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Video: Guide to T-Mobile You Fix
3 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
There’s nothing worse then getting to the end of the month and finding out that with a bit of extra browsing every day and calling a few 0845 numbers, your £35 phone bill is £45 or £55. T-Mobile (along with Tesco Mobile) has the solution with it’s You Fix tariff, which enables you to fix your monthly spend. Go over your monthly minutes or text allocation and get more by topping up. The You Fix tariff doesn’t encompass every phone in T-Mobile’s range...
How to: Re-set your voicemail PIN, protect your voicemail from hackers
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
Stories of voicemail hacking doing the rounds in the press at the moment conjure images of hard nosed, mac-wearing, er, hacks (for lack of a better word) setting up complicated wiretaps and relying on all kinds of Mi5-level surveillance technology. But the truth is that it’s pretty easy to hack in to someone’s voicemail if you know, or can guess, their PIN number. To get in to your phone’s voicemail, all somebody has to do is call your phone, wait for the voicemail message to...
Best practice: Improve your mobile phone's battery life
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
One of the most common questions we get at Recombu is "How can I improve my mobile phone's battery life?" There's not a lot we can do about the batteries themselves but we can offer you some advice on how to get the most out of your phone's battery. Don't be flashy Perhaps a no-brainer but the higher the brightness on your phone's display settings the more it'll drain the battery. Some phones automatically adjust the screen's brightness depending on...
Smartphone Security: Top Tips
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
You’ve just got a new phone for Christmas and it’s amazing. It’s got a great camera, it can hold thousands of MP3s and it does everything. By now you’re fairly enamoured with it and it’s already become a part of you. You wouldn’t know what to do if you lost it, somebody stole it or... it doesn’t bear thinking about. The sad truth is that people do lose phones and phones do get stolen. Especially fancy, expensive ones that’ve been given as...
How to set up and use Gmail on your Android phone
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
If you’ve unwrapped a Samsung Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus or an HTC Sensation XL over Christmas, then you’ll have already gone through the basic set up process which sees you either logging in or setting up a Google Account. Your Google Account is your mobile lifeline. Any new number you add will automatically get synced to the account, as will any app purchases you make. So any games or apps you buy will be able to be re-downloaded again (for free) when you get your next Android phone...
How to transfer photos from your iPhone
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
If you’ve taken a lot of photographs this holiday using your Apple iPhone, at some point you'll want transfer them to a computer, either to back them up or edit them using picture editing software like Photoshop. But how do you do that? Here we'll explore both Mac and Windows PC methods of transferring digital photographs and look at how Photo Stream can help. Mac To back up photographs using a Mac, iPhone users need to import them using a photo application. For most Mac users...
Blackberry Bold 9900 tips and tricks
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
The Blackberry Bold 9900 is RIM’s top of the range smartphone. Offering standout features like secure push email and Blackberry Messenger, along with a full QWERTY keyboard. It’s also one of the first devices to run Blackberry OS 7, the latest version of RIM’s smartphone operating system. Blackberry’s are known for being very user-friendly, but there are still a few shortcuts that can make your life easier. Here’s a selection of tips and tricks, let us know below if...
How to set-up email on your iPhone and email settings tips
4 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
If you’ve unwrapped a shiny new Apple iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 or if you’ve inherited an second-hand iPhone, then it's highly likely you'll want to set up a new email account. Apple makes this a far more straightforward process than some other operating systems, but there are many customise options that may not be obvious. Here are some tips on setting up your email and some advice to help ensure it looks and functions exactly to your requirements. Initial set-upIf you are...
Video: Pay as you go phones from T-Mobile for under £15
5 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
Not everyone needs all the advanced features offered by smartphone, for many people a phone is all about making calls and sending texts. In fact if you want a basic phone - or feature phone - as they are called for this, you only have to spend as little as £10. Here's our pick of four stocking-filler phones from T-Mobile retailing at under £15. We're also taking a look at the Vivacity, T-Mobile's Android smartphone. Check the video out below.
Camera phone: 3 tips for better photographs
5 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
Once you've gotten your head around our jargon buster, it's time to start shooting - here are the three best ways to help turn your phone snaps into great pictures: 1.Touch to focus - use it if you've got it! This will only be applicable if you’ve got a phone with touch to focus enabled such as the iPhone 4S, HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy Nexus Tap your touchscreen and your camera will focus on exactly what you want it to This is ideal for close-up objects which can...
Camera phone: Jargon buster
5 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
A mere decade ago, megapixel counts on digital cameras capped out at 3-megapixels with little chance of pocketability being thrown into the mix. Now, camera phone's are bumping up the pixels and rocking some pretty impressive lenses considering they aren't dedicated cameras, making each and every active camera phone owner a recreational photographer. There's therefore never been a better time to learn a bit about photography, so we've put together a helpful breakdown of terms to...
Network loyalty programs: What's the best one?
5 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
There’s so much competition when it comes to buying a phone that the best deal isn’t necessarily just about getting more free minutes or extra texts any more. Now in a bid to get your custom, the networks are all offering incentives to keep - and retain your business. Here we’re taking a look at what loyalty programs the major networks offer and which is the best. O2Pay as you go and Pay Monthly customers can take advantage of O2 Priority, enables them to buy tickets for gigs...
Samsung Galaxy Nexus: 3x3 top tips
6 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
You have a new Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but you're not sure what rules of thumb you should be following to get the most out of it. Your pictures are fuzzy, your homescreens are full and your battery is waining. Don't panic - we've put together some tips to address these three issues and give you some control over your new pet Android. 1. Perfect your picturesIce Cream Sandwich offers some incredible picture taking tweaks and transforms Android into a capable camera-phone. It can...
What is BlackBerry Messenger and how does it work?
6 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
There are lots of quick messaging tools for the various smartphones on the market, from text messages, to cross-platform group MMS tools like WhatsAp to Facebook chat integration on Windows Phone to mobile versions of the classic IM services, but only BlackBerry has BBM; BlackBerry Messenger and What is Blackberry Messenger? And assuming RIM isn’t having one of its incidences of Blackberry Messenger not working, BBM is faster and more reliable than other messaging services – and...
How to save money on a contract phone
7 months ago | POSTED IN Guides
Smartphone contracts can be expensive, but if you are careful there are some ways you can save money. So before you go shopping and sign up to that two-year deal, here are a selection of quick tips that could help you save money on a contract phone. Sim only Many people think that Pay as You Go and Pay Monthly are the only two contract options, however there is a third - Sim Only. Because you aren’t getting a free handset the monthly cost if often a lot cheaper, yet many contracts offer a...
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