Netflix on the go

With Netflix Mobile you can view and manage your queue with your Internet-enabled mobile phone. Bookmark this page and you can instantly add recommended movies to your queue as soon as you hear about them.

Recycle With an Electronics Score

In addition to carriers, electronics stores, such as Best Buy, Office Depot and Staples, are also major suppliers of cell phones and are concerned about the effects of electronic waste.  As a result, these companies have also instituted in-store programs to aid mobile phone recycling.  In each store, there are collection areas where you can drop-off your cellular phone for recycling. Learn More

Recycle With the Phone Manufacturer

Many of the major cell phone manufacturers – LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson offer mail-in options for recycling your cell phones regardless of the cell phones’ carrier or manufacturer.  You’ll need appropriate packing materials to mail your phone, but the manufacturers take care of the postage with pre-paid labels that you can print out.  Some additional considerations to remember when mailing your phone:

If you’re including batteries, please ensure that the battery is fully discharged and your phone is powered off. Please do not include any loose batteries.
Place phones in appropriate packaging/envelope. There’s no need to add extra packaging materials.
Print the pre-paid postage and affix it to the package. Make sure any previous delivery address and barcodes are covered.
Drop off the package/envelope in the mail. Learn More

Google Maps Mobile

Google offers all the utility of its Google Maps in a mobile web version for your mobile phone. With Google Maps Mobile, you can view maps, get turn-by-turn directions, see traffic conditions, find nearby businesses, and even find out your current location—without needing GPS. This service works for most web-enabled phones.

App lets parents monitor kids’ texting

It can be hard for parents to keep up with the new technology their kids are using. A new app from MyKidisSafe gives parents a measure of control over their children’s text messaging. Parents can restrict their kids’ mobile phone use while driving or during school hours. Parents can also enable filters that block objectionable content sent to their kids’ devices. Yet another way mobile technology can help give parents some much-needed peace of mind.

30 social networks in the palm of your hand

If you use online social networks like Facebook and you have a mobile phone, ShoZu has everything you need to manage your profiles and feeds on the go. With this one application, here’s just a taste of what you can do: upload photos and videos to YouTube and Flickr; view your friends’ feeds right on your mobile device; update your status; read and post comments; and much more. ShoZu comes preloaded on certain phones, or you can get the app at shozu.com.

OMG! U can text ur fave band!

Mozes lets you send and receive mobile messages to and from your favorite bands, social groups and friends.

For the bookworm that can’t sit still

BooksInMyPhone is a book-lover service that makes it possible (for anyone) to download and read books on a mobile phone.

Hundreds of free games for your phone

GameJump is a web-enabled free directory for mobile games. Browse through hundreds of mobile games and download games to your PC or forward them directly to your mobile phone.

Name that tune!

By calling 866-411-SONG and holding your cell phone near the radio you can get all the info you need about the artist, title, and album. 411-SONG will text you the info for 99 cents. There is an unlimited name that song plan that costs $3.99/month.

eBay auction action on your phone

UnWired Buyer is a free service that syncs with your eBay Watch List several times throughout the day, and then calls you three minutes before an auction is scheduled to end. You use keypad commands to get real-time updates, up your bid and track the auction right up until it’s over. Just enter your phone number on their website and they’ll walk you though it.

Watch video 24-7 anywhere

Send video to your phone from mywaves and watch what you want when you want.
Just go to their website, browse through the content offerings and subscribe to the channels you want. Watch personal videos, web videos, and even professional programming.

Adult proof ring tone

Mosquito repellent sound that is only audible to young ears is being used as a new secret ring tone that adults, like parents and teachers, can’t hear. The ring tone is being called Teen Buzz and is available for download from various web sites.

Learn Chinese

Mobile flashcards on your phone can help you learn Mandarin Chinese. You can go from English to Chinese or visa versa. The program shows you a word in English or Chinese and then shows you the Chinese pronunciation and then the word again in the other language. It is a java app you can download on their website.

Talk with friends who are geographically close to you

Zkout (pronounced Scout) is a new social network that follows you. It allows you to send notes, pictures and chat with friends based upon their geographic location. With Zkout you can also find out what is happening in your area.

Can’t decide what to do tonight?

Zagat’s ranking may only get published once a year, but Buzzd, a new “mobile lifestyle platform,” provides rankings about restaurants and events in “your town, your time.” The mobile service lets users find and share events, rank them and find out what their friends are doing. As of late June, Buzzd had 1.2 million venues in its system.

Free endangered animal ringtones

A bald eagle’s cry. Squeaky chirps of baby emperor penguins. The Center for Biological Diversity offers these endangered species’ sounds—and many more—straight to your phone as ringtones. They might just provide you with a great starting point for talking about the plight of threatened species worldwide.

Who doesn’t want to be Luke Skywalker?

PhoneSaber made by TheMacBox is an iPhone 3G App that lets you live out your Jedi fantasies through your cell phone. PhoneSaber shows a small lightsaber handle in the lower-center part of the screen with five different color choices on the left. The application uses iPhone’s motion sensor to generate the appropriate sounds when you swish or chop at the air.

Entertaining and educating text novella for teens

Ghost Town is an interactive text novella from Virgin Mobile and YouthNoise, presented in text message format, with each message as a separate chapter and scene, the story of a teenage football player called Ghost who is hiding the secret that he’s homeless is entirely readable on your cell phone.

Kwiry adds movie to Netflix queue from phone

Subscribers to the popular DVD-by-mail service Netflix are in for a treat. A new feature allows users to send a text to Kwiry’s service with the desired movie title, and the movie is automatically added to the user’s queue! No more scribbling down the next hot movie you’ve read about or overheard some gossip on: just send a quick text message. The movie will be in your mailbox before you know it.

Is your phone ready to rock?

Guitar Hero is available on mobile! Rock out with this rhythm-based game that’s true to the original. Open with 15 jamming tracks and grow your set list with more songs added every month. Shred as your favorite characters, on 4 Gibson guitars, in 3 killer venues.

Ringtone ala you

Can’t find the perfect ring tone to fit your personality? Well, with Phonezoo, you can create your own ring tone for free by uploading a music file to the website and choosing which part of the song you use. The ring tones get texted directly to your phone.

Slacker Portable Player launches on Blackberry

The new Slacker Portable audio player has come to Blackberry phones. Once users create a list of their favorite artists and Slacker-genre stations they only have to sync their phones to their PC once.  You are also able to create your own stations with your favorite artists and Slacker’s suggestions.  Once the initial set-up is completed, the process of getting and listening to new music is done completely wirelessly.  The service will be free with advertisements and a premium version is available ad-free.

Download music from a computer to a phone

MOBANGO allows users to transfer up to 2GB of music, ringtones, wallpapers, applications, and games from your computer to your phone and share it with users all over the world.  It is the perfect way to manage all of your media and keep it backed up.  This completely free program also allows users to access and download other users’ content.