sms: Smartphone Envy? - 01/24/08 02:19 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
Receiving email on your cell phone was once reserved for those with data plans and smartphones. Not any longer. One company getting rid of smart phone envy is teleflip with FlipMail. Plain and simple it allows you to send and receive email on your cell phone through text messaging.
I know what most of you are probably thinking, you receive 200+ spam messages a day and 200 emails would equal 200+ text messages...ouch. Rest assured the company has a work around for you. Instead of receiving every message, you get to specify the email addresses of the people you … (11 comments)
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sms: RSS via SMS - 01/17/08 04:30 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
Google Reader, My Yahoo, FeedDemon, Bloglines, NewsGator. These are a few of the more popular RSS readers on the net. RSS = Real Simple Syndication, in other words a way for you to get the latest updates from your favorite blog or news site without having to go to each site. RSS feeds allow you to get all of your information in one spot (using sites/programs like the ones listed above). This year there’s a new player that just entered the game, Pingie.
Launched on January 1 of this year, Pingie is adding a mobile twist to … (6 comments)
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sms: Best Texting ideas of ‘07 - 01/10/08 04:32 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
As texting expands to the masses, more companies are integrating text messaging. In our series Text Thursday, we highlight unique companies which provide useful ways to use your text messages. Continuing our week of wrap-ups we’ve put together some of the more creative ways companies are using text messaging. All services we mention are free to consumers, so give them a try.
HouseFront
(Well of course we’re going to put us first) It’s been a year of growth for us here at HouseFront, launching in April of 2007 with our website HouseFront.com and our … (15 comments)
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sms: 2007 Mobile Real Estate Roundup - 01/09/08 03:26 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
The world of real estate is fast paced and always on the move. That’s why today we’ve highlighted some of our best blogs that reflect the mobile aspect of real estate.
Best Phones of ‘07
Most agents would consider their mobile phone an extension of their body, one of the most important tools they have. In this blog post, we reviewed Consumer Reports list of top cell phones and carriers, helping real estate pros and consumer alike sort through the mess that is the wireless world.
The iPhone
In the mobile world, it’s impossible to think about 2007 … (1 comments)
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sms: US Airways going wireless - 12/06/07 01:03 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
The busiest travel day of the year has passed but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods yet. The holidays are a busy time for everyone and traveling can be a big headache for all involved. US Airways, the 5th largest carrier in the US is looking to alleviate some of the stress this holiday season by providing as much up-to-date information to travelers as possible.
US Airways is touting their new SMS service as the first in the airline industry. By texting your flight number to TEXTUS (839887) the company will respond … (6 comments)
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sms: Text Messaging Turns 15 - 12/05/07 06:01 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
Happy Birthday text messaging. It’s been 15 years now since the first text message was sent. In December 1992, a company called Airwide Solutions had one of its employees send the very first text message which read “Merry Christmas”. Few realized what the new technology would offer, yet as the technology expanded text messaging would grow for the next 15 years at astounding rates.
In 1995, three years after the first text message was sent consumers that had access to text messaging were sending texts at a rate of .4 texts per user per month. Jump five years … (14 comments)
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sms: Talking Text - 12/04/07 05:33 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
Photo Courtesy of Erlingsi
With only 160 characters of text available in a text message, how do you squeeze in a whole conversation? Easy, by forgetting everything you learned in 9th grade English class, (if you haven’t already) and making it up as you go. You’ve heard the old saying “It’s like their speaking a different language” usually by parents talking about their kids, well this time it’s partially true. With the limited amount of characters allowed per text, avid texters have found a way to get their message across using the fewest amount of letters … (9 comments)
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sms: Better than Sliced Bread - 11/30/07 05:32 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
There are three things in life you can be sure of death, taxes, and waiting in line at an amusement park. In today’s world of self check out, drive thru, and instant credit card payments people just don’t like waiting. When attending a theme park wait times for rides can get upwards of 45 minutes to an hour, for a ride that usually lasts less than 5 minutes. Parks have tried everything from building more rides to VIP passes (pay more for a ticket to skip the lines), while those do remedy some of the congestion long … (2 comments)
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sms: SMS and Pizza? Finally! - 11/29/07 04:52 PM
By: Chris Brubaker
I am a giant pizza lover, given the option I will pick pizza over anything else…anything. So you probably wouldn’t be surprised by how excited I was to be able to order pizza anytime anywhere simply by texting. The pizza industry is finally following suit of many other industries such as real estate (HouseFront) or the airline industry. Bringing this to the pizza industry in the US first is Papa John’s.
By texting to 4PAPA (47272) you can have a pizza delivered to your home or available for pickup. To use the system you have to set … (1 comments)
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sms: It’s a Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile World - 11/13/07 04:06 PM
By: Stephen Joos
HouseFront brought the industry’s first property search service to SMS (Text messaging) earlier this year giving users access to over 100 million properties all on their cell phone. Last week, HouseFront launched HouseAds, our real estate advertising program giving real estate professionals the ability to advertise on text messages for the first time.
Text messaging is just making its entrance in the real estate market, but in other arenas, it is a formidable force. Premium SMS revenues (Sweepstakes, Contests, and Ringtones) generated $273 million in the first quarter of 2007 according to Telephia. Mobile marketing is transitioning … (5 comments)
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sms: Ask and you shall receive - 11/01/07 05:13 PM
What is Play-Doh made of, and can you eat it? This is the question I posted on Mosio. Mosio is a mobile community, connecting people with questions to people with answers.
