Advanced Mobile Phones Make Life Easier for Millions
09.25.05 (10:01 pm) [edit]
Advances in mobile hardware technology are occurring almost on a daily basis. On hand the advances are useful, but their potential can only fully be utilized when there are compelling services to support them.
We have come to expect so much from our mobiles. These days simply talking to someone is passé, and expectations for new offerings are very high.
We can agree when they think 2005 will be hailed as one of the more exciting years for the consumer and for the user of the phone.
Some of the new services this year are extensions of existing ones, like "push" email, which means we are automatically notified when a new message arrives in our mobile's inbox.
If you change your picture, for example, a few seconds later it will automatically be updated on your contacts' mobiles
And, in another parallel of the way our phone is aping the evolution of the PC, instant messaging is also in for a makeover.
With features called "presence", you can see which of your contacts are online and who is unavailable.
Another nice feature means you can update your own information.
So if you change your picture, for example, a few seconds later it will automatically be updated on your contacts' mobiles.
Satellite navigation has been with us for some time, but now finding your way around planet Earth has become even easier.
Many phones are now sophisticated enough to house GPS software, which you simply connect to the receiver using a wireless Bluetooth connection.
In a taste of things to come, there are even one or two with built-in receivers. It is not hard to see the advantages.
We have come to expect so much from our mobiles. These days simply talking to someone is passé, and expectations for new offerings are very high.
We can agree when they think 2005 will be hailed as one of the more exciting years for the consumer and for the user of the phone.
Some of the new services this year are extensions of existing ones, like "push" email, which means we are automatically notified when a new message arrives in our mobile's inbox.
If you change your picture, for example, a few seconds later it will automatically be updated on your contacts' mobiles
And, in another parallel of the way our phone is aping the evolution of the PC, instant messaging is also in for a makeover.
With features called "presence", you can see which of your contacts are online and who is unavailable.
Another nice feature means you can update your own information.
So if you change your picture, for example, a few seconds later it will automatically be updated on your contacts' mobiles.
Satellite navigation has been with us for some time, but now finding your way around planet Earth has become even easier.
Many phones are now sophisticated enough to house GPS software, which you simply connect to the receiver using a wireless Bluetooth connection.
In a taste of things to come, there are even one or two with built-in receivers. It is not hard to see the advantages.
SMS Marketing Reaches Stanford as Case Study
09.22.05 (9:45 pm) [edit]
The marketing website exchange4 media featured an article on how the mobile marketing and content development company Mobile2win (M2W) got chosen by the elite Stanford U as a case study on mobile marketing, thus placing the accomplishments of the new economy company firmly in the marketers eye.
The said company is just 3 years old, having been set up by the China-based Contests2win along with Softbank and Siemens. Mobile 2 Win (M2W) has seen tremendous growth, and has the record of creating over 200 campaigns for around 100 brands in both China and India.
The Stanford case study will examine how Mobile2Win creates innovative and effective mobile marketing campaigns for the brands and services of its clients. Under the microscope will be its expert knowledge and expertise of this niche but rapidly growing marketing medium.
The case study will examine real life, brand marketing problems and look at various scenarios for Fortune 500 brands. It will focus on the solutions and thinking that marks a Mobile2win campaign to mobiles. The study has several case studies of leading brands, including Coke, McDonalds, and Frito Lays, among others.
Mobile2win is one of the leading mobile marketing and VAS players in the APAC region. It develops its own proprietary casual mobile games and retails the same to consumers in 50 countries through strategic partnerships with telecom companies, web portals, etc.
Mobile2win also works with over a hundred Fortune 500 clients in India, China and Oman, and delivers customized mobile marketing solutions to them.
Send Happy SMS Around the World
09.21.05 (10:36 pm) [edit]
SMS is the preferred medium to talk, communicate, enquire and have fun anytime round the clock for the fast exploding mobile user population in India.
