This is a nice little application that will enable you to listen to Thousands of radio stations on your Q. The service is free as is the application.
Simply go to the site here and create an account, download the CAB file (installation) and install.
You can create personal playlists and since this uses your internet connection, you should have a unlimited internet plan before using this. 
Monday, January 14, 2008
How to listen to Radio on your Motorola Q - Mundu Radio
Friday, January 11, 2008
How to send a Voicemail Message without actually calling anyone on your Motorola Q
I found an interesting service that can save money and add a little more personality than texting and be faster than texting for the times you don't want to interrupt. The service is named Pinger and it enables you to record a voice message by caling a central number and then it sends it out to one or multiple contacts of your choosing.
They get a text that they follow and voila, hear your sweet voice instead of a cold text. The message can be as long as 5 minutes so more information can be included.
This service is nice if you want to leave a voicemail but dont want to talk or have a message for multiple people but it would take ages to type out. I could see this saving a few cellphone minutes too.
Oh its free!
How to Scan and Fax using your Motorola Q
I am not going to review this service as I did not seem to have the ability to do a good in focus photo from my phone. There is a service called scanR and it is a simple service that does not require any installation but they do supply and application for those of you that might use it more regularly.
The premise is that, using your phones camera, you can photograph a document or business card at high resolution (and in focus) and from your phone, email it to their service. The service will apply image processing to tidy up the image and can save the document in pdf format.
The service also provides a faxing service.
Sign up is easy in that you give an email address and a chosen site password and send your first document to doc@scanR.com and they will send you back a code. You enter that code and you are set. I like that, fast and easy.
The free scans last for 5 per month and $3 a month will get you unlimited scanning.
I had mixed results but I can put that down wholly to my ability to take an in-focus picture.
Send feedback if you try this and get workable results.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
How To Change the Homepage on Internet Explorer of your Motorola Q
This will require editing the registry.
Run Your Registry Editor.
Run a backup if your editor has it.
Navigate through the following sections (keys)
HKEY_Local_Machine
Software
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
AboutURLs
Press the "Values" button and edit the 3 values that have the word "Home" in them from whatever web address they have in them to http://www.google.com (if google is your chosen homepage as an example).
Press Done when complete.
Phonezoo - Get Free Ringtones for your Motorola Q
I am not one that needs to change my ringtone every 2nd day, but there was a time when I would have. If you need a ringtone specifically customized and free, then Phonezoo might just be the website for you.
I wanted the James Bond theme as my ringtone, yes, I am 007 geek. So I found Phonezoo and set up an account.
From the main page, I did a search and found what I was looking for. No problem, sent it to my phone - I was happy.
Now, if I did not find it, Phonezoo offers another service that is clever where you can upload an audio file from your PC and then edit the selection to just take the specific audio clip you want.
You can also locate more than just music, movie quotes abound also. Basically anything audio.
If you are looking to solve your ringtone needs and do not want to pay money for them, Phonezoo handles the task.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Yahoo Go! - Yahoo Mail, Flickr and more on your Motorola Q
For those of you that have yahoo as the center of your internet universe, Yahoo Go is a very nice little mobile application.
The application offers all Yahoo brand services such as Mail, Flickr, Search, Maps, Weather and various news feeds. My main mailbox is yahoo mail so this was the reason I added this app as it offers the near full Yahoo mail experience with ability to get to all your mail folders and contacts. There is also a synching feature to synch your yahoo contacts to your phone contacts.
Outside of this, I am not much of a Flickr user (not requiring mobile access at least) but the interface is slick. Yahoo weather is about the only other feature I could see myself using but that is a "once in a blue moon" feature.
I get my news from elsewhere.
Nevertheless, If you are a Yahoo mail user, this is a superior mail interface for your yahoo account than the windows mobile standard one you get with the phone - so it is worth it for that.
Version 3.0 is just out so I will add a new review or update this one soon.
Avot MV - Watch Youtube on your Motorola Q
Avot MV is an online video (youtube etc.) viewing application.
It has, at the time of writing this, indexed over 5 million online videos and are available for search on the applications homepage.
The application also has sub directories, aka channels for more specific browsing and searching.
For the most part, I was impressed with the application but have run into a few stalls requiring reboot (power off/power on) of the phone.
For me, browsing online video does provide lots of low attention span entertainment, Avot MV is a good solution for your short video fix needs.
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