The National Weather Service will begin sending severe weather warnings for smartphone owners in the path of a dangerous storm.
This new Emergency NWS Wireless Alarm system would be able to warn Americans about the weather to come, even if they do not watch television or listen to the radio. The system will tell people about approaching tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, flash floods, extreme winds, snow and ice storms and dust storms.
Warning will come in the form of free text messages to be no more than 90 characters and will be sent to the "late-model smartphone" later will sound a special alert and vibrate.
Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will offer a nationwide service, while AT & T will only be offered in New York City, Washington, DC and Portland, Oregon. AT & T says it has plans to add additional markets in the future. Apple will support this service this fall, although it is not clear whether the older iPhone models will be supported.
Warning will come in the form of free text messages to be no more than 90 characters and will be sent to the "late-model smartphone" later will sound a special alert and vibrate.
Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will offer a nationwide service, while AT & T will only be offered in New York City, Washington, DC and Portland, Oregon. AT & T says it has plans to add additional markets in the future. Apple will support this service this fall, although it is not clear whether the older iPhone models will be supported.
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