Features:

• Hosted wiki application for your mobile device.
• Add new pages, edit existing pages, browse and search pages etc.
• No download or installation required.
• Works on pretty much any mobile phone that has internet coonection.
• You can try PikoWiki demo here. No registration required.

Check out PikoWiki @ www.picowiki.com

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Zoho : Feature-rich Web-based Office Software
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile

First you need to provide some information about your location and usage preferences/requirements (i.e. avgerage daily talk time, whether you need data plan, SMS usage, network coverage, average phone bill etc.). Then, BillShrink will list all available cell phone plans starting from the cheapest. Along with everything else it also tells you how much you will be actually saving.

Features:

• Find the best mobile contract for your needs.
• Highly customizable: Considers factors such as which areas/networks you call often, daily talk time, data usage and so on.
• Enter your phone usage details manually or (Optionally) import them directly from the phone bill.
• Sort recommended results by monthly price, the amount it can save, overall rank, and signal strength.
• Map with a visual representation of each carrier’s coverage/signal strength.
• Set BillShrink to re-analyze your profile on a monthly basis and send you email alerts in case there are better deals.
• Note: The service is quite new so once in a while some small things may not works as expected.

Check out BillShrink @ www.billshrink.com

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• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• DimeTracker: Budget and Expense Tracking
• BankFox: Compare Bank Services & Products
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Zefty: Web App For Teaching Money Management To Children

How does it work?

• Create Dashwire account and select your handset model.
• Receive a text message with a download link to DashWire mobile client.
• Install the application, enter your username and password and wait a few minutes for it to initialize.

Even though DashWire is a free application, mobile carrier charges may apply. To actually use it for free you need to have an unlimited text messaging and data usage on your mobile plan.

DashWire Features

• Manage your phone from the web.
• Synchronize all of the information stored on your mobile to web account.
• Keep a backup copy of all incoming and outgoing text messages.
• Read, reply to and send text messages directly from your PC.*
• Backup and automatically synchrnozie address book contacts.
• Easily view, edit, organize and share your mobile photos with friends.
• Manage your ringtones, internet favorites and speed dials from the web.
• If you are interested watch DashWire video tour here.

* Note all mesages that you compose using DashWire will appear as sent from your phone

Check out DashWire @ [ www.dashwire.com ]

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• Anywr : Contact Manager + Calendar
• Vufone: Backup Your Mobile Data
• Mobyko: Backup Mobile Phone Data Online
• Mobical: Backup Mobile Contacts, Address Book and Calendar
• Contails: Mobile Contacts Sync Tool

Features:

• Downlod free eBooks to read on your computer or mobile device (PDA, iPhone, iPod, cell phone etc.).
• Search for ebooks or Browse by category, latest additions, popular, recent downloads, etc.
• Most of the ebooks can be downloaded in several different fomats.
• Over 20.000 eBooks available and more added every day.
• Some ebooks also available in audio format (see screenshot).
• Tips on how to convert PDF ebook to make it compatibe with your mobile device.
• It’s 100 free. No sign up or email required.

Go to ManyBooks @ [ www.manybooks.net ]

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• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• TextOnPhone : Over 30.000 eBooks for Your iPhone
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• ScienceBooksOnline: Free Science eBooks

Features

• Access MSN Meesenger, Google Talk / Jabber, Yahoo Messenger, and ICQ accounts at the same time.
• Set desired accounts to autologin on startup.
• Manage accounts: Add as many messenger accounts as you want.
• Manage contacts: add, remove and edit contacts.
• User account details and settings are stored locally, on your mobile.
• Works on most of the modern mobile phones.
• Multi-lingual

Check out JimmyIM @ jimmyim.berlios.de

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• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• NimBuzz: IM and VoIP Client for Your Mobile
• Fring : Free Mobile Calling and Chat
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online

“Where’s my cell phone? I swear it was just right here…” Are the words often muttered as you frantically look for your cell phone only to find it hidden underneath a pile of laundry, in some obscure pocket, or in the car.

Features

• Find your lost cell phone by calling its number and keep it ringing until it is found.
• Currently available only within United States.
• No registration required.

