| Todd Allcock 2007-08-27, 4:33 am |
| At 25 Aug 2007 18:54:28 -0400 Ex-COC wrote:
> I have a plain Razr and the current provider clips the text
messages to my
> cellphone so that I only get a few words of a breaking news story.
Anyone
> have a good source of news updates?
The problem isthe nature of text messaging. SMS is limited to about
160 characters or so (give or take, depending on carrier.) If your
service allows breaking news to be sent by e-mail, rather than text,
and you have a phone that supports push e-mail (Blackberry, Windows
Mobile, etc.) you can get a better substitute for your old pager's
service.
Otherwise, ifyour RAZR supports POP/IMAP e-mail and auto-retrieval,
you could set it to retrieve every 10 or 15 minutes. Not quite
"push" but close enough for most of us.
--
"I don't need my cell phone to play video games or take pictures
or double as a Walkie-Talkie; I just need it to work. Thanks for
all the bells and whistles, but I could communicate better with
ACTUAL bells and whistles." -Bill Maher 9/25/2003
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