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.nbu files are the backup files created when you create the backup for your Nokia Mobile. It is created using Nokia PC suite and later can be restored to your phone. Only problem is we can’t open the .nbu files without any nokia device.

To overcome this problem we have one software called NOKI. From their site:

Noki is a utility to explore and extract Phone book, SMS, Calendar, Memo, Bookmark and other user files from the backup file of Nokia phone (using Nokia PC Suite).

Features:

* Supports .nbu, .nfb and .nfc.
* contacts.cdb: Symbian Contacts Database for all Symbian phones (include Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson etc.).
* backup.arc: mass storage/SD card backup file.
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A serious security hole in the latest iPhone software exposes e-mail, text, and voice messages to whoever gets a hold of the device despite it being password-protected.

Basically, clicking emergency call and double-clicking the “home” button brings up the favorites on iPhone 2.0.2, which opens up the address book, the dial keypad and voice mail, according to a report on Engadget, which got the tip on the hole from the MacRumors Forum.

Then, clicking on the blue arrows next to the names gives access to private information in a favorite entry, clicking in a mail address opens up the mail application, clicking on a URL in the contact information opens up Safari, and clicking on “send a text message” in a contact gives full access to the text messages.

Prevention ::
The report suggests using the “home” setting so that double-clicking on the home button will take whoever is holding the phone to the unlock screen page.

Engadget reports that a fix for the hole will be included in the next firmware update, but it’s not known when that update will come."

You can create your own ringtone of your favourite song by following these steps.
1. Log on to www.zedge.net and register.

2. On the 'ringtone maker' click browse and select the song of your choice from your computer.

3. Upload the track.

4. Check whether the track plays by clicking the play button.

5. Crop the track using the start and end tab. Preview your tone.

6. Download to PC and then copy to your phone.

Similar websites:
makeownringtone.com
mobile17.com
mytinyphone.com
phonezoo.com
myxertones.com

The iPhone and Google's android might be hogging all limelight but one can ever ignore the most dominant OS maker,for both PC and SmartPhones, MicrosofT Windows. This a list of several free apps for your Windows mobile. Please note that I have provided links to the page where you can download the softwares,but in any case if the link is broken you can Google search the software's name to find relevant links.

Task Manager: vBar is a task manager for windows mobile devices. It is available for free at http://vieka.com/vbar.htm. The vbar icon locates itself neatly in the title bar and has two basic options- close all and close all but active. The software is of 21 kb.

Data Backup: PIM is a free software from DOTFRED (http://www.dotfred.net/). Contacts,call logs, messages,etc can be backed up. You can restore these files in other devices as well.Option for compression of data and you can schedule to back up data automatically.

PDF Viewer: Windows official PDF reader is available at Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforppc.html). It is of 3 mb. You can view files in portrait as well as landscape mode.You can zoom in and out.

Feed Reader:Stay updated on the move. Get the latest news,blog posts and podcasts on your mobile. Screenyx RSS reader is available for download from www.mobiletopsoft.com.

Cleaner: Speedclean is a utility to clean up temporary files and cookies. This increases the performance of your mobile. It is available for download from www.tucows.com.

Web Browser: Opera has two browser options for Windows mobile. Opera mini - which works on most mobile and Opera mobile which is feature rich. You can download them from http://www.opera.com/products/mobile

Video Player: TCPMP is free open source media player like VLC of P.C. It is available at picard.exceed.hu/tcpmp/test. The video player is quite good but there are several plugins to make it even better.

Screen Capture: CECapture is a free tool of 54 kb size available at freewareppc.com. Another one is Screencap of 11 kb and is available from geocities.com/nozomisoft/screencap.html
These softwares save the image in my documents folder as uncompressed bitmap files.

Unzip utility: EasyUnZip from cnetx.com/ezyunzip is a 461 kb free download that helps you handle all your zip files

Activity Simulator: It is necessary to have the backlight of your mobile on while reading a doc,etc. But the backlight will automatically go off after some time. To avoid this you can use KeepAlive from pocketpcfreewares.com .

Notepad: MADE is a text editor of 100 kb available at handheld.softpedia.com. It can handle multiple files at a time, open large files and can handle different formats. You can edit html,CSS, XML,etc.

Image Viewer: PocketCM image viewer from pocketcm.com is a image viewer for Windows Mobile that uses touchscreen functionality to it full potential.

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Here is the important codes for the mobile devices.
Note that all codes do not work in all mobile devices.
Most of the given codes are for NOKIA phones.

FOR FORMAT

*#7370#
To Format ur phone (series 60,80)
After entering this code phone will ask LOCK CODE. It is 12345 for NOKIA.
After entering lock code phone will be restarted and phone memory will be deleted.

PLZ REMOVE UR MEMORY CADR BEFORE FORMATING IT

*#7780#
It is same as above code.
But it is for soft format.


(* and 3 and call key and power key at a same time.)

By this code ur phone will be Hard Formated.

FOR WALLET

*#7370925538#
It is for WALLET.
If u forgot ur WALLET CODE than by this code it will be deleted and u than have to enter new code.

GENERAL INFO

*#0000#
It shows software version.

*#06#
It shows IMEI code.

DIFFRENT LOCK STATUS'S

#Pw+1234567890+1#
It shows provider lock status.
Use button "*" to enter p and w and + sign.


#Pw+1234567890+2#
It shows network lock status.


#Pw+1234567890+3#
It shows country lock status.


#Pw+1234567890+4#
It shows sim card lock status.

DIVERTS

*#21#
It shows all calls divert to numbers.

*#30#
It shows private numbers.


*#43#
Shows call waiting status.


*#73#
Repets game scores.


12345
Its a default code of Nokia.

*#2820#
will show Bluetooth device address.

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits
on
your phone:

* # 0 6 #

A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to
your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. when your phone
get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.
They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes
the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.

You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that

Whoever stole it can't use/sell it either If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones