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.

Manage diabetes and chronic disease at the click of a button

CONFIDANT, Inc. provides a chronic disease management tool for those with diabetes and other ailments. It’s a portable, easy-to-use tool that provides feedback and coaching while automating communication between patients and healthcare providers. CONFIDANT also has a tool for interactive maintenance of a healthy lifestyle and weight management, empowering people to take charge of their health.

Yup, you can do that with a text

TextMarks provides a handy listing of services and information available simply by sending a text. Information includes SF MUNI arrival times, what’s playing on New York’s WNYC radio station, and ratings for movies on Rotten Tomatoes. Check out the keywords and start texting!

Handy mobile Q & A

Mosio is a handy web app that lets you text any question from your mobile phone and have it answered by real people. Just send an email message to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) and receive up-to four different answers back.

Know what’s in the bank, from your phone

Need your balance in an instant? Bank of America’s mobile phone banking is an easy, secure way to access balance information, pay bills, transfer funds, and find nearby ATMs or banking centers.

Remember the Milk—and everything else

Get reminded, anywhere, with Remember the Milk. A convenient tool with multiple features, it gets its name from a handy reminder system that can send you notes via e-mail, text message, and instant messenger. By synching task management between your desktop and mobile, you can save time and never skip a beat. Or forget that milk.

No more strings around your finger

Adding Evernote to your phone will allow you to easily capture information in any environment and rapidly access and search for it later. Evernote works by recognizing the individual elements and characters present in your handwriting, to-do lists, and images, and storing them as searchable data.

Movies on the run: tickets and times on Fandango

Use Fandango to view show times and even buy tickets for your next movie. Just enter your zip code and Fandango will trace nearby locations. You’ll be in the theater enjoying the entertainment before you know it.

Look it up on LightPole

Find a good restaurant, happy hour specials, mobile Wi-Fi hot-spot, or Internet café directly from your phone! Lightpole allows users to read about an establishment, call it, and map the results. Customizable features also allow you to create content channels online.

Keep track of your expenses from your phone

Xpenser is a simple expense tracker that lets you easily record expenses as soon as you incur them, via email, voice message, mobile SMS, IM, or Twitter.

Manage your money on the move

Geezeo is a web-based financial aggregator that allows you to track all your bank accounts online from your mobile phone and gives budgeting tools and tips to help you get you finances in order.

Dieting made easier

Diet.com provides nutritional values for food items on popular restaurant menus. Just send a text message of the restaurant and food item to DIET1 (34381), and you’ll get a reply message with all the nutritional information. It also lets you track your daily meals and save the nutritional info about each meal.

Book buying on the go

Amazon TextBuyIt is an SMS enabled application that allows you to buy books right from your phone. Just send a text message to ‘AMAZON’ (262966) with the title, author, or even the ISBN code of the book. Amazon sends a text back to you with search results. You pick the result that best matches your search, and an Amazon robot voice calls you with details and asks for purchase confirmation.

No more little sticky notes!

Kwiry is a SMS-based reminder service for keeping track of to-dos and reminders on-the-go. Just text your reminder to k-w-i-r-y (59479), then head to your Kwiry homepage or open the email Kwiry automatically sends you next time you’re at your computer.

Jott that note on your mobile

Jott is a voice to text transcription service: you call Jott at (866) JOTT-123, leave a message, and Jott transcribes it and emails you or your contacts the text. Just got to their website and sign up.

To-do or not to-do?

Knotler is a simple To-Do lists service that lets you create lists, access them from PC or mobile, and collaborate on lists with others.

Set your TiVo on the go

A custom Java app that lets TiVo customers program their TiVo schedules from their cell phone. For information about supporting carriers, check out http://www.tivo.com.

Organize and mobilize your To-Do list

BrainCast Beta is a free Internet & phone based message/memo recording & reminder organization system. Stop fighting with notepads and lost lists, login in to their web site and start getting organized. It is compatible with U.S. based cellular or regular telephone networks.

A personal accountant at your fingertips.

