Timeline Of Cell Phones
Published by cellphones, on April 21st, 2010, in the categories: Other
If you wondered how mobile phones appeared, you should know that everything began with the mobile rigs or the very early two-way radios. They were used in taxicabs, police cruisers, and ambulances but they could not actually be called mobile phones due to normal lacking connectivity to a telephone network and to the absent possibility of dialing phone numbers from the vehicles. This happened mainly before World War II and it became characteristic for a certain community of mobile radio users, also known as mobileers. Due to these users, the technology used grew quite popular and the result was the development of a genuine mobile phone technology. In the beginning, mobile two-way radios were permanently installed in vehicles but with time new versions emerged, such as the so-called transportables or bag phones, equipped with a cigarette lighter plug and easier to carry. These devices could be used as mobile or portable two-ways radios.
The Radio-telephony technology was first used in Europe in 1926, on the first class-passenger trains traveling between Berlin and Hamburg and later on passenger airplanes and for air traffic security. During the second World War the technology has been popularized and used on a large scale in German tanks. In 1957, a Soviet radio engineer named Leonid Kupriyanovich created the portable mobile phone, named after himself LK-1 or the radiophone but during the 1950s other pioneering experiments started to appear, eventually applying for a number of usable services in the society, commercially and culturally.
The first fully automatic cellular system, considered the first generation mobile phone using an analogue network (1G) was the Nordic Mobile Phone or NMT, launched simultaneously in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1981, and by 1990s we could talk about the second generation (2G) of mobile phone systems, primarily using the GSM standard. The difference between the 2Gs and the previous generation was in the use of digital transmission instead of the analogue one and also by introducing advanced, fast phone-to-phone signaling. With the second generation a new communication method was available, as SMS text messaging became available on GSM networks and then on all digital networks. The first machine-generated SMS message was sent in the UK in 1991. With 2G media content also became available on mobile phones with the possibility to download ringtones as a paid option.
With the next generation or the 3G a new technology distinguished. The difference between 3G and 2G was the use of packet-switching instead of circuit-switching for data transmission. The new technology has been standardized in the IMT-2000 standardization processing, and interestingly the procedure has not been actually applied to the existing technologies but to a set of requirements (2Mbit/s maximum date rate indoors and 384 Kbit/s outdoors).
The latest generation, 4G brought a technological advancement that firmly separates it from its predecessor, the use of all-IP Networks instead of circuit switching technology. This generation of mobile phones delivers and receives calls over Internet, LAN, or WAN networks using VoIP technology instead of the traditional circuit switching method.
The Radio-telephony technology was first used in Europe in 1926, on the first class-passenger trains traveling between Berlin and Hamburg and later on passenger airplanes and for air traffic security. During the second World War the technology has been popularized and used on a large scale in German tanks. In 1957, a Soviet radio engineer named Leonid Kupriyanovich created the portable mobile phone, named after himself LK-1 or the radiophone but during the 1950s other pioneering experiments started to appear, eventually applying for a number of usable services in the society, commercially and culturally.
The first fully automatic cellular system, considered the first generation mobile phone using an analogue network (1G) was the Nordic Mobile Phone or NMT, launched simultaneously in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1981, and by 1990s we could talk about the second generation (2G) of mobile phone systems, primarily using the GSM standard. The difference between the 2Gs and the previous generation was in the use of digital transmission instead of the analogue one and also by introducing advanced, fast phone-to-phone signaling. With the second generation a new communication method was available, as SMS text messaging became available on GSM networks and then on all digital networks. The first machine-generated SMS message was sent in the UK in 1991. With 2G media content also became available on mobile phones with the possibility to download ringtones as a paid option.
With the next generation or the 3G a new technology distinguished. The difference between 3G and 2G was the use of packet-switching instead of circuit-switching for data transmission. The new technology has been standardized in the IMT-2000 standardization processing, and interestingly the procedure has not been actually applied to the existing technologies but to a set of requirements (2Mbit/s maximum date rate indoors and 384 Kbit/s outdoors).
The latest generation, 4G brought a technological advancement that firmly separates it from its predecessor, the use of all-IP Networks instead of circuit switching technology. This generation of mobile phones delivers and receives calls over Internet, LAN, or WAN networks using VoIP technology instead of the traditional circuit switching method.
Send Music To Cell Phone
Published by cellphones, on March 12th, 2010, in the categories: General info, Other
As you already know, cell phones are not just destined to make and receive calls and text messages only, but have developed so much these days that in only one object you also get a camera and a mp3 player, you can surf the internet through it, play games and many more. Today we are going to learn how to send music on our cell phones and you will be very surprised to see that it is actually a very simple procedure, no matter what type of phone you have or which of the below listed methods you choose.
