Articles - Mobile en-us http://www.newmedia.org N/A http://www.newmedia.org news@newmedia.org 20 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/115/1/New-Blackberry-Bold-Has-Early-Adopters-Drooling/Page1.html Have you checked out www.blackberry.com recently?  Did you see the new Blackberry Bold?  Are you drooling yet?  Well, you are not the only one.  Now try to buy it.  Ok, now your are upset.  It is not availabe in the U.S. yet.  Early adopters please standby.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/111/1/Want-to-Break-Up-By-Cell-Phone--Slydial-Allows-You-to-Go-Right-to-Voicemail/Page1.html Find it hard to build up the courage to break up with someone?  Do you think texting a breakup message is too impersonal, but don't want to talk to the person either?  Slydial has a service for you.  In today's New York Times, an article focused on Slydial's software that allows you to go right into someone's voicemail to leave a message.  You can safely breakup via voicemail without the fear of him or her actually picking up the phone.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/110/1/Want-to-Break-Up-By-Cell-Phone--Slydial-Allows-You-to-Go-Right-to-Voicemail/Page1.html Find it hard to build up the courage to break up with someone?  Do you think texting a breakup message is too impersonal, but don't want to talk to the person either?  Slydial has a service for you.  In today's New York Times, an article focused on Slydial's software that allows you to go right into someone's voicemail to leave a message.  You can safely breakup via voicemail without the fear of him or her actually picking up the phone.  Check out the NYT article:  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/02/us/02sly.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/96/1/Japanese-Cell-Phones-Ward-Off-Gropers/Page1.html Mobile communications usage is expanding rapidly, and new applications abound.. Here’s news about one application whose time has come. This is a top application being downloaded by a multitude of Japanese women who use the very crowded Tokyo subway system. The anti-groping software program is meant to fend off perverts in the crowded Japanese subway trains news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/49/1/Consumers-Age-18-to-24-View-Cell-Phones-as-Multi-Functional-Accessories/Page1.html This study of wireless consumer segments analyzes trends in the wireless industry. Based on a survey of U.S. consumers who use a wireless phone, this report analyzes differences in behavior and attitudes among the key wireless consumer segments. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/24/1/Europeans-More-Likely-than-Americans-to-Use-Mobile-Phones-to-Access-the-Internet/Page1.html This innovative ongoing tracking study is designed to analyze and understand how consumers across six countries in Europe and America (U.S., France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) access Internet content from their mobile phones.  It shows that 29 percent of European Internet users within the aforementioned countries regularly access the Web from their mobile phones compared to only 19 percent in the U.S.  news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 23 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.newmedia.org/articles/10/1/Americans-and-Their-Cell-Phones/Page1.html Americans say their cell phones aid them during emergencies and fill in their free time.  But many also report driving unsafely while on their cells and they say they don’t like the new intrusions and public annoyances cell phones bring to their lives – not to mention their monthly bills. news@newmedia.org (John Spagnuolo) Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700