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concept

The WaSnake Shelf: It's Like a Personal Assistant That is Nailed to Your Wall

The WaSnake shelf concept by designer Jean Louis Frechin not only holds your stuff, it also features connectivity that allows it to display news from chosen RSS feeds and even SMS messages. Plus, the whole unit is highly configurable so you could find a spot for it on nearly any wall in your home. More »

10:30 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Sean Fallon
4,945 views, 16 comments

Latest by matto: This will be a giant hit in Hollywood, where it is well-known that keeping a real personal assistant nailed to your wall is trickier than it sounds and often involves employing a union carpenter. more »

free

Jaxtr Gives Free International Text Messages To You And Your Swedish Friends

With Jaxtr, we've got a cheap (free) and easy way to send messages internationally. Before now, whenever we saw a hot lady dressed up in a Stormtrooper outfit we had to send Jesus hundreds of IMs in hopes that the chime would wake him up. No longer! Now all we have to do is log on to Jaxtr—it works from the iPhone too—and type our message in there. Their service only supports a limited number of countries such as the UK, Sweden and Germany, but it leaves out some big ones like Japan and Spain. Wait, Spain? Guess Jesus is going to have to wait a few hours to see Ms. Stormtrooper. [Jaxtr via Gear Diary via JkOnTheRun via Into Mobile]

6:30 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Jason Chen
3,697 views, 7 comments

Latest by n/a: now i can IM with my non existent iphone. more »

happy finnish

Finnish Spitzer Sends 200 Sex SMS to Exotic Dancer and Her Sister

An SMS-savvy Finnish Foreign Minister has joined former New York governor Eliot Spitzer in the "thinks with the wrong head" club this week. The 60-year-old Ilkka Kanerva was discovered to have sent more than 200 text messages to an exotic dancer named Johanna Tukiainen, 29. And her sister! Despite the fact that Kanerva's longtime parter said she's not bothered by her man's wandering eyes (or should that be fingers?), people are still calling for a resignation. More below. More »

2:00 PM on Sun Mar 30 2008
By Jack Loftus
13,085 views, 33 comments

Latest by n/a: @92BuickLeSabre: "Once you go black...You go deaf."- Family Guy more »

cellphones

AT&T Jacks Up Text Message, Multimedia Message Rates

Yesterday, AT&T announced an unlimited voice plan for the iPhone that still comes with a paltry 200 text messages. Now, we have word that AT&T will be jacking up the price of text messages over your plan's limit to a whopping $0.20, with multimedia messages going up to $0.30 (not that the iPhone can send those). If you send lots of text messages you'd better sign up for a larger text plan or risk adding some pretty crazy fees to your bill. [Broadband Reports]

10:21 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Adam Frucci
13,142 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: Ok so I've been going round and round with AT&T customer service, according to the brochure I received with my iphone it clearly states unlimited calling and texting to at&t wireless customers, I also checked their terms and conditions page more »

privacy

Verizon, AT&T Respect Your SMS Privacy

Verizon and AT&T have both gone on record saying they do not record SMS communications. The privacy debate is one that, understandably, gets emotions stirred, but you can all rest a little easy knowing the official stances of two of the major cellular networks. More »

1:20 PM on Sat Jan 26 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,185 views, 21 comments

gadgets

TextSpy: Paranoid, Suspicious Giz Readers Gather Round...

...Because this little 'mo could be the perfect gadget for you. Text Spy can retrieve up any SMS that has been recently deleted from a cellphone - so that could be good if you've accidently deleted the address of the bar you were going to meet your ladyfriend in. For that, I think it's useful. If you think that your ladyfriend has been playing hide the sausage with the pizza delivery boy, then I suppose it's useful too, but you are going down a dangerous road, my friend. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 25 2007
By Addy Dugdale
1,324 views, 6 comments

Latest by Sandwich: For reals now, how many cellphones automatically save SMSes on the SIM as opposed to the internal phone memory these days? Both of my SE phones have had to be told specifically if I want to save stuff on the more »

cellphones

Verizon Ups Text Messaging Allowance, Doesn't Charge Extra

I'm usually complaining about Verizon so here's some good news for a change. The company has increased the amount of text messages you can send/receive and isn't charging extra for it. Their $15 plan, which offered 1,000 texts now gives you 1,500, while their $20 plan, which alloted you 2,500, now gives you 5,000. Just be careful who you text. – Louis Ramirez More »

8:39 AM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By Louis Ramirez
1,867 views, 11 comments

cellphones

Book Comprised of All Text Messages Coming to Finland

A new book is being released in Finland that is comprised only of text messages. Yes, 332 pages of texts, complete with obnoxious abbreviations and misspellings for authenticities sake. More »

10:11 AM on Thu Jan 25 2007
By Adam Frucci
533 views, 9 comments

gadgets

Biotronik Lumax ICD can Defibrillate, Send Text Messages, E-Mails, Fax

This is the Lumax VR-T and DR-t device. It is a body monitoring device that can do a wide variety of other tasks, including sending text messages. So that text message you just received isn't your friend asking you to go to the bars, it is actually your heart, informing you that it is about to stop functioning. More »

3:23 PM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By Travis Hudson
324 views, 8 comments

cellphones

Fuse Launches New SMS-Based Shows

Fuse, that music network alternative to Viacom giants MTV and VH1, has recently announced three new shows that bring new meaning to "viewer-influenced programming". All three shows will utilize a proprietary technology that "overlays two-way interactivity powered by text messaging on cellphones and other hand held devices to traditional television formats." This SMS-TV technology, concocted by Netherlands-based Marketgraph, allows viewers to text messages that will eventually show up on TV. More »

12:14 PM on Wed Oct 12 2005
By gizmogo
289 views, 1 comment