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| Free games for Google Android-compatible cellphones |
| You will probably already be aware of some of the excellent apps available for the Google Android smartphone operating system, as used on the T mobile G1 and the HTC, but did you know there were a lot of cool games too? Here is a run down of some of the free games available from the Android Market:
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:22:26 -0500) |
| Mobile Games for the Google Android Platform |
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The best thing about the new Google Android range of smart phones is that the big screen and novel input devices, such as the touch screen, accelerometer, and track ball, open up a whole new world of mobile gaming. However, not every type of game is suitable for this type of set up. In this guide, |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:29:04 -0500) |
| Free Android Games Round Up |
| Although Google Android smartphones have only been available for a short time, there is already a plethora of games available for the format. Here are just a few of the ones that are currently available:
Mahjongg - Fans of this timeless pairs matching game from the Far East may be disappointed to |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:31:15 -0500) |
| Surfing the web on your mobile |
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Although mobile phones have been able to access the internet for some time now, the experience still falls far short of that which is available on desktop and laptop computers. Currently, there are four types of mobile connection to the internet: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, and HDSPA.
GPRS(General Packet R |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:33:28 -0500) |
| Downloadable apps for the Android Smartphone Platform |
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The new, open source Google Android mobile OS can already boast a veritable cornucopia of third party freeware apps, from the trivial to the genuinely useful. Here are just some of the apps currently available from the Android Market:
Bartender - This touchscreen or trackball-controlled app giv |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:34:36 -0500) |
| Games for your Android Smartphone |
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While there are plenty of serious apps out there for the Android smartphone platform, you might be pleased to learn that there are a number of great games already available from the Android Market. Here are a few that will not cost a penny to download:
4NumGuess: This strange, instruction-free |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:35:56 -0500) |
| Some Great and Not-So-Great Android Smartphone Games |
| Want to play some games on your new Android phone, but do not know what to download first? Let this round-up guide you in your quest.
Girl Skip - A Manga mash up between Minesweeper and Hopscotch, the aim of this game is to clear the board of ones, twos, and wildcard As in the classic minesweeper |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:38:12 -0500) |
| Switching your broadband or mobile service provider |
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There are many reasons why you might want to switch your broadband or mobile provider. You might be unhappy with the quality or reliability of your connection, annoyed with their policies, or you might just think that you can get a better deal elsewhere. Before you call them up to give them their |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:39:13 -0500) |
| The best smartphones of 2008 |
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Since their launch onto the mobile phone market just a few years ago, smartphones have come on in leaps and bounds. Now offering more features than ever before, and to a higher specification than ever before, never have mobile consumers had it so good. 2008 offered up a bumper crop of brand new de |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:41:49 -0500) |
| What are SIM cards? |
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Anyone who uses a mobile phone will be aware that slotted in securely to the back of their handset is their own unique SIM card. This little card holds some unique information about the phone user, including their cell phone number, and details of their contacts. The first SIM was produced in 1991 |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:42:37 -0500) |
| Simple ways to save money on your mobile bill |
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Swap tariffs. If you are on a contract mobile deal then the chances are that your are receiving free texts and calls of some kind. However, the chances also suggest that your are not using all of them up every month.
So what are you doing paying extra money for a contract that you are not benef |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:43:17 -0500) |
| Cool Apps for the HTC Magic |
| Developed in conjuction with Vodafone, the HTC Magic is the latest smartphone to run on the much-lauded Google Android operating system. It is packed with exciting features, although perhaps the most exciting of all is the ability to run a range of third-party software on your phone, as you might wi |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:44:17 -0500) |
| The history of Samsung |
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This Korean group takes its name from the Korean word meaning three stars, or tri-star. Samsung is in fact the largest conglomerate in the world, a group which is comprised of three stars of its own. One being its Samsung Electronics group, the second is its Samsung Engineering and Construction co |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:45:14 -0500) |
| New Nokia touch screen available |
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Nokia have announced the arrival of their new Nokia N97 handset. Billed as a new kind of mobile computer, it features a touch screen and tilt slide action.
