How to read your cell phone bill
So you got your cell phone bill for the month and zipped it open, only to receive a rude shock when you saw the total. What's this--double the amount it was last time? Is there a mistake? Did you make a three-hour call to Hong Kong? Do identity thieves have your account information in their vile clutches?
Unfortunately, finding the answer in your bill isn't easy, as we're sure you've discovered. Even those with relatively simple cell plans can wind up with bills that are 5 or 10 pages long, with confusing sections and subsections, arcane terminology, and tricky details. Your billing scenario will change dramatically if you have a regional calling plan vs. a nationwide setup, then there's the issue of data and text-messaging plans. Do you make any roaming calls or dial up your friends while traveling abroad? It can all add up to a pricey month. To discover how your $39.99 monthly plan can translate to $59.99, read on to see a typical wireless carrier bill.

Bluetooth headset quick guide

In the past few years, Bluetooth headsets have become must-have accessories for cell phone fanatics. The benefits of these hands-free, wireless devices are obvious, particularly in the wake of state and local laws that require the use of a headset while driving. And just as the number of headsets has exploded, the number of Bluetooth cell phones has increased as well. Integrated Bluetooth is now present in a broad range of cell phones--from high-end smart phones to low-end functional models. Of course, cell phone Bluetooth usage is not limited to just headsets--you can also use Bluetooth to stream music wirelessly, connect to the Web, transfer files, and more.

Twisting technology

Wireless carriers in the United States operate over two different networks: Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). Though each technology transmits voice and data, they do so in different ways, which makes them incompatible. As a result, you can't take a CDMA phone and use it on GSM or vice versa.

cell phones buying guide

Buying a cell phone is more than a matter of choosing a handset--you also have to pick a service provider, or carrier, as well. Each carrier in the United States offers s different selection of technologies and services, so it's important to think about your needs when making a choice. For that reason, selecting a carrier should be the first step in the cell phone buying process.

Cell phone Donations!!!

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Our need is overwhelming but we are hanging in there.
Our target is 150,000 phones for recycling, hopefully we will get there b/4 the October awareness month.
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Launch of Apple iPhone 3G Sets Consumer Electronics World Abuzz

With the consumer electronics world abuzz on Monday following the official launch of the Apple iPhone 3G – Apple’s 2.0 reinvention of the monolithic iPhone – anxious buyers are reminded that the iPhone 3G devices won’t begin shipping to 22 countries until July 11, 2008. The drastically slashed prices of $199 for the 8-gigabyte model and $299 for the 16-gigabyte model are alluring enough for many consumers who declined to make the $399 or $499 investment the first time around. Promising faster, “3G” data speeds and ever-popular GPS tracking will help sell other consumers on biting into the sleeker apple when price is more than the determining factor. The Apple iPhone 3G will also be thinner by about an eighth of an inch. Apple plans to amp up its 22-country release to 70 countries in the coming months. Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday said 6 million iPhones have been sold thus far. The iPhone 3G details were revealed in San Francisco on Monday at an Apple conference for developers. With the release of another cell phone monster, other companies large and small are already jumping on the bandwagon to cash in on the fanfare. Phanfare, for example, released a new application on Monday so users can easily take photos and share them using their iPhone 3G.

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Cellphones might cause cancer

The beloved cellphone without which most people feel completely powerless is actually a danger in disguise, says a leading health expert, who has called for limiting the use of the mobile phone because of it's possible cancer risk.
The director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Dr Ronald B Herberman, issued the unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff on July 23.
The warning is contrary to numerous studies that don't find a link between cancer and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the US Food and Drug Administration.Herberman is basing his alarm on early-unpublished data.
Herberman says it takes too long to get answers from science and he believes people should take action now-especially when it comes to children.
"Really at the heart of my concern is that we shouldn't wait for a definitive study to come out, but err on the side of being safe rather than sorry later," the China Daily quoted Herberman, as saying.
In the memo he sent to about 3,000 faculty and staff, Herberman said that children should use cell phones only for emergencies because their brains are still developing.
Adults should keep the phone away from the head and use the speakerphone or a wireless headset, he said.
He even warned against using cell phones in public places like a bus because it exposes others to the phone's electromagnetic fields.
A driving force behind the memo was Devra Lee Davis, the director of the university's center for environmental oncology.
"The question is do you want to play Russian roulette with your brain," Davis said in an interview from her cell phone while using the hands-free speaker phone as recommended.