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2005
04/11/2005 03:49 AMSurvey Says: No Yakking On Planes .. most people find this
offensive
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Cell Phone Services Discounted Online at
DJSavesYouMore.com
Cell Phone Services Discounted Online at
DJSavesYouMore.com
04/11/2005 03:32 AMDJSavesYouMore.com, an online retailer of cell phones, SkyTel pagers,
and other communication services, is providing large discounts to cell
phone purchasers who sign up with a one- or two-year contract with one
of the affiliated major service networks, including free phones and
accessories as well as mail-in rebates for cash. [PRWEB Apr 11, 2005]
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 PMIowa 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 AMOn 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.
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 AMNew 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 PMuser survey
reported
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Cell Phone Zen
Cell Phone Zen
08/16/2004 02:27 PMMy phone sucks ass! The voicemail has never worked properly since day
1. At least once a week I have...
You could have a 3G cell phone already
You could have a 3G cell phone already
04/11/2005 03:55 AMJakarta Post Apr 11 2005 5:22AM GMT
A Cell Phone in Every Pot
A Cell Phone in Every Pot
12/09/2003 02:39 AMCe
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.
Cell Phone Booth
Cell Phone Booth
01/03/2005 10:33 AM
Another day, another artist complaining about the lack of
respect/personal interaction from those pesky cell phone users. At
least Nick Rodrigues bothered to wear a suit as he showed off his
personal cell phone booth, designed to illustrate how disrespectful
people are when they dare call their friends and family in public.
Remember the good ol' days, when people would go into Conversation
Booths before speaking, preserving the sanctity of the commons'
silence? No, I really don't either.
Performa
nce Sculpture [SensoryImpact]
New Cell Phone Tactics
New Cell Phone Tactics
12/03/2003 11:07 AMHow many of you have moved to a new cell phone carrier now that number
portability allows you to take...
Cell phone lockdown
Cell phone lockdown
12/03/2003 07:32 AMCNET Dec 3 2003 7:03AM ET
Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You!
Blogging with your Cell Phone No Thank
You!
04/01/2005 03:24 PMTheir 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.
Cell Phone Guns
Cell Phone Guns
01/27/2004 05:19 PMPress M for Murder: Cell Phones That
Kill: Can you program the phone to shoot the owner if it's
answered in a movie theater?
Though heavier than normal phones, the lethal ones look
nearly identical. The hollowed-out devices, made in Croatia, are fired
by punching buttons on the keypad and can shoot four .22-cal. bullets
in rapid succession.
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Cell-Phone Wars
Cell-Phone Wars
02/15/2004 01:12 PMGet first aid instructions in your cell
phone
Get first aid instructions in your cell
phone
06/24/2005 10:03 PMFinnish 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.)
Cell phone joins TV, PC
Cell phone joins TV, PC
06/10/2004 11:30 AMChicago Tribune Jun 10 2004 4:15PM GMT
Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You
Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You
12/21/2003 03:43 AMPollGuy writes "I had never heard until this article in the New York
Times (sacrifice of first born required) about services that let
regular people track the ...
Wi-Fi Hot, TV Not for Cell Phone Users
Wi-Fi Hot, TV Not for Cell Phone Users
04/12/2005 02:45 PMCell phone users think Wi-Fi access is important, but scoff at
features such as the capability to watch TV on their phones, according
to a study on future cell phone features by research firm InStat.
InStat found that Wi-Fi, mapping features and traffic alerts, and
voice activated text input scored highest with users.
The Souped-Up Cell Phone
The Souped-Up Cell Phone
06/15/2004 10:00 AMBusiness Week Jun 15 2004 2:25PM GMT
Cell phone users and sex
Cell phone users and sex
04/11/2005 11:25 AMDavid Pescovitz:
According to a new global survey, fourteen percent of cell phone users
stop screwing to answer their cell phones. Just like Paris Hilton.
From Consumer Affairs.com report on a subscription-only Ad Age
article:
The highest incidence of cellular interruptus was found in
Germany and Spain, where 22 percent of users interrupted sex to answer
their cell phones; the lowest was in Italy, where only 7 percent
reported doing so. In the U.S., the figure was 15 percent, the
magazine said, citing a study conducted by BBDO Worldwide and
Proximity Worldwide.
