How To Help The Environment By Recycling Your Cellular Phone
The skyrocketing consumer consumption of cellular phones has created new environmental challenges. Mobile phones contain potentially toxic materials that are accumulating in landfills before finding their way into the soil water and air.
Circuit boards and semiconductors contain cadmium. Batteries and switches contain mercury and other unfriendly chemicals. Plastics that are burned can give off Dioxin. [...]
Is It Safe To Drive While Talking On Your Cell Phone?
Is it safe to combine driving and wireless phones? Wireless phones are great for ensuring the safety and security of traveling motorists. Users can easily call for emergency road service or dial-up information on hazardous road conditions, for example.
But that increased access to safety and security can be a two-edged sword if you don’t use [...]
The Truth About Pre-Paid Wireless Service Plans
If you do not want to be locked into a long cell phone contract, a pre-paid service plan is a viable option. The prices are more expensive per minute and you will have to pay for the phone, but you will not be tied to an extended wireless service contract.
Pre-paid service plans are a great [...]
What You Should Ask Before Signing A Cell Phone Service Contract
Cell phone service plans change every few months. Here are some tips on how to read the plans and all the fine print. A bottom line to all the service plans out there in the market place.
When deciding on a plan remember to factor in all additional costs. Ask all these questions when deciding [...]
Sony Ericsson W710i Walkman Phone
Sony Ericsson introduced the W710i, an addition to the well-received Walkman line.
Kent German at CNET posted to his blog:
As a Walkman phone, the W710i offers a multiformat digital music player and an FM radio, but the best news is that it will have a stereo Bluetooth profile for listening to music over a Bluetooth headset.
Read [...]
Motorola Q Information
Motorola CEO Ed Zander stated that the Motorola Q would make its public debut next week. Zander said the reason it’s taken so long to release the phone is that it is a “complex” device and has needed to go through multiple iterations.
CNET is reporting the following info about the Motorola Q. I will be posting [...]
How To Find The Best Cellular Family Plan
Just because you cannot be with your family twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week doesn’t mean you cannot at least stay in touch. All it takes is the flip of a phone and hitting a few keys. Add the best cellular family plan available and you have the makings of a close knit, [...]
My Circle Alltel Cellular Phone Plan
There are several choices when it comes to choosing your Alltel cellular phone plan. The first choice is called “My Circle”. You pick any combination of ten wireless, home or office numbers and you’ll get unlimited calls to and from them. This is free to My Circle members.
From the Alltel website:
With My Circle, you choose [...]
Alltel Prepaid Phone Card And Pay-As-You-Go Phones
I searched and looked through Alltel’s website to find out if I could buy an Alltel prepaid phone card. There were lots of wireless plans (Pay-Per-Day, Pay-Per-Minute, Pay-Per-Month) but I could not find any information about where to get a prepaid phone card.
The prepaid Alltel cellular phone plan might be a great option for those [...]
Free Alltel Ringtones Available
Any free Alltel ringtones available? Alltel offers a pre-selected free ringtone. If you want to choose one from the catalog, you will have to pay. Most ringtones cost $.99 and are delivered to your handset in a series of text messages.
The thing that is really maddening is they charge you for the text messages. You [...]
Ipaq Expansion Pack Can Add Value To Your Pda
The iPAQ expansion pack, also known as “sleeves” or “jackets”, greatly enhances the usability and functionality of iPAQ PDAs, a brand that was launched by Compaq but later became an HP brand following the acquisition of Compaq by HP.
The advantage of an expansion pack is that you can add several new features to your iPAQ [...]
Nextel Cellular Service Plan - Nextel And Sprint - What’s The Difference?
Of the many different wireless communication companies available, it is easy to see why so many cellular customers are becoming confused. Keeping up with the companies and their varied service plans can be a difficult task, particularly to those who are unfamiliar with cellular phones and how their service programs work. Throw in the fact [...]
Dell Axim Has Been A Great Success
Dell Axim is the trade name used by Dell for its range of Pocket PC devices. These devices are powered by Windows Mobile and made their first appearance in 2002. The first in the series was Dell Axim X5. It was considered an affordable device though slightly bulky with a weight of 6.9 ounces and [...]
