Cell Phone Tips & Tricks

Making phone calls? Is that all?? There's so much more your cell phone can do. Let's begin by agreeing that a cell phone is not just a phone without wires. It's a whole different ball game.

MobileActive

A resource for activists using mobile technology worldwide. The time is right for mobile activism; there are 3 billion cell phones worldwide. Mobile phones have been used to mobilize hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators in countries across the world with text messages and brilliant political ringtones.

How to Become an Eco Bounty Hunter

It seems so easy: recycle your old cell phones. Them sitting in a drawer somewhere is only slightly better than tossing them in the trash.

Grand Central: One Phone Number For Life

Google is offering us one phone number for life that rings all your phones and more. "How much more?" Read the feature list. Sounds impressive and it's Google! If anyone has the backend to pull of something like this, it's our favorite server farmers.

They're also linked up with the Gizmo Project, adding even more to the mix.

Flypaper: stories that stick

Flypaper claims to be the easiest way to create, edit and share Flash-quality content for live presentations or over the web. Free (like everything these days). They offer templates and hosting too.

Amphibian: cell phones + voicemail

Use Amphibian to manage your mobile voicemail like email, turn your voicemail into text, and make mobile calls from any browser or web page.

Jott: cell phones replace scraps of paper

Cell phones. How do we get along before them? In support of your continuing efforts to squeeze as much outta your cellie as you can, read these cell phone tips.

Another new cell phone-based service that tries to solve an analog problem with a digital solution, Jott came to my attention because they seem to have occupied my old office at ActivSpace The Zoo. Could be a cool idea. I just may give it a try.

Jangl: email meets cell phones

New and still in beta (who isn't these days) Jangl sounds like it could fill a gap for some. They marry cell phones to email in a unique way. May be of interest to those who make international calls but don't want to pay cell carriers' international rates.

Pinger: text messaging meets voicemail

Pinger is for people like me: voicemail as easy as text messaging. Plus, sometimes I just want to leave voicemail without risking you picking up the call. Did I mention that it's free!

Google Voice Local Search: 1-800-GOOG-411

Until I read about the new, experimental Google Voice Local Search I'd almost forgotten about 411. Who uses it any more? Best of all, Google is free. I'll have to try it. FAQ and cheat sheet.

Read about it in both The Washington Post and in USA Today.

Save your minutes by skipping voicemail prompts

  T-Mobile: press #
  Verizon: press *
  AT&T: press *
  Sprint: press 1