Low Cost Blackberry Cell Phone

Author: Amika Mobile
With over 3.3 Billion mobile phones and 214 billion emails exchanged worldwide in one day, products that intelligently extract content and reduce email noise are vital as mobile workers struggle to stay above water. According to the Radicati Research Analyst Group, demand for mobile messaging is growing at 108% annually, as of early 2008.

We are often asked how someone can get enterprise email on a mobile phone. There are a number of ways to do this. You could buy a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) and Blackberries for everyone. This may be a bit expensive at $200 plus/device, a $70/month service and the price of the BES. Other users actually forward their enterprise email to personal accounts like Gmail, Yahoo!, etc. This is a very bad idea and defeats the whole purpose of enterprise security and the compliance efforts of your CIO. The other option is to look for a mobile email enterprise server for mobile phones, which would turn most common mobile phones into a low cost Blackberry. A number of products could fit this bill.

Amika Mobile is one company whose products enable high value services focused on saving time and money for the enterprise by delivering vital mobile content as needed to end users. Amika Mobile products convert the ubiquitous SMS-enabled mobile device into a low cost Blackberry cell phone by delivering the essential message from the desktop email into a simple SMS message designed to ideally fit the wireless micro screen. Amika Mobile’s team is recognized as pioneering the delivery of key content to any mobile phone independent of carrier, messaging platform or mobile device. Our email-to-SMS and IP solutions are patented, unique and highly cost effective. The Amika Mobility Server™ in either Enterprise or Service Provider Editions delivers critical email alerts to any mobile phone thereby extending the reach of valuable mobile capability to all users, not just those with expensive SmartPhones, such as the Blackberry or iPhone. This means that all SMS phones can become low cost Blackberry cell phones with Amika Mobile’s technology.
So, to pick between services, you need to decide what is important:
• Do you want everything to the desktop on the phone as you get with Blackberry?
• Do you just want the critical messages?
• Do you just want the headers?
• Do you just want messages from certain people?
• Do you just want key points?
It then becomes a tradeoff between the cost of SMS packets (typically one can only have 10-12 words in it) for a penny or more or getting the full email? My advice would be to pick a service that is free and that allows you to get the key points of the email without all the threads. This will typically take up 1 or 2 SMS packets saving you lots of pennies!
The good news is that you can get this TODAY on YOUR PHONE without buying an expensive phone or PDA with Amika Mobile!

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Amika Mobile's team is recognized as pioneering real-time wireless email and Internet content analysis solutions. More information

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Sms Message to Any Cell Phone

Short Messaging Service or SMS is a nice common denominator among mobile devices that will help bring more functionality and less silo applications. Thus far in North America we have met with hostility from some quarters as we push intelligent Email to SMS. However the analysts are beginning to understand our brand of intelligent mobile messaging. The view is that intelligent Email to SMS where you filter as much as possible so you get 20 relevant/critical emails instead of 200 on your mobile phone and you intelligently summarize so you can maximize the use of the 15 words that an SMS packet allows is actually a good approach! Who knew??

A nice highlight at the CTIA Wireless show in the fall of 2007 was the speech by Face book co-founder Dustin Moscowitz. He was strongly trying to make the point that unlike the world of the Internet and computing which have open systems from Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc., the wireless networks are locked up closed systems from the carriers. This may have something to do with why mobile messaging is not as widely adopted as it should be. The answer to me is pretty obvious. It seems that mobile messaging is thought of as a status symbol versus something quite useful!

I am told that Blackberry devices are about status – after all we see them in movies used by rich executives and people like Paris Hilton. As such, the masses think that mobile messaging is expensive and this perception is impeding adoption of email on mobile phones.

Mobile phone vendors are not helping this too much as they are also pulling all the stops to capture consumer appeal rather than deliver more useful functionality to the phone for messaging. Names like Chocolate from LG are designed to appeal to people who love sleek while Nokia keeps pushing the envelope of the Swiss army knife mentality with more and more functionality for movie buffs, gamers, music fans, and sexy look and feel for those that love blades. LG even has an iPhone look-alike

But how does this help mobile messaging? We also seem to have brainwashed the general population into thinking that if they want email, they have to buy a Java phone of the Swiss Army variety or a Blackberry. We need to let the secret out!! You CAN get email on ANY MOBILE PHONE ANYWHERE in the world through SMS. A number of FREE services such as www.amikamobile.net, Teleflip and others allow you to register your Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail, etc. email address and then have emails pushed to your mobile phone. You can even have email pushed to a Blackberry or to a Java phone through SMS.

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Traffic Mapping For Your Mobile Phone

by: Madison Lockwood

In late July, Google announced that it will be offering live traffic information to mobile phones in more than thirty U.S. cities. Plans to provide the traffic feature to PCs are still in the works. The Google traffic feature will be released as an update to the free Google Maps for Mobile service, which has been available for 18 months for download on the Google web site. Google would not disclose how many subscribers it has, but it says the number is growing rapidly.

