Archive for October, 2009

I need to replace my son’s phone as it went swimming. I am in a contract for another year and don’t want to use insurance since this will be the second claim in one year and leave me with no insurance for a year. I would like to get a phone and have Verizon transfer my son’d number to it. Will this work and where can I find a phone like maybe the chocolate or similar?

ya it will work but for verizon get the esn number on thr used phone before you buy it and make shure its not stolen ebay or craigslist

i have been with AT&T (cingluar) for many years. My plan (for my cell phone) has ended —it’s time, again, to renew. what is the very best phone offered free if, in fact i do renew my plan?

i think if you go to www.wirefly.com they can hook you up with a lot of deals.

i have had multiple carriers in the past and the corperate stores all seem to over charge on cell phones. i had been told that costco is the best place to buy a phone since they offer the same phones at better prices, free accessories with a lifetime warrenty, and personalized customer service. i have been in many times to talk to them and they have been really friendly, and knoledgable. is there anything i am missing about it or is it just an awesome deal??

Costco is historically a good deal. I belong to many huge online phone communities and many people choose to buy at costco. I prefer ebay. I buy a different phone every year and I always pay a quarter or third of the price. Its always a perfect phone and since I got it at a good price I love it even more.

Cellfish have tons of great free content you can get on your phone, including a whole bunch of premium ringtones that won’t get for free anywhere else. There are no subscriptions, no hidden charges. Members can upload and share the latest video, pics and audio files:
http://www.free-samples-offers.com/cellfish-1-free-ringtone

Cellware is a completely free site, with a large selection of content. You can also use their tools to create your own content. When you join Cellware you receive a free ringtone, wallpaper or video. All Cellware’s content can be downloaded to your computer and transferred to your phone via USB, cable, bluetooth, etc.
http://www.free-samples-offers.com/cellware-free-mobile-content

Plenty on ebay. And those advertising lots on ebay will probably do a deal on 50.

By way of example I got a totally unmarked (supposedly ex-rental) phone for £5+ £3.50 postage. Perfect — and I mean that. Totally indistinguishable from new. Genuinely SIM free and unlocked.

Looking for a perfect multi-functional gadget with hi-tech functionalities? Look no further, you can easily find mobile phones that are fully packed with innovative technologies and striking looks and designs. Latest phones with superb functionalities and high-end features are available from leading manufacturers like Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and LG. Features like high-resolution colour screen, expandable memory, superior quality music, high-speed internet access, and wireless connectivity have become standard features for all mobile phones.

Visit the online mobile market and get plenty of deals available with the latest handsets. Compare prices, offers and incentives offered by different networks. Earn lots of benefits like cash backs, free connection and free gifts, and keep yourself updated with a plethora of multimedia features like media player, camera, Internet access, gaming and so on. The newest range of mobile phones boast high-speed connectivity with features like GPRS, WAP and EDGE. Get yourself introduced to advanced multimedia technology with incredible mobile music, exciting gaming consoles, outstanding multimedia messaging, specific business functions such as flight mode and document viewer, expandable memory card slot, and more.

Whether you want to explore mobile photography or get an outstanding musical experience or manage business presentations, download exciting games and wallpapers, all these can be available through a single device, mobile phones. These mobile devices are complemented with value added performance apart from exceptional designs and stunning looks.

The online mobile shops provide a cost effective solution, if you are looking forward to buying a mobile phone. Get numerous advantages like free airtime, free texts, free insurance and even a free handset. Several tariff plans from top networks bring a lot of lucrative offers for you! So select a hi-tech mobile handset with the top-of-the line features like 3G, camera, FM, etc and go mobile.

America Ebony
http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/mobile-phones-explore-the-horizon-99453.html

A sun powered battery charger is a convenient way of saving money while using natural resources. This transportable battery charger can go almost anywhere. They are easy to operate and do not require a technology degree to set up. Because the sun powers this type of charger, you will always have power available to use. Solar chargers are the wave of the future and they are quickly showing up in households across the world.

Sun power is one of the strongest free energy sources available today. By using a solar charger for your batteries and other electrical devices, you will eliminate the need for electricity. Solar power can be used to charge your batteries, but if you have a large amount of solar panels, you can also use solar energy to operate most any electrical device. Even on cloudy days, a solar battery charger will still be able to charge your batteries.

Portable solar chargers are smaller and do not offer as much power. They are most commonly used to charge battery packs and other small devices like cellular phones. A portable charger usually consists of one solar cell panel that you can connect to the equipment you want to use. It can take several hours for a portable solar charger to work. You may need to plan ahead and have batteries constantly charging, so they will be ready when you need them.