The pace of growth of Indian cellular telephony has caught up with China’s in sheer numbers. SMS has become popular for all the right reasons and a few wrong ones. People can send a How are you in a flash and get the reply equally fast I am fine. No more jangling phone rings, and waiting for the guy to say hello for the conversation to proceed.
Some smart guys even communicate through missed calls. Their commonly agreed code of one call yes, two calls no, and so on. This helps save the precious talktime between teenagers and youth who survive on tiny pocket money.
SMS is glamorous because you can send music, song, voice mail, video, and photos to your friends, relatives and associates and help them share your fun. Job interviews, marketing offers and bids, auctions and purchases are also done via SMS, making transactions fast and cheap.
Be it brand sales, product promotions or just mass advertising or direct sales, the simplicity of SMS is breaking all records, crossing all barriers. For all reasons, whether personal, or commercial or even professional, the SMS facility works quite like a charm.
The pace of growth of Indian cellular telephony has caught up with China’s in sheer numbers. SMS has become popular for all the right reasons and a few wrong ones. People can send a How are you in a flash and get the reply equally fast I am fine. No more jangling phone rings, and waiting for the guy to say hello for the conversation to proceed.
Some smart guys even communicate through missed calls. Their commonly agreed code of one call yes, two calls no, and so on. This helps save the precious talktime between teenagers and youth who survive on tiny pocket money.
SMS is glamorous because you can send music, song, voice mail, video, and photos to your friends, relatives and associates and help them share your fun. Job interviews, marketing offers and bids, auctions and purchases are also done via SMS, making transactions fast and cheap.
Be it brand sales, product promotions or just mass advertising or direct sales, the simplicity of SMS is breaking all records, crossing all barriers. For all reasons, whether personal, or commercial or even professional, the SMS facility works quite like a charm.
The $20 Mobile is Here to Revolutionize SMS India
09.21.05 (12:53 am) [edit]
Indian engineers working for the German semiconductor major Infineon have developed the world's first mobile phone handset that can work from a pair of off-the-shelf `AAA' size batteries.
When it will be launched early next year, it will be the cheapest mobile phone available, costing between 900 to 1000 rupees, (around $20).
The remarkable feature of this phone is that it will be fuelled by a new system-on-a-chip, a recent development where the radio and audio components that make up a cell phone were combined in a single slab of silicon that was smaller than a finger nail.
The engineers had also tested other versions. One of them was by doubling up the memory chips on board, color to the screen as well as multiple Indian language capability could be added with ease.
Frantic talks are on between eager companies wanting to lay hands on this marvel, and it is a matter of months before customers could get their hands on such sans-frills phones.
When it will be launched early next year, it will be the cheapest mobile phone available, costing between 900 to 1000 rupees, (around $20).
The remarkable feature of this phone is that it will be fuelled by a new system-on-a-chip, a recent development where the radio and audio components that make up a cell phone were combined in a single slab of silicon that was smaller than a finger nail.
The engineers had also tested other versions. One of them was by doubling up the memory chips on board, color to the screen as well as multiple Indian language capability could be added with ease.
Frantic talks are on between eager companies wanting to lay hands on this marvel, and it is a matter of months before customers could get their hands on such sans-frills phones.
A Dot SMS can Paralyse your Mobile Handset
09.20.05 (12:16 am) [edit]
The mobile phone it is considered the next best thing. Yet did you know that if someone sent you a SMS containing just a dozen dots in succession, your phone could crash, which will require the intervention of the manufacturer to rescue it?
First it was just the Internet enabled PC, now it seems even mobile phones are fast emerging as devices most prone to hacking. If you are interested to learn how mobiles can be hacked, just pick up Ankit Fadia's An Ethical Guide To Hacking Mobile Phones. The 19-year-old, who shot to fame as the author of the Unofficial Guide To Ethical Hacking three years ago, feels that with people starting to use mobile phones for financial transactions, hacking becomes more than a childish prank.
