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Interesting facts about handphonesI receive this mail recently and find it quite useful .I am not sure if it works but youcan try it out.

 Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool forsurvival. Check out the things that you can do with it:

Fact 1)

* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 .* If you find yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is anemergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network toestablish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

Fact 2)

* Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remotekeys?*This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, callsomeone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the personat your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone ontheir end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive yourkeys to you.Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away,and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, youcan unlock the doors (or the trunk).

Fact 3)

Subject: Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important calland you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve

 battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart withthis reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. Thisreserve will get charged when you charge your cell next time.

Fact 4)

How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on

 your phone:* # 0 6 #

 A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to yourhandset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone getstolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They 

 will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes theSIM card, your phone will be totally useless.

 You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoeverstole it can't use/sell it either.If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobilephones.

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Interesting facts about Mobile phones in IndiaAs the spread of mobile increases, it makes you wonder about the fine line between what is

perceived as luxury and necessity.

One mobile – Necessity

 Two mobiles – Luxury

No Mobiles – Happiness

On 17th January 2009, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) held a

Seminar in Pune on the topic Disputes resolution in Telecom & Broadcast from where certain

interesting facts about Mobile phones emerged.

**India has 374 million telephone lines

**Off this 336 million are Mobiles!

**336 million Mobiles are distributed amongst 250 million GSM and 36 million CDMA

**Around 10 million mobile lines are added every month

**It is estimated that India will have 500 million mobile lines by 2010.

No wonder India is considered by many as the fastest growing mobile market in the world.

It was also stated that after the launch of  3G services in Delhi, the same will be replicated

across the country.

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 The Convergence of technology between Voice and Data, Media and Entertainment, Fixed and

Mobile, Communication and IT, on ONE network to give Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace

communication…through your Mobile has been promised to become a reality.

As mobile users and enthusiasts of new technology, here’s something to look forward to. Three

cheers to that!

Interesting Facts

Did you know?

- That up to 60% of the radiation emitted by a typical cell phone, (enough to cause heating), will beabsorbed by the user’s head?

- Percentage of mobile text messages in Japan that are unsolicited: 80%.

- Estimated revenue from pornographic content in the United States sent to mobile phones by 2006:$791 million.

- Estimated revenue from mobile gambling services in the United States

sent to mobile phones by 2006: $5.7 billion.

- A report published by analysts Baskerville/Informa Media forecast thatringtones would account for 12% of total music sales by 2008.

- Downloading ringtones has become hugely popular. In 2003 the marketwas worth £1.6 billion and by 2008 it will rise to £2.5 billion, according tothe above mentioned report.

- The first text message was sent in 1992.

- Text messages contribute to 20% of operator revenues.

- On New Years Day 2004, the highest recorded daily total was reached with 111 million textmessages sent.

- The number of mobile subscribers in China will grow from 268.69 million in 2003 to 497.86 millionby 2008, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7%.

Useful facts about your handphone

Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the-international mobile equipment identity number

appears. Then check the 7th and 8th numbers:

1 2 3 4 6 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1

2

Phone serial no.

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 02 or 20 this means your cell phone was assembled in Emirates

which is very Bad quality

 

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IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 08 or 80 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Germany

which is fair quality

 

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 01 or 10 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Finland

which is very Good

 IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 00 this means your cell phone was manufactured in original factory

which is the best Mobile Quality

 

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 13 this means your cell phone was assembled in Azerbaijan which is

very Bad quality and also dangerous for your health

 

THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOUR CELL PHONE COULD DO

 

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies..

 

Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things

that you can do with it: -

 

(1 )

 

EMERGENCY

 

* The Emergency Number worldwide for **Mobile** is 112 ..* If you find

yourself out of coverage area of your mobile network and there is an

emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to

establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the

keypad is locked. **Try it out.**

(2)

 

Have you locked your keys in the car? Does you car have remote keys?

This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone:

If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call

someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the

unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds

of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other 'remote' for your car, you can unlock

the doors (or the trunk).Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!'*

(3)

 

Hidden Battery power

Imagine your cell battery is very low , you are expecting an important call

and you don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve

battery. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your cell will restart with

this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This

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