Many people today are afraid to try any new technology. As a society, we have already had to adjust to so many technological ideas that some people just do not want to have to learn about another gadget. However, solar chargers are easy to operate. You do not have to have specific technical skills to use a solar charger. Most portable chargers come ready to use and you simply have to plug them into your device or battery charger.

Because solar chargers are so easy to use, they are becoming more and more popular around the world. Backpackers are carrying them on long hiking trips. Car travelers are keeping portable chargers on their dashboards. There are even houses that are entirely run off of solar energy.

It can be intimidating to venture into a new technology like solar power. Once you buy your first charger, you will be hooked. Because they are so easy to use, many people end up buying several portable chargers to use with their battery chargers and other small electrical devices. Solar energy is a free source of power, which in today’s world of high electric prices, is just what many households are looking for.

Try out a portable solar charger for yourself. You will see that they are easy to use and very convenient. First, decide what you want to use your solar charger for, and then get a portable charger that will fit those needs. Having solar energy available is another gift that we should all take advantage of. It does not matter whether you decide to use a portable charger for charging your batteries. You can decide to connect your entire household to solar power. Using a renewable energy source such as the sun is a great start to being environmentally responsible.

Remy Jirek
http://www.articlesbase.com/gps-articles/advantages-of-a-sun-powered-battery-charger-68232.html

Are you really stumped for Mother’s Day? Maybe a bed and breakfast weekend isn’t right for your Mom this year. This article contains a unique Mother’s Day gift idea that may be the perfect choice for you.

Does your Mom volunteer for charity events? Does she well up with tears when she sees commercials for children’s organizations or animal rights associations?

Consider donating in her name to a group like Save the Children, Child Find, or PETA. A one-time donation can be made online or over the phone.

If you leave it until the last minute, you can pick out a beautiful Mother’s Day card and include a note to let her know about the donation. Make a few printouts from the association’s website – perhaps an ‘about us’ page and information about their programs (with photos, of course)

The following is a list (in random order) of organizations with contact information. They all have websites with contact forms. Most have branches in several countries.

*Christian Children’s Fund (CCF):

2821 Emerywood Parkway,

Richmond VA 23294,

Telephone 1-804-756-2700 or 1-800-776-6767,

CHRISTIANCHILDRENSFUND ORG

You can make a one-time donation or sponsor a child. Do not choose the ’sponsor a child’ option unless you plan to make the monthly payments yourself. Otherwise, discuss it in advance with Mom, to see if she is willing to do so.

*Plan International Headquarters:

(formerly Foster Parents Plan),

Chobham House, Christchurch Way,

Woking, Surrey GU21 6JG, UK,

Telephone 44-1483-755-155,

Fax 44-1483-756-505,

PLAN-INTERNATIONAL ORG

Plan works worldwide to achieve lasting improvements for children living in poverty in developing countries.

*Save the Children:

54 Wilton Road,

Westport, CT 06880,

Telephone 1-203-221-4030,

Toll Free 1-800-SAVETHECHILDREN (1-800-728-3843),

SAVETHECHILDREN ORG

Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of needy children.

*The Leprosy Mission International:

80 Windmill Road, Brentford,

Middlesex, TW8 0QH, UK,

Telephone 44-(0)20-83266767,

Fax 44-(0)20-83266777,

LEPROSYMISSION ORG

The Leprosy Mission International is an international non-denominational Christian organization, with over 130 years of experience in leprosy work.

*Child Find of America, Inc.:

P.O. Box 277,

New Paltz, NY 12561-0277,

Telephone 1-845-691-4666,

Fax 1-845-691-7766,

CHILDFINDOFAMERICA ORG

Child Find offers America’s families several free programs: investigation and location assistance, kidnapping prevention, referral and support services, and mediation for parental abduction cases.

*National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:

Charles B. Wang International Children’s Building,

699 Prince Street,

Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3175,

Telephone 1-703-274-3900,

Fax 1-703-274-2200,

24-hour hotline 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678),

MISSINGKIDS COM

Make a donation and/or register for Amber Alerts via cell phone text messaging.

*Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA):

P.O. Box 0965,

Wilton, NH 03086-9905,

Telephone 1-866-494-7722,

SPCA COM

The mission of SPCA International is to raise the awareness of the abuse of animals to a global level, to eradicate the euthanasia of healthy and adoptable companion animals, and to mount efforts to enhance animal welfare throughout the world.

