Posted: 10/31/08
An exciting free cell phone service called Slifter lets you comparison shop for products in nearby stores right from your mobile device! Now when you’re out shopping you can immediately find out whether that new camera you’re looking at is $20 cheaper on the other side of town. Save money, time, and worry by signing up for this free service today.
Posted: 10/29/08
HP’s CloudPrint service allows you to remotely print using your mobile phone. Email a document to the CloudPrint virtual print server which will store a copy and send an SMS to your phone with a reference ID. Once you get to a computer, enter the code on the CloudPrint web site and the server will find the nearest local printer. This service allows you to save multiple files on the server, keep the reference IDs on your phone and print from any computer. Additionally, you can print mobile photos or files from your phone to your home printer.
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Posted: 10/20/08
GrandCentral, Google’s latest acquisition, hopes to make managing multiple phone numbers an easier process. The service allows users to send calls from multiple phone numbers to one number, combine voicemail accounts and answer phone calls even as the caller is recording a voice message. Grand Central also allows users to record calls on the fly access the recordings online, receive voicemail notifications via email or SMS and others. One particularly innovative service is the ability to have people leave voicemails via a web service that hides your phone number.
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Posted: 10/06/08
Emoze is the first free mobile push email service. Emoze allows you to receive emails and Outlook data anywhere on your mobile phone even if it’s not a Blackberry or PDA. It is completely secure and allows email access without connecting to a service or clicking send\receive. You can also manage contact, calendar, and other personal information all for free using your mobile phone.
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Posted: 10/03/08
There are a lot of options for voicemail to text conversion services, such as PhoneTag and PhoneWire, each costing $9-$30 a month, but SpinVox has a unique feature that others don’t. While all of these services convert voicemails to text or email messages, SpinVox’s new feature will provide added benefit busy business travelers. Federal regulations prohibit making phone calls during a flight, but SpinVox users can continue to get their voicemails as text messages or emails during a flight in a data-only environment and respond via email while still in the air or by text once on the ground.
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Posted: 09/10/08
A free application from the iPhone’s app store will download all of your documents and spreadsheets from Google’s Documents (link to Apple application store) feature, making them available to read and access even when away from a data connection. Perfect for storing and accessing shared lists even when you’re on the go.
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Posted: 08/01/08
There are dozens of shortcut keys or keystroke combinations that allow better Blackberry usability. For example, hitting ‘J’ while reading emails will immediately call up the oldest message in the email chain.
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Posted: 08/01/08
Just dial DIR-ECT-IONS (347-328-4661), request a location or business and seconds later a text message with step-by-step directions will arrive. Its as simple as 1-2-3 and it’s completely free.
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Posted: 07/16/08
Not sure if your favorite website is compatible with your mobile web browser? Well, Tilt View can tell you. The website has options to check for IE Mobile, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Opera Mini and Symbian. It also works on all mobile browsers.
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Posted: 07/02/08
Just take a picture and send it to scanR from your Blackberry or other web enabled phone and they turn it into text that can be shared via email or fax. Store business cards, newspaper articles, and even info from white boards.
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