Comments on: Old phone user? So long for mobile Twittering http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:23:52 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yesterday was a 1,036,757 tweets day http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365739 Yesterday was a 1,036,757 tweets day Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:09 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365739 [...] The two things Tweetrush doesn’t include, are the direct messages and tweets from protected users. Thus the statistics Tweetrush provide only give an idea of Twitter as a one-to-many tool. That means Twitter is actually more popular than this statistics tool shows us, since many people use it as an alternative for SMS text messages (Well, at least they do in the US, Canada, and India). [...] [...] The two things Tweetrush doesn’t include, are the direct messages and tweets from protected users. Thus the statistics Tweetrush provide only give an idea of Twitter as a one-to-many tool. That means Twitter is actually more popular than this statistics tool shows us, since many people use it as an alternative for SMS text messages (Well, at least they do in the US, Canada, and India). [...]

]]> By: Two nifty ways to still receive Twitter SMS updates http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365738 Two nifty ways to still receive Twitter SMS updates Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:38:22 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365738 [...] Thursday, European Twitterazi experienced a bad start of the day. Their beloved micro blogging service would no longer send SMS updates. Smart phone users can still [...] [...] Thursday, European Twitterazi experienced a bad start of the day. Their beloved micro blogging service would no longer send SMS updates. Smart phone users can still [...]

]]> By: What made Twitter do it: the essential difference between sms handling in Europe and US http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365737 What made Twitter do it: the essential difference between sms handling in Europe and US Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:05:58 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365737 [...] today we wrote about Twitter’s decision to stop sending text messages to phones outside the US, Canada, and India. Due to an essential difference between business models [...] [...] today we wrote about Twitter’s decision to stop sending text messages to phones outside the US, Canada, and India. Due to an essential difference between business models [...]

]]> By: johan http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365736 johan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:51:45 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365736 Africa does not even feature in that email :-( But I've been viewing Twitter feeds via opera Mini, it therefore does not bother me in the least. Africa does not even feature in that email :-(

But I’ve been viewing Twitter feeds via opera Mini, it therefore does not bother me in the least.

]]> By: Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) » Twitter Stops Sending SMS in Europe http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365735 Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) » Twitter Stops Sending SMS in Europe Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:01:58 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365735 [...] They’ve just stopped sending out text messages from the UK number we non-US people use (via The Next Web blog). You can still send messages by SMS, [...] [...] They’ve just stopped sending out text messages from the UK number we non-US people use (via The Next Web blog). You can still send messages by SMS, [...]

]]> By: Twitter by SMS is no more (in the UK) | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365734 Twitter by SMS is no more (in the UK) | Ugh!!'s Greymatter Honeypot Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:20:00 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365734 [...] elegant a solution than SMS. However, if your phone doesn’t have a browser or email support, you’re stuck. Any SMS users out there? How did you find the service? Will you be able to live without it? Will [...] [...] elegant a solution than SMS. However, if your phone doesn’t have a browser or email support, you’re stuck. Any SMS users out there? How did you find the service? Will you be able to live without it? Will [...]

]]> By: Stephanie Booth http://thenextweb.com/2008/08/14/old-phone-user-so-long-for-mobile-twittering/#comment-365733 Stephanie Booth Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:17:15 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=3306#comment-365733 Oh, what a shame! Getting messages by text is one of the great selling points of Twitter, for us poor people living in countries where data costs an arm and a leg. Oh, what a shame! Getting messages by text is one of the great selling points of Twitter, for us poor people living in countries where data costs an arm and a leg.

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