faq's



What exactly are these mobile phone phrasebooks?
They are individual software applications that, when downloaded to your phone, help you to communicate in various foreign languages. You simply open the application, find the English phrase you wish to say with the easy-to-use menu system, click play, and your phone will play a pre-recorded translation of that phrase. All the translated phrases have been recorded by professional voice artists native to the relative country to help ensure that you can make yourself understood.

Will they work on my phone?
The easy way to find out is to go to CLICK HERE, select the language you want, then the make of your phone. If your phone appears on the list it will work. If not don't worry, we're adding new versions for different phones all the time so just check back when you can.

How do I download them to my phone?
You can download the applications in two ways. The easiest way is to visit www.mobilephrasebooks.com from your mobile phone web browser and follow the simple instructions. Your phone will then download and install the language you choose. Alternatively, you can download the applications to your PC or Mac and install to your mobile through a Bluetooth or a USB connection. To download your phrasebooks using this option CLICK HERE.

How many can I have on my phone at the same time?
You are only limited by the memory space remaining on your phone or memory card. For further details you should consult the user manual that came with your mobile phone.

Why is there no volume?
Phones all work in different ways. On some models you simply have to turn up the volume but on others you need to go into 'Settings' and set the profile to 'Outdoors'. So for example, if your phone is set to 'Silent' or 'Meeting' it will almost certainly be muted.

What do the (masc) and (fem) bits mean?
Unlike English other languages asign masculine and feminine genders in all sorts of crazy ways. Where we think it helps you to communicate we have included examples for both genders.

Does the application need to access the internet after I have downloaded it to my phone?
No, once you have downloaded a phrasebook to your phone the applications do not need to access the internet.

I can not access www.mobilephrasebooks.com from my PC/Mac.
www.mobilephrasebooks.com is a wapsite written for mobile phones and may not be accessed by a PC or Mac. To download the applications on a PC or Mac CLICK HERE.

What other Handsets will you be adding?
Not all mobile phones are capable of running these applications although we will be adding more handsets in future.

I have another question.
If you can't find the answer to your question here you can contact Coolgorilla who designed the applications. Try sending them an email at help at coolgorilla dot com