From the category archives:

Telecommunication

Recently I was asked if I would pay for an iPhone. Well to start with I’ve not even gotten up close and personal with an iPhone before so I don’t know if I would pay a lot of money for one. In any case, where I come from, the iPhone is exclusively tied to the [...]

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Earlier I wrote about how smartphone users can use a software called Phone Guardian to protect their phones from unauthorised use should the phone get stolen (read it here). There hasn’t been such a great feature for normal mobile phones, but thankfully there is still something you can do to protect your phone from being [...]

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Lock your mobile phone remotely by sending an SMS

by Tipsie on November 16, 2008

If you are using a smartphone, chances are you will want the highest security to protect it since smartphones don’t come cheap. Fortunately, there is a way to protect your device and your SIM card from being potentially misused if it gets stolen. Smartphones can use a software called Phone Guardian to remotely lock and [...]

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I received a very useful tip from an email on how to check where a mobile phone (any brand) is assembled or manufactured in. This is based on looking at the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number that tells you where the phone came from. Whether you choose to believe this, it’s entirely your call. But [...]

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