Check out WhereisMyCellPhone @ [ www.wheresmycellphone.com ]

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• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile
• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• TelePixie
• Rminder : Quick Voice Reminders

ShifD Features

• Instantly synchronize notes, places and links between muliple web-enabled devices.
• Access and post content from the the desktop client, ShifD website or mobile phone (incl. iPhone).
• You can post notes, web links or address locations.
• Get a map view for every added address.
• “ShifD This” browser bookmarklet: Instantly send any web page link to your Shifd account and make it easily accessible from any device.
• Desktop client for Mac and Windows PCs. Requires Adobe Air (free).
• Available only to users within US.
• Note: Shifd is a free service, however depending on your mobile contract data usage fees may apply.

Check out Shifd @ www.shifd.com

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• Scanr: Scan, Copy and Fax Using Your Cell Phone
• Qipit : Capture and Share Docs Using Mobile
• Npad: Virtual Notepad (from PC or Mobile).
• Knotler: ToDo lists for Mobile
• DashWire: Synchronize and Backup your Mobile Phone to Web

Feature List

• Cut the fragment from any song and turn it into a ringtone.
• Upload songs from computer or grab it directly from the web.
• Search and download ringtones created by other Audiko users.
• Share ringtones with other users.
• Free. No signup or registration required.
• Multi-lingual: Available in English and Russian languages.
• What’s missing: Option to send ready ringtones to mobile.

Check out Audiko @ [ www.audiko.net ]

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• Phonezoo
• MyxerTones: Free Mobile Ringtones and Wallpapers
• Entertonement
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online

Talkster Features

• Make free (or cheap) long distance and group calls using any landline or mobile phone.
• Group calls: Arrange conference calls with upto 5 people simultaneously.
• Currently works in 30 countries: US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France etc. See a full list here
• No registration or sign up required. There are no hidden fees, talking limits, membership charges or credit card requests.
• Access Talkster and request new local-access numbers from PC, mobile phone or via SMS message.
• Note: The Talkster service is free, however in some cases you may be charged by your provider at local rates.

[Video] Talkster Intro

Check out Talkster @ [ www.talkster.com ]

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• NimBuzz: IM and VoIP Client for Your Mobile
• Kadoink: Group Conference Calls from Your Mobile
• Jangl: Send Voicemail to Any Mobile via Email
• JAJAH: Web Telephony On your Mobile/ Landline Phone
• Fring : Free Mobile Calling and Chat

FixMyMovie Features:

• Improve quality of low resolution videos taken from mobile phone, digital camera or webcam.
• Supports almost all video types, however for best results FixMyMovie recommends using original file types (3g2, .3g2, .mp4, or .avi.)
• Grab high resolution images (screenshots) from any place in the video.
• Compare original and enhanced versions side-by-side.
• Preview improved version in “Full screen” mode.
• Download improved videos to your hard drive or mobile device (i.e. iPod).
• Automatically push ready videos to your Youtube account.
• For additional information go to FixMyMovie FAQ page.

[Video] FixMyMovie tutorial on how to grab and enhance images from low quality video:

Visit FixMyMovie @ [ www.fixmymovie.com ]

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• Mux Mobile (Cruxy.com)
• FlixWagon: Broadcast Live Video from your Mobile
• Asterpix : Video Annotation
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Zamzar

How does it work?

(1) Text Message Alerts: Follow-up on important events via text message alerts. Select what you wante to track (news, weather, stocks, favorite blogs, package tracking etc.), enter trigger words, and choose time and number of alerts you want to receive per day.



Available alert categories: Sports Scores, Player Stats, Weather, Stock Quotes, Horoscopes, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity Birthdays, Health Tips, RSS News Feeds, Package Tracking, Craigslist, Personal reminder

(2) Text Message Search: Instantly lookup specific information by sending short text message. Type in a search term and send a text message to 4INFO (44636) Type a search term in the message body. Your serach term may vary depending on what type of information you want to lookup (stocks, weather, flight status etc.).



Available search categories: sports scores, player stats, stock quotes, wifi hotspots, package tracking, weather, yellow pages, news, flight status, city search, TV Guide, movie show times, drink recipes, price lookup, jokes, joke, horoscopes, pickup lines, celebrity gossip.

Additional Features:

• RSS Alerts: Monitor updates from your favorite blogs and websites.
• Customization: Choose time and number of alerts you want to receive per day.
• Create as many alerts as you like. Manage, modify or edit your alerts online.
• If you want to test message search functionality right now you can do it from here.

