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Article: Cell Phone Firms Offer Users Services to Dial for.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2002
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Byline: Marie Beaudette
Aug. 5--Cell phone companies are helping their customers take multitasking to a new level.
They can call in their Starbucks coffee order on the way to work, dial up a round of beers from the bleachers of a ballpark, or even use their hand-held phone as a debit card.
Virtually everything, from shopping to ordering food and entertainment, now can be done using a cell phone, a credit card and a few fingers. Cell phone companies are introducing these new services in a bid to win and retain new customers in a competitive market.
In addition to the features cell phone companies have been hawking, such as wireless Web ...