Wireless RERC presents a review and demonstration of Talking Caller ID by Steve Jacobs of the IDEAL Group.

My first-ever cartoon, from February 2006, right after the domestic wiretapping scandal broke.

by egcd32

Article by jennifer dsouza

The life of a cellphone depends on how you are using it. The rougher you use it, the lesser the life is. Read this article to find out how youcan enhance the life of your cellphone through simple usage tips.

Cellphones are devices which we now use in our everyday lives. Needless to say, cellphones undergo a lot of wear and tear, and this wear and tear decreases its lifespan quite drastically. In fact, if you do not take proper care of your cellphone, you might find yourself looking for a new cellphone within the next six months. To ensure that you do not come across such situation, keep these tips in mind.

Use a Scratch Guard:

A scratch guard is the single most important accessory that you will buy for your cellphone. As the name suggests, the scratch guard is a type of a film that covers the cellphone screen, so that the screen itself is not exposed to objects like fingernails, fingertips and accidental thumbprints. The screen is the most important part of the cellphone and in some cellphones it is also the most expensive part, and in some cases getting a new cellphone will be cheaper than changing the screen of the cellphone.

Switch off the Cellphone while Charging:

Charging a cellphone while it is switched on decreases the battery life of the cellphone quite drastically. Therefore, make sure that you switch off the cellphone before you charge it. Another thing to remember is to let the cellphone lose its charge completely before you keep it for charging. Also, when you first buy the phone, let the phone drain its charge completely before charging it.

Keep a Spare Battery:

If you are planning a trip and know that your cellphone may drain out of charge before your trip is over, make sure that you carry a spare battery and a charger. Using the last bit of the battery charge for a call has a detrimental effect on the life of the battery. While having the traditional charger is a good idea, you can also keep a car charger, so that you can charge your cellphone while in the car itself.

These are some of the aspects that you should keep in mind while using your cellphone. Following these tips will not only increase the battery and cellphone life, it will also increase the resale value of your phone.

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by youngthousands

Article by Dave Smith

Caller ID is the great give away; you can screen your calls, know if the number is unfamiliar to you and have contact information stored for your return calls. While nowadays we take caller ID for granted, it wasn’t so long ago that the foot-long mobile phone and the rotary dial phones existed.

Many telephone service providers now offer caller ID included in your monthly bill, and others charge only a small fee, but most people will tell you it’s worth every penny. We’ve become so accustomed to having contact information available to us before answering that sometimes it’s hard to think of what life was like before caller ID.

Answering the “Unknown” Being able to screen numbers is only an option thanks to Caller ID. While the great “unknowns” are typically charities, political candidates, survey agencies or telemarketers, there are many doctor’s offices and therapists that will block their number if they’re calling after hours from a home residence. If you’re sure you’re not expecting a phone call, and you’re too busy to deal with solicitors you can just let the phone ring.

Keeping your Line Open Caller ID never leaves you guessing; you could be waiting on an important phone call from a friend or family and want to leave your line open. Many families and friends who live long-distance will set up a day of the week where and sometimes a specific time that they can talk. Without caller ID you could be expecting their phone call and eagerly answer to find the wrong voice on the other line.

Contact information While most professionals are accustomed to leaving their name and contact information on a voicemail, there are plenty who don’t, or completely forget. Even if a caller left their information, sometimes they spoke too quickly or quietly to be understood. Having a record of your missed calls is always good as a backup.

Faster than Voicemail If you’re in a rush and don’t feel like leaving a voicemail then the Caller ID will be enough to let your friend or family that you called. Now that we’ve become spoiled by caller ID technology, most friends and family don’t leave messages because they feel they’re redundant. There’s no longer a reason to leave a message saying “call me back” when they already see that they missed your call.

Screening the Knowns This one might go without saying, but sometimes you just plain don’t want to talk. You may have had a bad day or know the conversation will be longer than you have time for, but for whatever reason, you don’t want to talk to that specific person at that specific time. It’s hard to imagine going from no Caller ID whatsoever to the newest technology in Caller ID-Caller ID Spoofing-where you can replace your own contact information with a different number entirely.

Caller ID may not seem to have a huge impact on our lives, but when you imagine life before caller ID it’s easy to see how much it influences our daily communication and interactions with friends, family and anyone else trying to contact us.