" All these years mobile phones were quite safe since you used them only for voice calls and the occasional SMS text message. But now you have email, Bluetooth, GPRS, Edge, and today you are using them to sign digital contracts and even transfer money. So it must be realized that a hacker can do enormous damage. It may be stealing data or denial of service. The hacker can even steal credit card information or you just erase your phone book," says Ankit Fadia. He says in his book, replacing the phone book in your flashy Bluetooth-enabled phone is not so difficult. All that a mischievous person needs to do is to send a phonebook entry with the same name but with a different number to your phone using Bluetooth. And your phone automatically replaces the old entry with the new one. It is shockingly simple.
The mobile phones today are full of loopholes. Just a few months ago the world's first mobile phone virus was released. The Kabir virus originated in Europe and it soon infected mobile phones across the world. You know capturing mobile phone signals is also very easy for which you just need a Bluetooth-enabled laptop.
First it was just the Internet enabled PC, now it seems even mobile phones are fast emerging as devices most prone to hacking. If you are interested to learn how mobiles can be hacked, just pick up Ankit Fadia's An Ethical Guide To Hacking Mobile Phones. The 19-year-old, who shot to fame as the author of the Unofficial Guide To Ethical Hacking three years ago, feels that with people starting to use mobile phones for financial transactions, hacking becomes more than a childish prank.
" All these years mobile phones were quite safe since you used them only for voice calls and the occasional SMS text message. But now you have email, Bluetooth, GPRS, Edge, and today you are using them to sign digital contracts and even transfer money. So it must be realized that a hacker can do enormous damage. It may be stealing data or denial of service. The hacker can even steal credit card information or you just erase your phone book," says Ankit Fadia. He says in his book, replacing the phone book in your flashy Bluetooth-enabled phone is not so difficult. All that a mischievous person needs to do is to send a phonebook entry with the same name but with a different number to your phone using Bluetooth. And your phone automatically replaces the old entry with the new one. It is shockingly simple.
The mobile phones today are full of loopholes. Just a few months ago the world's first mobile phone virus was released. The Kabir virus originated in Europe and it soon infected mobile phones across the world. You know capturing mobile phone signals is also very easy for which you just need a Bluetooth-enabled laptop.
New Software translates Messages into Hindi Script
09.19.05 (2:08 am) [edit]
The Indian sub continent is home to millions of Hindi speaking people. Hindi is the offical language of the Government of India and several Indian states, so the mobile revolution was lacking a punch that only Hindi script called Devnagri could deliver.
A group of scientists have devised a translator chip that can be fitted on to mobile handsets. Incoming messages could be received in Hindi at the flip of a button. What is more, the embedded chip enables a phonetic sound approximation of the word so that people could also pick up the nuances of the language.
Just imagine the phenomenal market the embedded chip will create since the Hindi belt, as the area north of the Vindhyas is known, speaks Hindi by the millions. Illiterates and people with little knowledge of the elite English language would feel at home with such a mobile handset.
There is some more miles to go but very soon Hindi will be the predominant lingua Indica as the ring tones show.
Jai Hind!
A group of scientists have devised a translator chip that can be fitted on to mobile handsets. Incoming messages could be received in Hindi at the flip of a button. What is more, the embedded chip enables a phonetic sound approximation of the word so that people could also pick up the nuances of the language.
Just imagine the phenomenal market the embedded chip will create since the Hindi belt, as the area north of the Vindhyas is known, speaks Hindi by the millions. Illiterates and people with little knowledge of the elite English language would feel at home with such a mobile handset.
There is some more miles to go but very soon Hindi will be the predominant lingua Indica as the ring tones show.
Jai Hind!
Look Ma, I have Three Hands!!! One for SMS India!
09.16.05 (1:40 am) [edit]
The massive expansion of the mobile user population has led to several amusing incidents.
People of all ages have a deep desire to have the mobile phone in their hand. Students of all ages use the missed calls and SMS messages technique to communicate to each other, even in classes, or out. Collegians have devised inventive ways to use the mobile phone to annoy, irritate, amuse, entertain and play their friends in their circle.
