What most people don’t realize is that cell phones in their modern form have been around for almost 20 years. 3G, the system currently in use by most cell providers, has been around for less than ten years, but before that, there were 2G, 1G, and even 0G (car phones in the 1970s). Consumers need to know what they are buying before they buy it, of course, so knowing the going rate for Apple’s latest iPhone 3GS is important. In fact, that particular example leads to a good ...

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So, you want to get the brand-spanking new Palm Pre smartphone with the built-in 3.0 mega-pixel camera (not bad at all!) and the Linux webOS (revolutionary!) and the WiFi capability (sweet!) and the fact that it isn’t an iPhone (YES!), but you don’t want to shell out the $550. Solution? Pay $199 and get a plan. Pricing and service plans are how the vast majority of cell users finance their phones. For a monthly fee, over a period of one or two years, they get service, and ...

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We all know about the new iPhone and how snazzy it is, with its 3.0 mega-pixel video camera, its voice command functions, and its built-in GPS. Great, that's old news by now. What are far more interesting and far more compelling to the masses that don't really need to know about 3G and 4G and the technical jargon, are the apps.

Apple's string of iPhone applications, available through their online store on the iTunes program, has been a major element of its success. What self-respecting iPhone ...

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These days, phones can do nearly anything their users ask of them. This includes playing video games previously permitted only on game consoles and the handheld systems like the PlayStation Portable or Nintendo DS. Thanks to advances in the technology, though, cell phone and smartphone games have been able to advance past Tetris and electronic chess. Common gaming platforms include Nokia's N-Gage, and the iPhone's many gaming applications.

Nokia was the first to emerge with Snake in 1998, a game originally created in the 70s and later ported ...

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