Saturday, August 30, 2008

Cell Phone Accessories

The tremendous increase in cell phone usage has increased the range and requirements of cell phone accessories. People prefer many accessories such as mobile covers, music systems and MP-3 players in a cell phone. Below mentioned are a few cell phone accessories to stay connected safely while on the drive:

1. Mobile Phone Belt Clip: The shift belt clip is one of the vital cell phone accessories. It is easier for users to keep their cell phones versatile and safe through this clip belt. It is best for those people, who prefer to keep their cell phones at their waist while driving.

2. Bluetooth Parrot CK3200LS Car kit with LCD Display: This Bluetooth Parrot hands-free car kit uses the color LCD for the users to view information. This Bluetooth Parrot cell phone accessory can store contact details and is equipped with voice recognition feature to call numbers automatically. This Bluetooth Parrot car kit cell phone accessory is compatible with cell phones as such HP, LG, Nokia, Blackberry, and Motorola.

3. Bluetooth Speakerphone: A Bluetooth Speakerphone allows users to use their cell phones more safely while driving. The volume of speaker is adjustable in the automatic way while driving to avoid background nuisances. A standard Bluetooth Speakerphone offers 20 hours of stretch talk time and 480 hours of standby.

Jawbone:

Jawbone is a kind of Bluetooth headset made by Aliph, a firm based in San Francisco, established by Hosain Rahman and Alexander Asseily. The designer of Jawbone headset is Yves Behar.

Jawbone when connected to a mobile phone, computer or PDA eases wireless communication using Bluetooth. This technology offers a secure connection and transfers information among devices over short radio frequency.

It uses the 'Noise Shield' adaptive signal processing technology created by Aliph for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), processing, outgoing and incoming sound to minimize background disturbance in military environments.

The device is equipped with a small sensor to detect vibrations made during communication to divide a caller's voice from noise in surroundings. The device was rewarded with the International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award in 2007, and with title of “Wearable Gadget of the Year”.

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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Things To Keep In Mind While Buying A Cell Phone

Buying a Cell Phone: An Overview

In the last decade the cell phone industry has grown thousand fold all around the world. A cell phone is somewhat necessary for an individual to keep up with the busy life of the current era. A few years back, a cell phone was not considered a necessity; it was just a luxury that was being enjoyed by only a small number of individuals. But nowadays, life without a cell phone seems impossible. People all around the world are addicted to the use of a cell phone. This is mainly because the cell phone is no longer just a cell phone; it has evolved into many things like a personal digital assistant (pda), music player, a global positioning system (gps) and a lot more. Everyday different manufacturers around the world are introducing the models with the new features. This is what needs to be taken into consideration when you go for buying a cell phone. You need to be sure about the features you want that suit your lifestyle well.

The Money Matter

Nowadays there is so much choice for an individual to buy a cell phone. Every company is producing the models with state of the art technology and features everyday. Price is the main thing that makes a difference in these different models. An expensive phone is likely to have more features, reliability and a better technology than a cheap one. Everyone wants a best phone in the market for him but high price of the cell phones comes in the way therefore price is a big thing that needs to be kept in mind while buying a cellular phone. But expensive and sophisticated phones are not everyone's choice; there are people who just want a simple cell phone which is not much expensive but does its job well only as a cell phone. Also the extra features provided in the expensive phones are not everyone's need.

Therefore the price is a main thing to keep in mind whenever you to buy a cell phone. Do not buy a cell phone just because it is expensive; buy the one that suits your needs.

Choices in Different Vendors and their Models

Lucky for the customers that nowadays there are a huge number of cell phone manufacturers who have a vast number of models for customers to choose from. Every vendor holds certain advantages that the other lacks in. This creates a great competition, which is very healthy for the cell phone industry. Also this competition results in the reduction of the price, which is beneficial for the end user.

Some people have liking for a certain brand but they still have a lot of choice in the models offered by the same brand. Every other day a new model is launched by a company, this is a strategy of companies to keep a customer stick to their brand and attract more.

Research is Always Better

It is always better to research about the phone you are going to buy before you set out to actually buy it. There are number of ways to know about that phone, the best one is internet. You can read the product reviews on the internet for that phone and know if there are any issues with it. You can also know the people's view about the certain features offered by that particular device on internet. Also try to read the review by some critic about that phone; it will further clarify its view in your mind.

Hence it is to be said that in order to get the desired satisfaction, the above things should be kept in mind before buying a cell phone.

About The Author

Sherry Khan is the webmaster of "Lovely Channel" which can be found at http://www.lovelychannel.com and providing largest collection of great text sms messages for your mobile and cell phones. Send these lovely sms, kiss sms, funny sms, naughty sms, flirt sms, rude sms, cool sms, greeting sms, wise words to friends.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Interesting Facts About Cell Phones

Cell phone (telefone celular) is a wireless, portable, long-range, electronic telephone, which during travel can seamlessly change antenna connections, from one radio reception cell to another radio reception cell, without dropping or losing the ongoing call.

Besides the standard voice function of a telephone, latest cell phones (telefone celular) have features such as SMS for text messages, MMS for multimedia messages, radio, games, internet connectivity for email, browsing, blogging, music (MP3) playback, memo recording, built-in cameras and camcorders, ringtones, personal organizers, Push-to-Talk (PTT), Bluetooth and infrared connectivity, call registers, streaming video, downloading video, video call, and also serve as wireless modems for PCs that can be connected to the Internet.

