Buying A Computer vs Building Your Own

First of all, pre-built computers come with some parts you don’t want or need as well as useless software. On the other hand, building a computer lets you decide exactly what to put in it and what to install on your computer. That helps out by freeing the hard drive, but sometimes computer companies have great deals on their software bundles. If you know somebody that has the software, don’t bother buying a pre-built computer. You can just use his/hers for free (unless they charge you haha).

Secondly, building a computer is usually cheaper since you don’t pay for labor. All you do is pick out the parts you want in the computer, put them together, and install your software. It’s really not as hard as you think it is and you’ll save some cash doing it. One the other hand, if you are absolutely lost when it comes to computers, then you should probably just buy one. Building a computer isn’t hard, but it’s much easier if you have a basic understanding of computers.

Thirdly, there is no warranty when you build computers. Since it doesn’t come from a manufacturer, there will be no damage protection for it. If something goes wrong, you’ll have to replace the parts. The bad news? Well, you’ll have to spend some money to get it fixed. The good news? It’ll usually happen after 2 years which means it needed to be upgraded anyway. The warranties by Dell or Gateway aren’t free and they will charge you even more if you want it for 2-4 years and during that time, you can not upgrade your computer yourself or else you’ll void the warranty.

So if you like do-it-yourself projects or love complete control over your computer, building a computer is for you. If you don’t even want to think about it or think you might need a warranty, then buying a computer would be best for you.

Jared Strop has been using a computer for as long as he can remember and now is a dedicated webmaster. He created a site called http://www.gaming-computers-authority.com to help people with building computers and even recommendations on computer parts.

Cell Phone Do’s and Don’t’s For Teens!

There are certain things people just shouldn’t do with cell phones! Like talking in the grocery store line while trying to pay for your groceries, talking in church (like nobody will notice!), talking while driving and eating and talking to the people in the car or talking in the middle of class!

Hey - I love my cell phone as much as anybody else, but people are starting to go overboard! You can’t have a conversation with a person before their cell phone rings and then they get text messages and then they have to surf the web and then their voice mail goes off because the phone was too busy to receive any actual calls. Come on! Enough is enough.

And, in that spirit, following is an official lists of Cell Phone Do’s and Don’t’s (please don’t take this list personally - but if you do, then you know that problem applies to you!):

Don’t:

1. Talk on your cell phone at church

2. Talk on your cell phone in class (you’re disturbing us, too!)

3. Talk about your mother when there are mothers around you.

4. Talk about your kids when there are kids around you.

5. Talk and eat.

6. Talk when there is a home phone less than 1 foot away from you.

7. Talk on the bus at the top of your lungs (we all have to ride with you at least a few more stops - have pity on us!)

8. Talk to your old boyfriend when your new boyfriend is around.

9. Talk to your old girlfriend when your new girlfriend is around.

10. Talk to your parents and then pretend to lose the connection so you don’t have to talk to them anymore!

Do:

1. Text message whenever possible.

2. Learn how to text message with normal capitalization - not ALL CAPS.

3. Surf the web on your own time - not in the middle of a conversation.

4. Turn your cell phone to silent/vibrate when you are in church.

5. Turn your cell phone off when you are at the movies (or at least don’t check the messages - we can all see that screen light up!).

6. Figure out how to turn your cell phone to silent/vibrate (nobody wants to hear ‘My Boo’ or ‘Drop it Like It’s Hot’ because you can’t operate your phone).

7. Ask people if they want their picture taken.

8. Show people the pictures you took - don’t post them as your wallpaper because they look so ‘crazy’.

9. Offer your cell phone to people who are lost, whose car is broken down or who need you to call their cell phone so they can locate.

10. Transfer your phone book to your new phone - stop calling everybody every time you get a new phone because their phone number is in the ‘old’ phone.

Help your teenager practice good cell phone etiquette today and make the world a better place!

Sonya C. Triggs is a contributing author to Urban Christianz Ministries. Visit this website to get more great articles and advice for Christian teens!

A List of Essential Tools You Should Have When Working on a PC

So here’s a short list of essential tools you need to have when working on a PC. Remember to bring them along - you will most certainly have an easier time when working on that PC of yours.

