Flushing Your Phone Away

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Flushing Old Windows Update Entries

Flushing Old Windows Update Entries 05/06/2004 04:04 PM

Inmate Flushing Causing Major Problems
(AP)

Inmate Flushing Causing Major Problems
(AP) 04/11/2005 05:37 PM
AP - It's amazing what a bored inmate will do. "To get a whole jumpsuit down a toilet seems like a major undertaking," Curtis Keller said of the items from the Eastern Regional Jail that have been jamming a pumping station auger.

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.

Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo
(Phone Scoop)

Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo
(Phone Scoop) 05/06/2004 07:18 AM
Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo .. my cola tracks and talks to me .. Phonescoop

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Web Phone Adds Computer Telephony Phone
Features To Existing Web Applications

Web Phone Adds Computer Telephony Phone
Features To Existing Web Applications 03/30/2005 04:36 AM
Database Systems Corp. (DSC) has developed a Web Phone that connects browser applications with its phone systems. The Web Phone is a Windows application that bridges the gap between web applications that have no intrinsic phone functions and DSC's call center phone systems. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
"VoIP2Save.com" becomes first broadband internet phone company to offer total internet phone number portability to customers. VoIP2Save accuses rivals of holding customer phone numbers hostage because they cannot switch their phone numbers to other carriers. [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

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.

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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AT&T Response To FCC Ruling On The
Phone-To-Phone VoIP Petition

AT&T Response To FCC Ruling On The
Phone-To-Phone VoIP Petition 04/23/2004 12:08 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 23 2004 3:47PM GMT

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Empire Suzuki opened in the Dallas market in November 2004. In February 2005, Empire Suzuki launched their ad campaign featuring a vanity toll-free phone number, 1-800-NEW-RIDE in a jingle – written by Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki. Within six weeks the dealership received over 5,500 calls, with an all time high of over 800 calls in a single day. Speak with Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki, about his recent business success in Dallas. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Smartphone, Bluetooth Phone and Wi-Fi
Phone

Smartphone, Bluetooth Phone and Wi-Fi
Phone 01/03/2005 06:13 AM
Telecoms Korea Jan 3 2005 9:38AM 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]

When a Phone Isn't Simply a Phone

When a Phone Isn't Simply a Phone 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
Not so long ago, cellphone accessories mostly meant swivel belt clips or leather-look carrying cases. Times have changed.

N.D. phone cos. challenge web phone co

N.D. phone cos. challenge web phone co 12/10/2003 02:16 AM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Dec 10 2003 1:02AM ET

N.D. Phone Cos. Challenge Web Phone Co

N.D. Phone Cos. Challenge Web Phone Co 12/10/2003 02:16 AM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 10 2003 1:38AM ET

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Nokia - Fun Features - Phone Features -
Nokia 3220 - Phone Models - Phones

Nokia - Fun Features - Phone Features -
Nokia 3220 - Phone Models - Phones 06/01/2004 05:46 AM
pgina del telfono hagan click donde dice "Wave Messaging" .. Nokia 3220

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Your phone, only better

Your phone, only better 08/14/2004 04:35 AM
USA Today Aug 14 2004 9:01AM GMT

New 3G Phone for 3

New 3G Phone for 3 06/29/2004 03:43 PM
3G Jun 29 2004 6:44PM GMT

Should your PC be your phone?

Should your PC be your phone? 12/27/2004 07:17 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 27 2004 11:13PM GMT

Art for your phone.

Art for your phone. 03/28/2005 11:14 AM
Cell phone art is here. Not to be confused with art by or about cellphones, Wooster Collective is offering art for your cellphone. The project is designed to raise money for young artists, "in much the same way that a songwriter can earn money from radio play."

NEC 802 3G Phone

NEC 802 3G Phone 09/22/2004 09:48 AM
3G Sep 22 2004 2:29PM GMT

"The Phone"

"The Phone" 06/30/2004 02:42 PM

Web phone

Web phone 09/22/2004 11:17 PM
news.com.au Sep 23 2004 1:32AM GMT

- To buy or not to buy a 3G phone?

- To buy or not to buy a 3G phone? 12/27/2004 09:55 PM
IT AsiaOne Dec 28 2004 1:37AM GMT

Phone Plus v6.0.0

Phone Plus v6.0.0 01/11/2004 10:12 AM
Phone Plus is a telephone dialer, speakerphone, and contact manager with full Caller ID support. The Caller ID and Speakerphone features are both optional. [Shareware $24.95 30 days 1.59 MB]

Jay-Z's phone

Jay-Z's phone 12/17/2003 03:37 PM
To coincide with his new Black Album, Nokia is going to do a special version of their 3300 musicphone that comes with the entire record...