Even if most cell phones can receive mp3 format songs, their basic memory can stock a small number of songs, so what you need to do is buy a MiniSD card that can hold up to 500 songs depending on their capacities.
The easiest way to send music to your phone from your computer is plugging the phone in your computer using the USB cable. Usually there is no need for any specific software. All you need is the Windows Media Player 10 and the computer should automatically recognize your phone. Press the Sync tab which should appear on the screen after opening Windows Media Player so that the device can be recognized. Go to Library and there press Edit Playlist where you select the songs you want to transfer to your phone.Then click the Sync tab again and finally select StartSync and the songs are transferred to your phone in no time.
If you don’t have the desired songs into your computer, you can, as always, rely on the internet. There are so many sites that offer huge song databases that it is impossible not to find what you are looking for. If you don’t want to purchase, there is the alternative of free mp3 download destined to cell phones. After choosing a site, plug the telephone into your computer and follow the steps required to finish the download straight into your telephone. If you own a PC that is equipped with a card reader, the two processes above become even easier as you transfer the music directly into the MiniSD card.
If both your computer and your cell phone have a bluetooth software installed, you just need to activate the bluetooth from your PC and cell phone, connect them and transfer the song selection you desire. You can use the same procedure between two cell phones so you can ask your friends to send you a song you like from them, but remember this can only be made from a small distance between the two devices.
And these are the simplest ways to send music to your cell phone! If you’ve tried all of them and still you are not able to send music to your phone check the instruction manual of your phone and see where and if you had done something wrong or whether your phone has suffered a malfunction. In that case, go to a cell phone service and ask for assistance.
Even if most cell phones can receive mp3 format songs, their basic memory can stock a small number of songs, so what you need to do is buy a MiniSD card that can hold up to 500 songs depending on their capacities.
The easiest way to send music to your phone from your computer is plugging the phone in your computer using the USB cable. Usually there is no need for any specific software. All you need is the Windows Media Player 10 and the computer should automatically recognize your phone. Press the Sync tab which should appear on the screen after opening Windows Media Player so that the device can be recognized. Go to Library and there press Edit Playlist where you select the songs you want to transfer to your phone.Then click the Sync tab again and finally select StartSync and the songs are transferred to your phone in no time.
If you don’t have the desired songs into your computer, you can, as always, rely on the internet. There are so many sites that offer huge song databases that it is impossible not to find what you are looking for. If you don’t want to purchase, there is the alternative of free mp3 download destined to cell phones. After choosing a site, plug the telephone into your computer and follow the steps required to finish the download straight into your telephone. If you own a PC that is equipped with a card reader, the two processes above become even easier as you transfer the music directly into the MiniSD card.
If both your computer and your cell phone have a bluetooth software installed, you just need to activate the bluetooth from your PC and cell phone, connect them and transfer the song selection you desire. You can use the same procedure between two cell phones so you can ask your friends to send you a song you like from them, but remember this can only be made from a small distance between the two devices.
And these are the simplest ways to send music to your cell phone! If you’ve tried all of them and still you are not able to send music to your phone check the instruction manual of your phone and see where and if you had done something wrong or whether your phone has suffered a malfunction. In that case, go to a cell phone service and ask for assistance.
Japanese Cell Phones
Published by cellphones, on March 8th, 2010, in the categories: Other, models
Japanese mobile phone manufacturers are going through a bad period that resulted in sale. Japanese phones invade Europe. As you know, Asians offer is more than generous, but the products 'traditional' design were quite apart from the typical cell for the old continent, which can be good or bad equally. It all depends on taste, but also the facilities provided.
For example, Sony has a portfolio of so-called "Wallet-Phone" (phone-wallet), which helps you do your shopping without the cash call, but so does the credit card - in our already very popular. So who would be interested in such a gadget? Another feature is seen particularly in Japanese mobile digital TV. In Europe, among countries that have adopted DVB-H include Finland, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Next France, Spain and Germany. Romania, probably among the last, as we have already normal.
Japanese invade Europe, Tamagotchi Mobile Phone - Children and adolescents should however be very happy to learn of the invasion of Japanese phones on the old continent. I think, just waiting to make a gadget for little hands, besides wireless communication function, it will provide all kinds of virtual pets that will take care (or not) - the famous Tamagotchi.
Do not forget either the phones or bay emitting all sorts of spices. But by far my favorite is the Raku Raku terminal, manufactured by Fujitsu. This is because, although not present any revolutionary technology, nor looks great, it has been copied shamelessly by Toshiba. The reasons are not even invented. Asian mobile market is a much more colorful and "seasoned" than the old continent, it is enough just to throw an eye on Japanese operator KDDI offer valid from November this year.
