March 25, 2004
Call up the past!
I found this in The Guardian, great for anyone touring London:
Handheld History is a new service launching this Spring, which allows you to use your mobile phone to access history based on London's famous Blue Plaques.
The Blue Plaques which are on buildings all over London, commemorate the achievement of hundreds of men and women who have lived and worked in the city for all or some of their lives. By calling a designated short code or dialling a number, you'll get either basic history by SMS or a short voice biography.
Handheld history will also entertain you through your cell phone if you're waiting in line to get into Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, with some horrible facts about Vlad the Impaler, the original Count Dracula, the death of Joan of Arc, the final days of Adolf Hitler or how Princess Diana was remembered after her death.
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