Everything About Mobile Phones

The much loved mobile phone and their smarter kin, the smart phone would be capable of playing and receiving streaming video of movies you may purchase from online sites like the much famed HULU. Huge advances in streaming video and 3G transmission hardware and software are all coming together to allow the latest phones to playback full-length movies as if you were at your desktop or laptop. Another of the great advances have been in the memory arena where the next generation of iPhone would have a total of 32 gigabytes of ram with expansion slots to match allowing full customization of the much loved smart phone. Read the rest of this entry »

The next marketing trend, viral ads have turned advertising not only as informative tools but also as fun tools you enjoy while you get advertising. Viral ads are here to stay and it is hailed by many as the next mass marketing tool the world over. Almost everybody has a mobile and with them comes an untapped market for ad companies. Having ads sent to your mobile is as easy as an sms message and its costing next to nothing. Everybody from burger chains to just about any form and shape of industry, they’re jumping in.

“All viral means is that you’ve created a message that people want to share,” says Gregg Spiridellis, who founded animation and design studio JibJab with his brother. “If people want to pass it along, that’s what brand marketing is all about.”

An effective viral ad is something that people have fun with and pass along in the process, and that is what advertising is all about. In the age of the social internet, that is one of the advantages of haviong all your friends just a click away. You get to share and enjoy stuff online that would be impossible physically due to distance and time limitations. Viral ads are the way to go and more and more people would surely get onto the fad as time and technology speeds up the way people communicate over the internet and beyond.

Very soon, for many of the parts manufacturers for the much loved smart phone have already received orders for parts and other components with an expected total production count of around half a million. It may still be quite early to tell but they have made it known that it would be hitting the shelves really soon. It is seen to have a full HD Video playback capability which would be a reprieve on the first two generations and the iPod Touch’s lack of that said feature. Read the rest of this entry »

Samsung has again gone a step further with their Omnia Line of phones that use the latest in display technologies, Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) technology. One of first to utilize the benefits of a display that does not require a back-lighting system thus lowering the power consumption of mobiles. Being hailed as the next step in display technologies, major industry players have been trying to develop their own lines of devices based on the technology due to many advantages compared to current display technologies. Read the rest of this entry »

If you want to increase the life span of your mobile phone and avoid the hassle of transferring or even losing your precious data, here are a few basic tips to help you out:

1. Invest in good cases
Cases guard your phone from falls and scratches, and in your case is they type that’s water resistant, then it also guards against water damage as well.

2. Don’t leave it anywhere.
You might be surprised at how many people leave their gadgets lying around. If you don’t want to lose it, keep it near you at all times.

3. Be conscious about where you bring it.
There are place where you can use it, and places where you can’t. Just because it’s “mobile” doesn’t mean that it’s meant to be used in the john. Or on the beach. really. You should know better.

Well, more of your health rather than your phone’s, for being one of our most used gadgets they are also the dirtiest so regular care and cleaning is in order. There can be so much dirt and grime on your phone that it can even cause some functions to, well malfunction. Keypads cease to function, the display dims and other keys seize up. Get a well used phone cleaned from time to time in the service center to remove any dirt that may find it’s way into the casing, reaching the internal electronics. The nooks and crannies are a favorite breeding ground for bacteria and viruses (cold virus and more). Though considered to be throw-away items due to their compact design, any failure is mostly sure to be sign of a need for a replacement.
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Nokia’s got a great looking mobile phone coming out soon, and it’s called the N97, here’s a snippet of the review of it below:

So, what exactly do you get with the Nokia N97? The large touchscreen display is an obvious place to start – the 640 x 360 pixel display is the same resolution as the 5800, but the N97’s panel is larger at 3.5″. As with the 5800, this is a touch-sensitive widescreen unit, Nokia call this resolution “nHD” which we guess is “near HD”. It’s almost the same as the VGA resolution that we have seen in some rival devices, but the E90 manages a 4″ 800 x 352 non-touch screen, and the N810 is 800 x 400 pixels and 4.1″. Crucially though, the N97’s display does look to be better than the arch-rival Apple iPhone 3G. The N97 also lacks the TV tuner from the N96, and there’s no mention of an FM radio either.

More details and review here.

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It is always best to observe proper manners in everything we do. The ubiquity of mobile phones nowadays have given rise to so many rude habits from its users. It is but fair to observe some courtesy so as to set a good example to others.

• DO NOT TEXT WHILE DRIVING
• When youre inside a bus or train, you should tone down your voice. You should be the only one hearing your voice.
• When you are in theaters or in public performances, be sure to turn off your mobile phone.
• When you are conversing on your cellphone, do not speak loudly, the phone has a sensitive
  microphone. Consider the listening ear on the other end.
• When you are talking with someone physically, its best to take off your earpiece.

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• Press *3370# to activate the Enhanced Full Rate Codec or EFR. What it does is, it uses the best sound quality but talktime will be reduced by approximately 5%.
• Press #3370# to deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec or EFR.
• Press *#4720# to activate Half Rate Codec. The mobile phone will use a lower quality sound but talktime will increase by approximately 30% more.
• Press *#4720# to deactivate Half Rate Codec.
• Press #0000# your phone will display the current software version.
• The first line is the Software Version
• The second line is the Software release date

The third line is the Compression Type

• Press *#9999# to display the phone’s software version if in case *#0000# does not work.
• Press *#06# to display the International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI Number.
• Press #pw+1234567890+1# for Provider Lock Status. You can use ‘*’ to get the ‘p,w’ and ‘+’ symbols.
• Press #pw+1234567890+2# for Network Lock Status. You can use ‘*’ to get the ‘p,w’ and ‘+’ symbols.
• Press #pw+1234567890+3# for Country Lock Status. You can use ‘*’ to get the “p,w” and ‘+’ symbols.

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When you first bought your cellphone, you’d probably notice the dull display and wallpapers that it displays by default. The trend today is to customize everything from wallpapers, to screen savers.
Technology provides with these personal customizations. Custom wallpapers are simply images that you may download for free or for a fee. Or you can snap at using your built in camera. Configuration is very easy. Nokia even provides a very-user friendly interface to cater to the not-so-techie users. The formats of the wallpapers vary but is limited to jpeg, bmp, gifs and sometimes png. There are a few ways of connecting your mobile device to the pc to be able to transfer that favorite shot of Nicole Kidman unto your cellphone. One way is through data cable, others use bluetooth inter connectivity, in earlier days, infrared was the in mode of transferring files. It takes time to get used to connecting the device. you may encounter connection problems, but once you get the hang of it. there’s not much going to be a problem, would it?