Posts Tagged ‘mobile’

The Trend of Productivity Accessories is Here

This year, the technology trend is going from web into mobile. If you have followed this year's Mobile World Congress, you will see there are so many new phones from different vendors. It's all about big screen with a focus of productivity. We are entering into a new technology era. Mobile used to be a single function device. In recent years, mobile has acquired some extra features. The most common… Continue reading

March 17 2009 | By Leon | Tagged: gadget, mobile | 6 comments»

10 Great Free Apps for Blackberry

Blackberries may have been overshadowed lately by the success of the iPhone, but they still offer and incredibly powerful platform.Plus, since the Blackberry operating system is build on Java and has always been open, there are a slew of useful and mature applications, many of which are free. Since I’m a cheapskate when it comes to software, I’ve loaded up my Blackberry Curve with a boatload of free programs. Here… Continue reading

November 19 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: application, blackbery, mobile, software, wireless | 34 comments»

Put an Office in Your Pocket

Just about everyone these days knows how useful a USB thumb drive can be for moving files from place to place. For people on the go, who may find themselves sing a variety of different computers, a thumb drive offers more than just portable storage. With very little work and no money aside from the original expense of the drive itself, you can easily turn a thumb drive… Continue reading

October 8 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: mobile, portableapps, program, students, thumbdrive, virtualoffice | 38 comments»

14 Numbers Your Cellphone Must Have

Emergencies: you must be prepared for them. What better device to load some just-in-case items than your cell phone? From broken cars to rabid dogs, CrankingWidgets has 14 must-have numbers to dial in to your mobile's address book. For me, that's 14 more I have to find. ICE (In Case of Emergency) - If you’re ever in an accident and are incapacitated or killed, the authorities who find you will… Continue reading

July 31 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: mobile | 21 comments»

Skype hack for cell phone flakes

If you're like me--and hopefully you're not--but I simply cannot seem to keep my hands on my cell phone. And if I can, it's not charged or I don't have any reception. Or I'm a thousand miles away from the charger and can't bring myself to buy (yet) another charger. It makes me feel crummy because I'm supposed to be all up on my technology. But I have recently… Continue reading

June 19 2007 | By Nick | Tagged: mobile, phone, skype | 47 comments»

Revive a submerged cell phone

Anne has an experience where she dropped her phone in the toilet - the worse thing you could do on your phone. The phone didn't work but she tried to revive it using the oven and blow dryer and the phone life has been extended for a period of time. Try this at your own risk of course but if your phone is not working already then i don't think… Continue reading

July 7 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: hardware, mobile | 110 comments»

Synchronize your phone with Google Calendar

One of the obstacles to use web based calendar system such as Google Calendar is that you are required to have a web browser to get access on your schedule. Look no further if you want to carry your Google Calendar. A tool called GCalSync has been released to allow two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and your phone's calendar system. To install, simply access http://wap.gcalsync.com/ through your mobile, or… Continue reading

May 29 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: mobile, software | 3 comments»

Long-term cell use raises brain tumor risk

Researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life found a link of brain tumor and mobile phones: ... "A total 85 of these 905 cases were so-called high users of mobile phones, that is they began early to use mobile and/or wireless telephones and used them a lot," the study said. "The study also shows that the rise in risk is noticeable for tumors on the side of the head where… Continue reading

April 3 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: health, life, mobile | 1 comment»