ChaCha: search on your phone

Another way to search the web from your phone is ChaCha. Text your query to 242242 (ChaCha) or call 1.800.2ChaCha. Send them a question in conversational English and the answer is sent in a text message. Use it to settle arguements and bets. Me? I just like the name (not that I can do the dance).

TryPhone: test drive cell phones

TryPhone lets you test drive cell phones online in the comfort of your own browser. Thinking about an iPhone but don't want to drive across town to play with one? Stay home and twiddle with one, or at least with an onscreen emulation. Brilliant!

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. From your mobile phone go to m.pinger.com or call 858 2 PINGER.

Qipit

Get Qipit who call themselves a free mobile online copy service. They convert things to PDF files you can email or FAX from your phone. Use Qipit to copy and share documents with your camera phone or digital camera.

scanR

Turn your camera phone into a scanner, copier, and fax. Scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera with scanR. Pretty cool idea if you ask me assuming your phone's camera is good enough (2 megapixels or better).

Frucall

Shop with your cell phone using text messages, calls, and mobile pages. Frucall does it all lets you shop by phone. Frucall lets you comparison shop right in a store. If you're in a store and you want to know if you're getting a good deal, call this number and enter the product bar code. For free, it'll tell you what you're looking at and what online merchants are selling it for.

UWT Mobile is an advanced roaming product that allows international travelers to bypass extremely high roaming fees charged by mobile phone operators. UWT Mobile SIM card comes ready to use with any unlocked GSM phone and with a personal phone number. Powered by United World Telecom

getmooh

Try getmooh. It bills itself as a way to help you duck out of social situations by calling you at a pre-specified time. You get a recording that tells you on what to say or convinces listeners you on an important call. It's an an automated call back service that helps you duck'n'dodge.

txt2ph

Read ebooks on your cell phone using tx2ph. They have a catalog of books you can read on your mobile phone or PDA.