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Few things in normal life cause more panic than dropping your cell phone in water, but it happens. Dropping your phone in water does not necessarily mean that you will have to replace it. If you know what to do after your phone has been submerged in water, you should be able to save it with a quick reaction.

Contract-free wireless provider Cricket on Tuesday announced its first Android OS smartphone from Samsung, the Samsung Galaxy Indulge.
With the addition of the Indulge, Cricket now offers a choice of four Android phones under a $55-per-month "Android plan" which includes unlimited  U.S. long distance, text and picture messaging, Mobile Web, and 411 directory assistance. No credit checks are required. In order to sign up for the plan, though, customers must buy the phone for $329.99 at Cricket stores, through dealers, or from mycricket.com.
Cousin of Galaxy S

As a member of Samsung's Galaxy family, the Indulge is a close cousin of the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, supplying a similar user interface (UI) and many of the same features. Yet the Indulge lacks the brilliant SuperAMOLED screen, WiFi hotspot capabilities, and social and media hubs of the Galaxy S.
Specs for the Indulge include Android OS 2.2; 4G wireless support; a 1GHz Hummingbird processor; a slide-out QWERTY hard keyboard; and a Swype-enabled virtual keyboard. In online forums, though, some users have complained about the battery life of the phone.
Another contract-free provider, MetroPCS, rolled out the same Samsung smartphone earlier this year. At launch time in February, MetroPCS charged a heftier $399 for the Indulge, offering two plans for the phone: an unlmited rate plan (talk, text, and Web) with 1GB of data, for $50 per month; and an unlimited talk, text, Web and data plan, for $60 per month.
MetroPCS, however, provides 4G services, whereas Cricket describes its network speeds as 3G. Cricket, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc., sells its wireless services to customers in 35 states and the District of Columbia.

Source : brighthand

Apple's annual conference for developers kicked off on Monday, and as he does every year, CEO Steve Jobs used this venue to unveil a new version of the iOS. He also introduced iCloud, a new online storage and backup service.
iOS 5, the next generation of Apple's OS for iPhones and iPads, will include 200 new features, such as Notification Center, News Stand, and a revamped mobile Safari browser. Also at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Jobs announced a new iCloud service will take the place of Apple's ill-fated MobileMe.
Through the new iCloud service, users will be able to back up entertainment content as well as apps and app data once a day after a simple one-time registration process, according to Scott Forstall, who heads up iOS development at Apple.

Other new features shown on Monday included Reminders, iMessage, Game Center, PC Free, and major improvements to Apple's Camera and Mail apps.
Users won't need to wait until Apple releases new generations of hardware devices to start taking advantage of the new features. They will, however, have to wait for the release of iOS 5. Slated for availability this fall, the new OS will support several existing Apple devices, including iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1 and 2, and third and fourth-gen iPods.
In a demo at the WWDC, Forstall revealed the details on ten new features in iOS 5:
Notification CenterThe new Notification Center in iOS 5 is designed to prevent notifications from acting as interruptions. The current system has a tendancy to stop apps in their tracks.

All notifications will be stored in this new area. When a new one comes in -- like a new email or a reminder -- the user will see an animation, and they can then go in view the notification at any time just by swiping down the screen from the top to the Notification Center.

News StandNews Stand will be similar to iBooks -- Apple's existing eBook competitive play against Amazon and Barnes and Noble -- except that content will consist only of magazines and newspapers.
Meanwhile, Barnes and Noble has been busily inking periodicals for downloadable content for its rival Nook Color e-reader tablet.
Twitter IntegrationAlso in iOS 5, Twitter will be integrated with apps that include the Safari browser, contacts, and even the camera. Users will be able to tweet locations from maps and articles from Safari, for example.

Revamped SafariApple will also give its Safari web browser tabs for tabbed browsing, according to Forstall.

Other new features -- such as a simplified reading list that lets people easily save stories to read later -- are designed for e-reading on the iPhone and iPad.
RemindersIn another new feature, users will be able to set reminders with dates for use with multiple lists. After checking boxes for "when I arrive" and "when I leave," they can set a reminder like, "Remind me to call my wife when I leave the convention today."