*People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA):

501 Front St.,

Norfolk, VA 23510,

Telephone 1-757-622-7382,

PETA ORG

PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer most intensely for the longest periods of time: on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry. They also work on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of beavers, birds and other ‘pests,’ as well as the abuse of backyard dogs.

This list is just the tip of the iceberg. If you don’t find the perfect charity above, use your favorite search engine to locate just the right match for your Mom.

©Copyright Kathy Steinemann: This article is free to publish only if this copyright notice, the byline, and the author’s note below (with active links) are included.

Kathy Steinemann
http://www.articlesbase.com/home-and-family-articles/stumped-for-a-great-mothers-day-gift-read-this-article-130613.html

Do you even know what M-Commerce is?

Well you better learn fast. Predictions in Europe for
M-Commerce, the second largest market behind Asia, are for a
spend of €7.4 Billion in 2006 that’s over $8 Billion. That’s
twice the predicted spend of traditional web services!

So what is M-Commerce? It’s very simple, mobile / cell phone
based sales. Usually relating to content such as games,
wallpaper, ringtones etc. But there’s much more to it than that.
Keep reading.

What’s the big deal? More people own a mobile phone than a PC,
they’re better integrated in to daily life. People are very
comfortable using them. They are now in fact heavily relied
upon, as the phone feature is only a small part of what can be
perceived as a miniature multi-purpose multi-capable portable
computer.

Mobile Growth Mobile growth already outstrips all other
communication channels. Half of all Americans are mobile phone
subscribers. In the UK the ownership of a mobile phone is
equivalent to 1.5 phones per head of population. According to
research, mobile content services will be worth $121 Billion
worldwide by 2008. White label distribution of ringtones,
images, games and other promotions will drive up to 1/5th of the
revenue generated. It’s estimated 1.5 Billion people worldwide
own a mobile phone.

With more and more technology add-ons to tempt the consumer
these devices are now Cameras, MP3 players, game consoles, voice
notepads, picture albums, diary organiser, PDF readers etc etc.

In fact I’m writing this article on my PDA / Phone whilst sat in
the sunshine in the garden. With two taps on the screen I can
hook up to my home wireless network and check my emails, browse
the net, update my Blog or edit and publish article submissions
on one of my sites all via broadband.

We are not that far away from always on Net connections. Once
this arrives it will allow anyone to do this almost wherever
they are. Certainly in the major cities around the world. When
this happens there will be a third Internet boom as Joe public
try’s out the Net connection again that was always too shoddy to
use in the past.

And what will they want? Content! ringtones, wallpaper, games,
MP3’s etc

But I’m getting ahead of myself. The real money isn’t even going
to be made via a Net sale. The real money will be made via
SMS(Short Message Service), MMS(Multimedia Messaging System) and
this ones a goldmine…Micro payments.

Recent research has shown a doubling of worldwide revenue from
streaming TV and sports bulletin subscriptions. 380 million
people worldwide are expected to subscribe to similar services
in 2005. Including TV show bulletins particularly from ‘reality
TV’ shows, News bulletins or Soap updates.

Big deal you’re not a TV network how can you make some money out
of this boom? I’ll go into that in a second but first I want to
go back to those Micro payments I mentioned earlier. The real
gold dust.

Micro Payment Profits Micro payments have been around for a
while here in the UK. A smaller land mass has allowed for a
quicker rollout of mobile technologies here. Nationwide Network
coverage is easier to achieve. I believe the first example in
the US to take it mainstream was by the ‘American Idol’ show.
Viewers voted for the acts on the show via their mobile phone.
They where then charged a small premium for their vote on top of
their networks regular SMS charge. Think of the millions of
votes that the show attracted and the revenue generated.

That’s micro payments in action.

The beauty of this is that people don’t feel like they’re
spending money because they don’t need to whip out their credit
card, it’s an easier payment method, usually involving a simple
text to a small number and the payment is small. They also trust
their mobile for making payments unlike an online transaction.

Any payments made will appear on their next phone bill. People
are already used to paying in this way, they’re comfortable with
it. Whether it’s to vote for an act on a TV show, for a game
download or to grab the latest ringtone.

What have you got that you could take micro payments for? You
should be considering how you can utilise your current website
network to tap into this market. Do you offer subscriptions? Is
there a service you offer that you could convert to
subscriptions.