Certainly we Europeans are much more pragmatic than Asians - generally prefer phones with a serious design, without its strange or less practical. Among the producers present with new devices offer KDDI find known companies such as Casio, Hitachi, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic and Toshiba.
Casio brings to a clamshell phone (Casio Exilim W63CA) which strikingly resemble closed with a compact camera. As expected, it takes pictures at a resolution of 8.1 MP and generous benefits from specific technologies cameras. Generous screen of 3.1 inches is exceeded only by that of the terminal Sharp, with a diagonal of 3.5 inches.
Sony Ericsson does not stand out in subsidies, aiming rather fashion segment - enjoy interchangeable housings with all sorts of models. Toshiba W65T is a classic slider which would probably will be appreciated in Europe, especially that it has integrated GPS receiver. Finally, the offer closes with two fashion phones: Kyocera W65K and Panasonic W62P.
All phones (except Kyocera, IS and Panasonic) can access a database of music, through LISMO and play videos downloaded directly from TV, with the device au Box ". In addition, sports enthusiasts have at their disposal a virtual personal trainer - a program called "Karada Manager.
For example, Sony has a portfolio of so-called "Wallet-Phone" (phone-wallet), which helps you do your shopping without the cash call, but so does the credit card - in our already very popular. So who would be interested in such a gadget? Another feature is seen particularly in Japanese mobile digital TV. In Europe, among countries that have adopted DVB-H include Finland, Italy, United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Next France, Spain and Germany. Romania, probably among the last, as we have already normal.
Japanese invade Europe, Tamagotchi Mobile Phone - Children and adolescents should however be very happy to learn of the invasion of Japanese phones on the old continent. I think, just waiting to make a gadget for little hands, besides wireless communication function, it will provide all kinds of virtual pets that will take care (or not) - the famous Tamagotchi.
Do not forget either the phones or bay emitting all sorts of spices. But by far my favorite is the Raku Raku terminal, manufactured by Fujitsu. This is because, although not present any revolutionary technology, nor looks great, it has been copied shamelessly by Toshiba. The reasons are not even invented. Asian mobile market is a much more colorful and "seasoned" than the old continent, it is enough just to throw an eye on Japanese operator KDDI offer valid from November this year.
Certainly we Europeans are much more pragmatic than Asians - generally prefer phones with a serious design, without its strange or less practical. Among the producers present with new devices offer KDDI find known companies such as Casio, Hitachi, Sharp, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic and Toshiba.
Casio brings to a clamshell phone (Casio Exilim W63CA) which strikingly resemble closed with a compact camera. As expected, it takes pictures at a resolution of 8.1 MP and generous benefits from specific technologies cameras. Generous screen of 3.1 inches is exceeded only by that of the terminal Sharp, with a diagonal of 3.5 inches.
Sony Ericsson does not stand out in subsidies, aiming rather fashion segment - enjoy interchangeable housings with all sorts of models. Toshiba W65T is a classic slider which would probably will be appreciated in Europe, especially that it has integrated GPS receiver. Finally, the offer closes with two fashion phones: Kyocera W65K and Panasonic W62P.
All phones (except Kyocera, IS and Panasonic) can access a database of music, through LISMO and play videos downloaded directly from TV, with the device au Box ". In addition, sports enthusiasts have at their disposal a virtual personal trainer - a program called "Karada Manager.
Newest Cell Phones
Published by cellphones, on March 5th, 2010, in the categories: General info, Nokia, Other, Samsung, The newest types
Sony Ericsson Vizaz - The phone weighs 97 grams, a 3.2-inch touch screen display with 16 million colors, accelerometer, 3.5 mm audio jack and an internal memory of 75 MB that can expand up to 16GB with Micro SD card slot.
Sony Ericsson Vivaz lacks any Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support (Google Maps), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro USB 2.0, and immortalize the important moments the phone comes with an 8 mega pixel camera (3264 × 2448 pixels) with auto focus, LED flash, touch focus, geo-tagging is and smile detection.
This model of phone used as a Symbian S60 OS and a 720 Mhz processor PowerVR SGX. To connect on Facebook or Twitter you can use applications that have Vivaz, its users and if you want to open Office document type will be neither a problem. On standby the battery can last up to 430 hours and talk time up to 13 hours. The price for Sony Ericsson Vivaz amounts to 390 euros somewhere and had to be put on the market in February, but still expects to launch on March 9 in the UK.
