http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1938868/nokia-mobile-phones-fake

Nokia says one in five mobile phones is fake.

"80 million Chinese people won't this year, if they paid then you wouldn't have to."
Just yesterday the issue was raised again, when US President Obama cited more figures from Ballmer. "Steve Ballmer of Microsoft pointed out that their estimate is that only one customer in every 10 of their products is actually paying for it in China," reported White House transcripts.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1938601/ballmer-tells-chinas-president

Class Accuses Media Giants of Hacking Cell Phones to Create 'Zombie Databases'

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/11/05/31652.htm

Ringleader Digital, an advertising company "hacked the mobile phones of millions of consumers" to create a database of customers' demographic information for the benefit of major media networks such as Fox News and CNN.

http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/2009070202635PRLL

"Are the millions of people who have bought ringtones breaking the law if they forget to silence their phones in a restaurant?

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/judge-ringtones-arent-performances-so-no-royalties.ars

Joking aside (actually, that's less of a joke than you might think), the ringtone argument was made by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) earlier this year when it sued certain mobile carriers in the US in an attempt to force them to fork over royalties every time a customer's ringtone is played.
Even though the carriers were already paying for download rights to the songs, ASCAP argued that each ring was a
"performance" and therefore those download payments weren't enough.

no cell- dead area. the wife uses the pstn line with a hand-me-down panasonic cordless.

personally I use sipphone VoIP using phoner or gizmo5 (was gizmo project) on this gateway laptop and my dfi lanparty athlon xp. *real* smartphones. :-)

como ponerle musica a mi iphone clone

Thanks for the link and info VampireRat. We appreciate your late night work. (I believe I remember you telling us in a thread how you came up with your username).

Sorry. One more thing.
The screen shot feature will automatically save a series of screen shots into one selected folder for further editing. This is really handy if you are doing training or Help files. In my experience, it is unusual for a photo editor to include a screen shot feature.

"You can never have enough graphics software."
- Vampire(Pack)Rat

I incorrectly said it will distort and morph photos - it distorts and has filters that create some Painter-like effects. No morphing.

FREE MAGIX SOFTWARE, Full Programs:
http://site.magix.net/english-us/home/free-download/
Site registration required. Privacy respected.

This first one has some nice photo effects and a morpher/distorter (ForGET PhotoMorpher!)

1
Xtreme Photo Designer 6
* Task Wizard for the photo-editing impaired
* Create impressive collages
* Edit • Retouch • Design • Optimize • Crop
* Unusual effects and filters transform photos into amazing works of art
* Deformation function for funny distortions and perspective effects
* Multiple screenshot function
* Original files – always safe
See details at:
http://site.magix.net/english-us/home/photo/xtreme-photo-designer-6-free-download/subpage/212435/

2
Free Ringtone Maker: on above pg, click on the bright yellow illustration ad or go here: http://www.ringtonemaker.org/us

3
Music Manager 2007, and
Photo Manager 2007

4
Mobile Photo Suite for Symbian phones, and
Mobile Music Player for Symbian phones

5
A couple of short videos and still pictures, forest sound effects and "Spring" music (.OGG), suitable for making your own screensavers.

i can't wait for iPhone to be launch. the videos on iPhone on Youtube makes me wan2 buy it when it's abailable. its so cool! :) although u can't open MS Word/Excel on the gadget...

sidetrack: does HD Inspector HE works on desktop? cos it jus overide the prev version tt was installed.

noted.

I am currently using a Blackberry Peral 3100 it's awsome and I also like Moto. Razar V.3

Definitely Nokia. ;)

oh ok, i need one freeware for C programming where it has a keyboard shortcut to display methods/variables used in a program (e.g. in JCreator Lite, you press Ctrl+Space to view a list of methods/variables used in your program.)

I don't have a cell phone either.

I'm sure the best or worst phone really depends on matching features (and a model) with the varied needs of the individual phone user.

Trying to generalise and break it down to the "best brand" is really a pointless exercise, yes?

Just as helpful - Lets also discuss, "What is the 'best' software?" :\

I don't use a cell phone.

I don't like them.

I'm curious to know what phone brand are people using around the world and their preference(from the BEST brands to the worst).

currently using: SE-W850i

my preference:
Sony Ericsson
Nokia
O2
Palm
Samsung
Blackberry
LG
Dopod