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Old 12-15-2005, 10:00 PM
Ed Hansberry
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Default RSS + SMS = (Insanely Cool OR Insanely Annoying)

http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008706.html

"Yahoo! just enabled every blog and news service in the world to update 200 million American mobile consumers instantly. Every feed, from any source online is now a potential mobile alert service, instantly notifying readers, customers and users of any updates, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week anywhere they happen to be."

Russell seems to be getting all tingly about this. I, on the other hand, am more inclined to post my valid email address in a newsgroup than subscribe to something like this. I like RSS as well as the next guy, but getting an SMS poke every time a blog is updated? Yes, please, send me an SMS from CNN's news feed at 2:14am to alert me that Gerald Ford was released from the hospital or that Time Warner may sell the Braves. :idontthinkso: Maybe it is because on my Pocket PC Phone I can get RSS feeds regardless of where I am. Still, even if I didn't, I can't envision subscribing to this service.
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