International travelers rejoice! Now there is a phone specially made for you thanks to the efforts of National Geographic and Cellular Abroad. The phone is a Dual Travel Phone that comes with dual SIM capability.

Features:

• Two SIM cards
• Bluetooth
• Camera
• FM radio
• Television
• 1GB storage card

It seems like any ordinary phone based on the basic features enumerated above. But if you are constantly traveling, the phone also allows you to take free incoming calls from over 80 countries and 30 minutes of free outgoing calls.

Users have the option of inserting another SIM card in the phone and having a secondary number and service. This option is perfect for those who need to retain their current phone number while overseas or who want a secondary number dedicated for business or family.

The National Geographic Duet Travel Phone is available online and through other retailers such as Amazon.

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Thanks to this new solution offered by +Movil from Cable & Wireless Panama, mobile users only need to make one click on their mobile phones to extend their social networks. The locally-branded service “Intercambio de Datos Personales” was recently launched in Panama, the first of its kind in the country.

Customers can use this person-to-person service to automatically connect and stay in touch with friends, family and business associates while building and growing their mobile social address books.

With CallerXchange, +Movil subscribers can exchange contact information immediately after a phone call or text message with one click. Recipients can easily click to add their friend’s contact information directly into their phonebook.

The service costs $0.30 USD per message sent and an automatic updating capability ensures that users stay in touch even if their information changes over time.

This service can be used by +Movil prepaid and postpaid subscribers with the red SIM cards. Subscribers without this color SIM card can obtain it in any Cable & Wireless store in Panama.

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One thing about owning a phone and making calls is the scope of coverage. Normally, your service provider limits calls to local vicinities and should you want roaming services, this will mean additional cost and services. If that should be the case, the best you can do is avail the best one there is and Truphone Local Anywhere is most certainly it.

The introduction of Truphone’s multi-country, single-SIM service will change the current experience of people with an international lifestyle. Their mobile experience is currently characterized by frustration, brought on by constantly having to juggle multiple SIM cards and mobile phones in order to minimize their mobile costs.

Truphone Local Anywhere Benefits include:

Number portability of existing mobile and landline numbers to Truphone;

Full service multi-language customer support;

Ability to manage their Caller ID (CLI);

Competitive rates on domestic calls, SMS, and data in home country;

Low cost international calling to the world from any Truphone Local Anywhere-supported country;

Up to 80 percent savings on roaming charges when visiting other countries;

No roaming surcharges to receive calls in most major destinations;

TruFriendsTM – providing even lower calling rates to call to other Truphone Local Anywhere customers;

Additional “virtual” country mobile numbers to seem ‘local’ in another country so friends/colleagues can call at local rates.

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Toshiba offers a new solution for people who want to manage their finances through their mobile phones. The Universal SIM (USIM) cards unveiled by Toshiba supports the Near Field Communications (NFC) short wireless range that can be used in many wireless payments systems.

NFC technology embedded in mobile phones is being trialled by several operators, such as O2 with its Wallet programme, to offer a range of information, payment and travel options simply by touching the phone to a reader.

The USIM application runs as part of the SIM card, and stores user information as well as the usual SIM functions such as storing contact and message data. This provides a secure way for the verification and transmission of account details.

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