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  • Can SMS save mobile commerce?

    Let's face it, mobile commerce never delivered on the hype that surrounded it over the last few years. But that doesn't mean mobile commerce is dead, thanks to a new use of an old technology.

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    While people are attracted to the benefits of being able to pay parking meter fees by mobile phone, a recent usability study found there are still many challenges to adoption.

  • M-commerce shows signs of life

    Despite having to pick its way through a labyrinth of semi-bankrupt telecommunications companies in Europe, the tech crash in the US, and a dot-com weary public, mobile commerce is finally showing signs of life.

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  • Meet Mr. I-mode

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  • Can SMS save mobile commerce?

    Let's face it, mobile commerce never delivered on the hype that surrounded it over the last few years. But that doesn't mean mobile commerce is dead, thanks to a new use of an old technology.

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