I am sure you have all heard of the website called twitter. Just this past week, they bought a text messaging company called cloudhopper. Twitter first started out as a text messaging service, the reason the tweets are only 140 characters long is the length of a text message. Cloudhopper will help twitter connect directly to mobile carrier networks around the world. The new york times says that twitter now processes more than one billion tweets a month.
Cloudhopper has already been working with twitter to connect its service directly with mobile characters around the world, this is so the users do not have to pay extra to send or receive message tweets. Now using twitter with text messaging is useful in developing countries because people there do not always have web-enabled phones, and the majority of twitter users are outside of the united states. One example said by the new york times was one way developing countries use twitter is for farmers in rural India so they are able to tweet that a fresh crop is for sale.
Many people think about twitter as a web-tool and use it on their phones or online. Evan Williams a co-founder of twitter says that there is "untapped potential" with twitter text message usage and that mobile is where most of the usage will happen. To this day, I do not really know what the point of twitter is. From watching tv I see that many celebrities have twitter and I do not really find a huge purpose for it. From what I know, It seems like people will tweet every few hours to say what they are doing, who they're with, and what new thing they have. Personally I do not find this interesting, therefore I do not have a twitter. Maybe there is more to it, but like I said I don't really know much about it. I find it interesting that twitter is in developing countries and people use it to sell there goods. This is a good way to advertise but not tell the world about everything you are doing, etc.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Verizon iphone
Im sure many of you have heard rumors of the iphone coming to verizon. I have read so many different theories of what will be happening with the phone. They say its coming out on a certain date, but they say that it is just a "rumor" that verizon will carry the iphone. This frustrates me because before I came to Valley City, I had an iphone with At&t but had to cancel my plan because it didn't work here. I really enjoyed having that phone because it was easy for me to check email, call, text, etc. It really is a "smart" phone. On this website it says that Verizon's CEO Ivan Seidenberg says that the company has told apple they want to carry the iphone. The CEO cited in a recent Wall Street Journal report that apple was working on a version of the iphone which will be compatible with Verizon's network.
As of right now, At&t has the rights to the iPhone in the United States, they have not said anything on the speculation of the new iPhone model. Verizon wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the U.S and has been aggressive in marketing phones based on googles android operating system. Apple made the iPhone to be compatable with the GSM networks while other phone carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, and Nextel are all on CDMA networks.
The wait for the iPhone may be a long wait according to CNN due to the production of the iPhone compatibility with CDMA networks and the exclusive contract At&t has with the apple company. One other setback to the iPhone in the Verizon network is you will not be able to use your headset or have your phone on speaker and surf the web. This is one thing that I loved when using my phone because whenever I would talk to someone, I could go on the internet to say for instance, check what time a movie was, or look for places to eat. We have all seen the commercials with Luke Wilson showing himself talking on the phone and going on the web at the same time, this is very good use of the phone, i believe.
Personally, I feel that if the iPhone were to come to Verizon, I would purchase it because that is how much I really liked that phone when I had it. One setback to the iPhone is having to pay the monthly talk and text bill plus the use of internet which for me was $100 added a month.
As of right now, At&t has the rights to the iPhone in the United States, they have not said anything on the speculation of the new iPhone model. Verizon wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the U.S and has been aggressive in marketing phones based on googles android operating system. Apple made the iPhone to be compatable with the GSM networks while other phone carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, and Nextel are all on CDMA networks.
The wait for the iPhone may be a long wait according to CNN due to the production of the iPhone compatibility with CDMA networks and the exclusive contract At&t has with the apple company. One other setback to the iPhone in the Verizon network is you will not be able to use your headset or have your phone on speaker and surf the web. This is one thing that I loved when using my phone because whenever I would talk to someone, I could go on the internet to say for instance, check what time a movie was, or look for places to eat. We have all seen the commercials with Luke Wilson showing himself talking on the phone and going on the web at the same time, this is very good use of the phone, i believe.
Personally, I feel that if the iPhone were to come to Verizon, I would purchase it because that is how much I really liked that phone when I had it. One setback to the iPhone is having to pay the monthly talk and text bill plus the use of internet which for me was $100 added a month.
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