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nytimes.com - 7/30/2009

From the Desk of David Pogue - Take Back the Beep Campaign

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Last week, in The Times and on my blog, I've been ranting about one particularly blatant money-grab by U.S. cellphone carriers: the mandatory 15-second voicemail instructions. Suppose you call my cell to leave me a message. First you hear my own voice: "Hi, it's David Pogue. Leave a message, and ...

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pogue.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/30/2009

'Take Back the Beep' Campaign

— pogue.blogs.nytimes.com — You don't have to sit there, waiting to leave your message, listening to a speech recorded by... a third-grade teacher on Ambien. (more) 'Take Back the Beep' Campaign

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db.tidbits.com - 7/30/2009

David Pogue's "Take Back the Beep" Campaign

— db.tidbits.com — Kudos to David Pogue for using his New York Times soapbox to point out how the cellular... carriers are padding their profits by adding short messages to voicemail greetings, to instructions for listening to your own voicemail, and so on. Sure, it's only a few seconds, but when you multiply that ... (more) David Pogue's "Take Back the Beep" Campaign

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broadcast.oreilly.com - 7/31/2009

David Pogue's Top 10 Tips for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 Software - The Latest Edition of ...

— broadcast.oreilly.com — The new iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3.0 software have arrived, and New York Times tech columnist David... Pogue is on top of it with a thoroughly updated edition of iPhone: The Missing Manual. The latest edition covers all models with 3.0 Software--including ... (more) David Pogue's Top 10 Tips for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone ...

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Take Back the Beep campaign aims to slim down voicemail messages
Macworld — ... We complain a lot about the cell phone industry here in the U.S., but how would you like to actually do something about it? New York Times tech columnist David Pogue is mobilizing the armies of the Internet to strike back at one particular dastardly practice of wireless providers: those lengthy messages you get when you’re trying to leave somebody a voicemail. Not only are those messages annoying (“Press ‘5’ to leave a callback number”—really? Who does that?) but they also cost us, the consumer. In fact, Pogue says that several cell executives admitted to him that the ...

David Pogue's "Take Back the Beep" Campaign
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Kudos to David Pogue for using his New York Times soapbox to point out how the cellular carriers are padding their profits by adding short messages to voicemail greetings, to instructions for listening to your own voicemail, and so on. Sure, it's only a few seconds, but when you multiply that by all the times you listen, it adds up. And when you multiply all the times it's heard by all the cellular subscribers in the country (and indeed in the world), you can see how increasing call time by just a little bit can result in real money - our money - for the carriers. ...