[Video] 4info Intro

Check out 4info @ [ www.4Info.net ]

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• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• TellMe : Free Local Directory Assisstance
• TelePixie
• MoDazzle: Access Facebook Account via email or SMS
• GOOG411 : Free Directory Inquiries

Features

• View and Search Wikipedia articles.
• Removes all the clutter and leaves only main text content.
• ‘Random’ Link: Jump to a random artcile.

Visit Wapipedia @ [ www.wapipedia.org ]

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• WireNode : Create your Own Mobile Startpages

LifeHacker: “Boopsie, a free mobile search app, aims to cut down the number of keypad clicks between you and the information you’re looking for.”

There are over 100 channels in total. Search match scores, lookup stock prices, local weather reports, find phone numbers, search Wikipedia, find nearest Starbucks or FedEx store, movie reviews (via IMDB.com), area code lookup, search Amazon books, read global news and lots more. .

Features

• Live search: As you type letters, Boopsie finds and shows answers in real-time.
• Works over any data connection (GPRS, EDGE, EVDO, WiFi, 3G etc.) Basically, if you can browse web on your phone, you can most likely use Boopsie.
• Works with pretty much all popular phones (BREW, Blackberry, Java (J2ME), Palm OS, Symbian, Windows Mobile and iPhone). See a full list of supported devices here.

Boopsie video demo (no sound)

Check out Boopsie @ www.boopsie.com

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Zillow
• YouTorrent : Torrent Comparison Search Engine
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• You Serials : Adware-free Serial and CD Key Search Engine

Cellspin – Feature List

• Easily capture and publish photo, text, video and audio content directly from mobile phone.
• Publish stuff to: Picasa, Live Spaces, Youtube, LiveJournal, Flickr, Facebook, eBay, Blogger, or CellSpin.
• Upload to multiple networks at the same time (requires Cellspin mobile client).
• If Cellspin client isn’t compatible with your phone you still can publish content by sending MMS or mobile email (go@cellpin.net).
• Option to set uploads to ‘private’ or ‘friends only’ modes.
• For additional infomation go to service help page.

Note: Cellspin is a free service, however depending on your service plan you may be charged for the data usage. Make sure to check out your contract details.

CellSpin Presenting at Demo 08

Check out Cellspin @ www.cellspin.net

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• oSkope: Visual Search for eBay, Youtube, Flickr …
• Oosah: Manage your YouTube, Flickr & Facebook Files from one Place
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Vizzl: YouTube, Ebay & Amazon Visual Search Tool
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile

Here you can interact with a number of hugely popular mobile phones via fully interactive web-based virtual handsets. Use your mouse cursor to click on the phone’s buttons, navigate through options, run default phone applications, change settings, etc. If some features aren’t clear then you can run a virtual demo for it. Want to play with the iPhone interface? Here your chance.

Feature List

• Virtually test-drive popular mobile handsets. Currently lists only 13 popular phones (incl. iPhone) but more phones will be added soon.
• For each phone view: dozens of demos and howto video (ex. how to download music), full specs list (battery life, dimensions, weight …), user reviews and ratings, etc.
• Compare multiple phones side-by-side.

Check out TryPhone @ [ www.tryphone.com ]

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• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• ZipSkinny : Zip Code Finder
• Ziipa: Web 2.0 Directory
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile

• 1. Send a message and specify a delivery time and target location.
• 2. When recipient/s arrive at the specified location JotYou sends them your message.

So, why would anyone use this app? Ever plan to pick up something on the way home, but drive right by the place and simply forget? If you use JotYou it can remind you as you pass-by those ‘to remember’ locations. You can also use it greet friends when they are in the neighborhood, play scavenger hunts, etc. The possibilities are endless. On top of that, it can be accessed both from PC and mobile phone.

Feature List

• Messages only delivered when the recipients are in the area.
• Selet target areas rite from the map. Make target delivery area as big or small as your need.
• Messages can be send to groups and indiviual users.
• Option to specify message delivery time frame. If the recipient reaches the target area outside specified time-frame your message won’t be delivered.
• Store and manage sent messages in your account area.
• Set up tracking groups for events (i.e. bicycle races, marathons,etc) and track friends as they move from.

