Molecularist

Out of the blue, a reporter contacted me because she had read that I regularly send a bunch of text messages on New Year (and Mid-summer). So, now I have another quote.

Are you guys big texters during large events?

Link: Still ringing in the new year? Try texting – The Boston Globe.

As the ball drops this New Year’s Eve, a record number of revelers will hit their keypads, sending festive text messages and emoticon kisses to friends and family using their cellphones.

One thing I didn’t tell her was that I save all my messages in Lifeblog. Much easier to save, considering the amount of messages I normally send in a year.

Hmm, I’ve been in the news a bit too much this past month…

I’d like to think I had some influence on the man making the quote below, but, like me, he’s probably part of a long chain of folks who have been talking about the potential of mobile devices in emerging markets for some time now.

I know that I was brought into this ‘club’ by Chris over a year ago (and I’ve spoken and written about it quite a bit). It’s been great to see as this meme got broader and deeper and now we see so many examples of how folks are not only leap-frogging over fixed telecoms, but also the desktop Internet.

Yeah.

Link: Mobiles offer more than voice in developing markets | InfoWorld | News | 2006-12-13 | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service.

Those subscribers are doing more than talking. "Mobile is becoming a significant way to access the Web and a growing number of people will get their first experience of the Net on a mobile device," said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, president and chief executive at Nokia, during a recent investors conference.