Big Splash with SMS

I see the tide changing -- more and more people are texting above calling or using their computers and here is proof. The Shedd Acquarium in Chicago ran a test this summer to see who would respond to enter a contest (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=35539&seenIt=1)

They had a 325% increase of SMS responders compared to web responders! I would say that's a pretty significant difference.

Youngsters and their Crazy Cell Phones

Youngsters and Their Crazy Cell Phones: Worse Than Drugs or Key to a Bright Future?

It’s Friday night and Timmy is ready to make plans with his friends. But something has gone terribly wrong. Little Timmy starts shaking and begins to go through withdrawals. Sweaty, clammy and cold, he curls up into a ball in the corner of his room drifting away from his own existence. What could possibly be wrong with Timmy? Was he having a seizure? Was he going through withdrawals from the latest club drug? No. Timmy simply could not find his cell phone. Yes that’s right. Teens and Young adults alike consider cell phones one of the most vital aspects of their daily life.


According to a recent study conducted by psychologist Dr. David Sheffield, 1 in 6 young adults may be addicted to their cell phones. The study showed that many were so attached to their mobile devices that they used it to alter their mood. No more overdosing on robetessin for me. As a health psychologist at the University of Staffordshire, Dr. Sheffield’s study of more than a 100 students showed that a third of the students used texts and phone calls to lift their mood. And seven percent would “rather lose their job or relationship than give up their mobile phone”. No wonder we’re in a recession.
However, this addiction could be a positive for teens and young adults. A survey in September 2008 conducted by The Wireless association in conjunction with Harrison interactive shines a new light on the potentiality of cellular phones in accordance to teens. The online study taken by more than 2.000 teens revealed how they would like to see their wireless devices develop in the future. The study showed that sixty-six percent of the more than 2,000 teens want opportunities to be educated anywhere in the world through their mobile devices, and sixty-three percent want their wireless services to bring users closer to global issues impacting teens. Perhaps this futuristic view of cell phones will come as a significant aspect in educating future adolescents. Or it will merely be a nicotine patch to the already growing addiction. Either way, cell phones are here to stay and might just be heading in the right direction.

This blog post written by Alex DeCamp

We want to test how to access video directly from an iPhone


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Mobi-Dicted Submissions

Crackberry featured on Fox news

Authors Kevin Michaluk and Gary Mazo were recently in New York to tape an interview with Brett Larson, of Fox 5 New York. Gary has co-authored a book with Martin Trautschold, founder of BlackBerry Made Simple.


About “CrackBerry: True Tales of BlackBerry Use and Abuse”

Here is a link to the interview.


http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/tech_it_out/090330_blackberry_addiction

Role-Playing on Mobile Devices

Ok how we can even conduct role-playing with our mobile devices. Watch this clip to see how you can build simulations and role playing with your phone.

MobiDiction and the Holidays

MobiDiction will no doubt affect your holidays this year. No, it's not a cardinal sin to check your pocket for texts every five minutes at the table during Thanksgiving dinner, nor is it entirely shameless during Christmas mass to snap and send a picture of the stuffy priest to one of your friends. These aren't desecrations of sacred custom, but creative new pieces to add to the holiday tradition. Pretty soon, buying last-second gifts with your iPhone on Christmas Eve will be just as precious a holiday ritual as putting that last ornament on the tree or making the first cut into the Thanksgiving turkey.What we need is for somebody to make one of those Norman Rockwell holiday paintings, but instead of a group caroling or a family opening gifts, it will be someone pretending to listen to their uncle's endless meanderings while really devoting their attention to that Tetris high score on their phone. Let's face it, MobiDiction is fast becoming as American as preemptive warfare. Shouldn't we allow it to become a part of our holiday traditions as well?