A computer tool kit for PC maintenance

Philips Screwdriver

Gosh, this is the most important tool for me as a computer hardware enthusiast. All computer parts are connected by screws - from add-on card slots to drive bays and PC casings. Remember to get a screwdriver that does not have a magnetic tip - magnetized objects inside your PC may damage some circuits.

Cable Ties

If you’re like me, you’ll hate the sight of untidy cables. Whenever I open up an old PC, I just roll my eyes at the mess of wires inside. Here’s where the humble cable tie (also known as zip ties) came in really handy. Organize those untidy cables into bundles, route them through specific paths and tie them up. Not only does this improve the look of your computer’s insides, it also helps airflow.

Tweezers

I always remember these. How are tweezers useful when working with a computer? Well, when you accidentally drop a screw into the deep, dark regions of the motherboard! Use those tweezers to reach into tight spots or for retrieving that lost screw. I also tend to use tweezers for removing or changing jumpers on hard drives, optical drives and the motherboard.

Lint Free Cloth

If you have an old computer, you can be sure dust is accumulated inside that PC. This can cause lots of problems - in particular, it can clog up fans and air slots, raising the PC’s temperature. Using a lint free cloth to wipe off that dust from your case or components.

Grounding Strap

If you’ve read my guide on maintaining a PC, you’ll be well aware that static electricity can cause severe damage to electrical components in your computer. Prevent this by using a grounding strap. This is usually a Velcro strap with a metal contact to help discharge any static charge built up on your PC.

Windows Installation CD and Boot Disk

Many people forget that the original Windows installation CD and its accompanying boot disk is a very important toolkit for a computer enthusiast. The Windows installation CD is very useful whenever the operation system asks for a Windows driver. The boot disk, on the other hand, is very useful if the computer fails to boot up. If you don’t have a boot disk, check out this link which offers free boot disk images for download.

Toolkits

I like to have a big tool kit to store all of the above things. It also makes me feel like a handy computer guy too . A tool kit helps to keep all your important tools in a central place so you never forget anything.

Conclusion

Well, you now know what tools to bring along when next working with your PC. Remembering to bring these tools will help your maintenance or setup job that much easier. Good luck!

Gary Hendricks runs a hobby site on building computers. Visit his website at Build-Your-Own-Computers.com for tips and tricks on assembling a PC, as well as buying good computer components.

Cheap Long Distance or is It Really? The Search Continues…

Each month, there are countless Americans who are faced with phone bills that they simply cannot afford. In many cases, they are paying fees that they were never made aware of. Many are being charged far too much for long distance calls, as well. This is especially true for Americans who make international calls on a regular basis.

Many people have turned to cell phones in the hope that their long distance costs will be reduced. However, this can quickly lead to overages and ridiculously high bills. Phone cards are another option, but they do not generally offer low long distance rates. Most phone card companies if not all uses cheap carriers to carry their calls. This can lead to consumers experiencing bad connections and with all the fees associated with phone cards such as connection fees and maintenance fees, leaves the consumer with only a few minutes left on a $5.00 phone card.

Is Cheap Long Distance Service Available?

People pay for their monthly phone plans whether they are placing 50 or 500 calls. There is a charge for each long distance call, but there is also a service charge that is tacked onto every bill. Due to these and other fees, most people are not getting their money’s worth when it comes to long distance.

Prepaid Long distance Service

Prepaid plans allow a person to spend money only when he is actually talking to someone. If a person prepays $100, he is going to make use of every dollar that he spends. The prepaid plan doesn’t expire, so For instance, most calling services charge $.18 or more for calls to countries that prepaid calling plans charge only $.10 per minute to call. Prepaid long distance allows a person to place calls from just about any phone. Whether using cellular phones, home phones or public telephones, you only pay for the actual usage or in other words “talk time”.

Prepaid international calling can save people with family and friends in other countries a considerable amount of money. It is also beneficial for people who are traveling. Customers can connect to their accounts through an access number from almost anywhere using any of the 10 phones that they can register on their account. Prepaid phone accounts function in a similar way to calling cards. However, they do not require a pin number to make a call.

http://www.MrLongdistance.com owner Bernard Pragides has been in the telecommunication business since 1997. Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries on phone cards or international call rates. You may email us at HelpMeSave@MrLongDistance.com

The Australian Mobile Is Not Dead

What is of major concern of most service providers? The concern most service providers have is where and when the landline or voice business will end up. Voice, having been around for a long time is fast becoming a dinosaur. How can service providers continue in a profitable business whilst landline services keep declining?

