why nokia has launched the Nokia E71 and the Nokia 6220 classic here, first amongst several markets. Nokia said India is an emerging market has the largest base for its handset markets. Moreover it’s a strategic move to take on a nearly close yet far rival Samsung.

Nokia E71 retails for 19500 INR and Nokia 6220 Classic retails for 17500 INR.

more info on E71 and 6220 classic follows

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Motorola MING A1600

A typical business phone as the Specs & Features will prove, but this is also a handset that tourists will love because the handset will feature the option of taking pictures of signboards and having them translated with the help of an on board dictionary.

Specs & Features:

• Quad-band GSM
• 2.4-inch TFT touch screen display
• QVGA resolution
• Stylus included
• EDGE and GPRS
• 3MP auto-focus camera
• Business card reader
• External memory via microSD cards
• A2DP profile
• Micro USB
• Media Player
• FM radio
• GPS
• Geotagging

No word on the pricing or availability yet.

Motorola MING A1800

This is a dual SIM handset, and is almost like the A1600 with the exception of the Dual SIM.

Specs & Features:

• 2.4 inch touchscreen display
• 3MP camera
• microSD support
• Bluetooth A2DP
• EDGE / GPRS
• GPS
• CDMA and GSM (Tri-Band) SIM cards

No word on the pricing or availability yet.

Via: tech2.com

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