How Can You Make Some Money? Here’s a quick example. Your
newsletter. Would your subscribers be willing to pay a small
premium to have your newsletter delivered directly to their
mobile? Wherever they are, without the need to be sat in front
of a PC. Thus bypassing the SPAM filter problem and guaranteeing
they receive your valuable content. You could sell it as
valuable service for your customers with added content not
available on your site or via your regular newsletter.

Or offer them up to the minute breaking news in their industry,
which they receive as it breaks and not when they check their
email five hours later when it’s to late to take action.

Digital artists sell your wallpaper designs direct to the
consumer via the mobile phone. New bands forget the record
company contract sell your music via MP3’s direct to the
consumer. Investment advisors get subscribers to your ‘Hot Tips’
bulletins. Store owners offer a sale bulletin service etc etc

The Future The omnipresent Google are moving forward with major
mobile initiatives. Spending vast amounts of money to stake a
claim in this fledgling market. There’s the mobile version of
Froogle for one and they’ve also developed mobile business
listings specifically for the potentially huge ‘local search’
market. They also offer a free SMS based information service
http://www.google.com/sms/ and http://www.google.co.uk/sms/

Another major company Real Networks, creators of Real media
Player, recently bought Finnish mobile phone game developers Mr
Goodliving for $15M. Essentially buying a back catalogue of high
profile mobile games.

NTL a cable TV company here in the UK recently streamed the
Grand National, the biggest race horse meet here in the UK, live
to Nokia owning subscribers.

This is early days and that’s a small glimpse of the future.

The M-Commerce Market is very different from the online market
in terms of what content consumers are currently paying for. The
biggest revenue generators online, 70%, are porn and dating
sites. A similar percentage via mobile is for games, music and
video. Films, that’s another one, Nokia are now distributing
Hollywood movies via memory card!

The technology specifically 3G, an always on network with
transfer rates of 384kbs a second, is here and trickling into
mainstream culture. These devices are in fact capable of
1920kbs. Compare that to GPRS at 56kbs. You don’t need these
speeds to take advantage of this market but you should keep them
in mind to realise the full potential of where mobile
communication is going.

Here’s a brief, eye opening, wish list from consumers for future
mobile phone payment abilities:-

10 Use your mobile as a key 9 Marketing communications 8 Retail
checkout payments 7 Vending machine payments 6 Flight check in 5
Credit / debit cards 4 Season tickets 3 Loyalty cards 2 Parking
Meter payments 1 Mobile Coupon redemption

Getting Started How do you Accept Payments? Reverse SMS is very
popular at the moment. It provides the ability for you to direct
consumers to secret download links on your site whilst taking
payment through a premium SMS message. Another method known as
‘WAP Push’ sends a link via SMS that automatically launches when
the message is opened. You will need to set up your own WAP /
SMS Gateway on your server which will require server
administrator access to use both these solutions.

But there are other easier solutions a number of websites are
springing up that allow you to upload your content available for
download, games, video, wallpaper, MP3’s etc . A small fee is
taken from each paid download by the SMS Gateway company.

I’ve compiled a list of useful links to a number of the above
solutions and I’ve also thrown in a couple of links to
‘mobaphile’ websites were you will find some interesting
predictions for the future development of mobile phones along
with some real off the wall ideas for making money with mobiles.
http://www.how-to-make-money-online.info/m-commerce-resources.php

To paraphrase a strap line ‘The future’s bright the future’s
mobile’

Darren Yates
http://www.articlesbase.com/ecommerce-articles/mcommerce-twice-the-cash-value-of-ecommerce-1093.html

I am moving to the UK next Monday. I have a cell phone which I want to keep. I will replace the SIM card and am looking for a deal where I just manually recharge my phone with the amount I need every month.

Maybe some of you have a suggestion as to what plan might be suitable for me. I am also open for contract suggestions. I probably wont get a landline and use my cellphone instead + wireless Skype phone.

Thanks for the help

It is so easy in the UK. Europe is light years ahead of North America (I’m North American). There are shops like Phones4U, Carphonewarehouse… that sell packages for all phone providers like Virgin, T-Mobile, BT, O2,… you can buy a whole phone or just the SIM. Over there, most packages give you the phone with a year contract and is often worth it. They usually upgrade once a year as well for free. But if you want to keep your phone, make sure that you have a tri-band/tri-modal phone. UK is different from Europe and North America. Most phones sold in North America are only dual.

To Top-up most mobile companies have a text to top up, top on line, buy cards at all drug stores or Tesco’s (grocery)… so so so easy.

Enjoy. I miss London.