Sales, Cell Phone Plans Lift RadioShack (AP)

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Intel sales get mobile phone lift

Intel sales get mobile phone lift 07/13/2004 07:00 PM
Intel says increasing demand for wireless communication devices has boosted second-quarter profit and sales.

How to decipher cell phone service plans

How to decipher cell phone service plans 04/20/2004 08:50 PM
ZDNet Apr 21 2004 0:07AM GMT

Cell phone sales on the rise

Cell phone sales on the rise 10/29/2003 01:39 PM
Analysts raise their forecasts for worldwide cell phone sales in 2003, predicting they'll be 15 percent higher than last year after a strong third quarter.

Cell phone sales keep booming

Cell phone sales keep booming 09/02/2004 01:32 PM
Nokia holds onto its No. 1 position as new buyers and upgraders stoke demand for handsets.

No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring
Freedom

No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring
Freedom 02/19/2004 02:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Feb 19 2004 6:50PM GMT

No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring
Freedom (AP)

No-Contract Cell Phone Plans Bring
Freedom (AP) 02/19/2004 02:01 PM
AP - The cell phone companies have most of us precisely where they want us: shackled to one- or two-year contracts, threatened with hefty fees for early escapes.

Motorola to boost cell phone sales

Motorola to boost cell phone sales 11/05/2003 12:44 AM
Jakarta Post Nov 4 2003 11:27PM ET

Cell Phone sales in Japan Slump (No
Kidding)

Cell Phone sales in Japan Slump (No
Kidding) 04/14/2004 03:33 AM
I had to chuckle when I read this. While at my wife's families home in Okinawa last week I noticed...

Delays hurt Motorola cell phone sales

Delays hurt Motorola cell phone sales 01/22/2004 09:09 AM
Chicago Tribune Jan 21 2004 6:57PM GMT

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Unique Sales Training Helps IT Companies
Lift Sales Performance

Unique Sales Training Helps IT Companies
Lift Sales Performance 07/07/2004 06:11 AM
Sustained sales strategy improvements drive greater opportunities at first contact phase. [PRWEB Jul 7, 2004]

Kerry 'would lift stem-cell ban'

Kerry 'would lift stem-cell ban' 08/08/2004 10:32 AM
US presidential candidate John Kerry vows to overturn Presidential Bush's curbs on stem cell research if elected.

Kerry Vows to Lift Ban on Funds for
Stem-Cell Research

Kerry Vows to Lift Ban on Funds for
Stem-Cell Research 06/21/2004 11:42 PM
Backed by the unusual endorsement of 48 Nobel laureates, Senator John Kerry on Monday accused the Bush administration of letting ideology trump science.

CNN.com - Kerry: Lift limits on stem
cell research - Aug 7, 2004

CNN.com - Kerry: Lift limits on stem
cell research - Aug 7, 2004 08/11/2004 12:59 AM
I agree 100% with John Kerry .. KERRY GETS IT RIGHT

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Healthy Q2 PC sales lift IT industry

Healthy Q2 PC sales lift IT industry 07/17/2004 01:39 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 17 2004 5:17AM GMT

Kerry Vows to Lift Bush Limits on
Stem-Cell Research

Kerry Vows to Lift Bush Limits on
Stem-Cell Research 06/22/2004 01:04 AM
Backed by the unusual endorsement of 48 Nobel laureates, Senator John Kerry on Monday accused the Bush administration of letting ideology trump science.

Gartner: Replacement PC Purchases Lift
Sales

Gartner: Replacement PC Purchases Lift
Sales 05/22/2004 05:28 AM
Linux Insider May 22 2004 9:09AM GMT

Rising sales lift Boots profits

Rising sales lift Boots profits 05/27/2004 03:17 AM
The health and beauty retailer unveils an 18% rise in annual profits, crediting stronger sales and cost cuts.

Gaming downloads counted on to lift
sales

Gaming downloads counted on to lift
sales 07/31/2004 08:40 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 31 2004 12:11PM GMT

Saudi phone sector gets $1bn lift

Saudi phone sector gets $1bn lift 08/10/2004 08:39 AM
A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend $1bn (£544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia.

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Jobs Report and Strong Sales at Intel
Lift Share Prices

Jobs Report and Strong Sales at Intel
Lift Share Prices 06/05/2004 02:34 AM
New York Times Jun 5 2004 5:55AM GMT

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

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Motorola Plans Wi-Fi Cell Phones

Motorola Plans Wi-Fi Cell Phones 05/12/2004 02:40 AM

Cell Phone Zen

Cell Phone Zen 08/16/2004 02:27 PM
My phone sucks ass! The voicemail has never worked properly since day 1. At least once a week I have...

