MMS is every Thing
This is the age of Multimedia Messaging Service. MMS is in; a versatile function that allows users to send out colour photos, pictures, voice clips, programs, videos and ofcourse text from their mobile phone. The rates are a little bit higher as compared to SMS, but MMS opens an entire brand-new world of communication at your finger pointers. All you require is an MMS-enabled phone and a subscription to a company that supports MMS. With MMS, you can, not just send your messages from one phone to another, but likewise from phone to email, and vice versa. You can send, shop and modify image messages. There are a number of websites online that let you download pictures complimentary of charge. Some MMS phones even include an integrated camera, so a person can click photos spontaneously and send them across to another MMS mobile phone user. But with phones that do not have an inbuilt cam, these pictures have to be obtained from the Internet. The messages sent out and received are either in text or graphics, when again depending upon the phone model. With MMS, you can even download MP3 music, video games and video on your phone!
The following networks use MMS: BPL (Mumbai) – MMS and GPRS only for post-paid users at Rs. 199 per month with 100 MMS free. If you exceed the 100 limit, MMS are charged at Rs. 3. Hutch- Rs. 99 monthly. Prepaid users have to also pay Rs.50 as the initial activation charge. Messages can be downloaded from the Hutch website at Rs. 8 per MMS. Sending MMS is free. Airtel- Offers totally free MMS service. To trigger, you require to send an sms to 222 from your MMS made it possible for phone. Spice (Bangalore) – Rs. 99 each month. 25 outbound messages complimentary, after which there will be charge of Rs.5 per MMS. Idea- Offers downloading of video messages from their site. Also permits sending out and receiving pictures and music.
CELL PHONES- (PDA PHONES)
One step even more are PDA-enabled phones, more frequently called cellular phones. These have a Digital Organiser, Excel, Word and Internet capabilities- all in one phone. Some even have an integrated cam and a MP3 player. These phones have big screens and permit you to compose into it (after you discover the easy strategy). They likewise have voice recognition capabilities. These features make the phone bulkier and costlier but then these gizmos sure do separate the males from the kids.
E-MOBILE … REDIFINING TECHNOLOGY
GPRS AND WAP
GPRS and WAP let you enjoy a continuous wireless connection to data networks (Internet) and access favorite web websites, entertainment services and other web applications. With WAP, GPRS, you can go online on your cellular phone. All you need is a GPRS/WAP made it possible for phone and activation from the company. Phone the Customer Care number and ask them to activate the service, afterwhich you require to download the GPRS settings as instructed and GPRS is activated.
Airtel charges Rs. 600 each month for GPRS and airtime. MMS, nevertheless is complimentary. Reliance India charges Rs. 200 + use charges Rs, 40 paise per minute, whereas Hutch charges Rs. 99 for GPRS + airtime.
Using your cell phone as a modem:
Alternatively, you can connect to the Internet using your cellular phone as a modem. For this your cell phone should support HSCSD. If your phone supports HSCSD, you can connect to a laptop, desktop or a PDA, using infrared, information cable or Bluetooth and after that dial your ISP connection. This method works if you want to examine some urgent mails or gain access to a website when on the go. The connectivity is sluggish and likewise is pricey as compared to a typical Internet connection using a modem. You pay the ISP for the Internet hours and the cellular phone company for the airtime charges. With Internet connection, you can download a range of groovy ringtones, logo designs, and graphics to jazz up your phone. If you are tired of the monophonic tones, polyphonic ringtones is the most recent trend. All phones do not support poplyphonic ringtones, specifically the old designs. If your phone does, you can download a variety of polyphonic ringtones from the Internet. What’s more, you can even get info about present news, movies, stock exchange, weather condition, projections, jokes etc. All this is simply a click away from your phone and all for a small charge. Checking e-mail, getting info about existing news, films, stock exchange, weather condition etc. is just a click away from your cellphone.
Games:
With the development of GPRS and Java-enabled phones, video gaming is no longer limited to basic games like Snake and Space Impact. The GSM along with the CDMA subscriber base is growing at an excellent rate and with Reliance providing Java support on its CDMA phones, the basic cellular phone has actually turned into a pocket-PC!
So, what do you require to play video games on your mobile phone?
1) Great deals of in-built memory
2) GPRS or Java enabled phones and
3) Colour screen (optional)
How can you get games on your cell phones?
You can get games either from your mobile phone service provider such as Hutch (Orange), BPL, Reliance by downloading them from the web using WAP or GPRS or you might get them uploaded onto your mobile phone at a manufacturer’s display room. (e.g Nokia)
HUTCH (ORANGE)
For downloading video games utilizing Hutch (Orange), it is required to have GPRS made it possible for on your cell phone. This can be triggered through Hutch (Orange) by paying Rs. 99 if you are a postpaid user. Prepaid users can trigger GPRS by paying Rs. 99 as activation fees + Rs.99 monthly. Both pre-paid as well as post-paid users can download the video games from the Hutch (Orange) site by paying Rs.20 per video game for 20 rounds. For Rs. 50 you can play the video game as sometimes you desire, plus you get a free Photo Messaging facility. You need to examine if Hutch supports video gaming on your mobile phone model though.
BPL
For downloading games using BPL site, you need to have either MMS or GPRS enabled on your phone. If not, you can go to a BPL display room and get the video games submitted onto the phone. The charges are the same as that of Hutch, Rs. 20 per game for 20 rounds and Rs.50 for a limitless usage, except that you ‘d need to shell in an additional Rs. 25 as service charges if you get the games published at the display room.
RELIANCE (CDMA)
Reliance Infocomm in India allows users to download games on their Java-enabled mobile phone utilizing their ‘R-World service’. With R-World, you can access and download from a big variety of Java video games such as Arcade, Boards, Puzzles, Cards, Sports, Casino, and so on complimentary of charge till March 2004.
NOKIA
Nokia is offering its own games to the Phones users through mobile phone service providers such as Hutch (Orange), Airtel, BPL etc. Currently, just Hutch and Orange subscribers can access the WAP-based content, whereas the Airtel, RPG (Chennai) and BPL Mobile customers can access just the SMS-based content. You are charged Rs. 49.9 per video games apart from the GPRS activation and rentals. You can download from a range of video games such as Pooltime, Crashn’burn, AlphaWing etc at http://www.nokia.co.in. This facility is readily available just on a few Nokia phones at present.
These striking features in smart phones have actually altered consumer habits and their attitudes towards demands. They want better than the best, and thanks to advanced knowledge they get it too. Large quantity of functions and substantial benefits have made cellulars a benefit in camouflage. Steady use of this wire free wonder has life constantly on the move. At no point of time can work concerned an outright stand still. Impeccably, the credit goes to its sophisticated functions and service companies, due to which this network works smoothly. At the end of the conversation, something appears’ A mobile in your handhas the world at your finger ideas’!
