5 Free Android Mobile Apps for Business

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Business has been moving away from offices and boardrooms and towards remote workspaces. Business now relies on a remote network of individuals and organizations. Business people today have the opportunity to use their mobile devices to excel in business. Here are five mobile applications for Android that can help you improve your business.

1. Google Drive: Google Drive is a versatile and essential business tool. It is not only a cloud system to store text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photos, and videos, but it also a fully functional word processing suite. Anything you update on your mobile drive will be automatically updated on the cloud system. You can create and alter spreadsheets, view and edit documents, and even take a look at and make changes to presentations on your mobile drive.
2. Fill and Sign PDF Forms: Sometimes forms need to get signed immediately and there is no fax machine or scanner in… Read More

Nano SIM Card and iPhone

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The new Nano SIM Card standard is a result of cooperation between the three largest mobile phone manufacturers. Apple, RIM, and Nokia had each proposed their own designs for the Nano SIM, but it was Apple that came out victorious in June, 2012. Not surprisingly, the iPhone 5 uses the Nano SIM format. (For those interested in getting more out of their iPhone, visit unlockaniphone.org)

Mobile operators have already started to support the new standard. You can get a Nano SIM card for either 3G or 4G handsets from one of many outlets. It is likely the mobile operator will attempt to get you to buy your next iPhone and Nano SIM from them and have many different offers, including contract plans. The contract plans, of course, will lock you in to using that particular mobile operator, so it is good to check if there are alternatives.

Samsung Galaxy S3 – Does It Live Up To The Hype?

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It has been six months (3 May, 2012) since the mobile phone conglomerate, Samsung, unveiled their new model Galaxy S3. With the recent announcement of its mini version and with the leadup to Christmas, many consumers are wondering which model to purchase. While this post is not to be considered a comparison between the two models, let’s take a look at why Samsung Galaxy S3 continues to be the best selling mobile phone all over the world.

Design And Dimensions

For owners of the first S model, users probably noticed that the Galaxy S3 is much more similar to this design than the previous one. This is because the Galaxy S3 has a more sleek and curvy look to it than its predecessor. The design is based on the Samsung notion of “designed for humans” and “inspired by… Read More

How to Unlock Your iPhone

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How to Unlock Your iPhone

How to unlock your iPhone. Can this be done? Yes, you can unlock your iPhone and use it on another network other than AT&T. This method first became public in August 2007. Both PC Magazine and MacWorld have published instructions on how to unlock your iPhone. Be sure that you are running the iPhone firmware that is 1.0.2 or earlier, do not upgrade your phone to 1.1.1 or later as this will relock your phone. Here is how to unlock your iPhone.

Step one be sure you have your iPhone; the data cable and a great connection to WiFi access. Before you begin, cancel the iTunes helper that is running in the background on your PC or Mac. For the PC, bring up the task manager and in the process tab find the iTunes helper and click end process or kill process. On the Mac, go… Read More

Travel and Your iPhone

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Travel and Your iPhone

Do you like to travel? Are you on the road constantly for business? Then the Apple iPhone may be the phone of choice for you. The reason for this is that the iPhone has a GPS navigator built into it. If you are always on the go, a navigator is what you need. Fussing with maps and asking for directions is a thing of the past. Nowadays, tech savvy people have a navigation system in their cars. With an iPhone, you always have your navigator with you, no matter who is driving. Travel and your iPhone; it’s a match made in heaven (sort of).

Why would you need a navigator on your cell phone? Anytime you need directions, to a new club perhaps, just tell it where you want to go an viola’ directions are there. Even those of us who are no longer part of the club… Read More

SIM Cards For Your iPhone

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SIM Cards For Your iPhone

Here is the good news. It is easy to replace the SIM cards for you iPhone. You have to decide what purpose you want these SIM cards to perform. Some offer enhanced features to your iPhone. Many of these will work only with AT&T and cannot be unlocked. Others will actually unlock the iPhone and allow you to use it on any network, not just GSM networks like AT&T and T-Mobile.

Here is the biggest problem with unlocked phones, you cannot just get them to work on any network. The cell phone provider needs the phone information from the inside of the phone in order to set up service. Therefore, in order to use an unlocked iPhone on another network other than AT&T you will have to get a SIM from a different phone and replace the SIM in your iPhone with that SIM. It is not… Read More