by Chilldor

Wondering how to navigate email thread with multiple response?
Very simple:
(1) open first message
(2) then hit “J” key to jump to next response
(3) when need to return to earlier message in the thread just hit the “K” key

NOTE: Subject line must remain same for this to work!

by Chilldor
To put Blackberry phone into Standby Mode do following: hold down the Mute key for two seconds.
To Undo Standby Mode: hold down the Mute key again.

by Chilldor

Here is a link to .pdf posted by RIM with some useful tips about Blackberry

by Chilldor
Everybody expects nowadays that information is available everywhere, be it office, car, beach or anywhere.
Mobile internet (WAP) in mobile phones has been there for years, but recently there has been noticeable trend of using it more and more. Suddenly we can find lot of webpages which contain really interesting content and are also possible to open in few seconds.
There is a interesting article about it in TechCrunch : Follow the mobile user by Vic Gundotra (Google).
Enjoy!

by Marino Bresciani

We’ve already written on a previous occasion about TelePizza and its service enabling food ordering via text message. Always happy to see a good idea spread, I was recently pleased to note that the big sandwich chain Subway has enabled text ordering in New York City.

Users of Subway Now begin by entering their address online to find the Subway shop nearest them. They then create and save their favourite orders, each of which is assigned a number. To order by text message, they simply text the word “menu” to Subway’s shortcode, and the service sends back a list of their favourites. They reply with the number they want, and Subway Now responds with a text confirmation and pickup time.

It may sound kinda complicated, but it’s quite simple, and the popularity of this service is based on some strong points of this service:

• It takes only one, max two text messages for ordering
• All orders are paid via credit card information saved on the Subway Now site
• With no need to pay in cash and with a priority service, customers can skip the line entirely when they pick up their food
• The service itself is free (i mean, you pay only for the messages to the shortcode ).

The service is getting more popular with the day. As a result, I would expect to see Subway launching the service in other metro areas in the near future, possibly also in Europe.

by Chilldor

Recently we had an article about QR codes in the blog.
In case you want to try some out by yourself go first and download QR reader for your mobile phone.
Try those two links below:

BeeTagg

Kaywa

Now that reader is working try to read this QR code:

by Chilldor

If you have recently travelled or looked at magazines you have probably seen a strange black and with square shape barcode boxes. Actually you don’t have to go far – recent Mobile Monday in Toronto issued tickets that contained QR code – also known as “Quick Response” code. It is used to code and decode different information: business card, message, URL. Up to 7089 numbers or 4296 alphanumeric characters can be contained in one QR code.

Created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994 QR codes have become recently very popular in Japan and in the rest of the World.

All one has to do to read the code is to have special program to decode 2D barcode and you will instantly have in your fingertips information hidden in its pattern. Next time you see it – check again it might be provided by Chilldor!

by Marino Bresciani

This post is just to point up a unusual trend that is becoming more and more popular in the states, especially those area that are mostly hit by the winter season. In this period of the year, many local radios’ websites provide updates on school closings via SMS. The phenomenum can be even more clear by having a look at this week’s top 50 in Google Trends. For example, in the picture below, eleven out of the top 37, are radio call numbers and most of them are in areas with snowfall.

The top radio affiliate, WHUD, is 100.7 F.M. in Westchester New York, and offers text message alerts about school and government center closings after heavy snowfall. Although similar services are already up since years, snow alerts appeal to one of the most highly sought markets-the coveted age demographic of pre-teens and teens. Interesting

by Marino Bresciani

For those of you who are interested in running SMS services in China, then you will be quite interested in getting to know that telephone users in China are approaching the 1 billion mark and Internet users are nearing 300 million, as reported by the People’s Daily Online.

By the end of October, total number of telephone users in China reached 979 million, including 627 million mobile telephone subscribers and 352 million fixed-line users. The mobile phone business is continuing to replace the fixed-line business.
At present, data services including text messaging and broadband Internet access account for 33.4% of total revenue in the telecommunications industry.

by Marino Bresciani

p>Sometimes simple ideas can lead to rather interesting business. And this presentation below describes the possibility of developing location based games which can be played through SMS.

Enjoy!