New NEC 313 3G Phone

New NEC 313 3G Phone 02/18/2004 05:39 AM
3G Feb 18 2004 8:17AM GMT

i just want a phone

i just want a phone 03/14/2005 05:39 PM
Am I the only person in the world that wants a small light cellphone with bluetooth?? It seems that the...

Phone As Your Next Computer?

Phone As Your Next Computer? 06/04/2004 12:12 PM

Using Internet Phone?

Using Internet Phone? 09/11/2004 06:22 PM
Electric New Paper Sep 11 2004 8:54PM GMT

Number-Phone-1.1

Number-Phone-1.1 09/15/2004 11:38 PM

HP rolls out Wi-Fi PDA phone

HP rolls out Wi-Fi PDA phone 07/27/2004 05:45 AM
The Register Jul 27 2004 10:25AM GMT

Drop the phone--now

Drop the phone--now 07/30/2004 12:00 PM
Florida couple maced and arrested after talking on a cell phone during a movie.

How to unlock your phone

How to unlock your phone 05/24/2004 09:01 AM
On Popular Science, an article on getting your mobile phone unlocked. Here in London, there're shops that advertise phone unlocking on practically every block, but it's almost unheard-of in the USA:

While number portability may have freed your cell digits, your phone is still a ball and chain, locked into one carrier's service. These subsidy locks keep you from walking away before the provider can recover that big discount you got when you bought the phone.

But it doesn't have to be so. If you have a GSM phone, you can unlock it and switch to any GSM network carrier (the big three are AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile). You can also take an unlocked phone overseas (most of the world uses GSM) and use it on a local network to avoid paying for international roaming, or even buy a European phone (they tend to be ahead of us in cell tech) and use it here. Have an old phone lying around? Unlock it and keep it as a spare.

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New 3G Phone from Kyocera

New 3G Phone from Kyocera 09/21/2004 06:55 AM
Wireless Watch Japan Sep 21 2004 9:41AM GMT

ET, Phone Home

ET, Phone Home 12/08/2003 09:50 PM
My cell phone has traveled into the future... or the past. I'm not sure which, but it doesn't really matter at this point. It's gone, and I don't know where it went. I tried calling it, but it goes straight to voice mail. In the year 2089, the aliens from our past will uncover a Nokia 3650 and think to themselves: "What the hell's up with that dialpad!?"...
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Vonage may route 911 call to Congress,
FCC

Vonage may route 911 call to Congress,
FCC 03/30/2005 09:02 PM
The Net phone provider considers asking for help solving problems with SBC over subscriber access to the 911 emergency call network.

Texas sues Vonage for lack of 911 call
deficiency disclosure

Texas sues Vonage for lack of 911 call
deficiency disclosure 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 6:21AM GMT

Click to launch Firefox in GNOME

Click to launch Firefox in GNOME 04/09/2004 04:01 PM

Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim
Unable to Call 911: Internet Phone
Firm's Marketing Cited

Texas Sues Vonage After Crime Victim
Unable to Call 911: Internet Phone
Firm's Marketing Cited 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
Washington Post Mar 23 2005 6:25AM GMT

1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click,
More-Clicks - All Patented

1-Click, Short-Click, Long-Click,
More-Clicks - All Patented 04/27/2004 05:27 PM
theodp writes "Not to be outdone by Amazon's 1-Click patent, Microsoft snagged a patent from the USPTO Tuesday for a Time based hardware button for application launch, which covers causing different actions to occur depending upon whether a button is pressed for a short period of time, a long period of time, or multiple times within a short period of time. So does pressing car radio buttons for different periods of time to change or set stations constitute patent infringement?" What about double-clicking? Seems like a fair amount of prior art. I know my caller ID box requires a "double-click" to delete phone numbers. Also, I may not remember correctly, but I was under the impression that Apple's famous "one-button" mouse allows you to fake a right mouse click if you hold down the button.

National and Local Pay-per-Click
Advertising with Phone Call Tracking now
Offered by B Line Marketing

National and Local Pay-per-Click
Advertising with Phone Call Tracking now
Offered by B Line Marketing 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
Pay per click advertising has never been more fast and measurable than with B Line Marketing’s new program that makes it easy to measure call conversions of national and local advertising campaigns. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 6:18AM GMT

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
Blog: Our daily look at telecom news around the Web: Vonage defends manually activated 911 calling--eWeek ...

