I have talked a little about mobiles in the article mobile craze on it’s success and impact on our lives. But also i have highligted on other topics too.This blog is about general information..In the next posts more on mobiles, computers and related topics will be highlighted. Keep reading.
MOBILE CRAZE
The mobile industry has evolved into an inevitable way of life to the global population and is posed for higher successes in the unfolding future. To many the small handheld devices are held dear and more reliable source of communications both in voice and data services. Having a look at Kenya’s safaricom successes in the mobile industry, innovated the first mobile money transfer which has pulled a staggering a 5million customers and an annual $10million worth of transfers. This has sent shivers through the spines of the banking community for venturing in their territories. Moreover the mode of power bills payment has also shifted from the traditional banks to a mobilized system through the now Revered MPESA money transfer. Recent trends show mobile industry venturing in the field of Data services has surged translating to an unprecedented scale of competition between wireless and LAN, Ethernet players.Safaricom introduced HSDPA which is very fast but only available in the two major cities,And the major plus to Data services ,they have also lowered broadband mobile office to around us$ 45, very competitive.
The mobile industry is the only one mostly likely spared off from Global recession for commanding the biggest sector of the
economy and a lifeline to the millions of micro-economic investments in the country.
Mobile phones have rapidly grown to
a darling of the young generation. A recent survey done on the impact of mobile phones in Kenyan schools, discovered that young boys and girls do more sms’ing during night hours hence affecting their studies and potentialities. This is one of the rare side effects of the device. It has also driven the youth further into visiting dirty western porn sites which will degenerate their moral, religious values among their communities. These dirty western life styles are slowly washing away our African young boys into destruction at an alarming speed. It is inevitable Rapist would be on the rise.Therefore we appreciate the mobile revolution in the 21st century which has emerged to be a force to reckon with, but we should also bear in mind technology also impairs our minds by whole heartedly tying dependency on technology, denying us freedom of thinking.
Mobile phones have added constraints to the struggling city denizen opening up to new challenges never experienced before in Africa. Recently a firm introduced a new software which can undelete SMS’S, threatening the very core of families. This firm is making money out of taking advantage for pathetic undeleting services. This is done by spouses spying on each other mobile messages and calls by just delivering the SIM card to the firm.They have classified these services for jealous men who want to know every deleted masseges and phone numbers of their mates.western styles!!
This was an overview of mobiles impact in kenya ,a milestone and a technology which has simplified life and spurred economic growth to many. Thanks once again to the innovator.
MOBILE INTERNET
Every phone enabled with wap(wireless access protocol) is capable of connecting to internet. Mobile phones come with their own browser which enables one to visit sites in the world wide web. Every browser must access internet by using HTTP(Hyper text transfer protocol) which can be compared to p.o box (post office box) followed by an address whch will direct it to the intended place of delivery.From this example, http://www.google.com shows that entering Google.com just after the http:// shows our intended address is google.com.Google is a search engine enabling you to enter words of choice or questions. Google will search for and return many options called search results. From the displayed you will choose a site which is close to your search or continue with the other results.Another way is by entering in your phone browser the address of a particular address without going through google.
Before one is able to connect to the internet, your phone must be activated with settings provided to you by your services provider.This can be sent to your phone from the ISP(internet service provider) by SMS and be activated upon receiving,or if you know the settings then you can enter them manually.There are also third party phone browsers meaning seperate from your inbuilt phone browsers.This browsers are in the form of application and are downloaded from the internet.Example of such browsers are Operamini,Bolt,Teashark,etc,This browsers come with different styles and are more advanced and faster than your phone’s inbuilt browser.They can be downloaded from your phone browser by simply entering their addresses or by just entering the name in Google web search.
Browsers like operamini would not only let you access only wapsites but the whole web.Operamini uses proxy servers and it compresses data and images before it reaches your phone hence reducing bandwidth expenses and it is the most fastest in downloading pages to your phone.Not all downloads in the NET are free.Only those described as FREEWARE OR OPENSOURCE are free to download without paying anything. With your phone you can download applications in the form games,browsers, social (MIG33),images.ringing tones,wallpapers,themes,and more intresting things.Whenever you access internet, your services provider charges you for data downloaded to your phone and not the time you use browsing,This data is counted in KB(kilo bytes) or MB(mega bytes) depending on your service provider.
MOBILE DOWNLOADS
When doing a search in the internet to download a game, mp3, videos, or any application, you will start by entering your search term in a search engine like Google. If you want to download without specifying the name of the mp3 you will be presented with 10 search results which may not suite your needs. So to specify the name of the artist would give you good results.
Second to check is if it’s a freeware opensource,or shareware. Freeware can be downloaded freely without any strings attached.No paying for the software but may not be redistributed or the source code is not provided. A shareware could still be downloaded but for trial purposes and for a period. After that period ends then you will be prompted to pay or else the application would not respond.Opensource is free to use, redistribute,and the source code is freely provided for the general public.