Link (Thanks, Carlo
Longino!)
Cell Phone Viruses
Cell Phone Viruses
07/15/2004 08:28 PM
When mobile phones
attackget attacked. Articles
posted on
T
he Guardian and
Reuters today are reporting that mobile
phones running on the
Symbian OS in
Moscow are being targeted by a non-malicious virus/worm named
Cabir.
Only 49 phones have been infected so far by the worm which propagates
via Bluetooth. The creators are
29A
labs, a "group of virus writers from the Czech Republic and
Slovakia who pride themselves in creating "proof of concept
malicious viruses,"
Countdown to impending doom in..5..4..3..
16 mln US teens have a cell phone
16 mln US teens have a cell phone
03/27/2005 02:33 AMZDNet Mar 27 2005 5:48AM GMT
Cell Phone Jukebox
Cell Phone Jukebox
08/19/2004 12:08 AMDownloa
ds on the Move in Europe
"The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone
networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe. O2 Music,
the music arm of U.K.-based international telecom operator mmO2, has
started offering songs for download in Germany and the United
Kingdom....
Since Aug. 1, U.K. owners of the new SX1 phones subscribing to O2
Music's Active Music Download service can buy songs from a repertoire
of 100,000 titles. They can search, sample free 30-second clips, store
and play paid-for full tracks downloaded over O2's network straight to
the handset. The songs are protected and securely transmitted over the
O2 network with digital-rights management technology from Basel-based
Secure Digital Container in Switzerland.
The price of tracks ranges between $1 and $3. The handset, which
can store up to 120 tracks of music, costs 80 pounds in the United
Kingdom and 150 euros ($183.50) in Germany. SX1 users are charged for
their downloads on their monthly mobile-phone bills....
By year's end, Bornhausser expects that Europe will have up to 12
different mobile phones -- from Siemens, Sony-Ericsson and Samsung --
that include pre-installed digital players and SDC's DRM software.
The high-speed 3G networks will also make wireless downloading
easier. In Western Europe, Vodafone, 3, TIM and T-Mobile will be
operating 3G services by the end of this year. As the United Kingdom's
first 3G network, 3 began selling downloadable music videos July 30
from BMG U.K. & Ireland for 1.50 pounds each to compatible
handsets." [Wired
News]
Wow, I can't wait for this to hit the U.S., although I'm sure our
implementation will be screwed up with DRM and we won't be able
to use those songs on any other device. Still, the implications for
mobile entertainment through the cell phone in an always-on,
ubiquitous high-speed internet environment has implications for
libraries.
In a couple of years when Kailee and Brent get cell phones, they
will most likely have this functionality. What do you think they will
expect to be able to download from their library? What do you think
the library will be able to offer? Do you think the library is even
thinking about this kind of service for the future?
Cell Phone Tombstone
Cell Phone Tombstone
04/18/2005 03:07 PM
This might be the
saddest tombstone I've ever seen. If this isn't the inventor of the
cellphone—something I'm not sure I'd want looming over me in the
afterlife, anyway—then I'd really like to dig him up and steal
all the moldering gadgets with which he was inevitably buried.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this in come corner of the internet
before. Has anyone seen a better quality image? I want to read the
inscription.
Israeli Mobile Phone
Headstone [UnwiredNews via LiveDIgitally]
Keep on rockin' with your cell phone
Keep on rockin' with your cell phone
04/10/2005 11:41 PMCNET News.com Apr 11 2005 3:03AM GMT
Television On Your Cell Phone
Television On Your Cell Phone
08/21/2004 09:19 AMCell Phone Directory
Cell Phone Directory
07/28/2004 04:28 PMCell 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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Did ya know I named my cell phone?
Did ya know I named my cell phone?
03/13/2003 10:26 AMWhy, yes I did. I'm so unbelievably tired. See, the thing is, I do NOT
want to fall asleep right...
Cell Phone Multitasking
Cell Phone Multitasking
01/17/2004 11:15 PMMy colleague Kate isn't at work today, but she just instant
messaged me with a great story. Her daughter Clare is a college
freshman who just started her first statistics class. On the first
day, the professor announced they would be taking a basic math test,
just to see where everyone was at, but that they could use their
calculators.
Apparently every student whipped out a cell phone - not a
calculator in sight....
Cell phone lockdown.
Cell phone lockdown.
12/06/2003 05:34 PMCNet:
Cell
phone lockdown. Now that number portability is in effect, locked
phones are even more evil. Two reforms that I would suggest are
forcing carriers to unlock phones when contracts expire and allowing
customers to take their phone rebate in cash when signing the
contract.
You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you
You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you
11/11/2003 10:17 PMZDNet Nov 11 2003 9:18PM ET
Your $600 Cell Phone Bill
Your $600 Cell Phone Bill
06/01/2004 12:02 PMFamily cell phone plans have a lot of hang-ups, especially when a
teen's on the line.
Cell phone sales keep booming
Cell phone sales keep booming
09/02/2004 01:32 PMNokia holds onto its No. 1 position as new buyers and upgraders stoke
demand for handsets.
Cell Phone Directory Coming Soon
Cell Phone Directory Coming Soon
05/20/2004 05:26 PMSpermwatch: The Cell Phone Threat
Spermwatch: The Cell Phone Threat
06/28/2004 11:18 AMAlthough some fertility experts are dismissing the findings, a
group of Hungarian scientists are claiming to have discovered a
correlation between cell phone use and decreased sperm counts in men
(sperm counts in women remained at normal levels). While the study
only questioned 221 men, and did not take into consideration stress
levels and other factors that could effect sperm levels, enough doubt
has been cast on the safety of the radios to continue studying the
purported condition.
Of course, everyone else basically says cellular radio waves are
harmless, but running studies that claim otherwise is, if nothing
else, a great way to keep the grants flowing.
Read [Yahoo (Reuters)]
Where Is Motorola's New Cell Phone With
iTunes?
Where Is Motorola's New Cell Phone With
iTunes?
03/28/2005 01:02 AMMany industry players suspect that a wireless service provider
intervened, essentially telling Motorola, "I'll be darned if I'll sell
your phones to my customers if it means they can buy songs through
Apple and Motorola without giving me a piece of the pie." By Bruce
Meyerson, Associated Press
Your Cell Phone as Media Center
Your Cell Phone as Media Center
12/19/2004 03:36 PMA Library and
Cinema in Your Pocket
"The increasing power of cellphones is fast shaping
innovative forms of compact culture: micro-lit, phone soap operas and
made-for-mobile dramas that can be absorbed in less time than it takes
to flick through a book introduction....
One pioneer is Media Republic, an Amsterdam company that is
successfully reaching young women with the mobile equivalent of the
French "roman photo,' a sentimental genre of romantic still photos and
text that dates to the postwar period.
Dutch users register their mobile phones to follow the adventures
of the hormone-driven characters of 'Jong Zuid,' or 'Young South,'
which is now in production for its fourth season. Customers receive
two episodes daily, each with six photographs of well-known Dutch
actors and text describing the travails of glamorous young people
seeking their fortune in the big city....
In Japan, major publishers like Shinchosha and Kadokawa Shoten have
created Web sites to offer telephone reading material. Japan is also
home to probably the most successful telephone venture. Earlier this
year a mobile novel jumped from phone screens to the silver screen,
evolving into a feature film, 'Deep Love.'
In the book industry in the United States, the initial reaction to
mobile-lit is: 'Are you kidding?' as one veteran put it.
Still, some major New York publishing houses are pondering the
future. 'We are paying attention, but we haven't entered the market
yet,' said Kate Tentler, vice president and publisher for Simon &
Schuster Online. 'It would be crazy not to look at this. Smart phones
are everywhere and it's the fastest-growing device.' " [New York Times]
Rephrased for librarians: "Still, some major libraries are pondering
the future. 'We are paying attention, but we haven't entered the
market yet,' said Famous Library Director. 'It would be crazy not to
look at this. Smart phones are everywhere and it's the fastest-growing
device.' "
The whole article is interesting (I could have excerpted a lot
more), so be sure to read the whole thing.
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