Category: Mobile Phones

The E-Cycle law, introduced in Wisconsin on the first of September last year, appears to be paying off. The law banned the dumping of clapped out electronic devices such as old televisions, computers, stereos and old cell phones, in landfills, and trash collectors ceased to pick up such items left out by citizens.

Why not start the year off right by selling off the old cell phone and putting a little bit of extra cash in your pocket?

You must not underestimate the true worth of your Cell phone, as you never know how important it could be for our planet.

Now that 2011 has arrived, we must work out some new strategies to put money in our pouch all through the coming year. We suggest you trade in your old cell phone. If you do that, you won’t be the only person to be benefitted but many others will be benefitted also.

FaceTime Video Calling is now accessible through 3G phones. This comes as good news if you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. However, you will require the recent most version of Skype messenger and voice software. This version of Skype shall be able to run on gadgets that use iOS 4 or a more advanced operating system.

A new type of cell phone virus has been identified by Lookout Cell Security, as reported by All Things Digital (AllThingsD). It is prone to attacking those cells which run the Android OS. It’s called by the name Geinimi. This virus has made its appearance in China, and has the capability of distorting a great amount of personal information before it could be send on to distant servers.

Too much of snowfall is snatching all forms of recreation from me and I do really not like this. We have to remain satisfied with small trips in the car, that is, of course, if there are any trips happening at all. Almost all of the shopping had to be done at the local stores than at super-markets. Though it made Christmas dinner exciting, we had to spend a great deal of time being confined within the four walls of our home.

Many people of in Africa can only dream of the internet but cannot reach it. The systems there are of very low grade and give feeble, sluggish connections that are much too costly to be afforded by a person who earns a medium pay. However, cell-based web can be accessed more easily. That’s why Tanzanians take the help of their cell phone instead of their personal computer if they have to surf online or transmit money by electronic means.

You must have seen the ad on the television of a guy carrying a sweet little orange coloured cell phone and jumping happily inside a bag. That advertisement shows a woman with a new cell phone, who is willing to sell her old one for cash. It is a reputed online recycling firm in the UK, but sometimes it may not provide the highest value for a phone.

Recently, a survey conducted in Philippines revealed that this nation with a 92 million population has around 87 million subscribers using cell services. This constitutes 94% of the total population of the country. It is like a drop of water into the vast ocean. International Telecommunications Union pegged world-wide cell phone subscribers at approximately 5 billion. Just imagine, each owner use a cell phone just for a year, and if so many people discard their cell phones each year, the carbon footprint from obsolete handsets can create astronomical harm to our Earth’s environment.