Comments on: 9 Ways To Use Your Cellphone To Get Information Online http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Øyvind http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-380111 Øyvind Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:37:20 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-380111 I must admitt I am really surprised to see no browser on the list. If you first want to access web content, why not use a web browser? <a href="http://www.opera.com/mini/" title="Opera Mini homepage" rel="nofollow"> Opera Mini</a> is by far the best one out there for normal day to day browsing. It uses a proxy to compress the pages, so they take both less time, and will cost you less money if you are not on an unlimited plan. It will work on any phone with java. So if your phone is less than..lets say 10 years old, you should be pretty safe. It's so much easier to use a browser than all those apps listed here to read your mail, check the bus schedule, order tickets and what else you might use the web for. And as a bonus, it also have an RSS reader for those using that, as well as you can sync your bookmarks and notes if you also use Opera on one or more desktop computers. I must admitt I am really surprised to see no browser on the list. If you first want to access web content, why not use a web browser? Opera Mini is by far the best one out there for normal day to day browsing. It uses a proxy to compress the pages, so they take both less time, and will cost you less money if you are not on an unlimited plan. It will work on any phone with java. So if your phone is less than..lets say 10 years old, you should be pretty safe.

It’s so much easier to use a browser than all those apps listed here to read your mail, check the bus schedule, order tickets and what else you might use the web for.

And as a bonus, it also have an RSS reader for those using that, as well as you can sync your bookmarks and notes if you also use Opera on one or more desktop computers.

]]> By: Brian http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-356912 Brian Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:41:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-356912 I, too, use www.txtvox.com and I love it! Free stock alerts and hurrican alerts. Plus, I subscribe to blog alerts for a few blogs I follow closely. Great stuff. I, too, use http://www.txtvox.com and I love it! Free stock alerts and hurrican alerts. Plus, I subscribe to blog alerts for a few blogs I follow closely. Great stuff.

]]> By: Vero http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-356905 Vero Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-356905 Interesting review! It's a shame some of the services you reviewed aren't as available outside of the US, but if they turn out to be popular enough, they'll hopefully be rolled out to the rest of us. Thought I'd mention, Wapedia has an iPhone application as well. Go to the iTunes store and search for Wapedia and it'll be the first result. It's handy as a quicklaunch on your desktop, and it's really nicely formatted. <i>[Disclaimer: By the way, I'm community gal for Taptu, who own Wapedia, but I really do mean it when I say I enjoy using it :) ]</i> Interesting review! It’s a shame some of the services you reviewed aren’t as available outside of the US, but if they turn out to be popular enough, they’ll hopefully be rolled out to the rest of us.

Thought I’d mention, Wapedia has an iPhone application as well. Go to the iTunes store and search for Wapedia and it’ll be the first result. It’s handy as a quicklaunch on your desktop, and it’s really nicely formatted.

[Disclaimer: By the way, I'm community gal for Taptu, who own Wapedia, but I really do mean it when I say I enjoy using it :) ]

]]> By: ThomasP http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-356898 ThomasP Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:13 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-356898 Hey Great list, thank you. This is a new topic for me since I've got a useful phone since about a month. Great job! Hey
Great list, thank you. This is a new topic for me since I’ve got a useful phone since about a month. Great job!

]]> By: JayFromFree411 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-356765 JayFromFree411 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:31:29 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-356765 There's also 1-800-FREE411. It's the same thing as Google's directory assistance number, but it has more listings (business, gov't, residential), and it's free since a couple 10-second ads pay for the cost of the call. You can also get Mapquest driving directions texted to your cell via 1-800-FREE411. Still free. There’s also 1-800-FREE411. It’s the same thing as Google’s directory assistance number, but it has more listings (business, gov’t, residential), and it’s free since a couple 10-second ads pay for the cost of the call.

You can also get Mapquest driving directions texted to your cell via 1-800-FREE411. Still free.

]]> By: Eric http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-ways-to-use-your-cellphone-to-get-information-online/comment-page-1/#comment-356653 Eric Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:18:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=7641#comment-356653 I am using a service to get <a href="http://www.txtvox.com" rel="nofollow">free text alerts</a> called http://www.txtvox.com. The service is completely free and sends you text alerts for sports scores, stock alerts, daily joks, weather, daily scripture and more. The alerts that I listed are the only ones that I am currently signed up for, but there are a ton more. Eric I am using a service to get free text alerts
called http://www.txtvox.com. The service is completely free and sends you text
alerts for sports scores, stock alerts, daily joks, weather, daily scripture
and more. The alerts that I listed are the only ones that I am currently signed
up for, but there are a ton more.
Eric

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