Overture Pay Per Click Case Study: The
“B to B” Pay-Per-Click Bargain

Overture Pay Per Click Case Study: The
“B to B” Pay-Per-Click Bargain 12/19/2004 03:14 PM
Overture Pay Per Click Case Study: The “B to B” Pay-Per-Click Bargain [PRWEB Dec 18, 2004]

Lost Per Click: Search Advertising &
Click Fraud

Lost Per Click: Search Advertising &
Click Fraud 07/29/2004 10:02 AM
Source: SearchDay - Click fraud -- the practice of clicking on a text advertisement served by a search engine for the sole purpose of forcing the advertiser to pay for the click -- is emerging as an important concern for...

Click me! Click me! The Web as a
marketing device

Click me! Click me! The Web as a
marketing device 07/27/2004 04:23 PM
Source: Minnesota Lawyer - Developments like "pay-per-click advertising" are no panacea for lawyer marketing. Indeed, they risk creating an overall climate that could lead to reduced trust in lawyers in general and reinforce some popular stereotypes about lawyers....

"How to unlock your phone"

"How to unlock your phone" 05/26/2004 09:00 AM

Unlock your GSM Cellphone

Unlock your GSM Cellphone 05/27/2004 01:58 PM

I was recently overseas and had my GSM T-Mobile phone with me. I figured I would run out get a pre-paid sim card and have local cell service while in the country I was in. To my surprise I could not get the SIM card to work in the phone. I was a bit pissed. But to my surprise a friend of mine sent me a link to this article and now I have the unlock code to my cell phone and when I am overseas again I will get a local pre-paid SIM card and be in business. [Popular Science]

Unlock doors with your cellphone

Unlock doors with your cellphone 12/15/2003 04:30 PM
Not sure how old this is (looks like it surfaced last year), but Euro Electronics has a door lock that can be locked and unlocked...

Man who helped unlock DNA dies

Man who helped unlock DNA dies 07/29/2004 11:34 AM
Francis Crick, who helped discover the double helix shape of DNA along with James Watson, dies aged 88.

Unlock Motorola A920

Unlock Motorola A920 02/05/2005 09:10 PM
All About Symbian Feb 2 2005 10:37PM GMT

How to unlock your cut down video card

How to unlock your cut down video card 12/22/2004 01:17 AM

Unlock hidden features within Stickies

Unlock hidden features within Stickies 06/15/2004 11:57 AM
Ok, here is something else cool about the stickies application. Go to the finder and navigate to Applications -> Stickies. Control click on Stickies and click Show Package Contents. Another Finder window will open up with ...

i can unlock ur phone just send me a
mail and i will tell u

i can unlock ur phone just send me a
mail and i will tell u 08/22/2004 02:26 AM
TechTree Aug 22 2004 5:41AM GMT

Yoxos to Help Unlock Eclipse's Potential

Yoxos to Help Unlock Eclipse's Potential 07/06/2004 03:12 PM
Innoopract's open-source Eclipse distribution eliminates developers' need to spend time finding and downloading plug-ins.

Unlock hidden OS X features with Mac
Pilot 1.1

Unlock hidden OS X features with Mac
Pilot 1.1 12/22/2003 06:47 AM
Koingo Software has released Mac Pilot 1.1, the latest version of the company's utility for changing hidden features in Mac OS X...

How to unlock an XP! T'Bred UPDATE! Feb
12th '03

How to unlock an XP! T'Bred UPDATE! Feb
12th '03 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

Partnership tries to unlock corn's genes

Partnership tries to unlock corn's genes 07/17/2004 01:19 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Jul 15, 09:19 am GMT

Red Hat may unlock public sector for
Linux

Red Hat may unlock public sector for
Linux 12/03/2003 12:15 PM
ZDNet Dec 3 2003 11:22AM ET

"Ice cores unlock climate secrets"

"Ice cores unlock climate secrets" 06/14/2004 09:52 AM

Ice cores unlock climate secrets

Ice cores unlock climate secrets 06/09/2004 03:34 PM
A three-kilometre long column of ice drilled from the Antarctic has revealed climate patterns for last 740,000 years of Earth's history, Nature reports.

can someone plz tell me how to unlock my
dwnloaded ringtones coz i cnt send them
out im MMS

can someone plz tell me how to unlock my
dwnloaded ringtones coz i cnt send them
out im MMS 09/12/2004 10:01 PM
TechTree Sep 13 2004 2:52AM GMT

Scientists Unlock One More of Sleep's
Secrets

Scientists Unlock One More of Sleep's
Secrets 06/14/2004 09:32 PM
The findings of a new study could lead to new treatments for sleep disorders and drugs that enhance wakefulness.

Spread Firefox Download Counter
Relaunched, Firefox Downloads Top 44
Million

Spread Firefox Download Counter
Relaunched, Firefox Downloads Top 44
Million 04/11/2005 11:59 PM

Flushing Your Phone Away

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