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Has anyone seen reports on the use of Blackberries in U.S. House congressional campaigns? I understand that post-Sept 11 the use of the Blackberry RIM for wireless e-mail really took off in the U.S. House. <http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/10/11/011011hncongress.xm l> It seems only logical that such devices will find their way into the command and control operations of incumbent House political campaigns. What about the use of SMS for those in text messaging mobile phone by campaigns? While the Labour Party in the UK is using it for slogan campaigns <http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=1651>, has anyone studied structured behind the scenes uses? What about handheld content? From: http://www.avantgo.com/products/customers/other.html U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATE [media alert] [success story] The Republican U.S. Senate is using the AvantGo M-Business Server to deploy policy papers, news and Senate updates, as well as scheduling changes to any mobile device. For many senators, this mobile solution has removed the need to print and carry around large, awkward binders of printed material that many be out of date within days. Senators are saving thousands of dollars on printing costs per session. See: http://www.avantgo.com/products/pdfs/success_story_senate.pdf More: http://www.esj.com/case_studies/article.asp?EditorialsID=6 http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no7/news/3926-1.html I see that campaign sites by AJY are using Avantgo for mobile editions: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q=mobile.asp+aj y What about others? Steven Clift Democracies Online ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