Cellular Family Phone Plan Service
Mom is in a late meeting and can’t pick up little Suzy for gymnastics, so she calls Dad to handle the car pooling. Teenage Johnny’s band practice is running late so he needs to call home and inform his parents. With all this running around, this family really needs to keep tabs on one another [...]
Why Buy A Motorola Razor Phone
The Motorola razor phone has been a great success and one of the most popular phones of the year. You probably have seen your fair share of commercials for it, with its slender form sliding effortlessly through the air at the end of the ads, eventual slicing through its own brand name.
It’s a design that [...]
Motorola Q Unlocked And Cellular Plans
Trying to get a Motorola Q Unlocked? Mobile City Online and Simon Cells have it listed as a preorder item. Verizon has the Motorola Q listed for $479.99… not unlocked. Here is some more info:
Motorola Q Smartphone features Dual-band 800 CDMA/1900 CDMA, 2.4″ high-resolution display, 1.3 mega pixel camera, Video clip capture and playback, Microsoft [...]
Nokia 8801 Unlocked Information
Best Selling Accessories for Nokia 8801 (unlocked) include a Bluetooth headset and travel charger.
Here is information from the Nokia website:
8801 Features
Durable stainless steel key cover glides open
208 x 208 pixel, 256K-color screen for striking clarity
Exquisitely composed ring tones
Half-megapixel camera/video recorder (600 x 800 capture resolution)
Synchronize seamlessly with Bluetooth wireless technology22
Enhanced customer support, 2-year limited warranty
Service: [...]
Motorola Q Cingular Cellular Service Plan
Are you looking to upgrade your phone or pda and thinking about getting a Motorola Q? Cingular offers a wide variety of cellular service plans for its customers. But it’s not offering the Motorola Q. You will have to look elsewhere… try Verizon. I know that they are offering good deals on the Motorola Q.
There [...]
Dell Axim X51v Case And X5 Information
A Dell Axim X51v case will allow you to take your X51v anywhere you want and keep it protected. You can search around the Internet to find the best deals but I prefer just using “Froogle” (froogle.google.com). Just type in “Dell X51v Case” and you will see a list of the merchants and prices. A [...]
Nextel I930 Cell Phone Cellular Plan
The i930 is manufactured by Motorola and made for Nextel. It’s a nice phone with great call quality but it uses Windows Mobile 2003 rather than Windows Mobile 5. Another shortcoming is it lacks Bluetooth. It’s packed with the familiar Microsoft software which is perfect for personal information management.
Nextel i930 cell phone features:
Bright, 65K color [...]
Cingular Pantech C300 - Can A Phone Be Too Small?
Cingular states that the Pantech C300 is the world’s smallest flip phone. This phone is part of the “Slim Series” of handsets they offer.
Features of the Pantech C300:
2.5 oz
Tiny design, just 2.72×1.69x.76?
VGA camera
MP3 ring tones
GSM 850/900/1900 (Tri-Band)
Many people are complaining that the C300 is just too small.
from a Cnet editor’s review:
But when we finally got [...]
Cingular 8125 Cradle And Accessories
I was looking for a place to buy accessories for 8125 from Cingular. What I needed was a Cradle for charging that battery and synchronizing with my PC. After looking at a few forums, here is a couple places I found.
The first place is The Pocket Solution. Here’s part of the description from their site:
Cingular [...]
10 Reasons You Should Be Using Bluetooth
Here is my list of 10 reasons why you should be using Bluetooth technology. It’s a world-wide universal wireless standard that will be around for years. Now on to the list!
1. Wireless
Along with improving safety as a result of eliminating wires you don’t need, you’ll no longer have to be concerned about bringing connection cables.
2. [...]
Verizon Wireless Offers The Nokia 6215i
Verizon is offering the 6215i from Nokia. It is a CDMA phone that has a color display, camera, and speakerphone. The phone was designed by Pantech for Verizon (Pantech Model PN-315).
Here is some information from the official Verizon site:
The Nokia 6215i Basic Features
Talk time: up to 235 minutes
Standby time: up to 216 hours
Size: 3.46H x [...]
Finding A High Quality Bluetooth Headset
Finding a high quality wireless headset for a Bluetooth device can be hard to do. Bluetooth headsets can never be as small or as light as wired headsets, simply because it needs to include the battery and extra functions.
Some styles are normally more comfortable, although they may be less secure. Other headsets are held in [...]
