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Apple Mobile Phones

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 posted by Jlewis

Mobiles

Somehow the first image that used come to mind when you heard the word “apple” is that of a round green or red fruit or a freshly baked pie. However, anyone who has paid any attention to the news in recent years has heard of Apple iPhones and now, the word apple is more related to very innovative mobile phones than to pie and fruit. If you are looking for a truly great mobile phone, the Apple iPhone 3G is the right phone for you.

Apple iPhone 3G offers many extremely fine features including integrated hands-free, voice memo, TV output, photo editor/browser, iPod audio/video player, A-GPS function, GPS receiver and Google Maps. It operates on a Lithium-Ion standard battery for talk time of up to 10 hours and stand by time of up to 300 hours. It offers an outstanding 3.5” touch screen, 320×480 pixels with 16M colors, ambient light sensor, multi-touch input and auto turn-off. You can set it for vibration alert, download polyphonic and MP3 ringtones and it comes complete with a 3.5mm headset jack. There is plenty of memory (8/16 GB shared memory) so you can store up to 100 dials, missed and received calls; additionally the phonebook allows nearly unlimited fields and entries and offers Photocall. This phone is Bluetooth compatible, Wi-Fi ready and with equipped with USB ports for easy information transfer.

Of course, since the iPhone 3G is an Apple product the operating system is Mac OS v10.4.10. There are two types of messaging standards on the iPhone, SMS and email, and the browser is HTML (Safari). You can download games to entertain yourself and a 2MP, 1600×1200 pixel digital camera can document your travels and adventures. The iPhone 3G is everything you need in a mobile phone; nothing has been left out and you will love owning and using this phone.

Now that you are sold on the Apple iPhone 3G, where is the best place to get one? If you are in the UK, the very best place for you to get the best deal is by going online to a website where you can compare all the service providers in one place. This is a great way to know what all the providers offer in a short, one-stop shopping trip. By shopping for a provider and phone on a website that has no vested interest in any of the companies whose information they present, you are getting the best unbiased offers available.

In the UK, O2 is the only service provider of the Apple iPhone 3G, so you will be dealing with their service agreement plans. For buying the phone, there are 3 websites where the phone may be obtained. At one, the phone is offered in an array of colors, locked for £538.30. The next site offers it for £499, unlocked. The third site offers the 3G as a gift from O2 when you pay £73.41/month for 3000 minutes and 500 texts; needless to say that is such a good deal the phones are out of stock.

For the cheapest prices on the best deals for a new Apple iPhone 3G, shop online for convenience and savings.

Finding Spare Parts

Friday, September 11, 2009 posted by Jlewis

Spare Mobile Phone Parts

Cell phones are wonderful pieces of technology. They can hold digital cameras, radios, mp3 players and more, but sometimes we do forget how amazing they are and treat them the way we did our very first cell phone. Early cell phones were bricks and could have survived a fall off a twelve story building. Modern cell phones aren’t this solid and the amount of wear and tear we inflict on them means that often something gives out before its time. But what do we do then? It can take ages to send the handset away to get it repaired and it would usually be far easier and quicker to just solve the problem ourselves. But getting hold of spare parts can be an issue, as manufacturers often frown on the general public rooting around inside their electronic wizardry.

Luckily, these days you don’t have to actually work for the technical support department in Nokia or Sony Ericsson in order to be able to get a hold of spare parts for your cell phone. Due to the growth of the internet, we all know that you can find just about anything online, and spare parts for cell phones are no exception. If something on your cell phone has broken and you know exactly what it is that has gone wrong, you can now find the relevant spare part online. This is only half the battle. The other half is to know what to do with the spare part when you get your hands on it. The chances are that if you have the necessary technical know-how to identify which spare part your cell phone needs, you also have the necessary technical know-how to remove the old part and put in the new part without causing irreparable damage to your handset.

It is a lot easier than you would think to get a hold of spare parts. The major search engines are your friend, as usual, at this point. Search for spare parts for your make and model of cell phone and you will find a whole host of websites offering enough spare parts to make a whole new cell phone. While you may not need that amount of bits and pieces, you might fancy getting all of them at some point to see if you can make a cell phone from scratch. While it wouldn’t be covered by any manufacturer’s guarantee, it would probably be a fun exercise in ‘just how good am I?’ Whether you need a new camera lens or a new screen for your cell phone, you can probably find the necessary part online. You should be aware that if your cell phone is very old or very new, you may have more of a struggle than most when it comes to tracking down the relevant part. The websites that supply these online get the parts from somewhere, and in the case of very old cell phones, they simply may no longer be available anywhere. In the case of a very new model of cell phone, the spare parts may not be available yet, but it is always worth taking a look, just in case.

Cell Phone Etiquette

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 posted by Jlewis

Mobile Phone Etiquette

There are certain occasions when it is inappropriate to use a cell phone. Crowded trains and buses are where the most obnoxious culprits of indiscreet and willfully negligent cell phone use are frequently found. They chat away as loudly as humanly possible for forty-five minutes only to end the conversation with “I’ll see you in a minute.” Everybody loathes them, why can’t they wait until they see the person to have a lengthy conversation? Who else needed to know exactly how drunk they were last night or where they ended up sleeping? It is important to be aware of your surroundings when using your cell phone in public.

If you are on a train or bus and have to call a friend or relative to let them know you are on your way, that you are nearly there or that you are going to be three hours late, by all means do so. After all, cell phones were invented so we could communicate with those people we need to communicate with at our discretion. However, it is important to keep the volume down and try to keep the conversation as short as possible.

There are unspoken etiquette rules that suggest you should turn your cell phone off (or at the very least put it on silent) when you are attending an occasion where silence is an important factor. Weddings, christenings and funerals all fall into this category, as do tennis matches and business meetings, just to give a few examples. Especially in a business situation, acknowledge that what other people are saying is important by muting or turning off your cell phone. In other words, callers can wait. Show that you are present in the here and now.

There are many reasons to be alert when using your cell phone in public. When someone is deeply intent on their cell conversation, it is rather like hanging a sign over your head that says “I am talking on my cell phone and not paying attention to anything or anyone around me.” To thieves you are like a fat gazelle with a severe limp to a pride of lions; a target in other words. Don’t be prey; be aware of your surroundings when using your cell phone in public.

Basically, it’s just not polite to stand in a crowded place shouting into your phone since many people around you are likely to be annoyed or even offended by your personal details. It is polite to turn your phone off or mute it when attending a quiet occasion. Being quiet and discreet when using your cell phone in public is considerate and will be appreciated by those around you. No one likes a loud, obnoxious or offensive person. There would likely be little sympathy if that person’s phone were to be broken or stolen from them in the middle of a crowded street. These are but a few of the many reasons not to have a monumentally long conversation in public. Bear in mind that constant phone use will run your battery down, possibly leaving you with a dead cell phone when you most need it to work.