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" Hey gadget girls! Welcome to Tech Girl, the monthly Teenmag.com column about all those cool gadgets, games and gear that every 21st century girl needs to stay on top of the fast-movin&amp;#039;, constantly-evolving tech-friendly world! This month&amp;#039;s column is all about gadgets on the go, because we know your lives are moving at, like, a zillion MPH, which means all your tech gear must be mobile, right? Here are some of the best mobile goodies we&amp;#039;ve come across lately: Pay as You Go Cell for the Girl on the Go! We love Virgin Mobile service, not only because you don&amp;#039;t have to sign on for some looooong service contract, but because they also have some cheap, cool phones available, including some that are free with the purchase of pre-paid airtime! These are also great if your parents are reluctant to let you have a cell phone, because they&amp;#039;re afraid you might be tempted to run up a huge bill. Check out the Virgin Mobile phone collection at  Virgin Mobile USA.com. Pokemon Chatter They aren&amp;#039;t available until April 22, but two new Pokemon games for the Nintendo DS \u2013 Pokemon Diamond Version and Pokemon Pearl Version - are gonna be worth the wait. Thanks to Nintendo&amp;#039;s wiring gaming service, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, and the DS&amp;#039;s built-in microphone, you&amp;#039;ll be able to play the new Pokemon games with players all over the world! And the coolest part: If you share your special Friend Code, you can talk to people all over the world before, during and after the game, meaning your DS sorta turns into a cell phone! So cool. Check out more about the games at Nintendo&amp;#039;s  Pokemon Pearl and  Pokemon Diamond Websites. Shopping a Go-Go We are SO excited about Slifter, the cool new cell phone software that turns your cell into both a Yellow Pages and a shopping guide! How it works: Say you and your friends are shopping at your favorite store for a new pair of sneakers for summer, but wonder if there might be a place nearby where you can also get some new CDs. Simply type in CDs and the zip code you&amp;#039;re in, and Slifter will send a list of music stores in the area right to your cell screen. So! Cool! Right? And using Slifter is free (though make sure you know what text messaging fees and other data services charges might apply from your mobile service). Check Slifter out at the  Slifter Website, which includes instructions on how to download and begin using this cool new on-the-go shopping guide. DIY Ringtones and more ahead, CLICK THROUGH to page 2! DIY Ringtones There&amp;#039;s SO much to love about this product: Xingtone not only lets you crate an unlimited number of LEGAL cell ringtones for one price ($20), but you can make a ringtone out of anything, including CDs, MP3s . . . you name it! As you know, ringtones can put a big dent in the old allowance \u2013 they&amp;#039;re usually $1.99 or more each! With Xingtone Ringtone Maker 5.0, you can also edit the ringtones to your exact liking, send them to friends&amp;#039; phones and make voice-recorded ringtones. Check it out at  Xingtone.com. E-mail, Voicemail, YouMail! How special would your friends and fam feel if they called your cell phone and heard their own, personal voicemail greeting, recorded by you, just for them? YouMail is a cool new (and FREE!) cell voicemail service that lets you record a different greeting for each special person in your life. The service knows their caller ID, and that&amp;#039;s how they are greeted with their personal message. YouMail is easy to use, easy to create and easy to personalize, and there&amp;#039;s no limit to how many new greetings you can record. Wouldn&amp;#039;t it be cool to create special, personal messages for each holiday, for each month, even each day if you want! Download the FREE service for yourself at  YouMail.com. bChanging Change Into Mickey Merch! Have you seen those cool Coinstar machines, the big green machines that let you feed your change into a tray, and give you back a receipt that you can turn in for cold hard (paper) cash? Coinstars now allow you to turn your change into gift certificates for some of your favorite stores, too, including DisneyShopping.com! It&amp;#039;s simple: You take your piggy full of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters to a Coinstar machine, dump the change in, and it spits out a receipt that can either be taken to a cashier, who will give you paper money, or a receipt that can be used at the DisneyShopping Website. And you thought change was just that annoying thing that jingles at the bottom of your backpack! Check out the  The Coinstar Website for a list of machines near you, and other suggestion for your change, including opportunities to turn it into charitable donations! That&amp;#039;s all for this time, Tech Grrrrrls, but check back next month for a whole slew of gadgets, games and gear to help you make the most of your summer vacay! In the meantime, drop us a line with any questions, comments or suggestions, via the Contribute button below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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