Saturday, July 23, 2011

Cell Phone Advice

By Owen Jones


You have be conscious of the extraordinary rise in popularity of the mobile phone as they say in the United Kingdom or cell phone in the United States. Twenty years ago, having a mobile phone meant carrying a very expensive device the size of a house brick around with you and very few people had one. Ten years ago, they were still quite costly yet a great deal of people had one but now they are fairly cheap and even young children carry them about.

In fact, cell phones have become so popular in lots of countries, that landline telephone firms have started removing public telephones because no one uses them any more and they are too expensive to maintain because of to repeated vandalism.

It is very rare to be seated in a public place like a train or a pub and not have someone close to you talking into a mobile phone. In fact, many people become fairly angry about individuals with mobile phones not becoming mobile when their phone rings.

Why do they not get up and go away to a quiet corner to take the call? No, most individuals just sit there talking into their phone annoying everybody near them.

This then is my first cell phone tip: if your mobile phone rings in a public place, get up and move away to answer the call. Everybody around you will be very grateful. We do not like to hear your private conversations and we do not like to feel that we have to keep our voices down because you are on the phone.

After learning this piece of cell phone etiquette, here are some tips for getting the most out of your cell phone.

This first thing to do when you get your mobile phone is to read the manual. If you always purchase the same make, say, Nokia, you will be aware of the way that the phone works without reading the manual, yet if they have added new functions you might miss them.

Manufacturers are constantly trying to stay one step ahead of their competition and they do this by adding functions rather than reducing the cost. By actually reading the instruction booklet, you will become aware of these new features.

Visit the manufacturer's website. There may be errors or omissions in the handbook or they may have upgraded the phone very recently. There will also be a help email address there for if you become stuck and an emergency phone number. The phone line will be either busy or costly, so send your inquiry by email instead.

Lots of cell phones permit you to assign different ring tones to different people. This is convenient if used in the right manner. For example, you could set one ring tone for your immediate family and the baby sitter, so that you know to pull over and answer the call without even having to look at the screen.

Similarly, you could assign your boss a personal ring tone so that you can choose not to answer it if you are enjoying yourself.




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