So I’ve had my Droid Incredible since Friday when I got home from work and found the FedEx truck had left it (a just-barely early 40th birthday present from Kristen; I hit my upgrade date this month). First impressions? Incredible. The touch screen is sensitive in just the right way, easy to type and correct, [...]
Verizon Wireless has floated the idea of charging media companies three cents per message that they send to Verizon Wireless subscribers – on top of the message reception costs subscribers are already paying. This would certainly put a crimp in the most straightforward plans to monetize text messaging, and to use it for general marketing where [...]
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Interesting piece in the New York Times about the opportunities cell phones present for newspapers, and the company that's banking on those opportunities: Verve. The Times reports: "Verve's chief executive, Art Howe, is the first to admit that he’s betting on an industry that’s under siege. Newspapers’ strength is providing local news and information and [...]
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