JotYou Demo Video

Check out JotYou @ www.jotyou.com

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• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• PingMe : eMail and SMS Reminder
• WhereisMyCellPhone : Call your Own Cell Phone
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile

Features:

• Access, manage and store video broadcasts online.
• Share your boadcasts with others. Videos can be shared with everyone, specific group of people or kept private.
• Embed broadcasts on your blog or website.
• Set-up notification alerts to send emails to friends before every live broadcast.
• View, rate and comment on live and recorded broadcasts from other members.
• Note: FlixWagon is a free service, however depending on your mobile contract you maybe charged for data usage.
• For more details go to FlixWagon Help page here OR take a demo tour.

Check out FlixWagon @ [ www.flixwagon.com ]

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• Ustream.tv : Broadcast to Web. Live.
• Mux Mobile (Cruxy.com)
• FixMyMovie : Improve Quality of Low Resolution Videos
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Zamzar

What is a UPC? : The Universal Product Code (UPC) is the 12-digit industry-standard unique identifier used on all manner of goods for sale in North America.

What is a ISBN? : The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a 10-digit number that uniquely identifies books and book-like products published internationally.

MobSaver Features

• Quickly find out product prices on Amazon or eBay via SMS message.
• Look up prices for any items that has ISNB or UPC code.
• Mobsaver reply contains: (1) The lowest prices for new and used items on Amazon. (2) The current bid price on eBay. If there are more than one item available on eBay, a price range will be sent.
• All items you inquire about will be stored in your MobSaver account.
• Lookup as many items as you want.
• Note: Mobsaver is a free service but depending on your mobile contract standard text messaging fees may apply.

Check out MobSaver @ www.mobsaver.com

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• PriceCheckah: Check Prices Across Web Retailers While You’re Out
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books
• Waitable: Price Watcher and Comparison Tool in one
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile
• ShoeBoxed: Manage and Track Receipts Online

Digby is a new service for BlackBerry users only that connects them with online retailers. Use your BlackBerry to find, browse and buy popular merchandise including books, music, DVDs, flowers etc.

I didn’t think much of this when I found it, but after reading about it, it appears to be pretty neat. Since I don’t have a BlackBerry I can’t adequately test it, but I think it looks pretty promising, especially in the demo. Listed below are just some of the online retailers they feature:

They offer products in categories of DVDs, Electronics, Music, Books, and even flowers for that special someone. Of course, Digby maintains a 24/7 catalog updated daily to keep it up-to-date with special product offers. Still skeptical? Check out the demo here.

Features Digby Offers:

• Huge catalogs with popular brands
• Powerful search and easy to use navigation
• Rich content including descriptions and images
• Mobile shopping cart with support for multiple retailers in one order
• Offline capabilities
• Reminders
• Secure transactions
• Shipping confirmations in your inbox

Check out Digby @ www.digby.com

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• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile
• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• ManyBooks: Free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, Pocket PC etc.
• eAuctionAlerts: Free eBay Auction Text Alerts
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online

Additional details

• Supported phones: Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and AT&T subscribers.
• Supported images: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP and PNG images that are smaller than 2MB in size.*
• PixDrop is a free service, however some carriers may charge the recipient a small fee for downloading images to the handset. It should be on your mobile plan.

Check out PixDrop @ www.pixdrop.com

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• TypoGenerator: Generate Random Nonsense Posters
• Trumpia: Last-Minute Event Planner
• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• SocWall : Free Desktop Wallpapers
• PingMe : eMail and SMS Reminder

What makes it even better, is the optional feature to filter alerts by keyword. In other words, you can set web-alerts to alert you only when new postings contain certain terms.

Other Features:

• Web-alerts text messages are free.
• To unsubscribe from any of the alerts just open the link in your text message and choose “My Alerts” option.
• Currently available only in US and Canada.
• Supported carriers: US (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Nextel, Alltel, Metro PCS and Helio), Canada (Rogers, Fido, Telus, Virgin Mobile, Sasktel, and MTS).

Check out Web-Alerts @ [www.web-alerts.com]

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• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• ihoundSoftware: Find Lost Gadgets and Cell Phones
• Google Alerts : News Alerts to your Email
• DimeTracker: Budget and Expense Tracking

reQall Features

• Record notes and leave yourself reminders using your mobile phone.
• Recall (playback) your notes or todos from phone.
• Get daily email summary with all you phone recordings converted to text.
• Set up text message alerts for upcoming tasks / deadlines.
• reQall website: search through text version of your recordings, add new todos and to-remembers, etc.
• Follow up on your reQall activity from your feedreader.
• Access and view your reQalls in your iGoogle startpage.
• Access reQall online from Apple iPhone or iPod Touch [www.reqall.com/web].

reQall Access numbers:

- for United States: Call 1-888-9-REQALL (1-888-973-7255) [toll-free]
- for Canada: Call 1-888-9-REQALL (1-888-973-7255) [toll-free]
- for United Kingdom: Call 0800-692-8780 [freephone*] or 020-7147-5700 [**]
*free to call from landline, cost from a mobile is based on the user’s calling plan but is typically 10p / minute.
** many UK mobile plans include a certain number of minutes for free.