Girls are the biggest users of mobiles. It seems they can hardly stay still for more than a minute before the itch to call someone takes over. Girls get a lot of unwanted attention as well from secret admirers who seem to take perverse pleasure in sending them offensive messages and clips.
Mobile camera phones are a big nuisance, even as absolute strangers take snapshots of whatever or whoever takes their fancy. No wonder the celebrities suddenly are running for cover, shunning public places like pubs and restaurants. Even if the papparazi are absent, there is always some mischievous guy snapping up an affectionate moment between two adults.
Music and cinemas are the biggest casualty of the mobile menace. A cacophony of ringtones mars the best moments in an audience's pleasure.
The ultimate moment was when a bridegroom, busy tying the mangalsutra ( wedding chain around the neck) on the bride, stopped to take a call on his mobile to the annoyance of the guests.
People of all ages have a deep desire to have the mobile phone in their hand. Students of all ages use the missed calls and SMS messages technique to communicate to each other, even in classes, or out. Collegians have devised inventive ways to use the mobile phone to annoy, irritate, amuse, entertain and play their friends in their circle.
Girls are the biggest users of mobiles. It seems they can hardly stay still for more than a minute before the itch to call someone takes over. Girls get a lot of unwanted attention as well from secret admirers who seem to take perverse pleasure in sending them offensive messages and clips.
Mobile camera phones are a big nuisance, even as absolute strangers take snapshots of whatever or whoever takes their fancy. No wonder the celebrities suddenly are running for cover, shunning public places like pubs and restaurants. Even if the papparazi are absent, there is always some mischievous guy snapping up an affectionate moment between two adults.
Music and cinemas are the biggest casualty of the mobile menace. A cacophony of ringtones mars the best moments in an audience's pleasure.
The ultimate moment was when a bridegroom, busy tying the mangalsutra ( wedding chain around the neck) on the bride, stopped to take a call on his mobile to the annoyance of the guests.
Is SMS the Fourth Wave?
09.15.05 (12:13 am) [edit]
Alvin Toffler said in his book The Fourth Wave that technology is being reinvented faster than at any other time in Man's history.
Let us check it out. Just sixty years ago, TV was a rarity and it was in black and white. The typewriter ruled our lives. We walked, played longer and ate home food the healthy way.
A watch and a pen was for a lifetime, the telephone something we used for emergencies, the telegram or cable meant bad news and the postman carried letters and bills. The bicycle was our best possession.
The portable radio was our closest attachment and the weekly record purchase was our addition to our stock of music. The theatre was our fantasy place and movies were mostly black and white.
Today, 150 years after the telephone was invented, the latest gizmo is a far cry from the original black phone. Today's phones can be chosen from satellite phones, FM phones, MP3 phones, MMS phones, Music phones and so on.
Blackberry is actually a fusion of a palmtop with a phone as is a Nokia Communicator. A Camera phone records and plays back, and a Blue Tooth is a technology that says Look Ma No Hands! WAP is not a comic strip word anymore.
Now your phone has SMS facility( even basic landlocked phones) to type itty bitty messages, jokes, greetings, advice, sales pitches, enquires, responses to enquiries, place bets, book tickets, contribute to charity, chat up new friends, insult old ones, romance the love in your life, and receive bills to pay.
Yes, Alvin Toffler was right, SMS has revolutionized our lives irreparably for better or worse.
Wait, I think I have received an SMS!
Let us check it out. Just sixty years ago, TV was a rarity and it was in black and white. The typewriter ruled our lives. We walked, played longer and ate home food the healthy way.
A watch and a pen was for a lifetime, the telephone something we used for emergencies, the telegram or cable meant bad news and the postman carried letters and bills. The bicycle was our best possession.
The portable radio was our closest attachment and the weekly record purchase was our addition to our stock of music. The theatre was our fantasy place and movies were mostly black and white.
Today, 150 years after the telephone was invented, the latest gizmo is a far cry from the original black phone. Today's phones can be chosen from satellite phones, FM phones, MP3 phones, MMS phones, Music phones and so on.
