Everything About Mobile Phones

When a song gets stuck in your head, it’s hard to stop singing the tune and break into chorus. Why try to fight the song when you can turn it into your own personalized ringtone? Any song you want, whether it’s stuck in your head or not, can be turned into your iPhone’s ringtone.

The iPhone ringtone maker allows you to convert any audio file into a ringtone in M4R format. If you only enjoy the chorus, verse or even just the bridge of a song, you can cut that part of the song and just wait until somebody calls to hear that funky music. You can even extract the sound tracks off a video file and save it right into your iPhone. You can even add a few special effects to the ringtone, like a dramatic fade out or a surprising fade in effect. After creating the personalized ringtone you can directly upload it to your iPhone. Of course, before uploading the ringtone to your iPhone you have to listen to ringtone to make sure that’s what you wanted in the first place. If not, you can always go back and cut or add some clips off the track.

This application isn’t only an iPhone ringtone converter but is also an iPhone ringtone maker as well. If you feel like you can mash-up two songs together to make one epic ringtone don’t hesitate to do so because this application can support all kinds of audio formats such as MP3, WMA, RA, M4A, AAC, OGG, etc.

Accessing your web content through mobile phones has become a trend these days. Consequently, SharePoint 2010 has been designed for improved ability for access of sites and content from mobile phones using a modem micro browser and an access gateway.

Take advantage of SharePoint mobile access feature and other useful features of SharePoint 2010 hosting, SharePoint Foundation hosting or SharePoint Server 2010 – with shared or dedicated hosting by a leading SharePoint 2010 hosting provider.

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation provides architecture to support mobile access to SharePoint pages and list data. Users of mobile devices navigate to the same URL as the users of desktop browsers. The mobile device is automatically redirected to a version of the page that is optimized for mobile devices. From there, users can use navigation links in the footer section of the mobile page to navigate among the home page, the all content (”list of lists”) page, list view pages, and mobile version of custom site pages including Web Part pages and wiki-enabled pages. There are also mobile versions of the New item, Edit item, and Display item forms. Any list that has a mobile view is accessible. A mobile view is simply a standard SharePoint list view marked for additional use as a mobile list view.

As SharePoint has different set of pages for mobile access, it also has an entirely separate set of controls for the mobile pages. Unlike server controls of the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace which are typically used in Web site pages displayed in the browser, SharePoint Foundation mobile controls of the Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileControls namespace used in mobile pages inherit from Microsoft ASP.NET controls of the System.Web.UI.MobileControls namespace.

Mobile access to the Web-based team sites connects people, organizations, suppliers, and customers no matter where they are. With mobile access to team sites, you get a powerful solution that offers an immediate venue for expressing ideas and communicating in a collaborative environment. Most important, mobile access to workspaces can help your organization more effectively handle three of the primary challenges of working on team projects:

o Getting timely approvals
o Coordinating team efforts
o Tracking outstanding issues in near real time
SharePoint 2010 is truly ready for the challenges of mobile access from anywhere.

Tweens are far more satisfied with their mobile phones than adults are and that the mobile phones fulfill children’s expectations to a much higher degree. Still, brands are not able to turn tweens into loyal customers who will recommend their mobile phones to friends. Tweens’ loyalty is lower than what is experienced for adults and the relationship between satisfaction and loyalty is very weak.

This study draws on the uses and gratifications framework to examine expanded use of a hybrid medium—the mobile phone—for mass communications and entertainment. Results of a telephone survey of 208 users show different motivations predict diverse uses of the mobile phone. Instrumental use motives drive the use of the mobile phone for news-seeking and Web-surfing.

A variety of satellite systems, soon to go into orbit, will bounce voice and data between wireless handheld phones anywhere on Earth. Peripatetic users will be able to switch at will between conventional terrestrial service and the new satellite systems wherever they roam. Some of the satellite-based land mobile services are or will be worldwide, others cover broad geographical regions.

This idea comes from a Harvard economist. But Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein put the idea into action as the “Million” Motivation Campaign. This program gives free cellphone air time to high-performing students. It’s like a motivating thing for the kids to continue doing well in academics. About 2,500 students in seven middle schools are already involved. Free “minutes” and other rewards are expected if these kids achieve the academic goals set by their respective principals.

Hmm… would I have seen this as an incentive when I was a teen? Nah… I hated (and still do) phone conversations. But if they were talking about free movie passes or book coupons… oh geez!

I’m a geek… I know!

SOURCE: New York Times

Aha! Personally, I think the part of the cell phone that gets the most abuse is not actually the camera, but the battery. If your cell phone has been always losing power recently or if gives up on you in the middle of a very important call, then you’d better learn how to take care of your battery better.

I often thought that cell phones are used for emergencies only, unless your work needs you to stay glued to your phone all day. I suggest limiting the length of your calls if they�re not exactly important. You can always use your home (or office) phone.

This goes with playing cell phone games, browsing the internet, listening to music, taking pictures etc. Just limit your use of them and prolong the longevity of your power supply.

If you�re traveling to a place where there is no connection or has bad connection, then don�t bother checking for connection. For extreme power conservation, you can even turn your phone off.

Change the back light setting of you phone. You don�t need the extra light during the day so can turn it off for the meantime. Or you can just adjust the settings so that the light goes on for a few seconds before turning itself off automatically.

I am not exactly fond of Hello Kitty stuff even when I was a kid but I have no problem if other people love them. Since I am a very kind person, I will indulge said people and present you – Tada!

Image from Blog Big Dutch

Yes, you’re seeing it right – a pink (or purple) Hello-Kitty themed bluetooth headset that you can pair with your cute pink (or purple) Hello-Kitty themed cell phones. Er, before you say, “Kyaaa!” just yet, I’d like to warn you that the price just maybe more than you’re a month’s allowance. But then again’

Source: Engadget

Apple has released a warning to iPhone users and buyers about downloading unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs that are rampantly available on the Internet. Company executives state that these programs can cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software. It’s better to wait for official software updates because any damage caused by said unauthorized programs is not covered by iPhone’s warranty. Besides, the new update will include exciting new features such as iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, not to mention that you only have to wait a few days for that one as it will be released later this week. So be warned, iPhone republic (catch phrase mine), and listen to your elders.

Source: Engadget

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Sweden’s Mobycator is pretty chummy with cell phone company Nokia as it has recently launched a media publishing system for the Nokia S60 models. This system called Mobypal is a free application that allows customers to publish and store photos and videos on the Internet in a flash. Media can be uploaded to the server via WLAN, 3G or Edge at the original resolution without reducing the quality when published on the site. Another feature is a Mobypal Face book plug-in for users who want to categorize certain media as “blog” which will then be directed to the user’s Face book account after uploading. All of these free of charge!

Mobypal can be downloaded here

Source: CameraCore