10 Free Features To Personalise Your Mobile Phone

Most of us love our mobile phones (or at least realize how important they are to our daily lives.) Because of this, and because we use them on a daily basis, we’re increasingly interested in personalizing our phones so that they have the design and functionality that we’re seeking. Although there are some people who will spend a fortune to get the phone that has the exact features they desire, most people want to do their mobile phone personalization at a lower cost. And what better cost is there than free?

Take a look at the following ten things that you can easily add to your phone without paying a penny:

1. Ringtones.

Ringtones are by far and away the most popular free item that people add to their cell phones. As time goes on, they’re getting increasingly advanced but the fact that many are free hasn’t changed. You can even get free software that lets you make your own ringtones and add them to your phone so that you can really have a mobile device that’s completely unique.

2. Wallpaper / screen savers.

Ringtones are a great way to personalize your phone but what gets more personal than photos? You can add your own photos or a variety of other images to your phone. These can be associated with the specific people that are calling you or they can just be used as the background wallpaper that you see when using your phone. There are a plethora of different places to get these for free. Free Mobile Fun and Zedge are two examples of popular cell phone wallpaper download sites.

3. Videos.

Video is a hot commodity on the Internet right now and the interest in mobile video is growing by the minute. There are a variety of different ways that you can get free video content on your cell phone. One of the most popular is to subscribe to a free mobile video site that lets you choose your favorite channels and watch free videos directly from your phone. (MyWaves is a good example of this type of service.) However, if you really want a personal video experience then get free cell phone DVD ripper software which will convert your favorite DVDs into a format that can be viewed from your mobile phone. (Acala DVD ripper is a brand name people recognize for this service; it comes with a free trial.)

4. Games.

Videos are certainly great for entertainment on your mobile phone but sometimes they just aren’t interactive enough for you. Free download games have been a popular cell phone feature for almost as long as mobile phones have been on the market. They’re still around because they’re a favorite of most people who own a phone.

5. VoIP.

Who would’ve thought that one of the free phone features you’d be interested in would actually be for the purpose of using your phone to call people? Mobile VoIP is an increasingly popular tool for reducing international calling costs, receiving calls on your cell phone from people trying to reach you at a different number and combining voice, data and image on your cell phone. Learn all about it – and the places that are offering it for free – from this recent report.

6. SMS messages.

Perhaps your phone company provides you with an awesome SMS message plan that meets all of your needs. However, if it doesn’t, there are plenty of free SMS message services that will give you what you want. Many of these let you text from your phone as well as from your PC for added flexibility.

7. Remote desktop control and file storage.

It is increasingly common for people to use their cell phones to access the Internet. Because the mobile phone is beginning to function like a mini-laptop, it needs to have some of the functionality of a computer. As a result, we’re starting to see free mobile phone services that will let you access the files on your home computer either through a direct connection to the computer or through an online file storage system. This is particularly useful for people who use their mobile phones to conduct business but it can be used by anyone who has reason to be on the mobile web.

8. Fax services.

Believe it or not, your phone can receive faxes. There are different systems available but the most common method is that you set up an online fax system that will change the fax content to an email or SMS message and forward it to your phone. There are a lot of professional level services out there which charge you a pretty penny for this feature but there are a few free mobile phone fax services that the basic user can benefit from. Examples of free fax services that will push the fax to email so you can access it from the mobile web include eFax and FaxZero.

9. Music.

Who doesn’t have an mp3 player these days right? Everyone has gotten used to having their favorite music with them wherever they go. However, most people are getting a little tired of carrying around so many different gadgets and are starting to take a strong interest in the mobile phone that plays music. There are tons of free phone music downloads and tools to manage those downloads.

10. Phone management applications.

In order to keep track of all of these features, move them between an old phone and a new one and still manage to remember to pay your bill, you need a tool that will help you stay organized. There are many different free software downloads designed specifically for managing your phone’s tools and making them more useful. Some are specific to the type of phone you have and others are universal.

Your phone is a gadget that says a lot about who you are. Just picture the person with a basic Nokia camera phone that’s a few years old and then picture the individual who is about to buy the latest 3G version of the iPhone and you can see that your phone is sending a message. Make that message more true to who you are by personalizing your phone with all of the features that are important to you. Just don’t spend a lot of money to make the phone personal since there are so many ways that you can do it for free!

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