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Make your smart phone smarter
2008-02-13 09:34:00
During the past few years, the mobile phone has become so much more than a telephone. As PDAs such as the Palm Treo have merged with telephones, cell phones themselves have started acting like PDAs. Aside from the obvious address book and calendar, a common phone on the street might have a digital camera, an MP3 player, an instant messenger, and a GPS locating device.One of the most popular mobile-phone operating systems is Symbian, powering Nokia and Sony Ericsson models, among many others. In fact, the Symbian OS powers more than half of all mobile phones worldwide, and its CEO has predicted that it will eventually take over for PCs entirely.Regardless of what the future will bring, you can do tons of stuff with your Symbian smart phone right now. Watch videos, map directions, or use your favorite instant-messaging software. Jessica Dolcourt shows you how to get started with a new feature, How to make your Symbian phone smarter. If you're already a master of mobile software, be s...
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IGOOGLE TIPS
2008-01-11 13:22:00
If for any reason you don't like the little "+" next to the stories, and you never use it, you can remove it from your iGoogle completely with this script. It also removes the white border around modules.Install + remover A custom-made iGoogle theme with blue background and rounded corners. Use only with iGoogle's default (white) theme; it looks quite ugly with the other ones. It also changes the font to Georgia and increases the text size.It has a problem although when you drag and drop, the boxes are stretched to the full window size but still it great.Install Script source: mashable.comThis allows yOu to changes the headers of modules to blue. Although there are some other minor modifications. This is a Simple script,. It is a good for learning how to customize the CSS of iGoogle yourself.Install Script You can remove most of the white space between the modules on your iGoogle homepage with this script. This is great tool for heavy users. It is not compatible with some other sc...
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Google search from mobile
2007-10-28 07:23:00
There is a very simple procedure to use google search directly from your mobile phone.Follow the step by step procedure to search for anything via a sms without any web application. 1. Open the messaging in your phone.2. Go for new text message and type your search query.3. Send to 466453 (Google sms server).4. Thats it. Done! as you will receive the result as sms again. For sports scores * Type the name of the sports team* Examples: "arsenal".For weather conditions * Type the word "weather" followed by the zip or city and stateFor more info send help to 466453 --Posted By Indian Blogger to Google Hacks at 9/22/2007 01:43:00 AM
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Get paid to receive emails
2007-10-01 14:07:00
You can make a fortune out of it.Just remember to sign up to as many legitimate ones as you can. I have been using some of them and earn up to 25$ from just 2 of them in just a month. Most of them give you 10$ just as soon as you sign up. Allthat you need to do is click on link in your email and you get paid.If you a non-Gmail or non-yahoo mail user then even more great. These sites seem to put up a limit on the no of mails you can receive from a site.Although I recommend you to use a service that allows you to create disposable id's.Before you begin let me tell you some thing. Don't use your primary id to sign up.When ever you sign up first use a disposable id if the site is good then change it to the id that you use for receiving paid emails. let me explain.Yahoo allows you to create disposable id's .Say your disposable id is "TESTIS -___@YAHOO.CO.IN". Now create a disposible id "TESTIS -temp@YAHOO.CO.IN" if it clicks then change it to "TESTIS -permanent@YAHOO.CO.IN" . If it do...
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Nokia Codes
2007-09-19 14:05:00
.::Nokia Universal Codes ::.Code Description :These Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones(1) *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%(2) #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370# ( Favourite )(3) *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time.(4) *#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec.(5) *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type. ( Favourite ) (6) *#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work.(7) *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number). ( Favourite )(8) #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).(9) #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols).(10) #pw+123456...

Read mail through sms
2007-09-19 06:20:00
I was gazing through this blog when i found this great feature.This trick pertains to mail's like Gmail that allows forwarding. Gmail's ability to forward messages helps you to read your message in your cellar phone in SMS format. Gmail slices the message into SMS-friendly chunks and forwards it to your cell.Here are directions for various carriers on Gmail's help section. Basically, you just set up a filter to forward to your mobile email address, using the appropriate domain:Verizon: 10digitphonenumber@vtext.comFormer AT&T customers: mailto:10digitphonenumber@mmode.comSprint : 10digitphonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.co mT-Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@tmomail.netNextel: 10digitphonenumber@messaging.nextel.comCi ngular: mailto:10digitphonenumber@cingularme.comV irgin Mobile: 10digitphonenumber@vmobl.comAlltel: 10digitphonenumber@alltelmessage.com OR mailto:10digitphonenumber@message.alltel. comCellularOne: 10digitphonenumber@mobile.celloneusa.comO mnipoint: 10digitphonenumber@omnipoin...
