1. PAYING BILLS
If you hate standing in the long traditional queues to book movie tickets and pay your bills, you can turn to your smart phone to answer your distress calls. Ngpay is one such application which keeps you ahead in the line. With over 100 services listed under 30 utilities, you will find everything you need right from paying bills, ordering movie tickets, to sending flowers. For more details about the application, compatible handset or to download a copy of the application on to your cell phone, visit www.ngpay.com/site/index.html
2. CHECKING EMAIL
If you are addicted to Gmail, then you need to have the Gmail application on your smart phone. The application enables you to set multiple accounts. You can archive emails, keep them as unread, add a star, mark emails as spam or even delete them. You can set and navigate through various labels found by default on the online email services too. If you save drafts, they are saved as, mobile drafts on the application, visit www.google.com/mobile/products/mail.html
3. GPS APPLICATIONS
If you love to travel and explore sights and sounds of the world, you need a good mapping application to help you find your way. One good about Google maps is that you don’t need GPS tp pinpoint your current location. The ‘my-location’ feature identifies your location and provides you near-accurate directions to reach your destination safely. If you don’t have GPRS and rely on the WI-FI instead, try the Google latitude. Apart from providing directions, the application also allows you to locate your friends and send them SMSes accordingly. For more details on the application,
Visit www.google.com/mobile/products/maps.html
Or
http://www.google.com/mobile/products/latitude.html
For Google Maps and Google Latitude respectively.
4. VOIP FOR ECONOMICAL CALLING
If you have a lot of friends and family staying in different countries, then you would be well aware of the high cost that international calls attract. However, if you are already connected to them via various VOIP applications on your PC, you can use the similar applications on your phone too. If your handset supports WI-FI connections skype Lite is best suited as it offers economical rates and good sound clarity. If you are however using a GPRS connection, you can use the chat features but not the VOIP functionally of skype. There are several other options available, one such application is known as Talkonaut which lets you connect to VOIP on your Google Talk and jabber accounts. For more information on skype Lite and Talkonaut visit www.skype.com/intl/en/mobile and www.talkonaut.com respectively.
5. DICTIONARY APPLICATIONS
If you use your cell phone quite extensively for work and find yourself stuck to decode sentence meanings, then a dictionary application is a must. There are several java applications give you word meanings and also translate words from certain languages. There are both free and paid applications available as downloads and are available at any website those host mobile applications. One of the best applications is the ‘MSDict Pocket Oxford English’. You can use the demo version of the application and purchase a copy if you like it.
6. OFFICE APPICATIONS
Some high-end business phones come with a built-in office viewer application. However if your phone does not have such a feature in it, you might struggle to do any productive work while in transit. And thus this application is a must have if you need to work on the go. One such application is the ‘Quick office’ which is available especially for phones with a symbian OS. Besides that, there are also applications created especially for iPhones and smart phones using the Windows Mobile platform. You can get these applications as downloads from websites hastinfg mobile applications.
7. PDF READERS
If you can’t find an office application compatible with your handset, you can ask your clients to send files as PDF and use a portable PDF reader to reader to read then when on the go. While some smart phones come equipped with PDF readers, you can download applications online if your phone doesn’t have one. One such popular application is the ‘YongReader’. You can read your PDF, Word, HTML text with ease using this application. For more information, on the application, visit http://yongreader.homeip.net/reader
8. NEWS YOU CAN USE
With disasters happening around every corner, it is essential for you to be connected to the world at large. You can subscribe to RSS and ATOM feeds from international news websites but it is always useful to have local news too. You can download a ‘Network18’ application which gives you an assortment of news sites including ‘IBN Live’, ‘Cricket Next’, and ‘moneycontrol.com’. Click on the links to go to the WAP site. To download the bookmark on to your cell phone, visit ‘m.ibnlive.com’ on your phone browser and click the ‘Download IBN Live Bookmark’ link. Save the file to use for future use.
9. NETWORKING ON THE MOVE
If you are a social networking addict then you must have your favorite social networking application or widget on your phone. A popular cell phone widget is the ‘Facebook bookmark’. All you have to do is login to your Facebook account through your cell phone browser via ‘m.facebook.com’ and navigate to the bottom of the page. Click the ‘Download’ link and save the bookmark for future use. Other social networks providing mobile widgets include ‘Twitter’, ‘Orkut’ and ‘MySpace’ to name a few.
10. INTERNET RADIO
If you prefer music on the go and don’t have too many songs loaded. While most smart phones have built-in-radios, there are certain business phone models that hardly lack the feature. So if your phone has radio fret, there are plenty of options available online. One such option is the iRadio application. The application enables you to enjoy internet digital radio from your mobile phone. The application server has around 700 valid radio stations on their server and the application come with a built-in volume control.
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