Mobile phone money saving

Mobile phones are costly items, so here are a few ideas to make them a bit cheaper to run.Free ringtones and logos – almost all ringtone companies offer free ringtones, but you need to take this with a pinch of salt.The first week or ringtone is usually free then you will be automatically signed up to a weekly payment plan for more ringtones and logos until you cancel it. So make sure you read the fine print carefully.jamster.com give the first ringtone free and they have all the latest ringtones, logos, games. It is worth signing up to get the free ringtone or logo but remember to cancel within the week or you will be charged

free-ringtones-free-logos.com are also worth checking out the have loads of free basic logos and ringtones, if you want any polyphonic ringtones you need to be wap enabled so check out how much that costs before you do it. The website is quite slow and peppered with adveritisng but it’s free and works.

Free SMS (text messaging) - http://www.cbfsms.com offer a free sms service via its website, it is limited to Uk based mobile phones only not worldwide and there is a bit of advertising you need to watch to be able to send the text message and the sms comes from a computer rather than a phone number so you need to make sure the person you are texting knows it is from you, but its free to use.

Free phone unlocking - some phone companies ‘lock’ their mobile phones, this means when you try another networks simcard in the phone it won’t work.

Most mobile phones can be unlocked by entering a code, and some special case mobiles need a lead to connect to a computer to unlock it which you can buy cheaply on ebay.

If you want to unlock your mobile phone at home there are a variety of websites that can help you do it for free.

http://www.trycktill.com/eng have codes to unlock nokia, lg, panasonic, siemans, vitel, maxton.

http://www.unlockme.co.uk nokia only but they have a busy forum if you have a question about phone unlocking.

http://unlock.nokiafree.org/ nokia only but they also have a forum which has codes for all the major mobile phones