Mobiles application downloads are determined by compatibility issues. This means, not every application is compatible with every phone. For example Nokia phones have been categorized into two versions Nokia Series 40(S40) and Series 60 (S60) Some applications can be run only on S60’S but not on S40’S and some can run in both versions. So whenever you want to download an application, see if your phone is compatible with that application.
Free Applications
For example you can download free applications such as :-
- Mig 33
- Qeep
- Ringtones
- Nimbuzz
- Google maps
- Dictionary
- Mobile browsers
- Games
- Education
- Email & messaging
- Music
These applications are for all mobiles.
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GOOGLE MOBILE PRODUCTS
Google also provides free mobile products such as:-
- Gmail application
- You tube
- Google maps
- Photos
- igoogle
- Calendar
Click HERE to go to google mobile products site.
MOBILE TRANSCODERS ON YOUR DESKTOP
Here is a very good option for those on dialup or broadband where traffic counts for the data downloaded to a computer. There are several mobile Transcoders but I have chosen three as the best based on performance, reformatting and compression of data.
These are:-
SKWEEZER
Skweezer can be used on both desktop and mobile. Skweezer is a mobile HTML Transcoder. Since a normal webpage can be anything between 200-700 kb Skweezer will reformat and compress contents in any webpage. For a small traffic minded person who could gain from the resizing of big web pages ,then this mobile Transcoder will save them a lot . In places like Africa internet is expensive, where the majority can only access it through cyber café or mostly on their phones. By using Skweezer on a computer, most WebPages which are for “read only” like CNN or BBC, I have managed to save a lot of the MB’S I bought from my ISP.Even downloading is possible. Just before it’s ready skweezer will redirect you to the download site.
MOWSER
Unlike Skweezer, mowser does not compress all WebPages ex. CNN.COM will be displayed normally which is over 300 kb while on Skweezer the same will use 80kb plus images.
Google.com/xhtml
Google only reformats WebPages on the fly but will not compress. If a page cannot be reformatted Google will display “click here to go direct to the webpage. Google cannot reformat the webpage for your mobile”. Otherwise Google still is one of the best out there.
Related
- operamini on big screen
HOW TO USE OPERAMINI ON YOUR DESKTOP
You can now use the famous mobile browser Operamini on your desktop computer. This will enable you to get the full web with a full screen view. Operamini reformats and compresses data, reducing of page sizes, before delivering to your phone, which means less traffic hence saving you money. You can read more on how to use Operamini on your desktop HERE and know how you can get it on your computer.
Just follow the instructions. Get the java SE development kit and the wireless toolkit 2.5.5 for CLCD. Although I have to add that it is a bit tricky on how to download the JDK from sun java website which even though they give a free tool but you will be so confused with which one to download. Then is the issue of the file size to be downloaded which is not less than 70mb and its immense usage of memory Remember to consider that sun java products are memory hungry.
BOLT MOBILE BROWSER
I have personal downloaded Bolt to my phone and tested it. I works fine but only the pages are a bit not compressed to fit phone’s smaller screens.The contents are the same as on desktop web and the browser is a bit faster.The below specs are from the BOLT company defining their browser’s capabilities.You can download to your phone by clicking on the link below.Just simply provide your email and submit then check your mail and click a link in your email to start downloading.
“BOLT is at once the culmination of five years of Bitstream ThunderHawk’s browsing innovations, and the vehicle that will fuel the next five.
BOLT, our new browser, is built on ThunderHawk’s compression and rendering technologies, making it the fastest J2ME browser currently available. In addition to ThunderHawk’s feature-set, BOLT has been enhanced with a completely redesigned user-interface, multi-media support, RSS reader, and a host of customizable navigation and interactive features that further blur the line between PC browsing and mobile browsing.
By offering BOLT directly to end-users we are able to develop new technologies, test new features and generate feedback to improve our OEM products”
BOLT Browser free download here
HOW TO USE OPERAMINI SERVERS ON PC THROUGH GOOGLE
Operamini servers compress web contents before directing to your phone. This has resulted in favourable small traffic due to resizing of webpages and delivering the same contents to you as viewed on desktop. I have tried a way in which i could use operamini servers and so i first downloaded OPERA 10.0 turbo WEB BROWSER and after that entered the below address on the top address bar {http://www.google.com/m?client=ms-opera mini&channel=new&pref=s&sigp=client+q+channel+pref&sig=AMcta0JNwPSa3UGKQ6aUT02iGNr3lovKg&safe=images&gwt=on} You should not confuse this with {google.com/xhtml} or {google.com/gwt/n}
You can even remove the last part “&safe=images&gwt=on” to get real direct contents from operamini without gwt. Just try it without downloading of java tools.But if you insist on java then download the JRE only.
Related
- operamini on big screen.
MOBILE LINKS
If you have a problem in getting mobile links to your favourite sites,then i have displayed some of them below.
Click on any link below.
