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The Critical Cell Phone - No More Just For Plain Calls

By: Keith R Lunt


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And for scores of people there is not just a single cellular phone that forms their life. Perhaps office and private mobile. I have even seen of people who have separate phones for friends and girl friends. Some go even further and have three or even four cellular phones. All carried round and ready to organise your life.

These days the cellular phone is not just for calling other people. Texting other people is the main obvious alternative, but the standard cell phone has so scores of other features. lots of people choose their phone based on how good the related camera is. When choosing my own mobile phone the main cricism from other people was that it ‘only’ had a 3 mega pixel camera! My own digital camera does not have that good a resolution.

Now loads of people do use their phone for taking photos, and videos, and sharing these. Blue Tooth is a straightforward way of sharing these files and then for a wider distribution you can attach them to a text message.

Even then, these technologies are becoming old hat. Now you can dispatch files as email attachments from your mobile phone, whether directly using its applications or by using thrid part web applications. This is because lots of cellular phones now also include web browsers and come with internet access. The high end mobiles even have awfully good web browsers, competing with small computer systems.

If you want to browse the internet on the go and your mobile does not provide a good enough browser, you also use the phone as a mobile modem! Either attach to the cellular through a serial cable or go even more high tech and connect your laptop and cellular together via the Bluetooth connection. First-rate for sharing files or using the phone as a modem to connect to the internet wherever you are!

With many of the latest phones on the market you in effect have a mini computer to hand. The most modern development is for mobiles to come with small qwerty keyboards. Exceptional for people, like me, who get entirely lost trying to type more than a few words on a cell phone keyboard!

With the humble cell phone getting so essential in our lives, their security is equally central. Locking the keyboard so that it does not inadvertently call the emergency services is one step, then password protecting the entire phone so that if someone else picks up or steals the phone it cannot be used is an crucial step.

If you do misplace your mobile then you could lose all of your contacts. It is complicated enough to write them down in a safe place and therefore, there are a few services starting up that will take an online copy of your phone’s contacts and store them. If your phone is lost, or if you basically want to upgrade to a new handset, then these services can restore all of the settings to the new phone for you.

But cell phones can be terribly costly. 1 or 2 year fixed term contracts are there to ensure that your provider gets back the cost of the mobile you have been given, which might have been free or at least cut price. If you lose your mobile during this fixed term you may still be likely to pay for the rest of the term. Check your home insurance to see if that offers any suitable cover and possibly contemplate adding a specialist policy for your phone.

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