[Video] reQall introduction

Check out reQall @ www.reqall.com

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• Jott : Leave ToDos and Reminders from Mobile
• YourLi.st : Get Event Reminders by eMail
• WhereisMyCellPhone : Call your Own Cell Phone
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile

1. Access, retrieve and update profile information (ex. LinkedIN, Facebook): update your Facebook ’status’, get ‘un-read’ messages from your Facebook inbox, get someone’s profile info from LinkedIn, and lots more.

2. You can also use MoDazzle as a directory service: get driving directions, restaurant reviews, location of the nearest Starbucks, and so on.

MoDazzle Features

• Access your profile on: LinkedIN, Facebook, Lavalife, Salesforce.com, Hoovers, and VentureSource.
• Additional services: latest news, Stock quotes, weather forecasts, driving directions, nearest Starbucks locations, restaurant reviews, flight updates, yellow pages. See how here.
• Invite friends from your Yahoo Mail or Gmail address books.
• Use MoDazzle from several email addresses or mobile phones.
• Note: Modazzle is a free service, however depending on your mobile contract standard text messaging fees may apply.

Examples:

For instance, to update your Facebook status you can either send an email to ‘fbprofilestatusupdate@modazzle.com’ with your new status message in the subject line, or send an SMS message to ‘22553′.

Check out MoDazzle @ www.modazzle.com

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• Trumpia: Last-Minute Event Planner
• 3Jam: Text Messaging Conversations for Groups
• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• TellMe : Free Local Directory Assisstance

Please note Devicescape is not an application to access WiFi networks that you’re not allowed to access. It’s merely a service/tool that makes it extremely simple to get onto any of the networks that you normally use. Most importantly, it allows you to access your WiFi Hotspots from any WiFi-enabled device without the need to deal with complicated wireless settings, passwords, and long security codes.

Feature List

• Choose from nearly 100.000 paid, free and municipal Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide. Browse Hotspots by provider or geographical region.
• Add and manage your own Wi-Fi networks and the devices that can access it.
• Get automatically connected whenever you’re close to one of your hotspots.
• Share Hotspot/Network Access: Securely share your home WiFi networks with friends and family. Similarly, expand your own WiFi coverage with access to their networks as well.
• Coming soon: One click connect to any non-free hotspot for a pay-as-you-go rate.
• To get started you’ll need to download and install Devicespace client.
• Works with: Windows XP / Vista notebooks, Mac OS X PCs, Windows Mobile Smartphones, PDAs with Wi-Fi, Nokia E/N Series, Nokia N810, N800 and N770 Web Tablets, Apple iPhone, iPod touch, and Linksys WIP300 Wireless-G IP Phone.
• For more information go to Devicescape help section here.

How much does Devicescape cost?

Devicescape is absolutely free. You can join for free, you can download Devicescape software for free and you can access any free Wi-Fi networks for free. You can use your existing hotspot subscriptions with Devicescape without any additional charge. Note that commercial hotspots charge access fees; however, there are no additional costs to use those networks with Devicescape.

Installing Devicescape on a Nokia Mobile Phone

Using Devicescape on your Nokia Mobile Phone

Check out Devicescape @ www.devicescape.com

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• SoonR : Remote PC Access from Mobile
• YuuGuu : Free Desktop Sharing Software
• WeBot: Access Your Music and Photos Remotely
• VersionDownload: Archive Of Old Software Versions
• steekR: Online Backup + File Sharing Client

Features

• Receive alerts by email or SMS (text messages).
• All entered details are saved only on your desktop.
• Supported mobile carriers: Cingular / AT&T, Sprint / Nextel, T-mobile and Verizon.
• WatchMyCell desktop client: Windows XP and Vista only.