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Masterseek
2007-09-19 06:18:00
Masterseek at your service.Your wish is my command.Master seek is B2B search engine for buyers and suppliers .masterseek's unique web technology enables companies to obtain detailed information related to their business . This site is very popular . It's main users are from India, USA , Canada, UK. . Masterseek is basically a search engine that gives details regarding company i.e buyers and sellers. This is the no 1 company in the in this field. Just some time back it was launched but soon has reached success.If you want to company profiles, contact information, and descriptions of products and services from any company of your choice then this is the site to visit. It also give other technical info about the company. So go ahead and try this search engine to give your company a push.
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Google Pranks/April Fool
2007-09-03 18:35:00
Google is not only famous for it's search or ads it ahs also been famous for one more stuff. It's the Fool 's day Pranks . It is known to play prank it's user on April 1. Sice 2000 they have been doing this expect 2001 and 2003. Some of them really look convincing. 2000: Google MentalPlex In the year 2000 Google announced a new search technology called "MentalPlex" . It supposedly read the user's mind to determine what the user wanted to search for, thus eliminating the step of actually typing in the search query. All that the user had to do was remove his Hat and Glasses and stare at the above image. It said that it worked for all languages. There was even a elaborate FAQ page. It even gave some troubleshooting tips Problem: MentalPlex keeps taking me to sites featuring rubber toys, nipples and diapering.Answer: Your infant is too close to the monitor. If you have no children, you may want to consider counseling. Problem: I am unable to visualize cl...
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Make Buyukkokten as your moderator
2007-09-03 18:26:00
What if you could make Buyukkokten as your Community moderator or even the orkut admin as your moderator . Sounds Exciting?. Jerry has the trick developed by Rushan Malik . There seems to be a bug in orkut and this script exploits this bug in orkut . Using this script, you can add any one as the moderator of your community without them having to accept it. You can even use it to add yourself as the moderator of your communities. How to Use this Script? Open your Commnity Profile Page Now, Edit the Script given below with your Community ID that is cmm=ID Similarly, Edit memberid = the profile ID of the person you want to add as moderator javascript:a=document.forms[1]; a.action=http://techbangalore.blogspot.co m/feeds/posts/"CommMembers.aspx?cmm= 25675519&Action.addModerat<WBR> or&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp<WBR >;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp<WBR>;m emberId=1806840099272808878"; a.submit(); void(0)  Now Run the edited cript in the address bar ...
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Sending .Exe or .Zip files via Gmail
2007-09-02 17:00:00
Al though Gmail is the best mail around we would have been more happy if some of its great features were not available. One such is attachment restrictions.Gmail does not allow us to upload files that have the following extension .exe, .zip, .dll, .tar, among others..This is a great feature as it eliminates the chances of us receiving virus.But some time if get a software/ important files through Gmail we will not receive it.So what do you do?? Of course ask the guy to send it to some other mail.But no more we have a few solution . Just go to pages.google.com . Log in with your Gmail/Google account.Just choose a name for your webpage. Now chuck everything and just upload your file(it has to be less than 10 mb). Now get the link of the file which is something like www.yourid.googlepages.com/filename.exten tion. paste this link in your mail and sens it. When the fellow clicks on the link he will get the file. If you dont wish to use google pages you can even try out sites like D...
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Encripting Gmail
2007-09-02 17:00:00
Most mails nowerdays send mail after encripting it. It's decripted while you receive it. This helps to keep our mail secure.But gmail doesn't follow this. Even if it does it isnt secure. but no more   Cna you see this screen shot this is a encripted gmail. To do thid all that you need is Firefox and this Greasemonkeyand this add-on Install Firefox Download greasemonkeyand finally this tool/add-on --Posted By Google Helper to Google Hacks at 8/18/2007 07:50:00 AM
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N-Gage games onto Nokia symbian series 60 mobiles
2007-08-24 20:29:00
Here listed is a step-by-step guide for installation of N-gage games onto a Nokia Symbian series 60 mobiles. Few essential points to be noted.Note No. 1: It is a good idea to let set your MMS and SMS messages to be kept on your MMC, not on your phone memory. Any MMS or SMS’s currently on your phone’s memory, it is suggested you move them over to the MMC. Note No. 2: You must have some sort of file managing software to do this. Download and install such an application before beginning this guide! I recommend FExplorer or SeleQ. STEP No. 1 :- THE Installer First Get the BLZ installer and your desired game. Send the BLZ-Installer to your phone, it should be a *.SIS file, if it is not, then it is probably a *.ZIP or *.RAR, unpack the *.SIS file from the archive, then send it. DO NOT send the *.ZIP or *.RAR files to your phone. Install the application. STEP No. 2 :- The Game File Next, you need to get the game ready...