Blackberry is actually a fusion of a palmtop with a phone as is a Nokia Communicator. A Camera phone records and plays back, and a Blue Tooth is a technology that says Look Ma No Hands! WAP is not a comic strip word anymore.
Now your phone has SMS facility( even basic landlocked phones) to type itty bitty messages, jokes, greetings, advice, sales pitches, enquires, responses to enquiries, place bets, book tickets, contribute to charity, chat up new friends, insult old ones, romance the love in your life, and receive bills to pay.
Yes, Alvin Toffler was right, SMS has revolutionized our lives irreparably for better or worse.
Wait, I think I have received an SMS!
Welcome to a New Revolution Called ‘One India’
09.14.05 (12:11 am) [edit]
The mobile revolution is just ten years old. What started as a simple phone call from the Chief Minister of an Indian State to the Indian Minister for Communications is today a flourishing industry where mobile phones are an aspirational object.
Indians now number more than a billion souls and the mobile owners population is a measly 55 million. But, when compared to the 50 million landline phones, this number represents a dramatic mind shift in communications.
From little students to CEOs, from collegians to housewives, from executives to business people, from the underdog to underground hoodlum, from the greasy politician to the celebrity movie star, everyone sports a trendy handset. The number of mobile operators has grown exponentially from four nearly a decade ago to twenty-eight today. Handset smuggling is the new buzz word, you will get the latest mobile gizmo at laughable prices. The potential for the market is enormous and fortunes in billions of dollars are to be made.
The One India initiative of the Government of India seeks to integrate the differentials in call rates which is presently less than 200 kms and more than 200 kms. Present tariffs are typically up to Re. 1.00 for a local call upto 200 kms, and Rs. 2 for calls beyond this. One India will mean a uniform rate all over the country.
If the One India initiative succeeds, and the operative word is when rather than if, the mobile market is set to explode to ten times its present size in just two years. The Government is all set to rake in the billions in terms of service tax from the new connections.
Imagine a 500 million mobile toting population of busy Indians! It will be a Cecil B. deMille epic!
Indians now number more than a billion souls and the mobile owners population is a measly 55 million. But, when compared to the 50 million landline phones, this number represents a dramatic mind shift in communications.
From little students to CEOs, from collegians to housewives, from executives to business people, from the underdog to underground hoodlum, from the greasy politician to the celebrity movie star, everyone sports a trendy handset. The number of mobile operators has grown exponentially from four nearly a decade ago to twenty-eight today. Handset smuggling is the new buzz word, you will get the latest mobile gizmo at laughable prices. The potential for the market is enormous and fortunes in billions of dollars are to be made.
The One India initiative of the Government of India seeks to integrate the differentials in call rates which is presently less than 200 kms and more than 200 kms. Present tariffs are typically up to Re. 1.00 for a local call upto 200 kms, and Rs. 2 for calls beyond this. One India will mean a uniform rate all over the country.
If the One India initiative succeeds, and the operative word is when rather than if, the mobile market is set to explode to ten times its present size in just two years. The Government is all set to rake in the billions in terms of service tax from the new connections.
Imagine a 500 million mobile toting population of busy Indians! It will be a Cecil B. deMille epic!
SMS in Indian Insurance Field Grows Strongly
09.09.05 (12:43 am) [edit]
Insurance companies are pulling out all stops to ensure that their customers get swift response and their claims are settled quickly. Initiatives like 24-hour call centers, online networking and use of SMS facility to register claims and send alerts, reminders and sales calls.
This is a far cry from even a few years ago when one had to search for an Insurance agent to get a policy. The open door policy of the government of India resulted in a flood of insurance companies from around the world. Innovative policies, and lightning fast service as well as a purely personal touch to the service has distinguished the new players who have cornered the market by targeting specific sectors like IT and Finance and scored heavily over the moribund government owned Life Insurance Corporation. Today the behemoth has just under 70 percent market share and is a distant also ran in the high stakes corporate insurance stakes.