New Camera CapabilitiesApple is making a number of improvements to its camera app, include pinch to zoom, optional grid lines, and crop and rotate. In addition, users will be able to edit photos directly from their iPhone.

Mail ImprovementsImprovements to mail will include rich text formatting, draggable addresses, flagging, and the ability to search entire messages.
In portrait mode on the iPad, people will be able to swipe the inbox in and out.

PC FreeThe new "PC Free" feature is designed for users who want to use a phone or tablet as their only device. With the feature, people will be able to set up and activate their smartphone or tablet directly from the device, instead of plugging into iTunes on the PC.

As part of this change, software updates will be delivered to the iPhone or iPad directly over the air. This was one of the major limitations of previous versions of the iOS. All users of the Apple's mobile devices will benefit, but this is especially true for those who want to use an iPad as a stand-alone computer.

Game CenterWith a new version of Game Center, Apple seems to be taking aim directly at Microsoft's Xbox Live. Forstall maintained that although Xbox Live has been around for eight years, it only has 30 million users.
In iOS 5, turn-based games will be supported at an OS level, and games will be downloadable directly from the Game Center. Features will include game discovery, achievement points, and photos and avatars.
iMessageApple's answer to the popularity of the BlackBerry Messenger service has come in the form of iMessage, which will work exclusively on iOS 5 devices. Users on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch runningthe newest version of this operating systemwill be able to send each other messages and media over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection. Like BBM, there will be delivery and read receipts. The service will support text messaging as well as "high quality" pictures and videos.

Source : brighthand

It's been a common problem for iPhone that sound disappear or volume shaking up and down. Usually people go immediately to the maintenance when they face such problems, while it is not always a hardware problem. Most of the sound problems are caused by silly program hang or snap. So try one of the solutions below to  fix this problem :-

•    Check your iPhone's volume setting with the controls located on its left edge. Make sure that the volume is not turned all the way down. Press the "Volume" button up or down to adjust your setting as needed, using the speaker image on your phone as a visual guide.

•  Unplug any headphones, headsets or adapters connected to the headset jack located on your device's top-left edge. Insert and remove the jack several times to dislodge any debris that might have gotten in there, tricking your device into thinking and responding like it is connected to a headset.

Thousand of germs conglomerate on our cell phones from us coughing, eating while on hold, some of us while we are talking on it and from our own germ infested hands are enough reasons to want to clean our cell phones often. Many us want to but do not know what is safe to use on our electric appendages we call cell phones.

Cell phones are expensive to replace or upgrade. If you have ever lost or broken one, you know how much this costs, especially if there was no insurance coverage. Upgrades of these phones are also hard on the wallet and pocketbook. No matter whether it is a case of replacement or upgrade when you are in need of a new phone, you should purchase a used cell phone and activate it to use with your current provider.
Here some tips you might find useful?

1  Contact your service provider first to make sure you can activate a used cell phone through them.
 Some companies don't do this, so it's important that you get in touch with them.

2  Give the provider the used phone's Electronic Serial Number (ESN) to see if it is compatible with the provider's service. You can locate the ESN number by removing the battery. The number is on the phone underneath the battery, usually an 11 digit number. If the phone has a different service provider's name and logo on it, it is a locked phone and cannot be used with any other provider other than the one on the phone.

3  Try switching out the SIM card once you have the okay from your service provider. A SIM card is a small circut board within your cell phone that has all your personal information on it and is linked with your service provider. Put the card from your old phone into your newly acquired phone. If that works, you're set. If not, move on to the next step.

4  Call your cell phone company on a land line or different cell phone. Tell them you would like to activate a new phone and start an account or to replace your old phone. They will ask you some security questions and for the make, model, serial number and ESN, so have these handy. They will tell you what to do from there and walk you through it.

Just make sure that your phone is fully charged during the activation.
Some phone service provider allow you switch phones from their websites .