YOU JUST stepped out of that cab, watched it drive away, and 10 minutes later, reached into your pocket and realized your cell phone is gone-forever. These days, cell phones are everywhere and for many of us, not having the phone is like living without the breath. This is especially true if you rely on your phone for the storage of numbers, addresses and dates which takes days to recover.

India is emerging as a forerunner in using the cell phone as a tool to access the Internet, with one in every II people logging on to the web across the world through mobiles turning out to be an Indian. The number of people accessing Internet in India through cell phones has doubled in the past one year -- making the country users a near web like experience, Rediff.com India's leading online community portal went live with its mobile client application 'MobileRediff'.

This easy to use mobile application offers an exceptional feature that enables users to back up their mobile phone contacts onto the Rediffmail address book. In case if the user loses his phone than he can download the application on new phone and retrieve the data.

This also allows mobile phone users to check latest news updates, access popular Rediff.com services and enjoy real-time access to Rediffmail. These services are integrated into one common application that can be downloaded to mobile phones.