The new entrants have captured the imagination of the newbie insurance seekers with catchy ad slogans and emotional commercial spots on the TV. They have also utilized the advanced technologies to the hilt. The newest introduction to customers is the facility to renew their AIG policies via SMS, meaning the customer has to send a message 'RENEW' as an SMS to 8888. This SMS service can be accessed by AIG customers through all mobile service providers, throughout the country.
The company also has facilities such as 24 hours Toll Free Helpline, Mobile Claims Van and the 'Green Channel Settlement' initiative for their Auto policyholders. So if you are an AIG customer, if you any query, problem or just want to renew your policy, you know what you have to do, you just have to send an SMS message saying renew to 8888!
This is a far cry from even a few years ago when one had to search for an Insurance agent to get a policy. The open door policy of the government of India resulted in a flood of insurance companies from around the world. Innovative policies, and lightning fast service as well as a purely personal touch to the service has distinguished the new players who have cornered the market by targeting specific sectors like IT and Finance and scored heavily over the moribund government owned Life Insurance Corporation. Today the behemoth has just under 70 percent market share and is a distant also ran in the high stakes corporate insurance stakes.
The new entrants have captured the imagination of the newbie insurance seekers with catchy ad slogans and emotional commercial spots on the TV. They have also utilized the advanced technologies to the hilt. The newest introduction to customers is the facility to renew their AIG policies via SMS, meaning the customer has to send a message 'RENEW' as an SMS to 8888. This SMS service can be accessed by AIG customers through all mobile service providers, throughout the country.
The company also has facilities such as 24 hours Toll Free Helpline, Mobile Claims Van and the 'Green Channel Settlement' initiative for their Auto policyholders. So if you are an AIG customer, if you any query, problem or just want to renew your policy, you know what you have to do, you just have to send an SMS message saying renew to 8888!
SMS Anywhere in the World the Right Way
09.06.05 (1:14 am) [edit]
It is remarkable that one tiny invention the mobile phone was predicted almost a century ago as the most likely invention to happen. The Science Fiction magazines of the last century were fervid to say the least.
Then came the Sci Fi Telly and Film sagas. A whole generation grew up on Star Trek, Batman, Superman, Flash Gordon, and so on.We saw several famous devices like video phones, body phones, talking computers and wrist computers. It was a fascinating era.
Just a few decades later, almost all the fancy devices are among us. None so popular than the colour television and the mobile phone are among us. The electric car, running on anti-matter energy, is still to make its appearance.
A fresh news is that a new kind of mobile phone is busy and has been test marketed in Japan. This nifty piece of electronics is hugely anticipated by the with it young crowd, who is driving the fabulous double digit growth of mobile telephony.
Pretty soon, we may be able to converse with our beloveds by using the coveted video screen. But let us send email or SMS in the meantime. MMS is the best mode to send bits of video or action from your mobile today.
New SMS coming soon.
Then came the Sci Fi Telly and Film sagas. A whole generation grew up on Star Trek, Batman, Superman, Flash Gordon, and so on.We saw several famous devices like video phones, body phones, talking computers and wrist computers. It was a fascinating era.
Just a few decades later, almost all the fancy devices are among us. None so popular than the colour television and the mobile phone are among us. The electric car, running on anti-matter energy, is still to make its appearance.
A fresh news is that a new kind of mobile phone is busy and has been test marketed in Japan. This nifty piece of electronics is hugely anticipated by the with it young crowd, who is driving the fabulous double digit growth of mobile telephony.
Pretty soon, we may be able to converse with our beloveds by using the coveted video screen. But let us send email or SMS in the meantime. MMS is the best mode to send bits of video or action from your mobile today.
New SMS coming soon.
The SMS Dictionary R- Y
09.04.05 (7:53 pm) [edit]
This is the last part of the SMS Dictionary. You are welcome to add to this listing and send us new words for inclusion.
RL real life
RLAD read, love and die
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFUTS rolling on the floor unable to speak
ROTFWTIME rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes
RTFM read the ****ing manual
RUOK Are you ok?