Check out WatchMyCell @ www.watchmycell.com

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• WhereisMyCellPhone : Call your Own Cell Phone
• Web-Alerts: Text Alerts for Your Favorite Websites
• UnwiredBuyer – Place Last Minute eBay Bids from Mobile
• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• TelePixie

Some Extras

• Make sure that the file name doesn’t exceed 48 characters.
• All uploaded video and audio files can’t be longer than 5 minutes and will be cut off after 5 minutes run time.
• Works with any mobile number worldwide, just make sure to provide your full phone number, incl. country code.
• Note: Mobile “Data Transfer” charges may apply, if you are not sure about your mobile service details please contact your mobile carrier.

Check out Beam-It @ www.beam-it-up-scotty.com

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• Top 3 Online File Converters (makeuseof.com)
• Scanr: Scan, Copy and Fax Using Your Cell Phone
• Qipit : Capture and Share Docs Using Mobile
• PixDrop: Send Pictures from PC to Mobile
• MyxerTones: Free Mobile Ringtones and Wallpapers

Feature Overview:

• Send yourself text message reminders and get them as an email, along with search results from Wikipedia, Amazon, Last.fm and a number of other websites.
• Store, edit and manage all your Kwiry reminders online.
• Make your Kwirys public or private. Share your Kwirys with friends.
• Follow-up on your text remainders in your feedreader (via RSS feed).
• Display your Kwirys on Twitter, FaceBook, Netvibes, PageFlakes, iGoogle and MyYahoo pages.
• Note: Kwiry is a free service but standard carrier SMS charges may apply.
• For more details go to Kwiry help page.

Check out Kwiry @ www.kwiry.com

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• WhereisMyCellPhone : Call your Own Cell Phone
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
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• TextMemos: Free text message reminders.
• TelePixie

Yiego Feature List

• Make free mobile calls to other Yeigo users (note: depending on your mobile service plan data transfer fees may apply).
• Save up to 80% on all calls and up to 90% on text messaging fees to any mobile number worldwide.
• Chat with your contacts on GoogleTalk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ and Jabber.
• Holler Feature: Tell any of your Yiego contacts (offline ones) that you are online and would like to chat to them.
• Minimal data usage: During an active call Yiego uses approximately 100 KB of data per minute. If you already know how much your provider charges for data usage then you can easily calculate Yiego usage costs here.
• Yiego works with 3G, HSDPA, GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi networks.
• Supports huge number of mobile handsets. You can see if your phone is supported from the homepage. For all unlucky ones there is Yiego Lite.

Check out Yiego @ www.yeigo.com [video demo]

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• Fring : Free Mobile Calling and Chat
• Switchboard : Browser-to-Browser Internet Phone
• NimBuzz: IM and VoIP Client for Your Mobile
• WeBuzz.im: Online Multi Client IM Service
• Vicito: Get Peronalised News in your Chat Program

MobiLuck – Feature List:

• Share your current location with your Mobiluck friends and Messenger contacts (MSN, GTalk, etc.).
• Receive alerts when one of your friends is in close proximity.
• Chat with MSN contacts right from your phone (coming soon: support for your Yahoo, AOL, Skype and GTalk contacts).
• See all nearby MobiLuck users. Send them messages and photos for free.
• Choose between different visibility options: 1.visible to everyone, 2. visible to friends only, and 3.invisible.
• Supports over 200 mobile phones. See if your phone is supported here.
• Available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Deutsch, Chinese, Russian, and Arabic languages.
• Note: Mobiluck is a free service, but depending on your carrier plan data transfer charges may apply. For additional info go to Mobiluck FAQ page.

Check out MobiLuck @ www.mobiluck.com

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• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• WatchItToo: View Photos & Watch Videos Together
• Trumpia: Last-Minute Event Planner
• Talkster : Free Long Distance Calling
• MoDazzle: Access Facebook Account via email or SMS

ihound Features

• Track almost any USB device, including Digital Cameras, MP3 Players, Flash Drives, etc. For complete list of supported devices go here.
• Free account: Track up to 3 devices for free.
• Get email alerts as soon as someone tries to connect your device to his/her computer.
• Let’s say a gadget you track got stolen, so how do you get it back? Once your device has been identified and tracked, you will be able to print a customized police report. Just take this report to your local police station and ask them to call the listed Internet Service Provider and obtain the address.
• Currently works on Windows computers only (Mac support is on the way).
• More questions? Go to ‘ihound software’ FAQ page.