The power in a cell phone (telefone celular) is obtained from rechargeable batteries, which can be recharged from the mains, a USB port or a cigarette lighter port in an automobile. Nickel Metal Hydride were the most common types of batteries, which due to the "memory effect" (the user can recharge only when the entire battery is drained off) were replaced by Lithium-Ion batteries, which did not suffer from any memory effect.

Cell phones (telefone celular) came into existence because of the invention of hexagonal cells in 1947, for the base stations by Bell Labs engineers at AT&T. This was further developed during the 1960s by Bell Labs. During a call, the channel frequency could not be changed automatically from one cell (base station coverage area) to another cell (base station coverage area) as the person traveled from the area of one cell to the area of another cell. Amos Joel of Bell Labs invented a breakthrough invention and called it as the `call handoff` by which the channel frequency could be changed automatically from one cell to another cell, during the same call, as the mobile user traveled from one cell to another cell. Due to their heavy construction, these phones were used mainly in automobiles.

The first practical cell phone in a non-vehicle setting, and which could be handheld, was invented by Martin Cooper, the General Manager (Communications Division) of Motorola, who made the world`s first handheld cell phone (telefone celular) call on April 3, 1973.

The technology by which the cell phone (telefone celular) works depends on the mobile phone operator; however, all of them use electromagnetic radio waves, which are in touch with a cell site (base station). The base station is composed of several antennas which are mounted on a pole, tower, or building. Cell sites are spread at a distance of 5 to 8 miles (approx. 8 to 13 km) from each other. The low power transceiver from the cell phone transmits the voice and data to the nearest cell site. During movement, the cell phone will "handoff" the information to other cell site. Mobile phone operators use many technologies to maintain the smooth stream of digitized data from the cell phone to the cell site and vice versa.

The wireless telephone technologies are grouped under heads known as generations, starting from zero generation or 0G. The current generation going on is 4G; however, there are old cell phones (telefone celular) that still operate on 1G, 2G, and 3G technologies. The wireless telephone technologies used in each generation are as given below:

0G: PTT, MTS, IMTS, AMTS, OLT, MTD, Autotel/PALM, ARP

1G: NMT, AMPS/TACS/ETACS, Hicap, CDPD, Mobitex, DataTac

2G: GSM, iDEN, D-AMPS, IS-95/cdmaOne, PDC, CSD, PHS, GPRS, HSCSD, WiDEN, CDMA2000 1xRTT/IS-2000, EDGE (EGPRS)

3G: W-CDMA, UMTS (3GSM), FOMA, TD-CDMA/UMTS-TDD, 1xEV-DO/IS-856, TD-SCDMA, GAN (UMA), HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, HSOPA

4G : UMB, UMTS Revision 8 (LTE), WiMAX

Frequency bands: SMR, Cellular, PCS

The impact of cell phone (telefone celular) usage on human health has been of considerable worldwide concern. Research studies in Copenhagen, from the Danish Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, the National Cancer Institute, and the Institute of Cancer Research, do not establish any link between cancer and cell phone usage. However, an intergovernmental agency IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations, undertook a study of 4,500 users and found a statistically significant link between cell phone usage and tumor frequency. Further research is going on.

Cell phone (telefone celular) usage and driving is a common worldwide phenomenon. Some jurisdictions have banned usage of hand-held phones during driving, but allowed the hands-free fashion of cell phone usage while driving. However, studies have found out that the distraction is caused by the conversation itself; hence, both hand-held and hands-free cell phones contribute towards road traffic accidents. Further studies on cell phone usage and driving are going on.

Nokia Corporation is currently the world`s largest manufacturer of cell phones (telefone celular). Other notable cell phone manufacturers, in alphabetical order, are 3G, Audiovox (now UT Starcom), Benefon, BenQ-Siemens, Fujitsu, High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC), Kyocera, LG Mobile, Motorola, NEC, Panasonic (Matsushita Electric), Pantech Curitel, Philips, Research In Motion, Sagem, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless, SK Teletech, Sony Ericsson, T&A Alcatel, Toshiba, and Verizon.

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Roberto Sedycias works as IT consultant for http://www.polomercantil.com.br

Monday, January 7, 2008

Cell Phone Accessory Guide - Killer Tips For Customizing Your Cell Phone With Accessories

Let’s be honest. In today’s day and age, a person’s cell phone is literally an extension of their personality. With all of the mobile phone customization options and accessories available today, it’s easy to express yourself with your mobile phone.

Is mobile phone customization for everyone? Of course not. Some people are simply content with a plain, boring, everyday cell phone. If you’re one of those people, then this article isn’t for you. However, if you’re one of those who enjoy personalizing your stuff, this article will give you some great tips and ideas for making the most of your cell phone.

The first (and easiest) way to customize your cellular phone is with ringtones and customized wallpaper. These are cheap and easy ways to make your cell phone stand out from the crowd.

Another great cell phone accessory that you should check out is a customized faceplate. Faceplates usually aren’t very expensive and they can really work wonders when it comes to altering the appearance of your stock mobile phone.

A favorite cell phone accessory of my daughter is a bling kit. She has decked out her phone top to bottom in fake diamonds and the thing looks like a million bucks. We don’t go anywhere without someone commenting on her “bling” and asking where she bought it.

Hopefully this article has given you a few cheap and easy ideas for cell phone accessories. Customizing your cellular phone doesn’t have to cost a fortune and it certainly doesn’t take much time. So, if you’re like me and hate being like everyone else, take a few minutes to customize your cell phone with some cool ringtones and accessories. I guarantee that you’ll have a lot of fun with it and will be happy once you’re finished. Enjoy!

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