Cross-Carrier Mobile Postcard Service Launches; Wish You Were Here(SM) Cameraphone Postcards Enable Users to Send Personalized Postcards from Their Phones.Personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. Souvenirs with Just "One Phone, Two Thumbs, and Three Minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. " NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Travelers now have an easy way to send a personalized postcard and avoid wasting time searching for stamps or a post office. Grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl can now get their mobile phone-obsessed grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. to send them pictures for their refrigerators. What happens in Vegas might no longer stay there. Wish You Were Here(SM) cameraphone postcards are real postcards, personalized with a user's photo, and mailed right from a mobile phone. Users simply text "WYWH WYWH Wish You Were Here " to the shortcode "69626" from their mobile phone to start using the service. They can turn that great snapshot taken with their phone into a postcard by just sending the picture to WYWH.mobi and visiting a simple mobile web site to enter a personal caption, message, and address. The WYWH(SM) service then prints and mails the postcard on the user's behalf. No download is required to use the service, which relies only on SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. and a mobile phone browser like the one found on an iPhone, Treo, Blackberry, or Razr. Mobile browsers A mobile browser (earlier referred to as a microbrowser or minibrowser) is a web browser designed for use on a mobile device such as a mobile phone or PDA. Mobile browsers are optimised so as to display Web content most effectively for small screens on portable are now found on thousands of phone models. The service launched this week with support from several U.S. carriers including AT&T, NEXTEL/Sprint, CellularOne, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile and will soon be available on other major carriers. Customers can make their purchase by charging their wireless phone bill, as millions already do for ring-tones and other mobile content, or they can create an account at WYWH.mobi and pay via credit card or PayPal. The cost per postcard is $1.99 and includes printing, postage, and mailing of the postcard to any U.S. address. Customers can also purchase discounted pre-paid packs to store with their account. Standard text messaging rates apply. "We hope our new customers will have as much fun and be as engaged as our pre-release users", said Michael Angst angst 1 n. A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression. angst 2 abbr. angstrom , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Stolen Bases (www.stolenbases.com), one of the two companies that partnered to provide the service. "We saw a wide range of uses -- from the couple that sent postcards from the top of the slopes in Aspen to the user who snapped a picture of a broken traffic sign to send to his mayor. I used it this week to help my daughter send a few personalized Valentines to our family." The mobile postcard service will also be available through an affiliate program. This program allows organizations of any size to reserve a keyword and provide branded postcards as a souvenir, promotion, or service. "We are working on affiliate deals with sports teams, bands, and other event-driven organizations, where quickly sending a personalized, branded souvenir postcard provides a fun, innovative, viral mobile service that can generate additional revenues", said Kris Ramanathan, CEO of netomat (www.netomat.com), the company that provides the mobile infrastructure that powers the service. "Our first affiliate partner, Family Travel Forum, was pleased that we gave parents a way to manage usage. Their customers rely on them to provide family-friendly travel advice and resources, including tips for kids traveling on their own." added Michael. "Parents can fund, then replenish, their teens' use of the service when sending postcards from camp, concerts, college or Spring Break." Try it Now! Just text WYWH to 69626. About WYWH WYWH is a recently launched joint venture between netomat (www.netomat.com), a leader in mobile community solutions, and Stolen Bases (www.stolenbases.com), a Company that brings big-company capabilities to individuals, small businesses, and disenfranchised communities. About Family Travel Forum Founded in 1996 for travelers who "Have Kids, Still Travel," Family Travel Forum (www.familytravelforum.com) provides vacation websites that contain vast libraries of destination research, including first-hand reviews of tropical and ski resorts, attractions, reunions and multi-generational travel, holiday weekends, family festivals, cruises and more. |
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