The feature expands Google's mapping technology into an area where Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo already have a presence, but in different ways. Yahoo and Microsoft offer real-time traffic information on their Web-based mapping services for PCs. Microsoft has chosen to move into the mobile “space” by licensing traffic-monitoring technology for mobile devices to a Kirkland-based startup, InRix Inc. Yahoo currently has no mobile traffic service. MapQuest, an AOL property, offers traffic reports over cell phones for $2.99 per month.

With typical bombast, Microsoft announced that when operable, the InRix mobile service will actually predict upcoming traffic problems – however currently the MSN mobile mapping technology provides no traffic information at all.

In the cities where it works, the Google feature will show traffic conditions on most major highways - indicating green for clear roadways, yellow for medium congestion and red for high congestion or stopped traffic. Google Maps will work on most Java-enabled phones offered by Cingular and Sprint and all color BlackBerry devices. The service does not currently work on phones from other major carriers such as Verizon or T-Mobile USA. Google Maps sends the data – obtained from an undisclosed source - every five minutes.

Although Google's free service doesn't identify traffic hazards or accidents, it will let drivers know if there is a clogged road. Google also shows the expected drive time for a route when phone users search for driving directions. It has introduced a feature that lets users save their favorite locations and frequently used driving directions for future use.

The three search engines are not alone, however. In February, Rand McNally Traffic began offering a downloadable mobile application that delivers news of real-time traffic flow, accidents, weather conditions and road closures to 94 cities. Rand McNally Traffic is available on Sprint, Nextel, AT&T Wireless and other services for $3.99 a month.

Media giant Clear Channel Communications' Total Traffic Network feeds content in 125 markets in the country to 15 services. One of them provides the information to subscribers with Sprint mobile phones for a $9.99 monthly subscription. That service is relatively new. In addition to weather conditions and traffic information, the service also provides data on gas station prices.

Cell phones are rapidly turning into GPS devices, with localized information as an added feature. It remains to be seen how many people will turn to their cell phone screens for traffic news, one eye on the road and another on the phone. In some states and several local jurisdictions, it is already illegal to use a handheld cell phone while driving. Some of these jurisdictions allow hands free use, but that won’t help with a visual feature. It will be interesting to see if this new functionality is limited by governmental concern over safe driving habits.

About The Author : Madison Lockwood is a customer relations associate for http://www.apollohosting.com. She helps clients understand how a website may benefit them both personally and professionally. Apollo Hosting provides website hosting, ecommerce hosting, & VPS hosting to a wide range of customers.

Bulk SMS - a Revolution Of Mobile Phone Industry

by: ECS Technologies
Short Message Service or simply the SMS is a revolution of mobile phone industry. SMS are often called the Text Message. SMS started to get huge popularity during the initial days of 21 century. After seeing the rapid popularity of SMS, companies decided to do marketing of their product through SMS. But since they are targeting a large mass to whom they will start to campaign about their product. So it will be an irritable situation to send SMS to the people individually. They started to think about some tool by which they will be able to send the promotional SMS in bulk to campaign about their product. Following this idea a new concept was developed called ‘Bulk Short Message Service’ or the ‘Bulk SMS’.

In this short article you will come to know about some basics of Bulk SMS, its features, and some of its general information. At first you should know the definition of ‘Bulk SMS’. In short ‘Bulk SMS’ is a special type of system by which an institution or an organization becomes able send or receive a large volume of SMS i.e. SMS in a bulk. That’s why this concept is known as the ‘Bulk SMS’. The Bulk SMS do follow a special channel of particular bandwidth limitation. Delivery reports can also be gathered if the Bulk SMS sender wishes to gather.

Now, followings are the some important features of Bulk SMS for you. The most obvious and useful feature of Bulk SMS could be found from its name. A single SMS could be sent to number of users using the concept of ‘Bulk SMS’. The Bulk SMS sender could set the number of recipients. The number of recipient may be set to 1 or to some other huge digit. A unique sender Identification tag or ID Brand is generated for each and every user. Every time the sender has to use that ID brand while sending Bulk SMS.

The group functionality is also an important feature of the ‘Bulk SMS’ service. The reputed companies are using the ‘Bulk SMS’ system to promote their product due to its low cost nature. It is seemed that the cost of sending Bulk SMS in million is 20% to 30% less than the printed media campaigning. The network coverage of these types of ‘Bulk SMS’ operator is quite good and the network area is also very huge.

Now some of the basic and common advantages of ‘Bulk SMS’ system for you! Though this service has the biggest use in field of product promotion by companies, though it can be used in some other purposes too. This system can be used to send number of messages to the cellular phones of many individuals at any instant. The other advantage is the low cost factor that is mentioned already earlier in this article. These days bulk sms, SMS Messaging to friends are becoming a favourite time pass to youth.