MoneyManager, a Java program, available as a free download at GetJar, lets you keep track of your finances on your cell.

No more losing your shopping list

ShopList is freeware program for you web enabled phone that lets you create and view a grocery list. It can be downloaded from various Internet sites. It is simple but helpful.

Follow your mobile phone to the cheapest gas

Cheap Gas is a web-enabled widget that is included in the GetMobio download, a free service that consists of over 50 dynamic applications, widgets and RSS feeds. Cheap Gas helps you to find the lowest price for gas anywhere you are and even lets you filter your search results by brand.

Where in the world is the bathroom?

Ask any common question in four languages with PocketSchool. It is a great aid to any one traveling abroad as it provides common phrases (as mp3 files) which one might need in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

Too lazy to unlock your keypad?

ShakeSMS enables Nokia’s N-series owners to read their text messages just by shaking their phone.

Check for flight delays on the go

Hate the airport? Flightstats is a mobile website that is your one-stop hub for air travel information. Need to find out if your plane is delayed, if there are seats on a plane, what the security wait times are? Then Flightstats is free and available from any mobile phone.

Dude, where’s my phone?

Can’t find your phone? Dude, where’s my phone is a new website that will call your phone continuously until you find it and pick it up. Just make sure you don’t leave your phone on silent.

Get the best table at the best restaurant in town

Open Table Mobile lets you make reservations at local restaurants using your web-enabled phone.

Blogging from your iPhone just got easier

WordPress app for iPhone lets users write and publish quick posts on the go. As a powerful publishing tool the app lets you upload photos either from your existing library or snap a quick shot with your phone’s camera. 

Phrase books are so 20th century

A new version of Google’s popular translation feature is now primed for use on your iPhone. It’s perfect for travelers who don’t want to carry around clunky phrase books, and remembers previously searched items—perfect for when you forget how to order that snazzy bottle of wine in France, or a tasty taco in Mexico.

Phone as pocket Mandarin translator

Jah Jah has launched a new service called Babel that allows users to call into a number, speak in English and have it immediately translated into Mandarin.

Keep the Word of God in your hand always

Zondervan’s mobile Bible search, zBible.mobi, lets you search 10 different translations by passage or key word from your web enabled phone.

Summer BBQ tips from Food Network

Get grilling tips on your cell by texting GRILL to 42107 or by typing mobile.foodnetwork.com into the browser on your Internet-enabled mobile device.

Get coupons sent directly to your phone

Cellfire is the next generation of consumer savings. The service delivers coupons directly to your mobile phone.  It allows you to receive or access many different types of coupons directly from your phone and gives you a code to present to the cashier during checkout to receive the savings at dozens of major retailers.

Monitor bank accounts anywhere

Quicken Mobile Tools lets you sign into yourhttps://quickenbeam.intuit.com/quickenweb/qmobile-start.jsf” title=” bank account using mobile and SMS access”> bank account using mobile and SMS access.  This free tool is great for checking your bank account balance and avoiding overdraft fees when not at an ATM or computer.  Simply text your request to Quicken and the balance will be sent back to you.  It also lets users setup alerts to notify themselves about unusual spending in order to protect against identity theft.

Mobile website viewer

Thanks to Google’s Mobilizer, you can now make any webpage mobile-friendly.  Google Mobilizer is a free service that re-sizes any webpage and simplifies its formatting, making it easy to view on your phone or PDA.

Escape awkward or bad dates

Have you ever prayed that someone would just call you and rush you off to an emergency, extricating you from a bad date or awkward situation?  Well with the free service Get Me Out Of Here you can be saved!  Specify a time and a pre-recorded message online and Get Me Out of Here will call your phone at that time, saving you from any undesirable experience.

Mobile classifieds service

AdCafe is an incredibly easy new mobile classified advertisement service. AdCare allows you to send an SMS to its phone number that shoppers can view on both their computer and on their phone. Everything from jobs, apartments and personal ads are available for browsing anywhere or anytime with AdCafe.