The progressive provider has to be inventive. If a telecommunications business only provides landline business its life will be short. They must be:

Providing total solutions. This is the way to go if service providers want to survive in the long term.

Providing a large range of products that they can supply to the consumer as a start.

Wireless, broadband, SMS and other services that the customer needs and wants are clearly essential. And, the old faithful mobile phone still has some life in it yet.

All indications are that the mobile phone business in Australia will continue to grow. The Australian market is fast approaching saturation point with present mobile phone users approaching 90% of the population. Even though the trend is slowing, providers still expect 2 million new mobile users over the next three years. This leaves no doubt that the market is alive and well.

To secure market share there has been some exceptional deals from Service Providers. This is to ensure they secure customers. Many providers are bundling more products together as part of the deal. They on sell products to their customers in the hope of securing a steady but strong growth in their database.

It appears customers like the prepaid option of mobile phones. Prepaid subscriptions have increased since mid 2004 and are growing steadily. Prepaid mobile services are very appealing. In Australia the prepaid services have been slower on the uptake than our neighbouring countries.

However, it’s now catching on fast. Both Vodafone and Hutchinson have secured customers because of the benefits of their capped plans and pricing strategies. Customers don’t like monthly fees or built in contracts.

Make no mistake about it. Mobiles haven’t been the saviour that was expected. Wireless broadband is becoming very popular and indications are that it could take over this market leaving behind 3G technology.

3G technologies were going to provide a range of data and multi-media services. In the late 80’s and early 90’s broadband wasn’t a major threat like it is now.

For the consumer, there couldn’t be a better time to shop around. The deals and prices for telecommunications services have never been as good as they are now. Whatever the consumer wants there is a deal to suit them.

Dan Cavalli writes for Telcoblue an Australian Total Solutions Service Provider source is BuddeComm Australia http://www.budde.com.au For more information on mobile phones go to http://www.telcoblue.com.au

Buying: How to Buy a Car DVD Player

Nowadays, there isn’t a home without a DVD player, but one of the latest and coolest ways to electronically enhance your life is installing one into your car! Car DVD players come in all different varieties and prices, but even the cheapest ones will send you into movie viewer heaven!

Steps:

1. Look for a car DVD player that you can afford. Car DVD players can be simple or very extravagant. Portable units that sit between the seats and plug into the cigarette lighter are generally more reasonable as opposed to a full-blown in-car theater system (from $100 to $3,000 and more).

2. Most people who are looking to add electronics to their vehicle will want to future-proof their purchase by choosing car DVD players. Anything else that is not as advanced will simply be outdated.

3. Inspect your car for the best place to install a car DVD player. You’ll want your car DVD player to take advantage of the best-quality inputs available.

4. Bring a DVD with you when you shop. There are three competing, incompatible formats: DVD-R, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM. Even if a player says it takes your format, make sure to test it.

5. Buy an all-in-one car DVD player or individual components if your budget is small (under $250) and your needs are simple. An all-in-one unit includes a videocassette player (VCP) or a DVD player, speaker and screen.

6. Component systems tap into your vehicle’s stereo and pipe sound directly to headphones for quiet viewing. Most high-end car stereo retailers carry these systems. Choose a component system ($400 and up) where a single video source can run several screens, usually liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). The car DVD player screens can pop out of the dashboard, drop down from the car’s ceiling or mount in headrests.

7. Make sure any component system is expandable, so you can adjust your system in the future for more or different screens and input devices.

8. A diversity antenna, also known as a dual-antenna, is used for better TV reception when the car is moving and is recommended.

9. Making sure that your vehicle’s electrical system can handle the demands of a mobile entertainment system is very important. You may need a professional installer to determine this for you.

10. Remember that the audio encoding-Dolby Digital or digital theater system (DTS)-on the DVD itself is critical.

Tips: Car DVD players can also play audio CDs. If you burn CDs on your computer, bring along a homemade disc to test it.