Now, if you want host a business and want to campaign your own product in the mass you may go for the ‘Bulk SMS’ system because this is a latest weapon in the field of business competition.

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ECS Technologies text chat operator offers Text Messaging,text chat, SMS marketing, bulk sms messaging, MMS Messaging, Mobile marketing, Mms messaging and many more other services.

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Mobile Phones Deals

Author: Harsh Shaurya

The trend of mobile phones is increasing tremendously. The UK mobile market is filled with various kinds of cheap mobile phones offering innumerous services.

Mobile phones have formed such an important aspect of our lives that we cannot even think of living one day happily without mobile phones. While going to office in the morning, we make it a point putting wallet on one side of the pocket and mobile phone in the other. Thus mobile phones are no more considered as luxury. They are a necessity in every sense.

Seeing this many big players in mobile phone market are coming up to provide innumerous benefits to the consumers. These big players know exactly what the consumers want. That's the reason they occasionally come up with cheap mobile phone deals, suiting the pocket of the consumers.

These big mobile manufacturing companies have joined hands with the major network providers, to provide exciting services to the consumers. The major mobile manufactures in UK are Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG. The major network providers are Vodafone, O2, T-mobile, Orange and Virgin.

Since these mobile manufacturers and network providers have come together, many cheap mobile phone deals are presented to the customers by the companies. These cheap mobile phone deals help company enjoy brand loyalty from the side of the customers. The customers are provided with various latest handsets, in addition to interesting and cheap mobile phone deals.

There are three major deals which one can see in the mobile market in UK. They have also proved to be quite cheap mobile phone deals. These deals are pay as you go mobile phone deals, contract mobile phone deals and cheap mobile phone deals.

The most attractive of all is the contract mobile phone deal. Under this deal the customer enters into contract with the concerned company. The contract can extend to 12 months or 18 months, depending upon the need of the customers. There are many added advantages with this deal. So much so that one can enjoy some latest mobile phones, along with the contract.

It is not only the free handsets which are provided with the cheap mobile phone deals. The company also, occasionally, provides many free gifts like ipods and other surprises to the customers. Cash back, free accessories, free line rental for twelve months and free mobile batteries are other benefits attached with the cheap mobile phone deals especially, the contract mobile phone deals. These deals are also flexible to the core. At the end of the contract one can even change the handsets, and opt for the latest mobile phone.

Pay as you go mobile phone deals, suits those persons who face heavy phone bills at the end of the month. Under this deal, you can pay in advance, and can use up the phone up to the extent you have paid.

Sim free mobile phone deal is a simpler deal which attracts many college students. In this deal, you can buy the handset of your choice and the sim of the network provider you want.

Thus, so many cheap mobile phone deals flourish in the UK market. Now, you can shop for your favorite and latest mobile phones and cheap mobile phone deals online.

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Harsh writes on Mobile Phones Deals and 3 Mobile Phones. Learn more about T Mobile Phones.

Choosing a Business Mobile Phone

Author: Tony Dunphy

When choosing a mobile phone for personal use, the buyer is usually looking for the latest style, the hottest color and all the little extra features that a phone can offer them. When choosing a phone for business, however, it is best to choose a phone that suits the needs of the business, not one with a lot of extra gadgets that you will probably never even use.

When choosing a business phone, the main features that you may want to look for

include:

1. Large screen

2. Easy to use interface

3. Email capability – preferably via Blackberry Mobile email

4. Calendar capability

5. Camera if you are in a business that needs a camera phone

Obviously these are features that you would not be looking for on a standard phone for personal use but you just never know when any or all of these features may come in handy for your business. There are several other things to keep in mind when looking for the perfect business mobile phone for you.

A company that you may want to look into for help in finding the perfect business mobile for you is Telaustralia. They carry phones from top manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, LG, and 02 mobile phone hand sets. Also you can choose to get a phone for free with a 24 month plan or contact them to purchase one of their phones or handsets outright.

Nokia is the traditional market leader for Mobile Phone handset sales, but over the past 2 years has faced much stiffer competition from the likes of Motorola, Sony Ericsson and Samsung who’s mobile phone handsets are gaining popularity. For typical Business use, longevity and reliability we still recommend Nokia Mobile Phone handsets followed by Sony Ericsson.

If you want your Business Mobile Phone handset to be a useful Business tool and not a play thing full of gadgets you wont use, heres a few tips that may be useful in selecting your next phone.

Consumers usually select a mobile phone based personal preference with brand, size, colour, flip phone or not etc. For a Business user however, selecting the right Business Mobile Phone handset to do the job should always be a matter of substance over style.

