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OK. I’ve tried to be a faithful Windows Mobile phone user. But can we Windows Mobile people do what iPhone customers can do at Google Voice? For the backgrounder on this, see, for example this story… http://nyti.ms/9xED8w which, by the way was gathered by our Uganda Desk Associate, Lissa. (How does she come up with [...]

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The answer is yes, at least according to the folks at… http://www.o3bnetworks.com/AboutUs/mission.html They’re hoping to get 16 satellites in orbit by 2015, and they’re considering giving away the handsets. How many cell phones are there already… 3 billion? 5 billion? Anyway, this would make 8 billion. Imagine the opportunities for spinning out cell-phone-sized Jesus Films [...]

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These guys… http://niea.mobi/ have it down to a science. If we could just all learn to be so contextualized! :-)

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You can now download (in mp4 format) a strategic 5-minute YouTube video about mobiles and missions: http://www.internetevangelismday.com/mobile-outreach.php (Thanks Tony!)

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Apparently, mobiles are increasingly strategic for Africa. In an article by Ugandan evangelist Kato Miguel, http://www.yesumulungi.com/index.php/commentaries/400-technology-rising-middle-class-and-the-future-of-evangelism-in-africa.html There you’ll find two short videos, one by a mission strategist on the challenge for ministry: http://www.internetevangelismday.com/mobile-outreach.php Long documentary on the use of mobiles in Africa: http://vimeo.com/4664795 (Thanks Tony!)

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Now you can get cheap international roaming rates for US cell phones. Save lots of money, and have one US phone number that will reach you as you travel in multiple countries. To learn more see this short, helpful page at Dial-Abroad.org: http://www.dial-abroad.org/international-mobile-roaming.htm To comment on this item, simply click “Comment” below the item at [...]

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If you’re from the USA and you run on a network that isn’t global (like — Sprint maybe?), you’ll likely need to pick up a different phone for travel. Why buy when you can rent one for just the handful of days you’ll be gone? What’s your favorite vendor? Here’s one such vendor that Brigada [...]

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Here’s a great service for anyone wanting to keep in touch while traveling abroad. They provide a Global SIM card that can be used with any GSM Tri or Quad band phone to travel just about anywhere in the world. You will save as much as 90% or more on cellular calls while traveling abroad. [...]

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Just back from a trip to South Asia. Even after all these years, connectivity *still* isn’t easy. On this trip it hit me like a ton of bricks: The distance between the “have-internets” and the “have-not-internets” seems even wider than before. Back in the 90s, when I would travel overseas, I expected no more than [...]

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Here’s a question from a field worker who writes, “Our mission team is located in a ‘police state.’ We know the police listen to our phone calls regularly. We also know they can use triangulation to locate us. We’re fine with that stuff. :-) But now we’re facing a couple of new concerns: “*** REMOTELY [...]

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Does anyone know of a cell/smart phone that has (or could get) software which would allow an incoming call to (A) immediately be responded to via a text message and (B) simultaneously forward the caller’s information to another assigned phone number? If not, would anyone have the ability or interest to develop a little application [...]

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