Cheating operator or use all the features of mobile communication?

Almost simultaneously with the advent of cellular communications have appeared and how to use this link for free or cheap. Ways in most cases criminal, that operators are actively fighting - including with law enforcement agencies. Various "clones / flash" - thing of the past, although in some regions of Russia and in the individual standards hackers still manage to snatch a piece of free mobile airtime. But we will discuss innovative solutions - albeit on the verge of foul. " It is clear that the topic was not classified as "acclaimed" (to put it mildly) by the operators, but in some cases they have themselves to blame: no need to create the conditions for such use of mobile communications.

VISA-beebonus: look a gift horse in the mouth

Rosbank "together with VimpelCom offered free to all subscribers of Beeline credit card VISA - beebonus. By the way, we do not make a reservation: credit card really, not a debit, what has recently been 99% "credit" cards in Russia. Furthermore: servicing VISA - beebonus too absolutely free so even for the purchase of any bank pay extra bonus kartovladeltsu! With difficulty unyav a desire to escape to Rosbank for the card (yet give no change of heart), at least for the order decided to look more closely at the attraction of unprecedented generosity.

Review of Bluetooth-headset Sony-Ericsson IV-840

Package Contents: Headset Strap for wearing around the neck Charger User I understand that the company did not look better when there is good. Therefore, neither the summer nor in autumn was not provided with something radically new in the field of Bluetooth-headsets, only perelitsovannye model IV-835 and GV-435 (it is worth remembering also the DS-980). On one of them today and talk, this article will be short, but informative.

BeeLine in Moscow: the June failure was inevitable?

These AC & M-Consulting, Moscow Region in June 2004 for many proved to be unexpected. You bet! - The first time in many years, subscriber growth was BeeLine with a minus sign: if you believe the arithmetic, then, within months of leaving the operator more subscribers than the arrival of new. However, not all so simple, in addition to simple arithmetic there is a sly "algebra" of counting the number of active subscribers, plus a "higher mathematics" of intrigue and infighting.

News tarifostroeniya: while the impact position?

Federal GSM-operators almost simultaneously brought to market new tariff proposals. Each of the three new TAs - from her "zest" non-standard solutions or non-traditional approach to the target market segment. Try to evaluate these original proposals in order of their arrival on the market.

MacBook Pro 13: Trinadtsatidyuymovka "

As I have said many times, despite the external similarity between laptops of Apple, each of them has a lot of features, each is unique. The most balanced solution previously pyatnadtsatidyuymovye MacBook Pro, it concerns and characteristics, and some moments that are not marked characteristics. For example, the Air Series notebooks all good for a man who used to wear a computer with me. But the payoff for miniaturization and lightness - the noise, heat, whether performance, to the extent that at times watching the movie turns into a torment. Excellent piece - trinadtsatidyuymovye new MacBook, but for sure you'll quickly realize that the displays they have not really suitable for multimedia, because black is virtually absent. A semnadtsatidyuymovy MacBook Pro, which is like shouting "Play with me, use all the challenges," "please" you have a problem with the graphics driver under heavy loads. Throughout its nuances, everywhere a compromise that does not detract from the main advantages of laptops from Apple. I will try to briefly enumerate them, because quite often on the forum there are people boldly declare platitudes like: "Yes, pay here is not for that, just design and everything!". This is not true.

Equips MacBook Air

During the time that the MacBook Air is present in the market already has flowed a lot of water. Alternate lines, some companies persist in trying to make a similar device, except that it is impossible. Now I will not be considered competitors, this is a subject of a separate material, and can we talk seriously about the competition, when the Air is not only a member of a segment of thin stylish laptop, but its immediate creator? Although to say so is not entirely correct, were thin notebooks and to Air, we need only recall Sony X505. But, unfortunately, been a long time ago, and few people remember this computer for its time a great laptop. In general, it is not so, and not about it. If you are going to start in his household Air, I recommend to read the reviews on our website dedicated to this laptop, they scored at the procedure, there recommendations for use, there is advice about what, why do need a Air. As I have said many times, in my case, "air" destiny is not easy - to go with a host of meetings, hitting inexperienced citizens sleek appearance, sharp edges and features. Conqueror of cafes and offices, classrooms and other facilities, Air can become your reliable assistant in the negotiating business. But, of course, not only in the negotiations he could help, very good laptop shows itself when working with text, viewing pages in the browser and other daily, not "hard" cases. This article focuses on equipping MacBook Air, plus a small, regular educational program on the laptop and its capabilities. In light of the fact that the coming academic year, and many poor students will want to upgrade their gadzhetovoe economy, the article certainly have a theme. By the way, about the poor students: often confronted with the opinion that Air crazy road nightmare right. Let me remind you that if you do not brezguete buy equipment with it, this notebook can be purchased for twenty thousand seven - thirty. Yes, it will be a representative of the first generation, but still it is Air, slim and beautiful. Over a hundred rubles buy a bottle "Seconds" and the correct piece of cloth, ten minutes gentle cleaning becomes a new laptop in a literal sense - will be all shiny and pleasing to the eye, no bacteria, particles of skin and so on. During this council should not thank me, and my friend Sergei, with "seconds" idea is very good. So, let's see what you can to please our Air.

