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International Cell Phone Calling: To Make International Calls From A Mobile Phone - Cheap And Maybe Even Free

Written By DDM on Thursday, September 29, 2011 | 10:04 PM

Have you ever checked the cost of international telephone calls? If you are one of a growing number of people who use mobile phones as a substitute for the fixed service, so they ended up here after receiving the first international call bill. It 'very expensive.

For example, all plans low cost of major US cellular service providers to give you hundreds of "anytime" minutes, but they only cover calls to the United States. They allow Mobile International calls simply by dialing 011, the same as regular landline, but you will be shocked when you get the bill for a first: the prices can be anywhere from 50 cents / minute to call Canada more than $ 3 / minute to call India. Av.

If it is true that most mobile phones providers offer plans to make mobile international calls cheaper, which usually pay a monthly supplement to do so. Cheapest way to make international mobile calls a "dial-around" your cell phone provider. To do this you need to find International Carrier, which offers good prices in the country you want to achieve. When you sign up with them that will give you access to a local number to call, then dial the international number. What cell phone company for all they did was a local number.

Take to call India as an example to see how much cheaper it can be played-around:

Wow. Only 3 cents / minute, you could speak more than 2 hours $ 4 - $ 5 It would have to pay every month just to get a discounted rate from the mobile phone companies. So you want to pay an extra $ 4 - $ 5 just to get a discounted rate, which is still 10 times more than what can be achieved simply by calling the people around them? It seems an easy solution.

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Latest Samsung lawsuit targets Apple's iPhone, iPad in France

Written By DDM on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 | 9:48 PM



Samsung this week announced yet another lawsuit against Apple, this time filed in France, accusing Apple of infringing three mobile phone patents with the iPhone and iPad.

The lawsuit was made known after it was announced by Samsung on Monday, but it was originally filed in a court in Paris in July. The first hearing is expected to occur in December, according to Agence France-Presse.

"The complaint focuses on three technology patents, and not on the design of the tablets," a Samsung spokeswoman reportedly said. That's different from Apple's own lawsuit in Germany, in which the iPad maker won a permanent ban against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany last week.

The complaint is said to be related to three Smasung patents covering UMTS, or third-generation high-speed data transfer on cell networks. It targets the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as the first- and second-generation iPad models with 3G radios.

Unlike Germany and Australia, where Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been barred from sale, the touchscreen tablet is currently available in France. Samsung said the device has sold well since it launched there in mid-August.

Samsung's lawsuit is yet another in a growing list of disputes between it and Apple. Just last week, another hearing was held in Japan, where Apple has asked the government to bar sales of Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 7.

In late August, a Netherlands judge blocked sales of Samsung's Galaxy smartphones in Europe, while the company has also been forced to delay the launch of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia after a court there barred its sale.

Apple fired first in the legal battle, accusing Samsung of copying the look and feel of its highly successful iPad and iPhone devices with its first suit filed in April. Samsung quickly shot back, accusing Apple of violating several patents it owns related to power consumption and 3G data transmission with mobile devices.

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Latest Samsung lawsuit targets Apple's iPhone, iPad in France



Samsung this week announced yet another lawsuit against Apple, this time filed in France, accusing Apple of infringing three mobile phone patents with the iPhone and iPad.

The lawsuit was made known after it was announced by Samsung on Monday, but it was originally filed in a court in Paris in July. The first hearing is expected to occur in December, according to Agence France-Presse.

"The complaint focuses on three technology patents, and not on the design of the tablets," a Samsung spokeswoman reportedly said. That's different from Apple's own lawsuit in Germany, in which the iPad maker won a permanent ban against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany last week.

The complaint is said to be related to three Smasung patents covering UMTS, or third-generation high-speed data transfer on cell networks. It targets the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, as well as the first- and second-generation iPad models with 3G radios.

Unlike Germany and Australia, where Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been barred from sale, the touchscreen tablet is currently available in France. Samsung said the device has sold well since it launched there in mid-August.

Samsung's lawsuit is yet another in a growing list of disputes between it and Apple. Just last week, another hearing was held in Japan, where Apple has asked the government to bar sales of Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab 7.

In late August, a Netherlands judge blocked sales of Samsung's Galaxy smartphones in Europe, while the company has also been forced to delay the launch of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia after a court there barred its sale.

Apple fired first in the legal battle, accusing Samsung of copying the look and feel of its highly successful iPad and iPhone devices with its first suit filed in April. Samsung quickly shot back, accusing Apple of violating several patents it owns related to power consumption and 3G data transmission with mobile devices.

