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Most new phones have a ‘Mobile Internet’ or ‘Mobile Web’ button that connects you to the Mobile Internet.

You can visit your mobile carrier's portal (also known as On Deck) or one of the many other sites available for you to explore on the Mobile Internet (this is known as Off Deck).

The mobile carrier portal provides you with links to mobile sites you can visit, just like the home page on your computer. And there's some useful stuff there - news, weather etc.

These Mobile sites are only available to customers of that mobile carrier, so if you're an Optus customer, you can't access information on Telstra's BigPond portal and vice versa.

But just like the Internet on a computer, there's a wealth of information available beyond the carrier's portal that anyone with a web enabled mobile phone can access. You can access Off-Deck mobile sites by ‘surfing’ the Mobile Internet - either by search engine or by entering URLs or addresses - just like in your computer's web browser.

You can with a mobile phone set up to access the Mobile Internet.

Most new phones are already set up. Try typing this Mobile Internet address into your phone m.youcanonamobile.com.au
If you see the thumbs up logo then you're good to go!

However, there are some mobiles that need to be manually configured so they can access the Mobile Internet. The easiest way to do this is to ask the sales staff to set your phone up for the Mobile Internet when you buy your phone.

If you have a mobile phone with a black and white screen in may not be able to access the Mobile Internet. Perhaps it's time to upgrade your phone!

The following website links will help you configure your phone to access the Mobile Internet services on your own particular network/handset.

If you're in doubt, give your mobile carrier a call and they'll be able to tell you.

Many of you will know this already, but you can use your mobile phone to type in a short text message (an SMS), select who the message will be sent to, and send the message.

Each handset has a slightly different way to complete these steps, so ask the sales assistant to show you when you are in the store or review your handset manual.

You can use your mobile phone to take a picture (if it has camera capability). Then you can select a picture or video to send to someone. Select who the message will be sent to, and send the message.

Each handset has a slightly different way to complete these steps, so ask the sales assistant to show you when you are in the store or review your handset manual.

Most mobile phone plans allow you to pay for things using a Premium SMS message. This is a way to pay for mobile services (such as games or ringtones) on your phone using a special 6 or 8 digit SMS number starting with 19. The cost of the item that you purchased will then be added to your mobile phone bill.

You can send a Premium SMS simply by sending a SMS message to a number beginning with 19.

Sometimes a Premium SMS will be sent to you after you have accepted a charge for a service.

Always make sure that you know how much you will be charged before sending or requesting a Premium SMS message.

You can unsubscribe from a subscription service at any time: just Text 'STOP' to the relevant Premium Text number (shortcode) and you should be unsubscribed within 24 hours.

If you are getting messages that you haven't asked for you can stop this by;

• Texting ‘STOP’ to the original Premium Text number (shortcode) and you'll be unsubscribed within 24 hours.
• Call the premium service provider's helpdesk.

You can download games, ringtones, wallpapers, music or videos onto your mobile phone.

You can purchase a download in a number of ways:

1. The most common way to get mobile downloads is to send a Premium SMS to a number (usually starting with 19). The Premium SMS charges the value of the product that you are downloading to your mobile phone bill. You will see mobile download content advertised via:
   • Magazines
   • Newspapers
   • Television
   • Websites
   • Billboards
2. Directly from your mobile carrier portal. Often the charge for the download product is added straight to your phone bill.
3. From Mobile Internet sites