Review of Bluetooth-headset SonyEricsson PV770

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Lace to be worn around the neck Two nozzles on the speaker This headset was announced quite some time, that does not bother us to talk about it in obzorchike, the benefit it more than deserves it. As stated a year ago, the main line of headsets for the SE becomes PV, reason, in my opinion, is simple: it is relatively inexpensive and stylish products with an emphasis on work time, even now a lot of attention is paid to appearance. For example, a recent "launch" has clearly demonstrated that in 2008 the PV is just a horse, most likely the company will take certain steps to improve sales of its wireless accessories. But here of interesting things that can be seen until the end of the "eight" years, I personally singled out only one stereoshtuchku, the rest is good, but not so attractive to me personally (zazhralis, probably, so it must be said).

Developer Opera Software, the distribution terms - shareware, the price - $ 19.95.

Test-drive the Push-To-Talk: First results and some features of the technology

July 29, Nokia and Beeline summed up in July last test operation of the Technology Push-To-Talk, which allows mobile phone as a walkie-talkie, but - with many additional amenities and features.

Meet FIX - new prepaid-fare MegaFon-Moscow

Rates really new and extremely interesting. "Raisin" in it, only one, but what! For the first time in the history of Russian mobile phone all paid calls are billed only for the fact that the connection time payment does not in principle. Catch grace periods of day or calculate the optimal duration of a call on rates with a "floating" price does not need a minute here. Is not required and thoughtful study "Circuits" for making a difficult decision: whether to pay a few more, but the second from the first minute?

Overview bluetooth-headset SonyEricsson HBH PV-720

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Dashboard Replacement Ear Strap The line of headsets company called PV was expanded a couple of months ago, I wrote about this in one of the accessory digests, model PV-720 - is the youngest, although the design of new products presented on the form is very similar. The differences are based on functionality, integration, in general, for SE is another step forward. I can only express their suspicions, but the company has replaced the ODM-producer, it is possible that now wireless accessories broke Jabra, such as the planned revitalization on the accessory front, which some time for SE was, as I understand it, is not very interesting (activation marketing and not grocery). Let's take a closer look at the first birdie of the new line.

BeeLine Perm: hard to come to the market's fourth

August 10 Beeline launches another segment of its network of GSM, this time in Perm and Kudymkar. A landmark event for VimpelCom: finally closed the last remaining "uncovered" the Russian city with a population of more than a million people. Perm Region and Komi-Perm Autonomous District were 67 m and 68 m regions of the federal network of Beeline.

In the fight against the subscriber for "blood" Bee-bonus winner is ... Rosbank!

An interesting joint project Rosbank and Beeline in part of the total "sighting" of subscribers, we have already mentioned. Among Moscow subscribers of the operator of the "VISA as a gift" not only knows very inconsiderate or using only surface transport, posters almost every second car of the subway. Let's see how it works in reality, not marketing descriptions.

Review of car handsfree SonyEricsson HCB-105

Package Contents: Headset Car charger CLA-61 User Clip to the visor Starting this year the company changed a little look at the car accessories, it is expressed in simplifying data veshchichek - if you remember, in the past they were monsters with screens on which you could see a name or phone number and other information. All is good, but here is the basic functionality left much to be desired, in particular, this applies to voice quality, longer battery life. Product under review is fundamentally different from long-standing stuff and carries a charge. Another issue that is still his views on such things I have not changed, it is nice to get HCB-105 as a gift, but that's to yourself to go to the store and buy ... dismiss, I'd rather use the normal headset, without scaring sitting next to talk with a headset on the visor. Honestly, now the market is kind of accessories is virtually absent in our country, even though Motorola experimenting with headsets that allow you to transfer music from phone to car speakers, the Nokia are trying to combine speakers with such a small screen on which you can easily dial in Jabra and SonyEricsson go the traditional way, say nothing about the Samsung, aksessuarika while in the paddock. About the market - various surveys and polls, and so show that in Russia people do not like the extra spending on garniturku or memory card, you can still spend money, but not to the speaker in the car, the benefits of which are not visible (and the show boasts not work, if only a very willing). In general, talk about the HCB-105.

