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From Duncan Lamb's blog, via InfoWorld.

The same story from BigBlueBall.com, via MediaPost.

Keitai Log is back! This feature is an occasional Web diary by a group of Tokyo college students who are researching the changing role of cell phones -- keitai -- in Japanese society. Check in often for new musings from our keitai team reporting in from the wireless capital of the world.

From SmartMobs:

A question for the blogosphere: I'm hearing rumors that US presidential election polls are way off, since they're not touching cell phones. I can't get a good piece on this yet, though. All I can find are opinion columns, a few notes in other places, and descriptions of pollsters being blocked from calling mobile users.

If this is true, and a real problem, how do we integrate mobile phone telephone into building pictures of public opinion? What applications have emerged which let us do that? If we don't, how far off are poll results?

Click above for link/comments at SmartMobs, and an interesting take on the subject here: The polls may be dying

... from Wired, a piece on IMVU (from the guy behind the impressive There.com) and the new AIM 3-D SuperBuddy icons.

from textually.org:

Language technology company Linguit has announced the UK-wide launch of Nuggets.net, an automatic question answering service for mobile phone users based on SMS technology, cf company press release.

Another survey, this time from Pew Internet & American Life.

OZ announces that with a pre-loaded IM Client on the Nokia 6800 messaging phone, T-Mobile USA subscribers are now able to access the four major instant messaging (IM) providers (AOL™, ICQ®, MSN®, and Yahoo!®) - via one device. Providing access to, and billing for, the IM services is the OZ Mobile IM Gateway.

... more in the press release (title link)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" will soon be the only syndicated TV series to add a real-time interactive element during production tapings.

Anyone who adds the screen name "MillionaireIM" to their AOL Instant Messenger Buddy List feature can receive actual game questions via instant message (or mobile instant message, for those appropriately equipped). Fans who aren't America Online members or AIM users can visit http://www.millionairetv.com to learn more and to download AIM for free.

... more in the Yahoo link above.

I have a few gmail invitations to give away - if you're interested, leave a comment here...

From the Get Real blog