(Music playing)
Gerard: Cheers, and welcome to another edition of Outside the Inbox, I am Gerard Brightson, thank you so much for tuning in episode three, let me get a zip of this a little quick, hmm, not parch it has been a long day. Actually I got this material like two minutes ago but I am very pleased to announce I am on to get ride into it, we have a special guest with us today.
So check this out, new Cuban President Raul Castro has announced that the tiny communist stronghold will finally allow its people to buy mobile phones and use them, yeah. Do they even have cell phone towers down there, seriously? But I mean they must have because they actually had restricted the previously two government officials and terrorist, I mean tourist.
Do you think they allow it, the terrorist to use? Let us move on. Luckily enough, it just so happens that I have on the phone; that was really funny, I actually kind of work, did it? Sorry man. Luckily enough, we have right now on the phone with us Professor Ramon Chavez from Cuba and he is actually one of the first happy mobile customers. Dr. Chavez welcome to the show, thank you so much.
Gerard: So tell me, how’s it going? Can you hear me?
Dr. Chavez: Hello?
Gerard: There must be some, are you on your phone Dr Chavez?
Dr. Chavez: (Spanish)
Jerry: Oh, great, wonderful Doctor, thank you so much for talking to us. So, tell me how do you like your new life? How do you like your mobility in being able to move around?
Dr. Chavez: (Spanish) He’s my little friend. Well, actually to me a (Spanish). Every time I put it in my back pocket, I sit down, it hurts my butt.
Gerard: Little touching information Dr. Chavez but I am glad to hear that you like your new found freedom, so tell me how is the mobile phone change your life down there in Cuba?
Dr. Chavez: (Spaish)
Gerard: How has the mobile phone change your life in Cuba?
Dr. Chavez: Oh, the mobile phone is good for the--
Gerard: Yeah, okay.
Why don’t we move on to the next story? I started going with the Indian accent there and the whole thing just got completely thrown off, I got to work on that. I just got this recently, I told you guys that. Alright, the hot election to be affected by mobile marketing is not in the United States Barak Obama, he is in Zimbabwe baby, that’s right. According to cellular news reports that political leaders and parties on both sides use SMS campaign messages to diss each other. I’m not kidding you. One popular text message goes like this and I am going to read it and this actually really was a text message.
Text Message: President Robert Mugabi should be sent to farm while Morgan Steven Gary should be sent to school and Simba McConaughey be allowed to rule, it is very hard to pronounce their names. That is a true text message and you know what? Maybe the US, Canada should follow, what do you think? One of the interesting actually, what do we not do the study right now? What have we find out what it’s like in Iraq natures camp? Okay, to do a text message, I’m just going to do it in a form of a rap, what do you guys say? Do you guys want that? Sounds good?
Alright, why won’t you give me a beat here, let’s go, give me a beat. There you go, come on, give me a beat, alright, okay, because break it down, ready?
(raps)
You have heard that, you have heard that? Is that too hot for you? I know, I am no Eminem. It was probably the whitest rap that I have ever been heard before in my life but if you recommend when you’re watching? Talk to me, I take offers.
His number is 888-555-1212, Okay, the last story that comes to us; this is interesting, this is a really actually quite amazing. Text messaging left in astonishing 157% last December. Yeah, according to the CTIA we all know that stands for the sexual romance, you know that? Essential Intelligence in Texting Agency and I just screw that up so bad because it actually stands for Cellular Telecom Industry Association. So, we will just say that right for the record.
Anyway, the CTIA says that more than 48 billion text messages were sent in December, okay. That’s 1.6 Billion a day people, a day. Imagine, 1.6 Billion, you cannot even do 100Million things in your lifetime, a little 1.6 Billion. Text messaging is blooming and actually, that 157% was the growth from the previous December. You know now that you know, Cuba has been a lot of come out and play and we might see those numbers increase by six? Oh, wait a second, make that seven.
Raul, how, it is good to hear from you? Congratulations to your new found freedom and the ability to-- I can text this fast, and the ability to purchase mobile phones. Otherwise, it still cannot visit you where I can, but I have to flight to Mexico and then take a chartered jet to; never mind, just send cigars, love, Big Papa. And I am Jerry Brightson, this was Outside the Inbox and let us go ahead and walk back to my office.
Good, I might have picked up the Neptune’s new album, you know.
Female: Hello.
Jerry: Hi, what is going on around here? Oh okay, I didn’t know my office running out. Hi, I am Gerard, nice to meet you, how are you doing?
Female: This is Valerie.
Jerry: Hi Valerie, Gerard Brightson. Heather, Heather, hi Heather, how are you? Good. Alright, well, I am going home for today so enjoy my office, there is beer in the fridge, you want the hard liquor it is in back of my place.
(Music playing)
Transcription by:
Scribe4you Transcription Services