Mobile software refers to software that can be stored and executed on a mobile device such as a cell phone, PDA, smart phone, or similar device. Mobile software can range in its capabilities as some simply change the virtual appearance of the device while others provide important features such as menu layouts and password protection. ScreenLocker, for instance, can lock unauthorized users out of a mobile device while Opera Mini is a mobile browser. This article will go over a number of mobile programs that can greatly enhance the user’s Read More

Blackberry is a wireless handheld smartphone created by the Canada based company Research In Motion. It was first introduced in 1999 in the form of a two way pager. The first Blackberry smartphone was released in 2002. Blackberry smartphones work together with mobile service providers to transmit information or data through their wireless networks. Blackberry is the second largest selling smartphone in the world, accounting for about 21% of global smartphone sales. Apart from conventional mobile telephony, Blackberry smartphones offer the following features and services: Blackberry Enterprise Server The Blackberry Read More

GoPhone is the trademark used by AT&T/Cingular to market their pay as you go cell phones. Most customers will eventually want to switch to a more normal post-pay cell phone plan, and many of them will want to take their cell phones with them. Unfortunately, the GoPhones are "subsidy locked." This means that the GoPhones can only be used on the AT&T/Cingular network — until you enter an unlock code. Unlocking GoPhones AT&T/Cingular will tell you the unlock code for your GoPhone, but only under certain specific conditions. These conditions Read More

As millions of people all around the world use cell phones on a daily basis, it is only logical that cell phones go missing from time to time. The problem with losing a cell phone rather than some other object, however, is that they have become essential to modern communication. Many people, in fact, have even disconnected their landline phones and replaced them with one or more cell phones. There are many different methods that you can use to locate a lost cell phone but not every method is right Read More

As many people are fed up with their cell phone providers, a new trend has opened up for tracphones. A tracphone, or TracFone, is a prepaid phone that gives you the accessibility of a contract plan without the commitment. Tracphones have become much more popular in the past few months as more people are finally ending their two year contracts with their cell phone providers and switching to prepaid plans. To properly define how tracphones can help you, this article will analyze the various features that tracphones have to offer. Read More

The Mobile Telephone Switching Office, or MTSO, is a system that automatically keeps track of a cell phone user’s relative signal by monitoring readings from cell phone towers near the user. MTSO systems also automatically switch a cell phone’s service from one cell phone tower to another depending on which tower will provide the user with the best possible reception. Additionally, the MTSO is responsible for connecting all individual cell phone users in an area to a “central office”, which then connects those users to long-distance areas.   How MTSO Read More

Each GSM and UMTS mobile phone has a unique IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number. An IMEI number facilitates an important function – it easily identifies a mobile phone being used on a GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network. The IMEI is a useful tool to stop a stolen phone from accessing a network being used. Mobile phone owners whose phones have been stolen can contact their mobile network provider and ask them to ban or shut off a phone using its IMEI number. With an IMEI number, the Read More

Smart phone and related technologies have significantly increased over the past few years world-wide. From the poorest to the richest countries, the cost and penetration of mobile technology has resulted in cell phone usage dramatically increasing across all social-economic boundaries. One of the commonalities across the various models of cell phones is the ability to use tailored ringtones for a mobile phone. In order to obtain new ringtones for a phone, however, consumers find that many cell phone service provides will charge a fee for ringtone downloads or require one Read More

Doctor Martin Cooper invented the modern cell phone. He invented the technology responsible for the cell phone when he was the Director of Research and Development at Motorola. Dr. Martin Cooper is also known as the first person to make a call on a cell phone. His revolutionary call took place in April of 1973 in New York. He is currently the CEO of an antenna corporation. The Cell Phone’s Ancestors The modern cell phone originated with Martin Cooper. However, in order to completely understand the invention of the cell Read More

Most people send text messages from the very small keypads on their mobile phones, and most people who receive text message messages read them on the tiny screens of their mobile phones. Because of those considerations, and because many service providers limit text messages 160 characters in length, most people who use text messages learn to type their messages using a number of popular text message shortcuts. Text Message Shortcuts These are some of the more common text message shortcuts. 2D To Delete 2G4Y Too Good For You 4E Forever Read More