Samsung M560 Lindy - it is a mobile phone offered by Samsung which weighs 98 grams and has a 2.8 inch TFT display and 250.000 colors. The phone has 50MB of internal memory but it can be extended up to 8GB micro SD cards due support. Samsung M5650 Lindy is present and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g, Bluetooth, Micro USB and FM radio are available.
For immortalizing the important moments in your life, M5650 Lindy has a built in camera of 3.15 MP (2048 × 1536 pixels) with auto focus and type for viewing Office documents, document viewer is also present. Stand-by battery can withstand up to 300 hours and talk time up to 3 hours. The price of Samsung M5650 Lindy amounts to 150 euros. At the same price you can buy the Nokia 5230.
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition - Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is the updated version of Nokia 5800 Xpress Music mobile phone. The following are the technical specifications of this phone model: Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm; Weight: 109 grams; Display: TFT-resistant, 16 million colors, 3.2 inches
-Proximity sensor for auto-off
-Accelerometer
-Handwriting recognition; Memory -Internal: 81 MB; Supports Micro SD card up to 16GB
Date: -Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, UPnP technology; -Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP; -Micro USB v2.0
- Chamber -3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, LED flash -Video VGA 30fps; OS: -Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 ; Processor: ARM 11 434 MHz CPU
Other specifications: -GPS with A-GPS, Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch; -TV-Out; -Audio jack 3.5 mm; -Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging; -Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds; -Radio FM; -Games; -WMV/RV/MP4/3GP Video Player; -MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A Music Player; -Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) -Photo Editor. Battery -Stand-by Up to 408 hours -Talk time: up to 9 hours (2G) / up to 5 hours (3G) -Music play: up to 35 hours. Price: around 300 euros
Sony Ericsson Vivaz lacks any Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support (Google Maps), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro USB 2.0, and immortalize the important moments the phone comes with an 8 mega pixel camera (3264 × 2448 pixels) with auto focus, LED flash, touch focus, geo-tagging is and smile detection.
This model of phone used as a Symbian S60 OS and a 720 Mhz processor PowerVR SGX. To connect on Facebook or Twitter you can use applications that have Vivaz, its users and if you want to open Office document type will be neither a problem. On standby the battery can last up to 430 hours and talk time up to 13 hours. The price for Sony Ericsson Vivaz amounts to 390 euros somewhere and had to be put on the market in February, but still expects to launch on March 9 in the UK.
Samsung M560 Lindy - it is a mobile phone offered by Samsung which weighs 98 grams and has a 2.8 inch TFT display and 250.000 colors. The phone has 50MB of internal memory but it can be extended up to 8GB micro SD cards due support. Samsung M5650 Lindy is present and Wi-Fi 802.11b / g, Bluetooth, Micro USB and FM radio are available.
For immortalizing the important moments in your life, M5650 Lindy has a built in camera of 3.15 MP (2048 × 1536 pixels) with auto focus and type for viewing Office documents, document viewer is also present. Stand-by battery can withstand up to 300 hours and talk time up to 3 hours. The price of Samsung M5650 Lindy amounts to 150 euros. At the same price you can buy the Nokia 5230.
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition - Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is the updated version of Nokia 5800 Xpress Music mobile phone. The following are the technical specifications of this phone model: Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm; Weight: 109 grams; Display: TFT-resistant, 16 million colors, 3.2 inches
-Proximity sensor for auto-off
-Accelerometer
-Handwriting recognition; Memory -Internal: 81 MB; Supports Micro SD card up to 16GB
Date: -Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, UPnP technology; -Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP; -Micro USB v2.0
- Chamber -3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, LED flash -Video VGA 30fps; OS: -Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 ; Processor: ARM 11 434 MHz CPU
Other specifications: -GPS with A-GPS, Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch; -TV-Out; -Audio jack 3.5 mm; -Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging; -Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds; -Radio FM; -Games; -WMV/RV/MP4/3GP Video Player; -MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A Music Player; -Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) -Photo Editor. Battery -Stand-by Up to 408 hours -Talk time: up to 9 hours (2G) / up to 5 hours (3G) -Music play: up to 35 hours. Price: around 300 euros
Shock Proof Cell Phone
Published by cellphones, on February 28th, 2010, in the categories: Other, Rugged phone
Nokia 8800
Nokia announced the emergence of a new model, a luxury mobile phone category, namely long-awaited successor to the 8xxx range - the Nokia 8800.
Long awaited, the handset is covered with a steel casing with a special sliding mechanism, called the card manufacturer "unique pop-up mechanism".
8800's display is a new appearance of the range Nokia presented on paper 262,000 colors and 208x208 pixels resolution. We hope that the field display to present such, not only on paper.
