Mobile Phones and Me » Communication

Why Should I Google That For You?

Curt — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:13:43 +0000

Someone sent me a link to a cool net site. Well, I’m not sure how new it is but it is pretty cool. Its called let me google that for you. Have you ever had someone ask you a question that isn’t common knowledge and would obviously require someone to do research? Usually when that happens I get an annoyed look on my face and then proceed to google the answer. But really why should I have to be bothered to google that for someone else when they could have done the same just as easily. Well what lmgtfy.com does is make a cool little animation which “instructs” the person on what they should do. So, the next time someone asks me a question about a Seattle personal injury lawyer I now have a smug way to should them how easy it is to google.

SPB Online Smartphone 1.0

Curt — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:15:21 +0000

Spb Online Smartphone is an application which combines Mobile TV, radio, news, weather and online games into one handy application. For years SPB has been one of the major players in smartphone applications. With this newest entry they have succeeded in coming up with a suite of products that covers all the bases. Previously applications of this quality were available only to providers but now they are offering it to end users. Here is a list of features included and with the limited time I had to play around with it SPB has really impressed.

If you are anything like me and like to load up your phone with all sorts of gadgets, this set of applications may very well be your holy grail.

Features:

TV: IP-TV with usability optimized for mobile devices
Fast channel switching
Picture-in-picture
Integrated TV guide
On-screen controls
Radio: Hundreds radio stations
Finger friendly interface
Built in radio stations catalog
Real time radio streaming
Online Games: Casual multiplayer online games
Play with real people
Multilingual chat
Easy to play casual games
No configuration — just play
Checkers, Hexagon, and Reversi as default games
News: Full text news on your device
Offline reading with pictures
Article thumbnails
Catalog of 10000+ best news channels
Full RSS, Atom support
Weather: Detailed weather forecast for multiple cities
5 days weather forecast
Up to 10 cities
Detailed morning/day/evening information

Minimum Requirements:

Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone, Windows Mobile 6 or 6.1 Standard device

Sprint closes PCS email

Curt — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:14:28 +0000

Up until now every Sprint PCS customer had an email address registered to their cell phone. Today Sprint has announced the cancellation of this service. Sprint is now suggesting that subscribers setup an email account with one of the free online providers (gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc.). Additionally Sprint is offering subscribers a tool to help the migration of the email accounts. This tool will allow users to transfer their address book and any saved emails to the new service. Subscribers who want to continue using email on their Sprint cell phone can download the Sprint Mobile Email application via the Sprint portal.

iPhone Application: ExpenseAnalystMAX

Curt — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:54:09 +0000

ExpenseAnalystMax Interface

ExpenseAnalystMAX is an application for the Apple iPhone which (just as the name suggests) allow you to track your expenses. This is a purely web-based application that is specially designed for the iPhone and Safari web browser. Even if you share expenses with roommates you can still use ExpenseAnalystMAX to accurately detail who owes what, as well to track where your money went. While this is far from a full fledged budgeting system it is both handy and simple to use.

iSMS

Curt — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:45:54 +0000

iSMS is an application for the Apple iPhone that replaces the default iPhone text messaging system. Based on a Chinese text messaging system iSMS provides a ton of options previously not available on the iPhone. The two most noteable options provided are multi-recipient texting and text forwarding. Additionally the following features are available thanks to iSMS:

iSMS interface

* ability to send contact info via SMS
* delete messages one at a time
* i18n support
* smilies/emoticons support
* stock message/message template support

iSMS also supports up to 10 different languages, has a feature that easily allows call back functionality to text message senders, iSMS also will show an envelope icon in the status bar when you have unread text messages. The only drawback I can think of is the lack of threaded text viewing meaning texts will be stored in separate folders for sent and received messages. Personally I have iSMS installed alongside my standard text application so I can send out bulk texts and use the forwarding features.