SC stay cool
SFE2E smiling from ear to ear
SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNU sender needs you
SO significant other
SOL sooner or later
SOT short of time
SOTMG short of time must go
SWAK sealed with a kiss
SWL screaming with laughter
SYS see you soon
TA thanks again
TAC times are changing
TAF that's all folks
TILII tell it like it is
TIME tears in my eyes
TMS touch my soul
TNT till next time
TOY thinking of you
TP turn pale
TT till tomorrow
T2YL talk to you later
TUVM thank you very much
UAD you are drunk
UBD user brain damage
UMMC you make ma crazy
UMML you make me laugh
UNAST you need a special training
VBG very big grin
W4U waiting for you
wb welcome back
WT without thinking
WTH Who the heck?/What the hell?
WUWH wish you were here
Y! typically male
YAFIYGI you ask for it, you got it
YBL You'll be sorry!
YG young gentleman
YL young lady
YM young man
END of SMS Dictionary.
RL real life
RLAD read, love and die
ROTFL rolling on the floor laughing
ROTFUTS rolling on the floor unable to speak
ROTFWTIME rolling on the floor with tears in my eyes
RTFM read the ****ing manual
RUOK Are you ok?
SC stay cool
SFE2E smiling from ear to ear
SNERT snot-nosed egotistical rude teenager
SNU sender needs you
SO significant other
SOL sooner or later
SOT short of time
SOTMG short of time must go
SWAK sealed with a kiss
SWL screaming with laughter
SYS see you soon
TA thanks again
TAC times are changing
TAF that's all folks
TILII tell it like it is
TIME tears in my eyes
TMS touch my soul
TNT till next time
TOY thinking of you
TP turn pale
TT till tomorrow
T2YL talk to you later
TUVM thank you very much
UAD you are drunk
UBD user brain damage
UMMC you make ma crazy
UMML you make me laugh
UNAST you need a special training
VBG very big grin
W4U waiting for you
wb welcome back
WT without thinking
WTH Who the heck?/What the hell?
WUWH wish you were here
Y! typically male
YAFIYGI you ask for it, you got it
YBL You'll be sorry!
YG young gentleman
YL young lady
YM young man
END of SMS Dictionary.
The SMS Dictionary I - Q
09.02.05 (7:32 pm) [edit]
IOU1 i owe you 1
IOW in other words
IRL in real life
IWALU I will always love you
J4F just for fun
J4I just for information
JAD just another day
JAM just a minute
JAS just a second
JK just kidding
JMO just my opinion
J2LYK just to let you know
KC keep cool
KIT keep in touch
KMS killing me softly
KOTC kiss on the cheek
KOTL kiss on the lips
L8R later
LG lovely greetings
LHM Lord help me
LHU Lord help us
LL&P Live long and in prosper!
LMHO laughing my head off
LOL lots of laughing/lots of love
LSHMBIB laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
LSHMBH laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTM laughing to myself
LTNS long time no see
LUTA let us talking again
LYWAMH love you wih all my heart
LY love you
MC Merry Christmas
MCAAHNY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
MCIBTY my computer is better than yours
MG many greetings
MM mail me
MTF more to follow
MU miss you
N4E never forever
NA no access
NALOPKT not a lot of people know that
NC no comment
NES never ending story
NN nothing new
NP no problem
NRN no reply necessary
NSN never say never
NT no trust
NU need you
NWO no way out
O4U only for you
OIC oh, I see
OL Ol' Lady (wife)
OM Ol' Man (husband)
OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind
OTOH on the other hand
OTTOMH off the top of my head
PC private chat
PDS Please, don't shoot!
PM private message
PMFJI pardon me for jumping in
PMIGBOM put mind in gear before opening mouth
PMP peed my pants
POAHF put on a happy face
POOF left the chatroom in a puff of smoke
QSL reply
QSO conversation
QT Q-Tip/cutie
More tomorrow
IOW in other words
IRL in real life
IWALU I will always love you
J4F just for fun
J4I just for information
JAD just another day
JAM just a minute
JAS just a second
JK just kidding
JMO just my opinion
J2LYK just to let you know
KC keep cool
KIT keep in touch
KMS killing me softly
KOTC kiss on the cheek
KOTL kiss on the lips
L8R later
LG lovely greetings
LHM Lord help me
LHU Lord help us
LL&P Live long and in prosper!