The device is equipped with a camera objective which can save images up to 800x600, which can record and play videos. It is already easy to understand that the target is so low in marketing strategy reasons. The same limitation of the reasons this strategy meet and Chapter 64 MB internal memory only. Apparently it is enough but as mobile is equipped with MP3 player, 64 MB is not enough for this feature. As well the built-in radio but its independent of internal memory.
This device maker Nokia has launched under the slogan "Nokia 8800 - Art Meets State-of-the-Art". I do not find anything extraordinary in terms of design of this phone and I wonder what his competitors Nokia launches mobile such that it seems that not a big engineering this phone for late 2005.
Other equipment: EDGE, Bluetooth, Java MIDP 2.0, etc. ...
A good thing is that related to the ring tones are played on 64 different voices, Nokia promising a revelation in this regard.
Image quality seems to promise a near flawless manufacturing of furniture, but perhaps the Nokia Vertu calculated here and said that 8800 will not compete with the Vertu cell phones,
One thing is certain: a rare robust Nokia branded mobile!
However this in a very good mobile, despite all its weaknesses it has a very good anti-shock system because of its metal case.
Specifications
Network - (2G)GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Antenna type - Internal
Form factor - Slider
GPRS - Yes, Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32 - 40 kbps
EDGE - Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
USB - Yes, Pop-port
Bluetooth - Yes, 1.2 with A2DP
WAP - Yes
Browser - Yes, WAP 2.0/xHTML
Infrared - No
Email client - Yes
Vibration - Yes
SMS - Send / Receive
MMS - Send / Receive
Camera - Built in, SVGA, 800 x 600 pixels, video ( QCIF )
Java - Yes, MIDP 2.0
Games - Yes, 3 ( changeable )
Clock - Yes
Alarm - Yes
Calculator - Yes
Calendar - Yes
Voice dialing - Yes
T9 - Yes
Hands free - Yes
FM Radio - Yes
Durable stainless steel covers
MP3/AAC player
Battery
Type - Li-Ion
Amperage - 600 mAh
Standby time - GSM : 190h
Talk time - GSM : 3h
Nokia announced the emergence of a new model, a luxury mobile phone category, namely long-awaited successor to the 8xxx range - the Nokia 8800.
Long awaited, the handset is covered with a steel casing with a special sliding mechanism, called the card manufacturer "unique pop-up mechanism".
8800's display is a new appearance of the range Nokia presented on paper 262,000 colors and 208x208 pixels resolution. We hope that the field display to present such, not only on paper.
The device is equipped with a camera objective which can save images up to 800x600, which can record and play videos. It is already easy to understand that the target is so low in marketing strategy reasons. The same limitation of the reasons this strategy meet and Chapter 64 MB internal memory only. Apparently it is enough but as mobile is equipped with MP3 player, 64 MB is not enough for this feature. As well the built-in radio but its independent of internal memory.
This device maker Nokia has launched under the slogan "Nokia 8800 - Art Meets State-of-the-Art". I do not find anything extraordinary in terms of design of this phone and I wonder what his competitors Nokia launches mobile such that it seems that not a big engineering this phone for late 2005.
Other equipment: EDGE, Bluetooth, Java MIDP 2.0, etc. ...
A good thing is that related to the ring tones are played on 64 different voices, Nokia promising a revelation in this regard.
Image quality seems to promise a near flawless manufacturing of furniture, but perhaps the Nokia Vertu calculated here and said that 8800 will not compete with the Vertu cell phones,
One thing is certain: a rare robust Nokia branded mobile!
However this in a very good mobile, despite all its weaknesses it has a very good anti-shock system because of its metal case.
Specifications
Network - (2G)GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Antenna type - Internal
Form factor - Slider
GPRS - Yes, Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32 - 40 kbps
EDGE - Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
USB - Yes, Pop-port
Bluetooth - Yes, 1.2 with A2DP
WAP - Yes
Browser - Yes, WAP 2.0/xHTML
Infrared - No
Email client - Yes
Vibration - Yes
SMS - Send / Receive
MMS - Send / Receive
Camera - Built in, SVGA, 800 x 600 pixels, video ( QCIF )
Java - Yes, MIDP 2.0
Games - Yes, 3 ( changeable )
Clock - Yes
Alarm - Yes
Calculator - Yes
Calendar - Yes
Voice dialing - Yes
T9 - Yes
Hands free - Yes
FM Radio - Yes
Durable stainless steel covers
MP3/AAC player
Battery
Type - Li-Ion
Amperage - 600 mAh
Standby time - GSM : 190h
Talk time - GSM : 3h
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