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Applespider said:
...in the forests of the night (and then something about fearful symmetry)

Either way it's the first line of 'Tiger' by William Blake.
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*Tips hat to Applespider*
 
Wow! Because of the Send SMS thing I would FOR SURE buy Tiger!! I can't wait!! YEEE! I hope it's not limited to US only or whatnot. I'd be piiiiissed.
 
JFreak said:
i can now see what you talk about - just last week i visited us/canada and was astonished how little you guys use cellular technologies. i mean - really - regarding cell tech you are so 80's over there :D before that visit i couldn't have understood that at all.

in finland, sms is so everyday and ordinary that even 8-yr-old kids do it on a regular basis. and 80-yr-old seniors too. everybody just sms when some little bits of information has to be delivered - fast and easy. you will get hooked some day...
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the '8yr-old kids' are the ones using all the cool tech here in the USA. Generally this means the under-25 crowd :) I live off of SMS sometimes. Its just easier when you are busy. We are behind in cell-tech, but thats not due to the market >:eek:
 
I wonder if they'll use this in the marketing?

The Black Rock said:
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright...*

*who can place that one?
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Blake actually wrote it as "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright..." but I certainly knew what you meant.

I'm thinking some of it might make good marketing for the new Mac OS:
"On what wings dare he aspire?*
What the hand dare seize the fire?*"

Cheers
 
veedubdrew said:
Believe it. I get charged US $0.10 for each incoming text message.

-Drew
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A little while ago I heard an interview with some exec. from Vodaphone UK on the radio. He dropped the statistic that on the stroke of mid-night New Years Eve 2003 13million SMS messages were sent in the UK saying 'Happy New Year'. That's about £1.3million in just a few seconds (and that could've been just Vodaphone).

If I was a US mobile phone company I'd set my system to text every subscriber a 'Happy New Year' message and sit back while the cash rolled in. Most people would just assume another friend was texting them and never question it. :D
 
There were 133 million UK SMS sent on 1 Jan 2005! And 26 billion in 2004 as a whole.

The two links above give some of the more creative ways to use them in addition to airlines letting you know flights are on time, the London Underground sending you details of problems in your commute. Did you know you can type GOODPUB to number 81530 to get a text back with details of your nearest good pub? and then NEXT to the same number to find the next one on the crawl? :)
 
mpw said:
A little while ago I heard an interview with some exec. from Vodaphone UK on the radio. He dropped the statistic that on the stroke of mid-night New Years Eve 2003 13million SMS messages were sent in the UK saying 'Happy New Year'. That's about £1.3million in just a few seconds (and that could've been just Vodaphone).

If I was a US mobile phone company I'd set my system to text every subscriber a 'Happy New Year' message and sit back while the cash rolled in. Most people would just assume another friend was texting them and never question it. :D
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I'd guess that's just Vodafone. The UK has a population of (I think) 55 million and we have more mobile phones than people! The problem with this is that the mobile networks grind to a halt at midnight at new year...
 
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