November 17, 2009
Google is the Nirvana of most nerds. They’ve given us things we could only dream of for free. They’ve showed us on multiple occasions that they’re more than just ‘the search engine guys’. One of those occasions was very recently. With its own mobile operating system, Google has been challenging Windows Mobile (not much of [...]
November 10, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, Bluetooth is not magic. It is just another way of transmitting signals from one device to another without using wires. According to our good friend Wikipedia, Bluetooth is an open wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances (using short radio waves) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks [...]
November 5, 2009
As many of the regular MakeUseOf readers will know, I tend to do a good few posts about cell phones and cell phone applications such as How to Use Your GPRS Cell Phone as a Modem or my Snaptu article. In both of these articles, I described connecting your cell phone to your PC via [...]
October 30, 2009
As per my other articles on MakeUseOf about making the most of your cell phone such as my piece on Snaptu or using your phone as a modem, I thought I’d write a piece about getting your RSS feeds on your mobile. I have this set up because I don’t often use Google reader. I [...]
October 12, 2009
I have a very valuable cell phone with me and so I try to take the best care of it possible. It goes with me just about everywhere I go, and occasionally, I’ll happen to misplace it and lose my mind trying to find it. But, MobiWee, a new all-in-one cell phone remote management tool [...]
August 15, 2009
Every once in a while I come across a nice product that I end up using for a long time. I could be in a store, reading a magazine or on the Internet when I see an advertisement (or indeed the product itself) that really grabs my attention and I end up wondering how I [...]
August 13, 2009
Have you ever wanted to create your own ringtone out of”¦ well out of anything? Did you think it was too difficult and gave up? If you can save your recording as a MP3, WMA or OGG file you are already 80% of the way to creating your own free ringtones. This includes selecting the [...]
August 8, 2009
Have you ever wondered how satellites can track mobile phones? It seems like they’re so far away, yet they can be accurate within about 15 meters. Just how is that done? The key to tracking any signal, whether it be cellular or radiowave signals, is something called trilateration. In order for trilateration to be used [...]