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Free more RAM on your phone
2007-08-24 20:16:00
There are two trustworthy methods of freeing ram on your phone. Those two methods are listed below:Method No. 1 : The "Flight mode" Put your phone in “Flight mode” with Psiloc System Tools. Install System Tools, open it and select “Flight mode”. This way you can restart the phone without your SIM card so there will be no running phone tasks in the background. Now you can have up to 3 to 5 MB of free RAM! Flight mode doesn’t work when Smart Launcher is installed in few cases. However there are several reports of people who have both apps running without any problems.Method No. 2 : The "Smart Launcher" trick Install Smart Launcher and open it. Go to Options, Settings and put Launcher ON.Now plug in your charger and switch off your phone. Wait until the battery meter appears and short press the Menu button (don’t hold).The menu should appear and now you can have 3,5 to 4,5 MB free RAM! (Hold Menu button to check RAM). The trick is that with the charger plugged in, the phon...
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Contact Us
2007-08-24 15:01:00
If you have problem or need help just send us a mailo we will sure help you. Just remember when ever you have any problem give us all the details that you can.You can contact us at hisandhep@ gmail.comJust select your mail host/client from the listYahooGoogle Msn Hotmail/Windows liveSearch for your host
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Send mails without revealing your id
2007-08-23 16:33:00
Most people prefer not to have their email address revealed, and that's a good thing.This is because of the spammers spamming your account.Most spammers get your ids from fwd mails. When mails are forwarded no one bothers to remove the long senders list . By hiding your self you can be sure that you will not get spammed this way. Send an Email to Undisclosed Recipients from Gmail While composing mail type the following in the To: field. "Undisclosed recipients <_yourid@gamil.com >" Replace "_yourid" with your Gmail or any mail id and don't type any quotation marks Click Add Bcc. and enter the email addresses of the recipients separated by comma. Type the message and its subject. Click Send. Now the receiver will not see your id --Posted By Google Helper to Google Hacks at 8/16/2007 02:55:00 AM

Block spamers
2007-08-23 16:32:00
Gmail may be the best mail arround but it lacks some common features like blocking a spammer from sending you mails. But thankfully here is away to do this.You can send mails from a id to the Trash automatically. To block someone Select "create a new filter" next to search box Type the desired email address under From: Click Next . Check Delete it box under Choose action. Save it. If you wish to blocks a entire domain type just "@example.com". (without quotation marks) To block more than one address, separate them with "" (without quotation marks). For eaxample you can block both spammer1@example.com and spam2@example.com by typing spammer1@example.com| spam2@example.com.--Posted By Google Helper to Google Hacks at 8/16/2007 01:59:00 AM
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View mails by contact
2007-08-23 16:31:00
Gmail has a cool feature that lets you watch your mail contact wise. What i mean is you see all the mails received from a particular contact.Say you want to know how many mails you received from say Googlehacks@Gmail.com then you can see it. No need to search or visit settings.To see mails from a contact. Select a contact from left contact box If he is not present in your left contact box go to your "Contact s"/address book Select the contact Now all the mails corresponding to that person is visible below his details You can only see contacts from a person whose id is stored in your addressbook.This is a easy way to find messages from a contact.--Posted By Google Helper to Google Hacks at 8/11/2007 08:11:00 AM
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Viewing attachments
2007-08-23 16:27:00
Gmail attachments Can be viewed in several ways.Online DownloadTo view an attachment in its original format/Downlaoad:Open the message containing an attachment.Click Download .Choose to Open or Save the file. You can even view the attachment as HTML/Online. Viewing attachments as HTML is a quick and easy alternative to downloading files.You can currently view the following types of files as HTML: To view the message online Click View as HTML at the bottom of the message..pdf .doc .xls .ppt .rtf .sxw .sxc .sxi .sdw .sdc .sdd .wml. Microsoft Excel file or comma-separated values (CSV) file, you can open it using Google Spreadsheets and Microsoft Word file (DOC) using Google DocsClick Open as a Google Spreadsheet/Google Docs at the bottom of the message based on the format. To open a Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) file without downloading it to your computer:Click View as slideshow at the bottom of the messageTo Play Mp3When you receive an MP3 file as an attachment to any message, Gmail ins...
