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CELL PHONE TRICKS
Cell Phone Tricks
1.In Case of Emergency - The worldwide Emergency Number for mobiles is 112. Even if you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and you dial 112, the mobile will search any existing networks to establish the emergency number for you. Interestingly, this number can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.
2. Lock Your Keys in the Car? - If your car has a remote lock/unlock device (and you have a second one, say at home - aside from the one on your keychain that's locked inside the car) you can call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone, hold your phone about a foot from your car door, and have the person at home press the unlock button on the device, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other remote for your car, you can unlock the doors.
3. Secret Battery Power - Imagine your cell battery is very low, you are expecting an important call, and you don't have a charger. Nokia phones come with a reserve battery. To activate it, press the keys *3370#. Your cell will restart with this reserve, and show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.
4. Disabling a Stolen Phone - To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #. A 15-digit serial code will appear on the screen. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. If your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.
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Young switching off TV in favour of Internet:Study
The rise of high-speed Internet and
the explosion in online video content is fuelling
a widespread decline in the number of people
watching television according to a worldwide
study by UK telecoms and media watchdog, Ofcom.
On average around one-third of consumers
with broadband access watch less television
since going online the findings, which sampled
a thousand people in each country, concluded.
Alongside tech-savvy younger generations
watching traditional TV channels on their
PC or laptop, instant messaging, blogging,
social networking sites such as MySpace and
user generated content sites including YouTube
are driving more and more to ditch old
fashioned sit-and-watch viewing habits.
Aided by the increased choice on-line,
users are switching off the television and
changing the way they consume media by
tailoring what they watch to their personal tastes.
"Rapidly converging technologies and intense
competition between providers are transforming
the global communications sector,"
said Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards.
Ofcom said the Netherlands (58 percent),
Sweden (45 percent) and Japan (44 percent)
had the highest percentage of their populations
connected to high speed broadband, while China
led the world in the percentage of people
watching music videos and television
programmes over broadband.
Results showed that 76 percent of Chinese
broadband users watch downloadable or
streaming music video clips while
70 percent watch TV over broadband.
A separate study by the European
Interactive Advertising Association (EIAA)
revealed that online usage was closely
linked to broadband penetration. It found
broadband penetration was up 14 percent
across Europe year-on-year with Europeans
now spending over 11 hours a week online.
The Ofcom report showed advertisers have
been quick to recognise the booming demand
for online content with Internet advertising now
attracting almost 10 percent of total
advertising spending in the UK.
The Ofcom study found that the British were
the most prolific down loaders of music while
making phone calls over the Internet was most
popular in France. The study also concluded
that Internet access boosted radio audiences.
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