Ramadhan with Nokia

One of strategy to keep costumer loyal is by giving them what they want, even when they don't realize it.

Recently, Nokia has launched application related to fast month or Ramadhan month, which is very sacred for moslems. The application contain many informartion related to fasting it self, plus infos connecting to Islam and moslem, like pray time, Al Quran, guide to Hajj and Umroh, etc.

I believe many users of Nokia phone don't ever think to have those information in their own phone. But with what Nokia had done, moslem become aware that they could give their Nokia phone more value added especially from religion perspective.

It would be cool tobe able to access any information about Islam through our own cell phone, or reading Al Quran wherever we are, and even for those with Nokia Map support Phone, many mosques could be located in several area like Arab Saudi or Jordan, and Pakistan, even Marocco.

I think Nokia has done a good job to serve this application, since the consumers of Nokia phone will have more fanatic feeling to their phone since they feel that Nokia pay attention to what they need.

More information about Nokia Ramadhan application could be accessed here Read More..

GPS in Mobile Phones

Like we could see these days, there is one new feature become popular installed in mobile phones. The feature mostly doesn't need additional cost in using so make it become popular in relatively short time.

It's GPS. According to here, GPS, which stands for Global Positioning System, is a radio navigation system that allows land, sea, and airborne users to determine their exact location, velocity, and time 24 hours a day, in all weather conditions, anywhere in the world. The capabilities of today’s system render other well-known navigation and positioning “technologies”—namely the magnetic compass, the sextant, the chronometer, and radio-based devices—impractical and obsolete. GPS is used to support a broad range of military, commercial, and consumer applications.

in simpe word, GPS is tool to find out where we are. The location served through display with coordinate. For end user, it is important to installed map data in GPS tool to help making orientation. Basically position information given by GPS is in coordinate, so if you are not familiar with this term, the map will help you with it.

Many vendor like Nokia is equipped their mobile phone with GPS built in, including map data. What's in the map? The map here shows road complete with name information, also there is POI (point of Interest) describes ATM (Automatic Teller Machine), Fuel Station, Restaurant, etc. These object is useful when we are looking for nearest ATM--example-- from our current location, and thanks to GPS, it will help us to find it.

In my country with very large and wide area, Nokia doesn't give complete map area. The map given is only for major cities which is understable because most users of mobile phone live in cities. But it will become alittle problem when users going out from city. The use of GPS will abate due to the unavailable map covered.

But hopefully, this condition will be decrease more and more in the future, along with the increase of GPS phone demand and the popularity of GPS it self not just in the city comunnity, but in village as well. Read More..

Increase Battery Life of Your Cell Phone

Cell phone come up with many features these days. Features installed into the cell phone most are not relating to basic function of cell phone, which is calling and messaging. Let's name them : music player, video player, data storage, camera, and today's trend : GPS, wow, i wonder if they could installed washing machine into cell phones in the future :D

Number features means the increase of power consumption. So the power from battery that suppose to use for basic function of cell phone which is to communicate is turn into other purpose.

To deal with it, you could decide to : 1. Buy mobile phone with less feature; 2. So something to increase the life of the your battery. For you who choose no.2 option, here are some advise to keep the battery strong.

1. Use the mobile phone whenever you need to. When you don't have to use it, shut it down. When you get sleep, it's better to power off your mobile phone.

2. This may not out of your reach, but the high signal that mobile phone receive, the less power consumption need. So, it's lucky for people who have good cellular signal in their neighborhood.

3. Turn of additional feature when you don't use it. Don't turn the bluetooth stay on, because, beside eating power battery, your mobile phone is also vulnerable tobe infected by virus. WiFi is require huge power as well, so make sure it's turned off when you finish using it.

4. If your cell phone is capable to perform multitasking, turn off the unuse application

5. Set the brighness into middle level.

6. Avoid keep pluging the carge into power source when the battery is full.

7. Don't play game in the cell phone too much, don't listen the music through your cell phone too long, don't watch the movie through your mobile phone too long, but I guest it will make the features become useless :D

8. Use vibration mode only when you need

I believe there are still more tricks to keep the battery long life, those mentioned are several samples. Read More..

Gadget For Ladies...?

Actually, the said that ladies like pink gadget or cellphone polished diamond is not true, or not 100% true. From a survey provided recently, most ladies don't like feminin gadget.
This survey was provided by Saatchi & Saatchi, a well known advertising consultant. The result said that most woman actually has a good attention to technology, but the fact about how the technology shop threat them make them become reluctant.

In fact, a third willing to spend more money for useful gadget, or if the gadget is alittle more expensive but useful, ladies don't mind to pay more.

From appearance aspect, only 9% respondents think that gadget for ladies should be feminim look. What they really want is that gadget with good and high quality design. Most woman feel sloppy with the existing of "gadget for ladies" or gadget with fake diamond. Read More..

iPhone Got Cheaper??

Imagine when you have just bough a cool and most wanted gadget on the earth. Of course you didn't get the gadget with cheap prize, and you had done anything to get that gadget, like borrowed money, or sold your thing :)

Not so long after celebrating your winning having that cool gadget, suddenly the vendor announced that the prize of 'the most wanted gadget' will be cutted! Well well, what will you do? yealling 'AARRRGHHH?! " :)

It's just happened to iPhone owners lately. Apple annouced that the prize of iPhone will be cutted about US$ 200, whew, it's pretty good news for you guys who don't have that mobile gadget, rite? But not for recent owners, it's a night mare!! After what they've done to get iPhone, now they must swallow the truth.

But, there is a solution offered to reduce this heat. Apple will give former owners a credit to shop at Apple Store, but it only valid for those who bought iPhone 2 weeks before this cut prize announced.

Many former owner is not satified with this condition, especially for those who don't get credit, how pity they are...

But hey, let's see the positive from this condition, at least, more people could have iPhone rite now, and other mobile gadget brands will start to think that iPhone is the straight rival for their products. iPhone is not a premium gadget anymore.

So, other brands... start to make better mobile gadget from now, okey?? :) Read More..