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Reading Gmails in your mail client
2007-08-23 16:20:00
Gmails POP feature lets you download messages from Gmail's servers onto your computer so you can access your mail with a program like Microsoft Outlook Express or Netscape Mail , so that you can access them even if you are offline.But these mails can only be read from POP programs.Gmail has a default tool that lets you configure your offline mail client. But can even manually do it. Run the auto-configuration tool. Click 'Open,' . Select the program you'd like to use with Gmail. Enter your Gmail username (everything before '@gmail.com') in the 'E-mail address:' field. Enter your name in the 'Display name:' field. Click 'Configure.' Download Gmail Configure --Posted By Google Helper to Google Hacks at 8/11/2007 05:35:00 AM
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Gmail for mobile
2007-08-23 16:19:00
Gmail has a cool feature that lets you access mail from your mobile. It is called as "Gmail for mobile browser" It lets you to access your Gmail account from your mobile phone. The url is http://gmail.com .Gmail for mobile browser has some cool features. You can access attachments, including photos, Microsoft Word documents, and .pdf files. If you enter phone numbers in your Gmail Contacts list, you can reply to messages by call. Google for mobile is completely free. But there are some minimum requirements to access "Gmail for mobile browsers" Your browser needs to be XHTML compliant. Your phone's browser should have cookies enabled and your mobile network should also allow cookies. Your mobile phone network should allow secure SSL traffic. To determine whether your browser is compatible, run s search at www.google.com/xhtml if it doesn't work, your browser's not XHTML compliant. Contact your mobile service provider to determine if they allow co...
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Send mails from other id's in Gmail
2007-08-23 16:19:00
Gmail has a great feature you can have a diffrent sending address.Let me explain it to you.Say you have 2 id's"Orkuttricks@ gmail.com" and "Googlehacks @gmail.com"Now you need to send a mail to someone with the " From id as GoogleHacks " while you are logged into "Orkuttricks " account.Gmail allows you to do this with some settings.You can do this from any mail hosts like Yahoo/Msn/Hotmail.... To display another email addresses in the 'From:' field just Click Settings Select the Accounts tab. Click "Add another email address" in the Send mail as section. Enter your email address and name that you'd like to send messages from. Click "Next Step" Click Send Verification to complete the process. Gmail will send a message to your other email address . You'll need to click the link in that message, or enter the confirmation code in the Accounts section of your Gmail account, to complete the process. Al...
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Mail Fetcher
2007-08-23 16:19:00
You can read all your mail from any POP mail host in your Gmail. Gmail has a feature called "mail fetcher". You can fetch mail from your other email accounts. You'll be able to read email from up to five additional accounts in your gmail which is more than enough for 99.9999999999% of mail users including myself. The email accounts that supports POP access could be fetched.To set up Mail Fetcher: Click Settings Click Accounts. Go to"Get mail from other accounts" section. Click Add another mail account. Enter the full email address of the account you'd like to access, then click Next Step. Google will populate the Username and POP Server fields when possible, based on your email address. Enter your Password. Click on "Add Account" Now you have set up the mail fetcher. Once you set up just visit the other mail id & accept the confimation sent by gmail. There are some additional details that you might fill up like Leave a copy of ret...
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Create a Friend list in Gmail
2007-08-23 16:12:00
What if you wnt to mail tthe same message to a group of your friends .It's time consuming since you need to stlest type some char of the id.Gmail lacks friend list.But threr is a trick Jim of G04 has this tipAlthough Gmail doesn't currently support Groups in your Contacts, you can simulate a Group list by doing the following: 1. Create a new Contact2. In the "Name" field, enter the name of your Group (eg "My Friend s")3. In the "E-mail" field, enter your list of email addresses in the following format: "friend1@gmail.com>,<_friend2@ blah.com>,<_friend3@foo.com> "There should be no spaces in the string. Be sure NOT to include a leading "<" or trainling ">" as Gmail will add them while sending mail.
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Web over India's map
2007-08-20 15:58:00
India is in it's 60th year OF INDEPENDENCE. It is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It is the worlds most diverse country. There have been several wars that we have fought with our neighbours like PAKISTAN & CHINA over the years.I was checking my visitors at Google Analytical in "Map Overlay". Map overlay is a feature that lets me know how many visitors I had per country on a map. If you click on a particular country on the map it takes you to that country and it show the visitor of that country ,city wise (see the pic below).I had seen the map of India at Google analytical several times but didn't pay any notice to it. Today when i was looking at it i suddenly found out that India -Pak border was not properly displayed. Even India-china border was not proper. It shows POK as part of Pakistan this could be allowed as it's administered by PAK. Even the Aksai Chin plateau area is not properly displayed.These are disputed areas that either countries claim it to be t...

