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Google's Product Search for Mobile

Google is one of many companies that's been pushing the various capabilities of mobile devices and exploring how to make its vast storehouse of search data accessible in novel and interesting ways to people with the G-1 (the so-called Google Phone) and the Apple iPhone. The latest example is Google's introduction of its mobile shopping interface, officially called Google Product Search for Mobile. If you never search for products for sale - probaly to do...

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Review: Cellfire Cellphone Couponing System

Technology has changed dramatically in the last decade, but perhaps nowhere more than with cellular phone technology. From being a device for dialing numbers cellphones have evolved to where they're a portable entertainment and media device, with music players, Web access, and even the ability to play videos and television content. Some companies are pushing this set of capabilities further, and I was intriguied when Cellfire sent me a Sony-Ericsson phone with its coupon system...

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Can I disable the ring when my RAZR receives text alert messages?

Dave, when we were having lunch a while back, you told me the other day that the only way to turn off the text alert was to turn off the sound on your RAZR phone, but I didn't believe it, so I asked Verizon about it. They said I can do it with Menu > select Settings > select Ring Styles > highlight Style Detail > press Change > highlight Messages > press Change....

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How can I set up a daily alarm with my Motorola RAZR V3c?

I have a Motorola RAZR (V3c) with U.S.Cellular. How do I set up the alarm to ring daily without haveing to set it each day?...

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Can't play downloaded MP3 audio on my Sanyo MM-5600 cellphone?

I have a Sanyo mm-5600 cellphone but i cant get it to play the music that i download on to it. Can you offer me any advice or assistance, please?...

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Can I send money to friends via cellphone SMS?

This is a weird question, but I seem to recall that Paypal used to have a feature where I could "beam" money to someone else with a cellphone, but when I go to the site today, I can't find anything about it. Is there any way to do this?...

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