Through some clever use of text messaging, a very basic phone can provide most basic banking services.
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Access to basic phone functions, such as date and time or missed calls.
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Plus it lets you control basic phone functions such as the music player.
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That might help explain a high conversion rate among basic phone owners, where three quarters of those planning to update their devices expected to move to a smartphone.
This basic US phone technology did not have text messaging built in at all.
The device, initially built to support data services on basic 2G phone networks, will be "relevant to 80% of the world, particularly in the emerging markets, " he said.
Consider it the true replacement for a basic feature phone, ticking all the smartphone checkboxes without having to either spend a lot up front or else shackle yourself to one carrier.
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Regardless, many people are so attached to these devices that people were completely outraged when BlackBerry experienced system outages in October 2011, despite the fact that their basic cell phone services were still operational.
Much like the PC market, basic and feature mobile phone volumes are falling as consumers migrate not only to smartphones, but smartphones at low- and mid-tier price points.
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The Asha 501, initially built to support data services on basic second-generation phone networks, will be "relevant to 80% of the world, particularly in the emerging markets, " he said.
Not surprisingly, a basic name, address and phone number is the most desired result for consumers.
The signal takes less than a minute to reach viewers, who can stream it via a basic 3G connection on their phone.
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Its Wi-Fi functionality also lets shooters use their connected phone to control basic camera functions including shutter release, zoom, flash mode and more.
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The application is one of a number of voice-friendly third-party applications for the iPhone that have helped close the gap between the iPhone and mobile phones that have long given users the ability to perform basic tasks, like dialing phone numbers, with voice commands.
He had conducted a detailed study of his company's fortunes and found that his income had increased by 70% in the six months after he started using a mobile phone in 2006, because basic activities such as stock handling and negotiating prices with suppliers become much more efficient with a mobile phone.
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The UI reminds us of a simplistic feature phone geared toward the basic user, with six icons on the front screen including an app menu.
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The Thompsons' solicitor, David Robinson, said officers had failed to follow the policing manual for road traffic collisions and did not complete basic steps such as obtaining mobile phone records.
He offered some basic tips for protecting data on your phone.
Offering a new Windows feature phone, in addition to upgraded basic options on lower-priced models, will likely help the company keep a stable bottom line.
Until now, the mobile hotspot market has given users essentially two basic payment plans, both of which are borrowed from the phone market: You can prepay for some fixed amount of data and re-up when you run out, or you can plop down a monthly fee for a capped per-month allocation of bits.
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"It's quite incredible that we're at this point when the power of the phone is crossing over that with baseline processing power of basic laptops, " Mr Shuttleworth told the BBC.
How can companies like Samsung, LG and Dell keep their Windows Phone 7 (WP7) handsets looking cool and different when Microsoft specifies the basic button layout, display resolution and user interface framework these companies should use?
The basic service is free, but comes at the price of having to obtain yet one more phone number (to rule them all).
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Ubuntu is aimed at two core mobile segments: the high-end superphone, and the entry-level basic smartphone, helping operators grow the use of data amongst consumers who typically use only the phone and messaging but who might embrace the use of web and email on their phone.
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With the sets of basic specifications and features set in stone, HTC's engineers can then offer the right phone sizes that meet the carriers' requirements, as well as showing a relatively bland rectangular ABS block as an indication on how much space is needed to pack all the components.
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The basic problem seems to be with non-bumper cases, specifically ones that slide on to the phone, and the danger of trapped particles scratching the back of the phone while taking the case on and off.
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In developing countries, where a phone is many people's first and only device, phones are being used to deliver basic heath care.
Users look through the phone's camera and the program converts all the reds and greens in view into pure, basic versions that are easier for colorblind people to see.
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Studies claiming a link between cell phone use and brain tumors and experiments pointing to pathologic effects are much more convincing than arguments based on basic physics.
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