New Cell Phone Scam Involves Your Family and Friends
Here’s a story making the email rounds about someone who tricked into turning off their cell phone for a “3G update”.
The modus operandi of this so-called cell phone kidnapping scam detailed in the following anecdote (not verified) is notable for its simplicity. The scammer calls an...
Source: Technograph
Sony Ericsson Releases the Vivaz
Sony Ericsson’s new smartphone is ergonomic, HD, and has a full touch screen, and is meant to be a major threat to the iPhone 3Gs. It’s a damn sexy looking little beast, so it might just make a good go of it.
Sony Ericsson used something call human curvature analysis to make a phone that...
Source: Cellphone9
Dealing With Early Termination Fees
Most cell phone providers have heavy early termination fees (EFTs), generally ranging from $175 to $350. That’s a pretty stiff price to pay when you aren’t happy with your phone service. That’s why many consumers are signing up for month-to-month or pay-as-you-go cellular plans instead....
Source: Cellphone9
Costs of Calls Unchanged Over 10 Years
That’s the assertion by Tonyo Cruz, sometime reporter and currently full-time blogger. Mr. Cruz also uses his distinctively journalistic style to highlight how telcos have managed to work around the NTC’s recent memo calling for a more reasonable cell phone call charging scheme.
The money...
Source: Technograph
Cell Phones For Hearing Impaired Users
I won’t lie. I never really thought about whether hearing impaired individuals could use cell phones. These little devices are so much a part of our culture and, in addition to being a way to keep in touch, they can be used as life-saving tools in an emergency. When you think of it that way,...
Source: Cellphone9
iPhone Sales in China Doing Poorly
It was almost two months ago that Apple finally launched the iPhone in China, hoping to take advantage of the big market in the country.
However, what was hoping to be a successful beginning to the iPhone’s run in China, has now turned into a huge disappointment for the folks at Apple.
To date,...
Source: Cellphone9
New Cell Phone Call Rates Now Apply
Just a quick update on Globe’s announcement regarding the new, more reasonable, cell phone call rates blasted last month. Those new rates, which will charge for calls in units of six seconds instead of one minute, were applicable for all telcos as of last Sunday, according to the NTC. Let’s...
Source: Technograph
Black Friday & Cyber Monday With AT&T
Let the holiday sales begin! AT&T has just announced a series of weekend-long sales on wireless handsets starting today and you’re not going to want to miss out!
Black Friday is a great time to check out incredible deals on some of the most popular touch screen wireless devices and...
Source: Cellphone9
Use Your Cell Phone as a Microscope
It seems that every day someone is coming up with another reason why cell phones are such useful tools so I wasn’t surprised when I read a New York Times article about how U.C.L.A found a way to adapt a cell phone to function as a microscope for screening diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria.
Incredibly,...
Source: Cellphone9
LG GB230
LG GB230
LG GB230 Specs:
2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Size: 101.2 x 49.2 x 15.7 mm
Weight: 89 g
Display Size: TFT, 256K colors
-176 x 220 pixels, 2.0 inches
Memory:
-Call records: 40 dialed, 40 received, 40 missed calls
-Internal: 6 MB
-Card slot: microSD...
Source: Mobile Manila Philippines