[Video] ihound Installation Guide (for text instructions go here)

Get ihound @ www.ihoundsoftware.com. For slightly more comprehensive (but non-free) alternative visit GadgetTrak.

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• BuyMyBrokeniPod: Sell Old or Broken iPods and iPhones
• Venjuvo: Get Cash for Your Old Electronics and Gadgets
• GadgetTeardowns: How To Disassemble Popular Gadgets
• FixYa : Fix Your Gadgets Online
• Web-Alerts: Text Alerts for Your Favorite Websites

Bloove Feature List

• Backup and Manage mobile contacts online: search, edit, organize contacts, make calls, send SMS messages, create speed dials,and more.
• Synchronize all online changes with your mobile phone, and vice versa.
• Contacts Archive: Got a large contact list? Archive rarely used contacts and free up some space.
• Keep detailed phone/messaging history for each contact.
• Free account version is restricted to only one mobile phone. Also ‘Contact Archive’ feature is limited to 15 items. All other features are unrestricted.
• “How do I make sure that I get the right version for my mobile?” Just open http://bloove.com/m on your mobile browser and it will automatically determine what version you need. You can find the detailed list of supported phones here.
• Data usage: Bloove consumes about 20 Kbytes per hour in idle mode. Largest data transfer will occur during the initial setup, about 10 Kbytes per 100 contacts. All subsequent operations transfer only changed data.
• For additional information go to Bloove FAQ page.

Check out Bloove @ www.bloove.com

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• DashWire: Synchronize and Backup your Mobile Phone to Web
• Anywr : Contact Manager + Calendar
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Vufone: Backup Your Mobile Data
• Mobyko: Backup Mobile Phone Data Online

Feedm8 Features

• Convert website or blog into a mobile friendly site.
• Preview newly created site on your desktop PC.
• Forward site’s address to your mobile phone.
• For Publishers: (1) earn extra money from ads in your mobile feeds, (2) customize site’s look, logo and colors, (3) monitor traffic reports and advertising statistics.

Check out Feedm8 @ www.feedm8.com

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• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• Plusmo : FeedReader for Your Mobile
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YourMinis : Personalized Online StartPage
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online

How does it work?

• 1. Login to your Rondee account, choose the conference date and time, and fill-in conference participants.
• 2. Rondee sends each participant an email including unique conference access code and a link to a conference details page.
• 3. At the arranged date: Participant calls 619-2-RONDEE (619-276-6333) and enters his/her access code.

Alternatively,

• You can also use ‘RondeeNow’ and create private conference rooms directly from your mobile. Once created, just share your room ID with others and you will be able to have conference calls whenever you want.

Feature Overview

• Make conference calls from any phone.
• Organize and Schedule conferences from your web account.
• RondeeNow: For casual group calls with friends. (No account required.)
• Invite as many people as you want.
• Important: Rondeee is a free service however standard phone line provider and carrier charges may apply.
• For additional information go to Rondee FAQ page.

Check out Rondee @www.rondee.com

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• Talkster : Free Long Distance Calling
• Kadoink: Group Conference Calls from Your Mobile
• Foonz : Free Group Calls
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• Yugma: Make Conference Calls & Collaborate With Others Online

How It Works ?

• Sign-up for free Pinger account.
• 2. Simply dial (858) 2PINGER or your own ‘Pinger Send number’.
• 3. Say the name of the people or group you want to message.
• 4. Say your message after the beep and hang up the phone.

Feature Overview

• Sned free voice messages to any mobile phone.
• Send voice messages to a group of people with just one call.
• Forward received messages to others.
• Access and Manage your messages, contacts and Pinger settings online.
• PingerCast: Broadcast rich voice messages directly to thousands of mobile phones (fans, supporters, etc.).
• Import contacts from: Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, Mac Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, AOL Mail, Thunderbird, Palm Desktop, Outlook, or any mobile phone.
• Works with almost all carriers and mobile phones.
• Custom Pinger cleints for Palm Treo and Balckberry users.
• More Questions ? Go to Pinger FAQ page.