50% discount in the MTS: a beautiful phrase, or the real economy?

Analyze marketing initiatives, our dear operators is very difficult. Too many additional factors, and place certain shares in the overall structure of the tariff policy is not always obvious. Not to mention the highly dynamic market and waking competitors. In most cases, is to evaluate a particular consumer appeal of the new tariff / discount on the background of already existing proposals and try to understand and articulate the overall trends.

Desktop calculator - best "Tariff Calculator

Selection of the "right" operator and an appropriate tariff plan - an extraordinary task, disputes and arguments on this theme packed with thousands of Internet forums. For the first time attached to the mobile problem altogether insoluble: in the absence of practical experience and at least some primitive statistics to assess their potential needs is impossible to rely on the advice of friends / acquaintances or recommendation Sellers cellular shops. With vendors is clear: will advise you, for that they get more commission fees, friends tend to agitate for the addition operator, whose services are enjoying themselves. Where is the truth? Scientific treatise, with multi-subscriber profiles, the calculations will not write - employment is absolutely useless for the preparation of more or less exhaustive analysis of the market situation will have time to swap, not once.

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ABBYY Lingvo 11

The developer - the company ABBYY. Program website www.abbyy.ru. Propagation conditions - shareware. The cost of the package depends on the sales package.

Review of Bluetooth-headset SonyEricsson HBH PV-715

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Bow Recently, I pondered on a training technique. You know, part of the manufacturers in the press releases give such a justification: "... for those who are just beginning familiarity with ..." and so on. It may be cheap phones, laptops (notebooks, well, I'll write that word) and much more. So I thought about it and just looked at her experience with this or that subject. It turns out that the producers are right. My first phone was very cheap, with it I was like a short time, replacing a more expensive model. The notebook was also a trainer with him, I just realized what I want from this kind of objects. Headset is the first one was also purchased in order to try it, though at the time of cheap headsets on the market did not exist. But if there were, I'd give better than a thousand rubles for the first experiment, spent more than a hundred dollars on things, which is not really something to me and liked it. Of course, nowadays the choice is huge, eyes run, but if suddenly there was something new that I would like to first learn, then I will buy cheap. For novice users. And then move on to something more expensive. By the way, is not it the same with cars, most are, first kill "nine" or something like that, then buy a foreign car.

Review of Bluetooth-headset SonyEricsson HBH IS800

Package Contents: Headset Charger User Clip Attachment to the headphones (six pieces) Like and not with such a profession have a passion, like and need to safely treat all devices to test them calmly and impartially, but not always succeed. More precisely, we will never get. We are all human, humans, and each live cockroaches in his head, which will not be so easy to get rid of. For instance, if the site or in the articles, giving advice, often try to be objective and to answer on the merits, in conversations eye to eye on the technique of giving some advice, because there are personal favorites. For example, here are asking me about what to buy a wireless headset. Instantly answer - SE HBH DS-980. Or, if funds allow, Nokia BH-903. Himself take himself more than satisfied. If asked about the mono headsets - Jawbone. If on phones - iP .. Well, it does not matter what's up with phones, I'm not an expert.

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Fell in love with an elephant - and marry!

Short-lived semi-anonymous selling prepaid-boxes MegaFon, from September registration of subscribers is mandatory. Try to understand how someone of that was better / worse, how to formalize their relationship with MegaFon, and what we are threatened with failure to register.

Mobile positioning: soon in MTS

Positioning System User (AOP) is available to subscribers of MegaFon network in Moscow for six months already, now something similar will be put into test operation in the MTS network expected in the fourth quarter of this year. Hardware and software systems are adjusted and tuned, but many projects already in operation. We managed to register in the system (thanks for helping Department of telematic services MTS ")," twist "menu / command and appreciate the convenience and functionality. I am pleased to share some preliminary estimates.

Review of Bluetooth-headset SonyEricsson HBH PV-740

Package Contents: Headset Charger User So, let me introduce the first budget is not a headset in a series of PV, which began with inexpensive products (by the standards of the company), a distinctive feature was a long time. Considered today headset is a compilation of the merits of a series of PV plus designers look at what might look like a premium product. It turned out well.