Why SMS Advertising from 4INFO research
Updates from January, 2010
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Ivan Komarov
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USSD and SIM
Ivan Komarov
You just never know it all.
I have an upgrade! I got myself an iPAQ. Yes, not an iPhone. Not a gPhone. A times (sic!) cheaper – they tricked me of course in Metro about VAT but still, 8000 rubles which is about $250, for a device which:
Has 3G (so I can access fast Internet in many places around Novosibirsk)
Quad band (can use in the States)
QWERTY keyboard (Ow, I am liking it now!)
Windows Mobile (so I can use Skype)
WiFi (so I don’t need to take out the biggie — Dell 1525)
Touch Screen (which is really used with non-Microsoft programs like Skyfire which rightfully got next round of financing recently)
SD card slot (so my $5 1Gb card can have photos)
3MP camera (stinker, but OK)
Oh, yeah, GP freaking S!
Cool ah? Seems like everybody’s home now. ) It’s called 914, business manager. Gee, call it a blogger or so.
Anyway. So I have it. Of course, I already know where a hard reset is and all that. I used to play with those devices when I was in Vito Technology. (At the time we designed cool navigation software SmartMap.)
Roight. And then I am asked to send an SMS. Wait! Before I tried to get settings for 3g (though it is easy to set it up nowadays without any settings). I see *111# does not work. Big deal. May be a glitch (so call Galich – our tech guru guy).
So. SMS. It does not send! Geez. SMS! Bill! Open your Gates! I need it!
Anyway. No SMS. No USSD 2. WTF. I don’t sleep 2 nights. I find – check SIM card.
I got a new one today – a replacement for my wife’s stolen one. (Beware of shopping mall thieves!) (Actually that’s how the whole story with buying a new phone happened.)
VIOLA! SMS sent. USSD 2 *111# works. New SIM. Old SIM and iPAQ can not work together. So beware of this.
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List of LatAm SMS Aggregators
Ivan Komarov
Cyclelogic (All LatAm): http://www.cyclelogic.com/
Buongiorno (All LatAm): http://www.buongiorno.com/index.html
WAU Movil (LatAm Spanish): http://www.wau.com/eng/nosotros.htm
NetPeople (LatAm Spanish): http://200.74.193.110 /sobre.htm
PureBros (Brazil): http://purebros.com/
OKTO/Spring Wireless (Brazil & Mexico): http://www.okto.com.br/index.php
Compera nTime/Yavox (Brazil): http://www.comperantime.com/pt/index.htm
Hanzo (Brazil): http://www.hanzo.com.br/port/index.php