The site works by either sending in an email or text message to Ask@Mosio.com. Your question will then be posted on the main page of the site allowing users online to answer the question. Currently questions are restricted only to members. If your first question is sent through SMS the site will automatically create an account allowing you to register later similar to HouseFront. There are really no … (5 comments)
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sms: Mobile Technology in Real Estate - 10/23/07 02:06 PM
Glenn Roberts Jr. of Inman News is writing a 3 part series on Trends in Mobile Technology this week. Part 2, titled “Mobile Matters in Real Estate” talks about the trend of real estate professionals to take advantage of the growing mobile market. Glenn writes,
“Some real estate professionals are embracing the racing growth of mobile communications and search technologies, which includes text messaging or SMS (for short message service), photo and video transmissions, maps, Web access and location-aware technologies via handheld phones and portable digital assistants, or PDAs. And many companies seek to partner with agents and … (0 comments)
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sms: The New Cubicle - 10/22/07 11:57 AM
When someone tells you to picture an office what do you see? Most people will describe an environment filled with cubicle after cubicle. Many office jokes are based around this simple office furniture, yet the actual intent of the cubicle was to keep employees productive and focused, whether or not this is the case is up for debate. Lately there has been a shift with new companies shying away from using the cubicle and leaning towards open environments. Yet the issue of productivity and the ability to keep focused still remain.
When researching this issue here at HouseFront I came … (8 comments)
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sms: Text messaging in the office? - 10/19/07 11:10 AM
SMS (text messaging) is slowing growing up in the US; many companies are now realizing the power of text messaging. No longer is the text message bound to college campuses and high schools across the nation. With the ability to reach people anywhere, instantly there are plenty of companies looking to harness this medium. This is where Joopz steps in.
Joopz is a web based text messaging service. There are many websites out there that allow you to send text messages to cell phones for free, but Joopz takes it one-step further. Where Joopz shines is in its ability … (7 comments)
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sms: Texting Faith - 10/17/07 01:07 PM
As SMS (text messaging) marketing expands across the country, more organizations and companies are jumping on board and offering services to their consumers. One industry embracing this new mobile medium is faith-based organizations, being able to communicate quickly and effectively to the masses provides a strong draw for adopting mobile technology.
One company that provides faith-based text messaging to consumers and organizations is faithonmobile. Signing up with faithonmobile allows users to receive daily religious text messages targeted towards any number of different topics from general faith and leadership to money and music. Faithonmobile is powered by Mobile … (6 comments)
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sms: Hot Properties – Times up for Tom, Manson sells out, Cuttino and Leeza off the market - 10/16/07 03:06 PM
It was a busy week in the realm of celebrity properties. Check out the high profile sales below.
Brian Warner, or better known to fans around the world as Marilyn Manson has just put his home on the market. Manson who bought the home in 2004 is ready to give it all up, even after such renovations as transforming the garage into a recording studio, and hardwood floors throughout. The property features a pool out back with covered barbeque area, library/office, home theatre and an oversized living room. Manson has the property priced below what he paid for … (0 comments)
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sms: Happy Hour – Tanks, Tanks-A-Lot - 10/15/07 04:07 PM
Picture courtesy of Tanks-A-Lot
Have you ever wished you could just drive over your boss’s car with a tank? Well you can…kind of…with a company called Tanks-A-Lot. Tanks-A-Lot specializes in corporate events allowing employees and management to loosen up and have fun together with team building exercises.
Tanks-A-Lot provides an assortment of different activities to fit any parties’ needs; from driving around on over 90 different “off road” courses to learning to fire an 18th century Flintlock Musket. The company also provides special operations training, learning such things as jungle warfare like avoiding mines and trip wires. Of course, the … (4 comments)
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sms: National Text Message Alert System - 10/12/07 03:12 PM
Last Thursday we wrote a post on San Francisco’s earthquake alert system (Read it here). A reader informed us about the national SMS emergency alert system (thanks Sean). The system is designed to work in conjunction with the EAS (Emergency Alert System), the same system that you hear or see on the TV and radio every now and then (you know the ”this is only a test…”).
The SMS system will actually be a part of a new emergency alert system titled DEAS (Digital Emergency Alert System). The system got its start in 2004 when The Department of Homeland … (4 comments)
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sms: TextQuake - 10/05/07 11:57 AM
San Francisco has developed one of the first citywide emergency alert systems. AlertSF, is a system designed to keep city employees and citizens up to date and aware of what is going on. The system employs a few different ways to communicate, blackberry/email accounts, text messaging, and via pager communication.
AlertSF not only offers numerous ways to be alerted of impending earthquake disasters but also other problems such as major traffic accidents along with severe weather alerts. In addition, if you live in what’s called “The Tsunami Disaster Area” you can be alerted when a larger than life wave … (0 comments)
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sms: Hot Properties – The Urban Sombrero - 10/02/07 03:26 PM
(photo courtesy of corrieb)
John O’Hurley (better known to Seinfield fans as J. Peterman) has recently put his LA home on the market. O’Hurley has a long and established acting career on such hit shows as Seinfield, along with a multitude of guest appearances on sitcoms and cartoons doing voice over’s (such as Spongebob SquarePants). He’s also hosted countless programs from the Mrs. American Pageant to the Writers Guild Awards. As a side note I forgot to mention John was also recently in Dancing with the stars, coming in second place on the shows first season (thanks Brian).
With 5,400 … (2 comments)
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