Save money with Momail and JAJAH

Make your phone a smartphone

A recent article in Forbes, Smarter than a Smartphone, gave some great suggestions for making your phone "smarter". Recommendations included using VoIP services, photo and blog upload services, etc.

However, they forgot one of the key features of smartphones, i.e., email. And, by "upgrading" your basic phone to a smartphone with Momail, you can not only get your emails while on the go, but also upload and download photos with Flickr and make VoIP calls with Jajah. In addition, updating blogs is simple with basic email upload services. More information can be found under "My Services" in your Momail account.

Money saving tips for Sweden

TheLocal, the online english language news site for Sweden, released a helpful list of money saving tips during these economic downtimes. They mentioned some great ideas such as streaming music sites, like Spotify, VoIP services like Skype, biking and keeping on top of deals from grocery stores, movie theaters, and travel sites.

The missed a few though!

Some additional ideas specifically for mobile users are below:

First, check with your mobile company about possible flat rate data plans. Most operators offer them, but you need to do a little research to find the plan best for you.

Second, "upgrade" your handset to have smartphone-like features with services like Momail. Momail is smart mobile email for consumers - free to use, minimizes the data cost of incoming data, and works on the large majority of handsets in the market today.

Third, leverage other cost-saving measures, like calling with services such Jajah which leverage VoIP to minimized long distance bills. It's super easy to use with Momail as well - just go to "On Demand" services in your Momail account to sign up.

Momail for the budget-conscience

With the uncertain market environment, consumers are beginning to rein back spending on utilities, where possible, including mobile phone plans. In addition, they are postponing new purchases, and handset manufacturers are cutting their outlooks for 2009. However, it's not all bad news, as it is still possible to take advantage of new developments in mobile technology while saving money.

First, check with your mobile company about possible flat rate data plans. Most operators offer them, but you need to do a little research to find the plan best for you.

Second, "upgrade" your handset to have smartphone-like features with services like Momail. Momail is smart mobile email for consumers - free to use, minimizes the data cost of incoming data, and works on the large majority of handsets in the market today.

Third, leverage other cost-saving measures, like calling with services such Jajah which leverage VoIP to minimized long distance bills. It's super easy to use with Momail as well - just go to "On Demand" services in your Momail account to sign up.

Do you have additional suggestions? Leave a comment!

Momail and Jajah cooperate on innovative calling option

As Momail's patented technology optimizes data in your mobile emails to minimize the data costs, it was an obvious choice to partner with Jajah for inexpensive international calling via VoIP. Not only does this partnership provide a great service for our customers, but it also proves the flexibility of the Momail messaging platform. To activate Jajah on Momail:

1. As a Momail user, go to Momail "On Demand" in your Momail account

2. Register your Jajah account with Momail (or sign up for Jajah if you are not already a customer)

3. To call, simply send a mail to Jajah (or Jajah@momail.com) with the phone number of your contact from your handset.

4. In seconds, you will receive a call from Jajah connecting your call

5. Take advantage of the cost savings and talk for as long as you'd like!

Momail will be bringing more creative solutions to market soon - so keep checking back for the latest updates...