-A laptop computer with a DVD drive can serve as an entertainment system for smaller cars with one viewer. Mobile entertainment systems are theft targets. Invest in a good car alarm.

Warnings: Front-seat viewing is illegal, not to mention idiotic while a car is in motion. Make sure to install your car DVD player in a proper place!

Daniel Urmann is a contributor and author for the website Just Car DVD Players.

Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800: Its First Year in Retrospect

It has been year since the first announcement of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 printer, the new generation of 44 inch width, inkjet printer from Epson. Like many of the new releases from Epson, the printer was highly anticipated; offered breakthrough new features; and was impossible to get for about 7 months. The initial rush has past, they are finally readily available, and it is time to take a moment to reflect on the good and bad points of Epson’s latest printing wonder.

In my opinion there are far fewer negatives than positives, so I will address them first.

1. You have to perform an ink swap to switch your dark black ink from photo-black to matte black. For a brief time Epson offered the Stylus Pro 4000 which had 8 inks including both the matte black and the photo black, there was no need to swap dark black inks if you changed from photo paper to mat paper. This new generation still uses 8 inks but has added a light light black ink instead of offering the two varieties of dark black inks. The additional of light light black ink has enable the printer to produce finer gradations of tone and finer detail in the highlight area, but having to swap out the dark black inks to optimize printing on photo paper as opposed to matte paper is an inconvenience and an unfortunate waste of money.

2. There are quirks with the LCD menu on the printer. One in particular, comes up frequently with a message that says “Power Cleaning?” Y or N. Having been prompted many people select yes to this prompt, thereby executing a power cleaning cycle which wastes a good bit of ink and maintenance tank capacity. I have had a number of clients really upset about this situation and I hope Epson will rectify it soon in a firmware fix.

3. Dark ink density not improved when using matte black ink on matte papers. The new K3 inks made a giant leap forward in providing richer blacks when using the photo-black ink on photo surface types of papers. The K3 matte black ink on matte papers seems not to have improved black density, and some users report that matte black is less dense on matte papers than the previous UCM matte black ink. I find the blacks to be the about the same density as with the previous inks, but had hoped for more from the matte black K3 ink.

4. Epson designed the new 220 ml ink cartridges to fit inside the ink bays, unlike the previous 220 ml cartridges that stuck out to the point where you could not close the cover. Well you can close the cover with the new cartridges but the new cartridges are pressurized and occasionally arrive leaking. This has led us to always check cartridges for leaks before sending them out. If you are using the new 220 ml cartridges, check them for leaks as soon as you receive them.

5. A final negative, although not affecting the quality of the printer, was that for nearly 7 months of last year, dealers like myself, that focus mostly on the Epson printer line, had no Epson printers to sell. Epson announced the new printers, stopped supplying the previous models, and was unable to ship the new generation of printer for what seemed an eternity. Our belt was tightened more than a few notches.

That’s it on the negatives, so here’s some of the positive highlights:

1. The printer is about 2.5 times faster than the previous generation, but Epson hasn’t sacrificed quality for speed. Epson built the new model with a print head that is more than twice as large as the previous print head, thereby more than doubling the speed.

2. Time consuming and confusing manual nozzle checks and print head alignments have been streamlined and are now carried out automatically, at the touch of a button.

3. Metamerism and bronzing, which were significant problems with the previous UCM inks, have been virtually eliminated. If you don’t know what these are, consider yourself lucky and know that you won’t have them with the new printers and K3 inks.

4. Deeper, richer blacks when using photo-black on photo surface papers. This represents a significant improvement over previous models and inks.

5. A new advanced black and white mode in the driver that produces stunning black and white prints.

6. Improved color gamut- not earth shattering improvement like in black density but still a nice addition to the color palette.

In my opinion, the positives far outweigh the negatives and this new generation of Epson Stylus Pro printers will take their rightful place in Epson’s track record of award winning, superior value and outstanding quality, large format inkjet printers.

