IP: Wireless Valhalla: Hints of the Cellular Future

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Wireless Valhalla: Hints of the Cellular Future

What Do You Call a Scandinavian All-Purpose Communication, Shopping and 
Entertainment Interface? A Phone

By PETER H. LEWIS

HELSINKI, Finland -- It is time for the "S.M.S. Dating Game" on Radio X3M. 
Romance is in the airwaves and Cupid carries a cell phone. Thumbs ready? In 
160 characters or less, use the keypad on your mobile phone to type a 
description of yourself and your interests, and send it to the disc 
jockey's phone using the wildly popular Short Messaging Service.

In minutes, if your description catches the fancy of another mobile phone 
user -- and the odds are good, considering that most Finns over age 15 
carry a wireless phone -- the phone will chirp, warble, vibrate or beep out 
a riff from a popular rock song, signaling that you have a text reply 
waiting on your phone.

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http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/yr/mo/circuits/articles/13nord.html