This is the age of Multimedia Messaging Service. MMS remains in; a versatile function that allows users to send out colour photos, photographs, voice clips, programs, videos and ofcourse text from their cell phones. The rates are a little greater as compared to SMS, however MMS opens up an entire brand-new world of communication at your finger ideas. All you need is an MMS-enabled phone and a subscription to a company that supports MMS. With MMS, you can, not only send your messages from one phone to another, however also from phone to email, and vice versa. You can send out, shop and edit picture messages. There are a number of sites online that let you download images complimentary of charge. Some MMS phones even feature an integrated electronic camera, so an individual can click images spontaneously and send them throughout to another MMS cellular phone user. But with phones that do not have an inbuilt camera, these pictures have to be obtained from the Internet. The messages sent out and gotten are either in text or graphics, once again depending on the phone model. With MMS, you can even download MP3 music, video games and video on your phone!
The following networks provide MMS: BPL (Mumbai) - MMS and GPRS only for post-paid users at Rs. 199 each month with 100 MMS totally free. If you surpass the 100 limitation, MMS are charged at Rs. 3. Hutch- Rs. 99 per month. Prepaid users have to also pay Rs.50 as the preliminary activation charge. Messages can be downloaded from the Hutch website at Rs. 8 per MMS. Sending MMS is complimentary. Airtel- Offers free MMS service. To trigger, you require to send an sms to 222 from your MMS allowed phone. Spice (Bangalore) - Rs. 99 each month. 25 outbound messages totally free, after which there will be charge of Rs.5 per MMS. Idea- Offers downloading of video messages from their site. Also permits sending and getting photos and music.
CELLULAR PHONES- (PDA PHONES)
One step further are PDA-enabled phones, more frequently referred to as cell phones. These have a Digital Organiser, Excel, Word and Internet capabilities- all in one phone. Some even have actually an incorporated electronic camera and a MP3 gamer. These phones have large screens and allow you to compose into it (after you discover the easy strategy). They also have voice acknowledgment capabilities. These functions make the phone bulkier and more expensive but then these gadgets sure do separate the guys from the boys.
E-MOBILE ... REDIFINING TECHNOLOGY
GPRS AND WAP
GPRS and WAP let you delight in a continuous wireless connection to information networks (Internet) and access favorite website, home entertainment services and other web applications. With WAP, GPRS, you can go on the internet on your mobile phone. All you require is a GPRS/WAP enabled phone and activation from the provider. 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 triggered.
Airtel charges Rs. 600 monthly for GPRS and airtime. MMS, however is totally free. 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 cell phone as a modem. For this your cell phone need to support HSCSD. If your phone supports HSCSD, you can link to a laptop, desktop or a PDA, using infrared, data cable or Bluetooth and after that call your ISP connection. This method works if you want to inspect some immediate mails or access a website when on the go. The connection is sluggish and also is pricey as compared to a typical Internet connection utilizing a modem. You pay the ISP for the Internet hours and the mobile 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 current trend. All phones do not support poplyphonic ringtones, particularly the old designs. If your phone does, you can download a series of polyphonic ringtones from the Internet. What's more, you can even get details about present news, movies, stock exchange, weather, forecasts, jokes etc. All this is simply a click away from your phone and all for a nominal charge. Checking e-mail, getting info about existing news, films, stock markets, weather condition etc. is simply a click away from your cellphone.
Games:
With the arrival of GPRS and phones, video gaming is no longer restricted to standard video games like Snake and Space Impact. The GSM along with the CDMA subscriber base is growing at a good rate and with Reliance using Java support on its CDMA phones, the fundamental cell phone has become a pocket-PC!
So, what do you need to play games on your cellular phone?
1) Great deals of inbuilt memory
2) GPRS or Java made it possible for phones and
3) Colour screen (optional)
How can you get games on your mobile phone?
You can get video games either from your cell phone service company such as Hutch (Orange), BPL, Reliance by downloading them from the internet utilizing WAP or GPRS or you might get them uploaded onto your cell phone at a manufacturer's display room. (e.g Nokia)
HUTCH (ORANGE)
For downloading games using Hutch (Orange), it is necessary to have GPRS enabled 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 charges + Rs.99 each month. Both pre-paid as well as post-paid users can download the video games from the Hutch (Orange) website by paying Rs.20 per video game for 20 rounds. For Rs. 50 you can play the video game as often times you desire, plus you get a free Photo Messaging center. You require to check if Hutch supports video gaming on your mobile phone design though.
BPL
For downloading games using BPL website, 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 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 an unlimited use, except that you 'd have to shell in an extra Rs. 25 as service charges if you get the games uploaded at the display room.
RELIANCE (CDMA)
Reliance Infocomm in India enables users to download games on their Java-enabled cellular phone utilizing their 'R-World service'. With R-World, you can access and download from a substantial variety of Java games such as Arcade, Boards, Puzzles, Cards, Sports, Casino, etc totally free of charge till March 2004.
NOKIA
Nokia is using its own video games to the Nokia Mobile Phones users through cell phone service providers such as Hutch (Orange), Airtel, BPL and so on. Currently, only Hutch and Orange subscribers can access the WAP-based material, whereas the Airtel, RPG (Chennai) and BPL Mobile customers can access only 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 variety of games such as Pooltime, Crashn'burn, AlphaWing and so on at http://www.nokia.co.in. This center is readily available just on a couple of Nokia phones at present.
These striking features in cellphones have actually altered customer habits and their attitudes towards demands. They want much better than the best, and thanks to sophisticated competence they get it too. Large amount of functions and substantial advantages have made cellulars a boon in disguise. Steady use of this wire totally free wonder has life always on the relocation. At no point of time can work come to an absolute stand still. Impeccably, the credit goes to its sophisticated functions and provider, due to which this network operates efficiently. At the end of the discussion, one thing is apparent' A mobile in your handhas the world at your finger pointers'!
