1. SONY Mobile Phone Battery Conservation Tips
UMMARY: Four ways to keep your mobile phone's battery running as long as possible.
Is your mobile phone battery losing power constantly? Have you ever had to stop using your mobile phone in the middle of a call because the battery died? Here are a few tips you can use to conserve your mobile phone battery's power:
* Turn off the backlight. While this may make it harder to use your mobile phone at nighttime or in pitch-black situations, most of the time you can easily use your mobile phone without it being brightly lit. If you must, change your mobile phone's backlight settings so the light goes off after 5 or 10 seconds of inactivity. This way your phone should still be usable at nighttime.
* If you know you're traveling to an area without coverage or with only roaming coverage, consider turning off your mobile phone. It can use up a lot of power trying to find a suitable network.
* The less you talk, the less battery power your mobile phone will use. Try to limit your conversations until you can get to your home phone.
* Limit your usage of non-voice features such as web browsing and playing cell-phone games. If you have a picture mobile phone, realize that taking pictures can eat up battery power, especially if you have flash turned on.
2. Recycle Your Old mobile Phone
SUMMARY: Organizations and resources that can help you recycle mobile phones for charity.
Purchasing a new cell phone? Don't just toss your old SONY mobile phone away! For one thing, it may be illegal to dump the battery inside your mobile phone depending on your jurisdiction. And secondly, dumping mobile phones creates more trash in our landfills that has a hard time degrading.
The following websites claim to help you recycle your old mobile phone. Some let you donate mobile phones to a charity and you may even be able to get a tax credit (refer to a legal professional for more details). Note the following websites, including mentioned charities, are listed for informational purposes only and may change.
* Charitable Recycling Program: http://www.charitablerecycling.com/
* CollectiveGood: http://www.collectivegood.com/
* WirelessRecycling.com: http://www.wirelessrecycling.com/
3. Set up Voicemail
SUMMARY: Set up your mobile phone's voicemail and let others contact you whenever your mobile phone cannot connect to the network.
Most mobile phones come built-in with a voicemail feature. Think of it as an answering machine, but you don't have to hook it up or rewind tapes. If you can't take a phone call, instead of the caller just getting endless ringing, they will be able to leave you a message you can pick up at a later time. There are many ways voicemail can be useful:
1. If you travel out of your mobile phone network, friends and family can still call and leave you messages.
2. If you get a call from an unknown number, you might consider screening the call. If someone leaves you a message, more than likely they are really trying to get a hold of you and are not just a wrong number or telemarketer.
3. If your mobile phone battery loses its power, you can still get messages from people. Some mobile phone companies even let you access your voicemail from a landline phone.
Talk to your mobile phone provider about setting up and accessing voicemail.
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