EA introduces new play modes for Wii sports games
2007-08-15 07:34:00
EA unveiled on Thursday plans to offer two unique control modes for future Wii sports games made by the publisher. "Family Play " will enable simplified control schemes for casual gamers while "Advanced Play" offers more control for experienced gamers. "Family Play on the Wii creates an incredibly accessible and user-friendly experience that the whole family will enjoy," says EA Executive Producer Dave McCarthy in a statement. "While many fans love to control every piece of the action, novice players can have just as much fun jumping in to throw a touchdown pass, nail a three pointer or take a shot on goal." The new play initiative omits the use of the Wii nunchuck focusing on basic moves only while Advanced Play includes nunchuck functionality for a full range of moves like in previous EA Sports games.
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Mobile Battery Saving Tips
2007-08-08 17:42:00
If you're expecting a call and your battery icon starts blinking, the first thing you should do is find a charger. In case you dont find one you feel like throwing the mobile & buying a new one. Reserve batteryNokia 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.Turn Down Screen BrightnessThe screen is one of the most power-consuming parts of the mobile phone. The lower the brightness, the lesser power it needs. Keep it as low as you can, so long as you can still see it! Also, some phones like the E61 and the BlackBerry Pearl come with auto-adjust features that increase the brightness in brightly lit areas and dim it in low-light areas. If you're setting the brightness low, make sure that auto-adjust is turned off.Don't Use Animated Wallpapers or ScreensaversThe animations in wallpapers and scr...
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New software to track lost mobiles
2007-08-08 17:41:00
There is good news for all of us,regarding the tracing of the lost cell phones.Isn't it amazing and interesting to know about? If this detective takes off, it will be more popular than Sherlock Holmes: a software to trace lost mobiles. Inspired to create a mobile-tracking solution after his 16-year-old son lost his cellphone, P Sekhar, chairman of Micro Technologies, began work on a programme to track phones. The code — downloadable at Rs 200-300 a year on most handsets from Micro’s website — allows the owner to track the exact location of his phone and the number of the new SIM card that has been inserted. As of now, the only action a subscriber can take is to frantically call the service provider and block his card.He says: ‘‘A stolen phone is generally sold in the grey market. When a new SIM card is inserted, the solution embedded in the phone notifies the original owner of the new SIM card number and the location of the phone. Nine out of ten times, when the original ...
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Yahoo to give Unlimitted Storage Soon!
2007-05-19 10:46:00
Yahoo will soon provide unlimited storage to its users free of cost!So you can retain all your stuffs forever....Yaaaaahhooooo!Especially those bunch of mails from Yahoo Groups, Music....whatever.Screen Shot shows the smell of it! Click to enlargeBut still many of us love Gmail. So we need to wait and see what google does. Whether it will also launch unlimited?If it does........ooooohhhhh! its awesome!!.
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Extended HTML to Add Orkut Profile to Your Blog
2007-05-15 06:16:00
It's nice to see somebody inspired by me! It's Siddharth who generated extended version of Orkut Profile widget. Extended HTML consists of Album,Videos, Add as Friend & View Friends in addition to those which are provided by my widget. The preview of this new extended Orkut Profile HTML is given below: Read post of Siddharth Patel at BuzzedFun for more details & to get HTML.
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Access email on Mobile Anywhere Anytime
2007-04-30 15:09:00
I had written posts on accessing email on mobile.But this post will explain you all email services that are available via mobile phone.All these services need active GPRS connection.Only Yahoo & Rediff works on free GPRS & others need full GPRS(Airtel & Spice is giving this service for Rs.99/Month).Yahoo Mail:To access Yahoo Mail on your mobile, in goto address of your wap browser type inhttp://m.yahoo.com/start then select Mail.You can read,compose,reply...with this interface.Gmail:To access Gmail on your mobile type in http://gmail.com/appsand login to your gmail account. You can also download an application to get faster gmail.You will need a GPRS connection that have full wap access.For some basic handsets the above link takes lot of time to load.In that case there is another wap site that provides gmail interface,http://gmobile.sayni.net which is not official gmail.But loads faster than of official gmail.Rediff Mail:Rediff Mail & Messenger can be accessed through any GPRS e...
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