Kirk Economos is President of Meridian Cyber Solutions, digital equipment and printer dealership headquartered in San Francisco, that offer products and services nationwide. Kirk is also a practicing fine art photographer and fine art printer. Kirk Economos recommends you visit Meridian Cyber Solutions to get an in-depth price catalog for the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 printer. For more information call (888) 782-7878

Nokia Cell Phone Suppliers– Forging Ahead in the Booming Fields of Wireless & Wired Telecommunications

The Nokia company is a multinational coms corporation, concentrating on the vital booming markets of wireless & wired telecommunications. Nokia is, at present, the world’s greatest maker of mobile telephones, with an overall phone hand set market share of more-or-less 38%. Nokia manufactures cellular telephones for each & every big market wedge & protocol. The firm furthermore manufactures coms network appliances for applications, for instance, mobile & fixed line voice telephony, ISDN, broadband access, voice over internet protocol & wireless LAN.

Nokia has a notably big part in the economy of Finland. Nokia is by far and away the greatest Finnish company, making up about thirty per cent of the market capitalization of the Helsinki Stock; an exceptional situation within an advanced country. It is an important employer in Finland and some spin-off outfits have mushroomed into big businesses as Nokia’s subcontractors.

Nokia enlarged the GDP of Finland by over 1.5 per cent in ninety nine alone. Back in 04 the Nokia quantity of the the GDP of Finland came in out 3.5 per cent and made up about 25 per cent of exports from Finland in 2003. Back in 2007, Nokia generated revenue that for the first time surpassed the state budget of Finland. This has led some to refer to Finland as “Nokialand.”

Finnish people have ranked Nokia many times a champion Finnish brand and employer. Nokia is listed as the 5 th most valuable global brand in BusinessWeek’s Best Global Brands compilation of the 20 most esteemed businesses world wide in Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies.

The Nokia Mobile department serves people with mobile voice and data products around a vast array of mobile devices. The department attempts to target chiefly large-volume sales of phones and devices, with consumers being the most critical customer segment.

Nokia thinks that price, design, brand, and ease of use are regular mobile telephone’s most important considerations for customers. Nokia’s portfolio includes camera mobiles with special features, eg, mega-pixel cameras and MP3 players which captivate the mass market.

During the 1 st quarter of ‘07 it unloaded over 15000000 MP3 capable mobile phones, which means it is not only the world’s leading manufacturer of mobiles and digi cameras (as the majority of Nokia’s mobile phones feature digital cameras, it is also believed that it has lately improved on Kodak in camera fabrication, making it the largest in the world), it is today also the leading manufacturer of digital audio. It aspires to sell 80000000 music enabled phones by the end of 2007, outrunning sales of gadgets such as the iPod from Apple.

Make Your Documents Portable With A PIM Agendus Professional V9.0 Manager

Many new Symbian OS and Palm OS users may be unaware that an application called PIM or personal information manager comes built in with ROM on every Palm OS device or Symbian OS. I promise that my article presents agendus professional v9.0 in a clear, concise and friendly manner. You leave this article all smarter for. I’ve tested out these applications in the real world as a voice recognition training coach. I have many corporate clients as well is physically impaired clients. I have been teaching Dragon naturally speaking software to many efficient executive assistants who no longer can type using their wrist due to severe carpal tunnels syndrome.

What Is ROM?

Every Palm OS or Symbian OS device uses what is called ROM, so folks can input: their personal contact information, memos, to do list, appointments, e-mails, and the day’s agenda into their mobile device.

You wonder if the ROM programs were built in the medieval torture chamber. What I find frustrating is that the built in standard PIM applications are atrocious for writing important memos, retrieving a contact for my contact list and looking up an appointment . That’s why many Palm OS and Symbian OS users end up buying a PIM enhancer. If each application represents a person playing an instrument in a symphony orchestra, each instrument place their own tune forgetting to follow the song on the play sheet. That’s what it’s like if you try to integrate the personal information manager applications without a PIM enhancer.

Choosing a ROM Application Enhancer That Works Seamlessly with Your Palm OS or Symbian OS

Iambie agendus is an economical personal information manager that will leave you feeling calm and relaxed after you’ve installed it. You’ll appreciate how one program will ebb and flow to the next with ease. Spend a great deal more time interacting with your clients and friends instead of getting irritated with the standard PIM application that comes with every Palm OS or Symbian OS device. The Iambie agendus professional v9.0 is only $39.99 available at http://www.iambic.com. I have tested other personal information manager enhancers and none of them come close to the Iambie agendus professional v9.0.

