HOW TO USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE TO MAKE HOLIDAY SHOPPING EASIER & MORE ENJOYABLEEdited by Madelyn Miller
2. Save Your Voice, Text Instead – Shopping Malls during the holidays can be noisy, or have spotty reception. Instead of calling, use texting to get your message heard. 3. Know Your Options – Arrived at the mall just to find out the gift you wanted is out of stock everywhere? Use Slifter (free!) on your mobile phone to check the availability of over 50 Million products at tens of thousands of local and online retailers. Text message the keyword Slifter to 75438 and you can get started on being the savviest shopper this Holiday Season.
5. Make a List – Paper shopping lists are a thing of holiday past. You have enough paper to deal with this Holiday season - keep your Shopping List on your mobile phone! Slifter allows you to create and maintain your entire Shopping List right on your phone - free. No more crumpled pieces of paper to decode, instead a mobile list you can share with friends and family. 6. Get Directions – Some mobile carriers offer GPS services that can show you maps and even give you step by step directions of how to get to where you are going. These can be incredibly helpful, especially when last minute shopping in the in-laws hometown.
8. Get Opinions – After an 8 hour shopping spree that fuzzy kitten sweater sure looks like the perfect gift for your 12-year-old nephew. But when in doubt, seek an outside opinion. Using Slifter you can make shopping social by sending finds from your mobile phone to your friends and family for approval – little Bobby will thank you.
10. Don’t Forget to Charge your Phone – Your Mobile phone can’t help you this holiday season if it doesn’t work. If you are running low on juice (not the apple kind) check to see if your mall offers a charging station, or use Energizers “Energi to Go” to provide a quick boost. These helpful hints came from GPShopper’s CEO Alex Muller . Madelyn Miller is a travel and food writer who loves to shop. Read her stories in www.travellady.com, www.cocktailatlas.com, www.chocolateatlas.com, www.carladynews.com |
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1. Coordinate the Troops – Nothing is worse then being tired, ready to leave the store, and then having to spend the next hour locating your friends and family. Make sure all cell phones are on, charged, and everyone knows each other’s number before you start.
4. Get in the Zone – Most mobile phones now come with MP3 players, so you can listen to your favorite tunes while shopping instead of the smooth jazz version of “Jingle Bell Rock” on the mall PA system again and again and again…
7. Say Cheese! – Holidays are a time of fun and merriment (and not just of bad parking and lost receipts) so don’t forget to take a breather and snap some fun pics on your camera phone. That picture of you on Santa’s lap will make a great wallpaper for Aunt Edna’s phone. 
9. Keep the Kids Occupied – Download some “reindeer” games to your mobile phone and you have a perfect tool to keep the kids from getting antsy after your 5th minute in any given store. GameJump.com has some great games – many are free.