LMHO laughing my head off
LOL lots of laughing/lots of love
LSHMBIB laughing so hard my belly is bouncing
LSHMBH laughing so hard my belly hurts
LTM laughing to myself
LTNS long time no see
LUTA let us talking again
LYWAMH love you wih all my heart
LY love you
MC Merry Christmas
MCAAHNY Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
MCIBTY my computer is better than yours
MG many greetings
MM mail me
MTF more to follow
MU miss you
N4E never forever
NA no access
NALOPKT not a lot of people know that
NC no comment
NES never ending story
NN nothing new
NP no problem
NRN no reply necessary
NSN never say never
NT no trust
NU need you
NWO no way out
O4U only for you
OIC oh, I see
OL Ol' Lady (wife)
OM Ol' Man (husband)
OOSOOM out of sight, out of mind
OTOH on the other hand
OTTOMH off the top of my head
PC private chat
PDS Please, don't shoot!
PM private message
PMFJI pardon me for jumping in
PMIGBOM put mind in gear before opening mouth
PMP peed my pants
POAHF put on a happy face
POOF left the chatroom in a puff of smoke
QSL reply
QSO conversation
QT Q-Tip/cutie
More tomorrow
The SMS Dictionary F to I
09.01.05 (8:28 pm) [edit]
Part 2 of the Abbreviations you can use in your SMSs.
FOTKL falling on the keyboard laughing
FTL faster than light
FTBOMH from the bottom of my heart
FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt
FWIW for what it's worth
FYA for your amusement
FYE for your entertainment
FYI for your information
grin
GA go ahead
GAGA go amused, go amazed
GAL get a life
GF girl-friend
GFN gone for now
GIGO garbage in, garbage out
GLGH good luck and good hunting
GLIW got lost in web
GMBA giggling my butt off
GMTA great minds think alike
GOK God only knows
GOOML get out of my life
GOWI get on with it
GTSY glad to see you
H2SYS hope to see you soon
H&K hugs and kisses
HABU have a better un'
HB happy birthday
HB2U happy birthday to you
HAGN have a good night
HAND have a nice day
HANT have a nice time
HF have fun
HHIS hanging head in shame
HSIK how should I know
HTH hope that helps
HUMM hope you miss me
IAC in any case
IC I see
IGP I gotta pee
IGTP I got the power
IHA I hate abbreviations (This takes the cake!)
IHU I hate you
IITRT it is the right time
IKU I kill you
ILU I love you
IMO in my opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMPOV in my point of view
FOTKL falling on the keyboard laughing
FTL faster than light
FTBOMH from the bottom of my heart
FUD fear, uncertainty and doubt
FWIW for what it's worth
FYA for your amusement
FYE for your entertainment
FYI for your information
GA go ahead
GAGA go amused, go amazed
GAL get a life
GF girl-friend
GFN gone for now
GIGO garbage in, garbage out
GLGH good luck and good hunting
GLIW got lost in web
GMBA giggling my butt off
GMTA great minds think alike
GOK God only knows
GOOML get out of my life
GOWI get on with it
GTSY glad to see you
H2SYS hope to see you soon
H&K hugs and kisses
HABU have a better un'
HB happy birthday
HB2U happy birthday to you
HAGN have a good night
HAND have a nice day
HANT have a nice time
HF have fun
HHIS hanging head in shame
HSIK how should I know
HTH hope that helps
HUMM hope you miss me
IAC in any case
IC I see
IGP I gotta pee
IGTP I got the power
IHA I hate abbreviations (This takes the cake!)
IHU I hate you
IITRT it is the right time
IKU I kill you
ILU I love you
IMO in my opinion
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMNSHO in my not so humble opinion
IMPOV in my point of view