A Cell Phone in Every Pot

A Cell Phone in Every Pot 12/09/2003 02:39 AM

Ce ll Phones Sales Skyrocket

"The worldwide market for cell phones is outstripping even the most enthusiastic predictions from the beginning of the year, as consumers continue to snap up handsets at a dizzying rate, according to research released Monday by Gartner.

Handset vendors sold 132.8 million units in the third quarter of this year, up 22 percent from last year's third-quarter shipments of 108.8 million units, says Ben Wood, an analyst with Gartner based in London. Gartner calculated the figures using the number of units sold to end users, rather than units shipped into the channel.

'The total market is on fire,' he says. 'We had predicted about 470 million units for the year, but it's going to be about 500 million this year.'

Mature cell phone markets such as western Europe and the U.S. are going through a replacement cycle, as consumers with older black-and-white phones are trading them in for new models with color screens and cameras , Wood says.

'We're getting to a point where a mobile phone is as much about fashion as anything,' he says." [PCWorld.com]

It won't be much longer before purchasing a mobile phone will be as much about utility (staying connected to the internet) as anything.

You could have a 3G cell phone already

You could have a 3G cell phone already 04/11/2005 03:55 AM
Jakarta Post Apr 11 2005 5:22AM GMT

PDA sales slowing PDQ as cell phones add
features

PDA sales slowing PDQ as cell phones add
features 06/01/2004 11:20 PM
USA Today Jun 2 2004 3:34AM GMT

Family Plans Reflect Slowing Cell Growth
(Reuters)

Family Plans Reflect Slowing Cell Growth
(Reuters) 03/27/2005 01:12 PM
Reuters - As discount "family plans" become the top growth area for U.S. cell phone service providers, investors should keep a sharp eye on customer cancellation rates in coming years, according to industry watchers.

Sprint plans 'fair and flexible' cell
rates (USATODAY.com)

Sprint plans 'fair and flexible' cell
rates (USATODAY.com) 05/03/2004 06:42 AM
USATODAY.com - Sprint on Monday plans to launch a more flexible wireless rate plan that provides relief for customers who exceed their monthly allotment of minutes and could be adopted throughout the cell phone industry.

Keep on rockin' with your cell phone

Keep on rockin' with your cell phone 04/10/2005 11:41 PM
CNET News.com Apr 11 2005 3:03AM GMT

Cell Phone Directory

Cell Phone Directory 07/28/2004 04:28 PM

Cell phone directory gets hoots, hollers: This seems like a no-brainer to me.

The days of searching in vain for someone's cell phone number are almost over. Starting early next year, you'll be able to call directory assistance to get a mobile number.

However, some people object:

"These devices are considered much more personal than landline (phones)," says Chris Hoofnagle of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "People tend to carry them everywhere and answer them when they ring."

What's more, cell phone subscribers pay for incoming calls, even unwanted ones.

Such concerns prompted Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 wireless company, to keep its 40 million subscribers out of the directory.

Isn't it interesting how cell phones have made phone numbers personal? A phone number used to be associated with a family ot a business — a group of people. But now, everyone in my family can have a cell phone, and therefore a phone number associated with them personally.

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16 mln US teens have a cell phone

16 mln US teens have a cell phone 03/27/2005 02:33 AM
ZDNet Mar 27 2005 5:48AM GMT

Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You!

Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You! 04/01/2005 03:24 PM

Their is a new service that is going to launch in April that will help those of you that want to Blog via your cell phone. Come on text message is bad enough when you have to send several lines now they want to make it easy for me to post via my cell phone.

No Thank You! [Sil iconValley.com]

Your Old Cell Phone = Cash!

Your Old Cell Phone = Cash! 05/25/2004 02:37 PM

We've all been there. You upgrade from one cellular service plan to another and your carrier says "Sorry... your old phone won't work with your new plan... you need a new phone." At CellForCash.com, our mission is to help consumers and businesses capture the value of their unused cell phones. Your old cell phone may be useless to you but of great use in a different market or even in a different country. We want to be the missing link in a broken supply chain.

You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you

You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you 11/11/2003 10:17 PM
ZDNet Nov 11 2003 9:18PM ET

Get first aid instructions in your cell
phone

Get first aid instructions in your cell
phone 06/24/2005 10:03 PM
Finnish Red Cross has made a Java cell phone program ("midlet" for the technically inclined) which contains the most basic first aid instructions in an easy-to-follow format with pictures. The instructions are in Finnish only, but you can get yours by texting "LATAA7 SPR ENSIAPU7" to number 17116. You need to have WAP settings in place to make the download. I took a quick look at it and it certainly seems like something I'm going to keep on my phone for a long time.

(Though, be warned, the midlet costs 7€! Something that which Helsingin Sanomat completely forgets to mention (boo hiss, this is stupid), but that is declared on Red Cross's page...)

Just in time for the holidays, I would say.

(Via Helsingin Sanomat. Lisää tietoa Punaisen ristin sivuilta.)

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