Pinger Users

Pinger Demo

Check out Pinger @ www.pinger.com

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• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online
• Twitsay : Send Voice Messages to Twitter
• Trumpia: Last-Minute Event Planner
• PrivatePhone: Free Private Phone Number
• PhoneVite

Feature Overview

• Choose custom sub-domain URL: http://makeuseof.mofuse.mobi
• Add custom top-level pages: About, Contact, Blog, etc.
• Track Visitor stats: in the last 24 hours, last 30 days, or all time (both for pageviews and uniques visits).
• Brand your mobile website: add custom image header/logo, background color, etc.
• Automatic Redirect: Auto detect and redirect your mobile visitors to your mobile site.
• Enroll in MoFuse revenue sharing program and earn 50% from ads on your mobile version.

MoFuse Screencast

Check out MoFuse @ www.mofuse.com

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• Vozme: Online Text to Speech Converter
• Sikbox: Live Search Box For Your Blog or Website
• Rotatee : Rotate Banners on your Website
• PubMatic: Make Most of Your Advertising Space
• JS-Kit: Comments, Reviews, Ratings, Polls for your Website

Feature Overview

• Schedule free SMS reminders right before the auction end (from 5 min to 6 hours).
• Claims to support eBay.com, eBay.co.uk, and most of the other international eBay sites. Although, I get the feeling it only works in US an Canada. If someone could confirm it for European eBay sites that would be great.
• No need to register or submit your eBay user ID.
• More Questions? Go to eAuctionAlerts FAQ page.

How To Get Free eBay Mobile Text Alerts

Check out eAuctionAlerts @ www.eauctionalerts.com

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• MobSaver: SMS Price Comparison Tool
• AuctionReminder : eBay Auction Reminder
• Ztail : Find out How Much a Product is Worth
• YourLi.st : Get Event Reminders by eMail

Feature Overview

• Push emails from Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, Google Apps, Hotmail, POP3 emails to your mobile.
• Receive emails as soon as they hit your inbox.
• Access your address book contacts from anywhere.
• All data transmissions are secure and encrypted.
• Supports all major brands of mobile handsets including Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola phones. View all supported devices here.
• No geographical restrictions.

Check out Emoze @ www.emoze.com

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• Push : Push Email to Mobile
• TeleFlip : Push Emails To Your Cell Phone
• Flurry : Mobile Email Client
• Yahoo Go: Yahoo Apps on Your Mobile
• MoDazzle: Access Facebook Account via email or SMS

Feature Overview

• Access favorite podcasts from your mobile phone.
• Browse podcasts by popularity or category: Audio blogs, Entertainment, Games, Music, Technology, Politics, etc.
• Get new episodes as soon as they are out.
• Create and share podcast channels (or playlists).
• Available almost in any country.
• Podcast publishers: Option to mobilize your podcasts.
• Disadvantage: You can only subscribe to podcasts that are listed in VoiceIndigo directory.

Check out VoiceIndigo @ www.voiceindigo.com

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• Podlinez: Listen to Podcasts from any Phone
• Mundu Radio: Web Radio Stations on your Mobile
• Gabcast: Record Podcasts from Mobile Phone
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online
• YouMail : Store and Manage Voicemail Online

Feature Overview

• Chat and Talk with Skype, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, ICQ, and Twitter contacts from your mobile for FREE.
• See status (online/ offline/ busy) for all your friends regardless of which IM / VoIP client they use.
• File Transfer: music, pictures, video clips, documents, etc.
• Make cheap local and international calls over the internet using your SkypeOut credits or any other popular SIP provider (GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt, Free World DialUp, SIPNET and others).
• Keep automatic log of all outgoing and incoming Fring calls.
• Send free SMS ‘Join Fring’ invitations to friends.
• Works even without a SIM card. All you need is a public Wireless LAN hotspot.
• No geographical restrictions.
• Note: To use Fring your phone should be web-enabled. Although this is not a requirement if you’re in a public Wi-Fi hotspot.

How To: Free Mobile Calling with Fring

Twitter on Fring

How To: Make a SIP call using Fring

Check out Fring @ www.fring.com

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• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• NimBuzz: IM and VoIP Client for Your Mobile
• IM-History : Store Your Chat History Online
• Dexrex: Store AIM, GTalk, MSN, Yahoo, Skype Chat History Online
• Talkster : Free Long Distance Calling

Some Extras

• Recipient’s phone number and CallerID should be different.
• Numbers can’t start with 1, 800, or 555.
• Maximum number of calls in any 24-hour period is 3.
• Works only with US phone numbers.

Check out CallTheFuture @ www.callthefuture.org

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