The N97 however is far more internet-centric, allowing users one-touch access to social networking sites as well as making for simple web b |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:46:02 -0500) |
| Save on your mobile |
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We are all looking to save a bit of money these days, and besides utility bills, mobile phone costs are one of our main monthly outgoings. Thankfully there are a whole range of deals on offer that could help shave pounds off your phone costs, so take a look at just a few that we have selected for |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:46:58 -0500) |
| Using your phone as a personal music player |
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The first personal stereo, the cassette-based Sony Walkman, was introduced in 1980 and became one of the technological icons of the 80s. Personal CD players and Minidisc players came along a decade later, but neither could match the Walkman for portability or reliability, and never really took off |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:47:46 -0500) |
| How mobiles can benefit your business |
| Some businesses offer work mobiles to their employees in order to cut communication costs. While using mobiles within a company solely to make calls can be a money saver, the fact is that phones can now do so much more for your business. Some of the main mobile features used to full advantage by man |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:49:19 -0500) |
| Recycling Your Old Mobile Phone |
| We all know that our old cell phones should be sent for recycling when we have finished with them. But what happens to them at the recycling and centre, and which parts of a phone can be re-used?
According to the GSM Association, which is the group that represents mobile phone makers, eighty per |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:49:38 -0500) |
| Buying a cell phone for a youngster |
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It wasnt so long ago that no children had their own mobile phones. They were very expensive luxuries, even for adults, and parents were naturally reluctant to give their child something that would end up costing them the earth, or worse, landing them in trouble.
Affordable phones with pay as yo |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:50:48 -0500) |
| Mobile phone coverage guide |
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Your phone displays its signal strength as a series of bars on your screen. And we have all experienced the frustration that accompanies a loss of signal. All of our mobile phones depend on good network coverage to keep us all in touch. Some networks provide more consistent coverage than others, a |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:55:28 -0500) |
| Using your smartphone to check the exchange rates |
| If you need to do some currency conversions when you are on the go, and you are nowhere near a computer with internet access, then there is an easy way to do this if you have a smart phone such as a BlackBerry, T-Mobile G1, or a Motorola Q.All you need to do is download one of the following apps, an |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:56:31 -0500) |
| Pre paid or contract? |
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When you are looking to get a new mobile phone, you basically have two options: pay as you go, or a monthly contract. But with the myriad price plans and incentives that are around to help confuse matters, how can you know which payment plan is right for you?
In this article, we shall discuss t |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:57:10 -0500) |
| Cell phones for the younger market |
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For many people, the mere idea of giving a mobile phone to a small child is enough to bring them out in a cold sweat, with images of four figure telephone bills and a child permanently glued to their handset as if it were some kind of high tech comfort blanket.
The Firefly, with its bright, car |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:59:18 -0500) |
| A short history of the camera phone |
| The term camera phone commonly refers to cellphones with a built in digital camera, that allows it to capture stills and short video clips, store them, and share them with other devices and users through wireless communications technologies.
The first mobile picture phone prototype, entitled the |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:00:42 -0500) |
| A short history of the BlackBerry smartphone |
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Although the market is now awash with smartphones that combine advanced computing facilities with telephone functionality, the unit that really kicked off the craze was developed in the early 2000s by a Canadian firm called Research In Motion and called the BlackBerry.
Although the BlackBerry b |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:01:16 -0500) |
| A history of the PDA |
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In a nutshell, a camera phone is a mobile phone with an integral digital camera. It allows users to capture both still images and short moving sequences, store them on the phones internal memory or a removable memory card, and share them with other devices and users via a wireless internet connect |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:03:40 -0500) |
| The history of Nokia |
| The Nokia Corporation, based in Finland, are currently the biggest cell phone manufacturer in the world, but like so many other major companies, they started out doing something very different indeed.
When Finnish engineer and paper manufacturer Fredrik Idestam hit up his friend Leo Mechelin for |
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| (Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:04:59 -0500) |
| The history of Nokia |
| The Finnish electronics giant Nokia are, at present, the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet. But like so many giant corporations, they sprung from humble beginnings and have gone through many changes of ownership over the years.
The company was formed in Finland in 1871 when paper mi |
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