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Samsung Mobile Teases New Device Called The Overachiever

Written By DDM on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 | 8:59 PM



Latest Samsung Mobiles, the massive Korean tech company, has started teasing a new device. They’re calling it “The Overachiever”, and it looks like some sort of USB wireless dongle (for 3G/4G on the go). Samsung has teased the device on a new teaser page on their website, and they’ve even hinted that it may be coming to multiple carriers.

The first teaser page reveals the name as “The Overachiever”, and it has the text “Take the first step on the road to greatness.” The link takes you to a page where you can fill out a form to get on an email list for the latest on “The Overachiever”. Pretty cryptic. What’s interesting about the form page is that it asks for your “Carrier Preference”. It includes all the majors (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) as well as the super regional carriers (US Cellular, MetroPCS and Cellular South).

The page has social networking link advising you to follow various Facebook/Twitter/YouTube accounts for more information, but they’re just the general accounts for Samsung Mobile. The general consensus on the tech blogs seems to be that this is some sort of USB dongle, maybe some sort of 4G monster. But, T-Mobile offers an HSPA+ USB dongle, AT&T and Verizon both offer LTE 4G USB keys (AT&T’s just having come out) and Sprint has a handful of WiMAX modems.

Could it be some sort of slick touchscreen phone, with some sort of sliding cover? Your guess is as good as ours at this point. But, it seems like an awfully dramatic and cryptic tease for a USB mobile bandwidth dongle, even if it does have 4G bells and whistles.

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Samsung Mobile Teases New Device Called The Overachiever



Latest Samsung Mobiles, the massive Korean tech company, has started teasing a new device. They’re calling it “The Overachiever”, and it looks like some sort of USB wireless dongle (for 3G/4G on the go). Samsung has teased the device on a new teaser page on their website, and they’ve even hinted that it may be coming to multiple carriers.

The first teaser page reveals the name as “The Overachiever”, and it has the text “Take the first step on the road to greatness.” The link takes you to a page where you can fill out a form to get on an email list for the latest on “The Overachiever”. Pretty cryptic. What’s interesting about the form page is that it asks for your “Carrier Preference”. It includes all the majors (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile) as well as the super regional carriers (US Cellular, MetroPCS and Cellular South).

The page has social networking link advising you to follow various Facebook/Twitter/YouTube accounts for more information, but they’re just the general accounts for Samsung Mobile. The general consensus on the tech blogs seems to be that this is some sort of USB dongle, maybe some sort of 4G monster. But, T-Mobile offers an HSPA+ USB dongle, AT&T and Verizon both offer LTE 4G USB keys (AT&T’s just having come out) and Sprint has a handful of WiMAX modems.

Could it be some sort of slick touchscreen phone, with some sort of sliding cover? Your guess is as good as ours at this point. But, it seems like an awfully dramatic and cryptic tease for a USB mobile bandwidth dongle, even if it does have 4G bells and whistles.

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Cops plan to acquire latest mobile tracker

Written By DDM on Sunday, September 4, 2011 | 9:32 PM



Assam police hope to pinpoint the location of a mobile phone as accurately as within a metre while carrying out anti-terror operations or rescuing hostages soon.

A government source said the police was looking to acquire the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) mobile tracer and locator system to strengthen its technical surveillance capability.

“The police department is planning to obtain the latest technology as part of its anti-terror machinery procurement like sophisticated assault rifles and bullet-proof jackets,” the source said.

“The system will be of great help in finding the exact location of any cellphone based on GSM technology,” he added.

The police are scouting for leading manufacturers and suppliers of such surveillance equipment and a competent party will be selected through a competitive bidding process. “A pre-bid meeting will be held in the conference hall of Assam police headquarters here on September 6,” the source said.

The functioning of the system would have to be such that neither the target (cellphone user) nor the network operator should be able to make out that the location of the particular mobile phone was being traced. It would also have the option of interrupting or preventing communication from the target’s cell phone without the knowledge of the target or the network operator.

“The system will be exclusively used for covert operations, especially in counter-insurgency operations and hostage rescue missions,” the source said.

“The system we intend to procure must have certain technical features. It should confirm the presence of a specific target within a given operational area and its direction finders should be able to pinpoint the target as accurately as within one metre,” he said.

At present, the law enforcement agencies can find the general area where a particular mobile phone is located through the mobile tower to which the cellphone is linked at that point of time by taking the help of mobile service providers, he added.

“If we get the new system, we will be able to zero in on the exact location of the cellphone if we know either the cell number or the IMEI (international mobile equipment identity) number,” he said. The IMEI is a 15-digit code that is unique to a mobile phone handset.

