text messaging – on the nets

Text messaging numbers

2008-12-30 by spike Leave a Comment

The “most emailed” story in the NY Times today is about the prices and costs of sending text messages from a mobile phone. Mobile phone companies charge an arm and a leg for these–in terms of markup on costs it has to be the single most lucrative service they offer. US carriers charge 20 cents … [Read more…]

Desktop as a UI extension of mobile devices

2008-04-26 by spike Leave a Comment

I was thinking about another post I’ve wanted to write about switching from a paper planner (diary for the Brits) to an electronic one. One of the few interactions in which paper calendars tend to come out ahead of electronic calendars is entering an appointment. Mobile devices just don’t have text entry interfaces that can … [Read more…]