Short text messages have become a popular means of communication with friends and relatives during holidays. Only in Sweden during New Year's Eve 2009-2010 one of the cellular networks provided 32 million SMS-messages, which means 9 messages per person. In the Chinese New Year on February 14, Ericsson projected 19 billion SMS-messages.Another record of sent SMS-messages has been set during the broadcast of the contest American Idol - 2009 in the United States – a total of 178 million messages.According to Gartner, the number of sent SMS-messages throughout the world for 2010 will be 2.3 trillion.

 Earlier this month Samsung announced that they would not be showing off the Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress. Their reasoning was that it doesn’t make sense to announce a device so early in the year when it’s due to hit store shelves during the end of the ...

 The DROID RAZR MAXX is obviously selling like hot cupcakes these days with Verizon Wireless at one point listing the popular devices as out of stock (along with the LG Revolution and Motorola DROID X2). However, the carrier and Motorola must’ve been working round the clock to fix this “injustice” ...

 With hindsight we can pinpoint the exact day when HTC’s demise began: April 12, 2011. That’s the day that the HTC Sensation was announced, the device that on paper was better than Samsung’s Galaxy S II, but in reality was an incredibly disappointing pile of plastic, metal, and glass. Two ...

 Mobilicity will join (as announced on Twitter) other Canadian carriers which offer the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Price is unknown at the moment, but we do know the launch date – it’s set for February 6th, when our Canadian readers will have one more option to choose from to get the ...

 Canadian Telus announced the availability of the 8107 update for two of its Windows Phone devices – HTC 7 Surround and LG Optimus 7. The carrier prepared a support page advising users to “push the button” and solve the annoying “disappearing keyboard” bug, while fixing some of the other issues ...

Good news for all of you with Window Phone devices – you’ll get 5 hot new games in February. In a staged release, one game will be added to the Windows Phone Marketplace every week, including: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – February 1st ($4.99) ...

 The EDF Energy London Eye has teamed up with Samsung to offer in-capsule experience for visitors using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1s tablet.Each capsule will feature six tablets dotted around the edges, allowing visitors to find details and information on London landmarks which can be seen from the Eye. Moreover, ...