“Even if we don’t know the specific IMEI number and the cell number and know only the approximate location of the target cell phone, the system will capture the identities of all the mobiles in that given area,” he said, adding that the system would be portable and could be safely carried in a vehicle. “We hope that this surveillance equipment will serve as force multiplier for the police,” he added.
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Latest mobile tech is 'of little or no interest' to older generation

Written By DDM on Friday, September 2, 2011 | 10:14 PM



A study has found that the advanced functions of the latest mobile phones fail to make an impression on people who are over their 60s.

The study by Ofcom showed that only one in 20 of the age group owns a smartphone, compared to 17 percent of those aged between 55 and 64, and it also found that there was no increase between 2010 and 2011 in those over 65 using their phones to access the Internet.

According to the latest figures, 91 percent of UK adults of all ages currently own or use a mobile and one in four owns a smartphone, but only 39 percent of the over 65s use a mobile purely for phone calls, while 55 percent use text messages.

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T-Mobile announces Samsung Gravity TXT

Written By DDM on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | 11:10 PM



T-Mobile announced a new messaging phone today called the Samsung Gravity TXT. It looks like a successor to the Samsung Gravity 3, with the same slider-QWERTY form factor. Features are fairly basic, and include a 2-megapixel camera, GPS, 3G, support for Microsoft ActiveSync in e-mail, and Bluetooth.

Read more: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20096710-85/t-mobile-announces-samsung-gravity-txt/#ixzz1W1CA7bDc

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Sprint to offer BlackBerry Curve 9350 Sept. 9 for $80



Well, that was quick. Earlier this morning, RIM introduced its new BlackBerry Curve and now, the entry-level smartphone has its first U.S. carrier.

Sprint just announced that it will offer the BlackBerry Curve 9350 starting September 9 for $79.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 mail-in rebate, while Sprint business customers may qualify to get the handset for $49.99 on a business account.

The Curve 9350 is a CDMA-only device, so you won't get world-roaming capabilities, but the BlackBerry OS 7 smartphone does offer a 2.44-inch, 480x360-pixel display, an 800MHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera, 512MB RAM and a preinstalled 2GB microSD card. The handset also offers NFC and BlackBerry Bridge support if you own a PlayBook.

In addition to the Curve, Sprint also offers the new BlackBerry Torch 9850 for $149.99 on contract and BlackBerry Bold 9930 for $249.99 on contract, though you can save $50 by purchasing the phone online.

Read more: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20095966-85/sprint-to-offer-blackberry-curve-9350-sept-9-for-$80/#ixzz1VweoL0qf

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Last Year’s Smartphones Selling Better Than the Latest and Greatest

Written By DDM on Monday, August 22, 2011 | 10:23 PM

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Hardware companies are in the business of convincing you to buy the hottest new item. And save for Apple, it looks like smartphone makers aren’t doing a good job of it.

Four of the top five best-selling consumer smartphones of the second quarter were all made over a year or more ago, according to a recent report.

The iPhone 4 was the best selling smartphone among non-corporate consumer purchases from April through June, according to research firm NPD, with the iPhone 3GS coming in at a close second. Representing the Android operating system, HTC’s EVO 4G ranked as the third most purchased smartphone in Q2. And finally, the lesser-known Samsung Intensity 2 (released in June of 2010) came in fifth place. Samsung’s Inspire 4G ranked fourth, the only phone released in 2011 to make the top five.

To some extent, the increased iPhone sales make a certain amount of sense. The price of the 3GS dropped after Apple debuted its iPhone 4, attracting the bargain hunting demographic. To boot, the iPhone 4 saw a surge of new buyers after the release of a CDMA version on Verizon’s 3G network. Most recently, Apple released its white iPhone 4, resulting in another spike of sales.

With the slew of new Android phones released this year, sales have spread across the myriad Android-powered options consumers face. As a result, no one particular Android model has emerged as a true victor.

Instead, Android continues to dominate in operating system market share, as 52 percent of new smartphone purchases run Google’s operating system. Apple’s iOS emerges in a not-too-distance second place, with 29 percent of the OS market share. And of course, much of this growth is at RIM’s expense; the Canadian company bled out over half its share of sales compared to the same period last year. As usual, Windows Phone 7, Windows Mobile, and webOS each held less than 5% of the market.

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Americans and Their Smartphones

Written By DDM on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 | 10:06 PM

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Pew Research rolled out its latest survey about how Americans use their cell phones. Now we are beginning to see how the newer smartphones change use habits.

In the report, Pew compared patterns of behavior. From this, you can see trends. I was hoping to discover the disadvantages of smartphones but, apparently, there are none. All mobile phone activity increases sharply for users of smartphones. In other words, people use their smartphones too much.