The terms and acronyms these Pocket PC companies throw around were at first difficult concepts to grasp, like learning a foreign language. Quite simply, PIM applications allows you and I to view your calendar, program a reminder to yourself that your client’s birthday is coming up, group people by assigning a color to them and much more.

The process of working with the Iambie agendus is not necessarily pain-free as you will need to be patient with yourself during the initial stages of getting to know the software. But done consciously with the right motivation, you’ll do well. The Palm OS or Symbian OS PIM agendus professional v9.0 enhancer is rich with features to satisfy even the most complex tasks. The real usefulness of my agendas Pro is being able to access my personal information manager PIM data right away. You can add the agendas Pro to your Palm or Symbian device as it uses the same PIM applications. If re entering all your data is one of your weak areas, you’ll appreciate the agendas pro even more. It’s not necessary.

Traveling Overseas with the Agendas Pro

I was able to keep track of all the international time changes while I was in Turkey last month for a one month assignment. Using the agendas Pro allows me to check the weather back home where my family is. Since I have the e-mail,address, phone number, home address and the name of my wife stored on my Palm OS, when I wanted to call home I simply open up the clock, check the local time, check the local weather, and with a few clicks I simply made the call to her saying: “Good morning Nadine, are you the middle of a heat wave?”

Learning to use the PIM enhancement software can either be a long or short process. However, you can make it productive by putting your knowledge and goals into your Palm OS device. Like so many Palm OS instruction manuals, that doesn’t translate into anything of the average person can understand, the Iambie agendus will delight you with its seamless interface.

Essential Tips to Get the Most Out Of Your Agendas Pro

On a typical Palm OS or Symbian OS device, you have a date book and to do functions which are also known as the calendar. Since my days are filled with appointments for voice recognition training sessions, one handy feature with the agendas Pro is that if I have an opening between 1:30 PM to 4 PM, it will show me this on the screen. Showing me I have an interval of free time. As well, the appointments I have already attended will be crossed off.

Since I’m a very visual person, I found it helpful to create a template with different color pie charts to get a quick glance of my day showing what activities and meetings I have scheduled for that day.

When I look up a contact for example, I will tap and hold a client’s name, I can tap one more time and get the history of my clients mental condition and see what physical impairment he or she has before I plan my next consultation. In addition, I can call up my client in an instant to make an appointment, I can pull up the to do list to assign the next set of lessons to her, and I can than e-mail her with just one more tap.
When I visited Turkey, many locals were often curious to see photos of my clients, where I live, my office, etc. It’s very easy to assign an icon to my client. I’m also able to assign a picture of my client next to her name. For only $9.95, I can purchase Agendus Palm Icon Professional Collection includes 2,400+ color icons. I can assign contacts to fun face icons. As well, I’ve also learned to assign a happy face expression avatar to a to do list if it’s something I really like doing. As well, I also learned to assign a confused avatar face to a to do list and I dread doing.

Since I am not familiar with the area where I worked in Turkey, I tapped and held my client’s office address and called out my map and found an easy route to get there from my hotel room. Included in the agendas Pro, you can access any major city in the world with the mobile city maps. Please click on this web site: http://www.iambic.com/select/default.asp?itemid=135 and download a free map of Berlin to get an idea how detailed and thorough this mobile map is. I was amazed at how fast the mobile map loaded on my Palm OS device.
By holding down the day, week, time, month or year, I can view my calendar 16 different ways with the entire screen or using the split screen function.

Instead of having to wait until I get back to my hotel room which I had to do a few years ago, I can now view my to do list and appointments for the day using icons I’ve assigned to them instantly.

I can use of full-screen photo as my background wallpaper or I can customize wallpaper to anything I want. For just an extra fee of $5.95, I can download up to 90 unique wallpapers which have images such as: the pink Rose, explosions of light, fun geometric shapes, the solar system, planets, snakes, tigers, trees, butterflies, the sky, starfish swimming in the ocean, and much more.

I can be quite forgetful especially at the end of the day when I’ve seen five clients. I depend on the alarm feature, to bing me for the next priority of appointments.