As we have number portability in Australia you are no longer locked into one network or provider for your Business mobile Phones. With telaustralia you can bring your Business Mobile phone with you or we can provide a handset as part of your deal and have access to the Telstra Mobile Phone Network or the Optus Mobile Phone Network.

Some of the features you need for your Business mobile Phone are -

Do you need a flip phone or block style?

Usually this is just personal choice but in some cases there are functional issues that dictate. eg. are you in an environment where there is a lot of dust? A flip Phone or clam shell style may be more suitable as it closes after use and this may reduce (but not altogether eliminate) the amount of dust that gets into the key pad and screen. Are you likely to drop or have impact on the mobile phone? If so a rubberized tradesman type of mobile phone may be more suitable.

http://www.telaustralia.com.au/all-products.html

Battery Life

Long battery life is essential for your business mobile phone, especially when traveling or on the road a lot. There is nothing worse than running out of charge at an inappropriate time - usually in the middle of an important call.. Look for mobile phones that use a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery rather than a nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) one. Li-ion batteries weigh less and provide 10 to 20 percent better performance than their NiMH counterparts. You'll want a mobile phone with a rated talk time of at least 3.5 hours, preferably closer to 5 hours. If your mobile comes with a desktop charger, shell out for the travel charger since it's significantly smaller and easier to pack for business trips.

Travel

If your travels take you overseas, you'll want a tri-band GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) Mobile Phone, which operates on networks (GSM 900/1800/1900) in Europe, Asia and the US.

Features

You'll also want a handset that features a hefty address book -- at least 300 names with support for multiple entries per contact. Some Mobile Phones allow you to include information such as email, Web and street addresses with your contacts. You can enter all that information one key at a time, or you can get a Mobile Phone with the ability to synchronize with Microsoft's Outlook on your PC. Nokia PC Suite allows you to load address book and other software on to your lap top and back up as required and import other information such as calendars, pictures & songs to your phone.

Bluetooth

Bluetooth equipped Mobile Phones are a must these days. If your PC or handheld doesn't feature integrated Bluetooth support, you can purchase an adapter to add this functionality. Then you can browse the Internet using your Mobile Phone as a wireless modem. You can also use Bluetooth to synchronize phone numbers and addresses between your Mobile Phone and other devices.

Another advantage with Bluetooth is that many cars now come equipped with Bluetooth hands free so there no need to get handsfree kits wired up in your vehicle. If you vehicle isnÕt already equipped with Bluetooth, portable and rechargeable handsfree kits such as Blue Ants Supertooth 2 are available and very low cost. These usually clip to your sun visor and are portable from car to car.

Internet

Even better, skip your notebook altogether. Fast Internet access is rapidly becoming a common feature in mobile phones. Most GSM Mobile Phones support GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) networks, which offer always-on Internet content and data services, enabling access to Web browsing, email and multimedia content at around 56Kbps. 3g Data is carried at speeds of up to 3.6Mbps with planned speeds in Australia of over 40Mbps using HSDPA. Many mobile phone manufacturers including Nokia & Sony Ericsson are now taking advantage of the RIM BlackBerry Licencing and including Blackberry Mobile email on their mobile phones.

If you spend most of your time away from the office meeting with clients, you may want to consider a smart phone, which combines mobile phone and handheld functions in one unit. These phones are larger and much more expensive than standard handsets, often costing as much AU$1,200, but they eliminate the need for two separate devices.

http://www.telaustralia.com.au/mobile/mobile

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Managing Director of Telaustralia an Australian Business Phone Company

Push Email for Mobile Phones

Author: Amika Mobile

It is interesting that the approach that vendors and carriers continue to tout to users is that they need ALL their emails on the mobile phones. Users can either register for a “push” email for mobile phones service such as the Blackberry and receive every annoying desktop email they get in its full glory with its hundreds of lines and threads. Or they can sign-up to other vendor offerings such as Google or Yahoo! with their “pull” offerings for Smart Phones which download your desktop email view to your 2×2 inch micro screen! Both types of services force you into expensive plans of $50-100 per month and you have to buy a Smart Phone. This is even the model for the more innovative devices such as the iPhone from Apple. So, what is a poor overwhelmed user to do?

Users need to look at reducing the volume and hence expense of the “all” or “nothing” model. The enterprise can look at buying a product that only forwards the critical emails to users with the option to reduce the content of those emails down to the key content. Consumers can similarly sign-up to Smart Email-to-SMS portals that automatically reduce the number of packets (and hence cost) based on salient content and then decide if that email should go mobile or not.

The carriers and the vendors would have us believe there are no such services! All you have to do is look at innovative solutions like the Email to SMS solution of Amika Mobile to know that there are great alternatives out there!!

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/electronics-articles/push-email-for-mobile-phones-401728.html

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