Immediately, this tells me one thing. Those ads that Microsoft did, showing someone totally enamored of their smartphone, were very accurate. But Microsoft was mistaken in thinking that people didn't like it that way. The company tried to sell Windows Phone 7 as a way one could avoid being preoccupied with their smartphone all day. According to Pew, people are gravitating in the other direction. Perhaps making the smartphone do even more would be a good idea for marketers.

The majority of common mobile phone users only use a phone for two things other than making calls: taking pictures and text messaging. And both of those functions are used even more by smartphone users. Everything else is minor for regular phone users.

Over 50 percent of smartphone users access the Internet, send photos, email, download apps, play games, listen to music, record videos, watch videos, and access social networks. Essentially, these are all new uses for the mobile device. Note that none of these actually involve making a voice call, which is why the mobile phone was invented.

One of the only surprises in the study was the fact that 64 percent of smartphone users employ the device for listening to music while only 12 percent of other cell owners do this. I realized that the pre-smartphone users may listen to as much music but by using an iPod. This tells me that the iPod is going to be killed by the smartphone.

The survey also tells me that a lot of people are spending too much time diddling around with these devices. No wonder the phones are the major topic of conversation on all the tech publications. Hey look, even I'm writing about them in this column!

It's interesting to note how the usage pattern has changed public sociology. Five years ago you would have seen people all over town walking down the street yakking into these phones as if they absolutely had to be chatting all the time. Today, on our busy city streets you’ll see at least half of these people texting or reading texts or looking over their email while walking.

This is so pervasive and ridiculous that many states have had to implement harsh laws to keep folks from texting while driving. A few years ago, they were trying to pass laws to keep people from chatting on the phone while driving, now it's using the phone for other things. I use my Nexus S for navigation while driving. That's probably not good either.

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Consolidated Gulf Co introduces two new Nokia dual SIM phones to Qatar

Written By DDM on Monday, August 15, 2011 | 10:11 PM



Consolidated Gulf Co. (CGC) has introduced Nokia C2-00 and C2-03 dual SIMs phones with dual standby capabilities, which mean that both SIM cards in the two phones are active at the same time, thus enabling its user to receive calls and text messages on either number while the phone is on.

Making the announcement, Anil Mahajan, COO, CGC, said, "There are consumers who need dual SIMs for various reasons including economizing time and costs, improving efficiency and for increased convenience. If you have two numbers of your own, both equally important, or one that you don't want people to know about, then dual sim phones are the perfect option for you. Addressing these consumer requirements, Nokia has come out with the two great devices that offer multiple SIM capabilities with user friendly features at affordable prices. Nokia C2-00 and C2-03 are also ideal for business professionals who have a large clientele and got two numbers most of the time and hence need to attend to business. Moreover, the two devices offer great web experience."

Web, Maps and more
With affordable Nokia C2-03, consumers can enjoy a great web and maps experience, use a keypad or a touchscreen, and get the best out of mobile networks. The device offers a web, maps and messaging experience second to none in the market. And with the choice of a touch screen or a keypad, this phone carries many wonderful and easy to use features.

The Nokia C2-03 comes with Nokia's unique Dual SIM capabilities. These include features that allow the user to personalize up to five SIM cards with a dedicated look and feel, and an Easy Swap option that lets users change SIM cards in seconds without having to turn off the phone or remove the battery.

The phone is equipped with new Nokia Maps for Series 40, where local maps and places of interest are pre-installed on the phone. This means users can view maps and plan routes when the phone is in offline mode, thus saving on the costs of downloading maps over the mobile network.

Nokia C2-03 also delivers a great internet browsing experience through the data compression technology of the Nokia Browser, which keeps the costs of surfing low and speeds up page downloads - benefiting both consumers and operators. The browser loads with a localized start page, giving the user instant access to the most relevant content, and is tabbed to give easy access to favorite or previously viewed information. Nokia C2-03 also packs a stereo FM radio and media player.

Browsing made easier
At an introductory rate, C2-00 carries some great features such as GPRS, OVI Chat, OVI Mail and 3.5 mm audio jack, allowing for a smooth internet connection portal and you can now browse through your favourite websites whenever the mood strikes you.

Nokia C2-00 comes in a sleek model, weighing hardly 74 grams with a soft keypad, allowing for comfortable typing of messages and buttons that don't put stress on the thumb and fingers, even after repeated text messages. VGA camera, Bluetooth, Stereo FM radio with recording, music player, Nokia Music Store support and much more allows room for entertainment for the user.

With memory support that can be expanded to a whopping 32 GB, both Nokia C2-00 and C2-03 let users store thousands of photos, videos and music files.

The latest Nokia devices are available at all CGC Nokia outlets and dealer stores across Qatar.

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