Since I have the privilege of working with so many of my keen students, I make a practice to send each client of mine a special CD of their choice. The first thing I ask, when I see a new client is what their favorite artist or band is? I can spend an entire day at Virgin records looking for CDs that my clients have chosen. I simply hold out my Treo 650 and snapped the picture of that CD. I store that picture. At the end of the year, in October, I tapped my device and access to do list of buying 100 CDs for Christmas. They are surprised and at the same time feel grateful that their business to me is appreicated. I synchronize this data onto my desktop PC at home, and I simply go online to Amazon.com and by all the CDs that I took pictures of.

I’m also not good at remembering anniversaries, birthdays, and special events. Since I already purchased 2500 icons, I would assign a birthday cake icon to my client’s birthday. Then I would add it to my contact. There is also a barbershop candy cane icon that I assign one time at the end of each month to remind myself I need to visit my barber for a haircut. I’ve also tried using the attention grabber function to either play a tone, play a MP3 file or vibrate; to alert me of an upcoming appointment, dinner engagement, or conference call with a client.

Transform the way you interface with the iambic agendas professional. We just scratched the surface of what you can do with this powerful application. Continue to practice and learn one you application / task a week. By doing this, you can gain self-confidence and become an expert with your agendas Pro.

The rating is the agendas Pro v9.0 support the Palm OS all the way back to OS v3.1.

A Great Traveling Companion

With the agendas Pro v9.0 installed on my Treo 650 device, I found it has become indispensable! Try the 3-Day free trial to see for yourself if this PIM enhancer will make your life more organized and stress free. Currently, www.iambic.com is encouraging you to purchase $50 worth of software, so they can send you a 16 ounce coffee mug for free. Looking back when I travelled to Europe to teach voice-recognition to a group of disabled professionals, I’m not sure how I survived those trips with carrying around a 10 pound leather bound day timer. I also found the support at www.iambic.com to be very helpful. If you would like to listen to audio books, consider the advantages of an MP3 cell phone.

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Has Mobile Phone Technology Slowed Down?

It wasn’t that long ago, that your mobile phone was not that mobile. Carrying a brick around comes to mind, with an antenna longer than the normal radio and in any colour you wanted so long as it was black. You also needed to make sure you had a power supply because you were not going to get much talk time before it needed charging up. Not that we could afford to spend much time on the phone, with astronomical charges per minute, providing you were in a good reception area of course

Well how things changed in an amazing short period of time. First the phones got smaller, then they lasted longer between charges, they then took away the extendable aerials. We thought we in the modern age of technology, until one day someone decided to make the mobile phone a fashion accessory too.

Almost overnight, phones changed colour, patterns with removable cases that you could change to suit your outfit or mood. It was no longer only business professionals that wanted a mobile phone, but everyone from your granny to 9-year-old kids.

It wasn’t enough for your phone to look good; it now had to sound good too. So mono ring tones went to polyphonic which then went to MP3 playback. If you are going to look at your screen why look at in black and white? Why not colour? So now the colour screen was born, and with that came wallpapers and photos.

The digital camera had also been advancing, so it wasn’t long before just about every phone would also have an integrated digital camera, to take photos and even video footage to compliment what was now your mobile entertainment centre.

It has been a common trend for mobile phones to become smaller, but different styles have also evolved. You have your standard, facia and keys style, but you also have a clam style (a rounded flip phone) and more recently the slide mobile phone, where you cant see the keys until the facia is slid open. Of course each style represents you as a person as every feature has been added, there is now more choice than ever and in some cases can be overwhelming.

But this year I found a difference when I came to renew my mobile phone contract. I found that my old phone was still one of the main players and in fact more expensive that the previous year. It was true the phone had just been released only one year ago, but it is also true that even other models did not have features beyond my old phone. Yes there were newer models that looked good, but when looking though the list of features, there did not seem to be any advances in technology just a new design.

Of course we will always move on with technology, but has the speed of the development of the mobile phone now slowed down in that we may consider having a phone longer than 12 months now, and not feel out of date if we don’t? This was the first year, where I felt it had. There is technology of integrating TV into your mobile phone, but is it going to be cheap enough and do I really want o watch a minute screen when the trend at home is to have largest TV you can squeeze into your living room. The idea sounds good, but I don’t think it will be as popular as the designers think.
Times are going to be harder for the mobile phone manufacturers, trying to inspire us hard to please, always looking for offers, mobile phone, buying public.

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