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CTIA holds an industry survey a couple times a year to gauge the health of the mobile industry and they just released the results of their latest survey. According to the survey wireless data service revenue hit more than $19.4 billion for the first half of 2009, a 31% increase over this time last year. That is probably due to increased sales of smartphones. More »


If you thought your sibling was sending too many texts, then you thought wrong. According to MobileCrunch, a man sent 662,000 texts in a period of 30 days using his iPhone. The astonishing number is almost impossible but the guy shows proof by having his AT&T bill sent to him through the mail, 12,301 pages of it.

Not only is this guy an idiot for not using an electronic bill, but he’s sitting around trying to break a text messaging record. While he’s showing off the paper mail he’s received in the video (after the break), many people commented on his YouTube account, calling his “accomplishment” a fake. It’s understandable, considering the extremely high number. Here’s how the numbers work out: More »


Looks like text message will start saving lives. In Iowa, callers in distress can text for emergency help such as police, fire or EMT. To get the location of the sender (you can’t really figure that out through a text), the caller will have to response to a request for location. More »


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