Top 4 Ways to Make Your Phone Your Own

You're sitting around a café table with your friends - drinks, phones and wallets are crowding the table, and suddenly somebody's phone rings. Even if you recognize your ring tone,there's a better than average chance that you'll pick up someone else's phone first … simply because they all look the same! Today we check out the top ways to personalize your phone, both with cell phone accessories and the inbuilt capabilities.

Custom Cell Phone Cases

This is the most obvious, and in some ways the most flexible way to personalise your phone. Stores like imakemycase.com allow you to upload your own photo or picture, and you can also move it, resize it, mirror and add effects to it to create a completely unique cell phone accessory. There are other websites across the net that will do it as well - do a bit of hunting and you could get a discount!

Toys and Danglies

There are plenty of bits and pieces you can get to dangle off your phone - jewels, figurines, tassels, etc. Choose the ones that don't have any fabric components - otherwise you'll find they start looking pretty grubby after a while!

Apps!

Having a load of awesome apps as cell phone accessories won’t really help you identify your phone from among your buddies' ones when it rings at the café … but it is one of the major ways that cell phone personalization occurs nowadays, so we couldn’t possibly ignore it. There are plenty of free apps, and you can get both useful and fun ones for just a couple of dollars in the iPhone store.

Wallpapers and screensavers

Every cellphone on the market today has the capability to set both individualised wallpapers and screensavers. Many let you create a slideshow, or even set a video to play as your screensaver. Don't forget that they chew up battery life … make sure you have a spare cell phone accessory battery with you at all times if you are going to personalize with video screensavers!

Deck Your Phone Out for Under $20!

If you're one of the cynics that believes that cell phones are only free because the companies make so much money selling all the cell phone accessories you need with them … you obviously haven’t looked around much on the net! In fact, you can now deck out your phone with every basic cell phone accessory that you'd need for under $20, and there are quite a few higher-end accessories that can be had for less than $10 or $20. Here is the non-budget-busting plan for decking out your cell phone!

Hands Free Headset

If you have any sort of volume of traffic on your way from home to work, you'll definitely need a hands free kit at some stage. Holding a cellphone to your ear while driving is an invitation to donate hundreds of dollars to the city … or at worst, to meet your maker. This hands-free headset retails at just under $20, and you can buy it here for just $2!

Car plug-in adapter/charger

Another one of those things that you'll curse yourself for not having when you need it! These are incredibly handy - if you spend all day on the phone, you don't want a call dropping out in the middle. These car adapters retail for just under $20 again, and the link will take you to buy them for just $2.95.

Universal standard car cellphone holder

If you're going to be talking in the car, you'll soon discover that your lap just isn't a practical place for your phone! These cardholders ensure that whoever called you can actually hear you. No need to measure up your phone - these holders have an adjustable arm that can be made to fit any cellphone.

Swivel belt clip

If you’re female, your problem with cellphones is probably that clothing manufacturers rarely make things with pockets … and for guys, you're often moving around so much that a cell phone in your pocket becomes a huge annoyance. These swivel belt clips qmake it so much easier to carry your phone around … and you don't have to pay $8 retail for them, they cost just $2.95 through the link.

Cell phone cases

If there's one accessory that is a true must have, it's these standard cases. They stop condensation, dust and crumbs getting into your phone and keypad, and also protect it from falls. At only $2.95 through the link, there's no excuse for not having one!