Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for March, 2007
Skype Business Accounts = Flexible VoIP Service
Mar 31st
A lot of people know Skype, the VoIP platform that’s owned by eBay. They offer free skype-to-skype calling worldwide, which is a pretty good feature since their memberbase is so large.
What a lot of SMB owners don’t know is that Skype offers Business Accounts which allow you to have a control panel and manage credits and allocations to each employee, usage reports, allocation of telephone numbers for inbound calls, etc.
They have a clean site and interface which is worth a look if you could use an extra telephone line or two for your employees to utilize for business.
Another neat reason to look at Skype for Business Accounts is that there are many hardware vendors that have created products to work with Skype specifically — like adapters so you can use cordless phones, as well as wi-fi phones so that you can use a wireless phone wherever you have a wifi connection (even at hotspots).
Make sure you have the latest version of Active Sync for the Samsung Blackjack i607
Mar 30th
Samsung Blackjack owners on the AT&T / Cingular network should be happy that the user experience is evolving – first they gave us better extended batteries for free, and now the ActiveSync program has been updated by Microsoft for Windows Mobile 5 devices.
You can download the latest version 4.5 from the Microsoft site… Read the rest of this entry »
How Can I Place The Samsung AT&T BlackJack (Cingular i607) In Airplane Mode?
Mar 30th
While on any plane you may be required by law to turn off your phone — but what if you have a smart phone? You can simply turn off the handset’s network functions — if you know how! Blackberries usually have an icon on the menu to turn it off easily. Windows Mobile smartphones are tricker (of course, thanks Bill!)
This will allow you to disable the phone function and still use the PDA portion of the handset
Here’s a tip from Samsung’s FAQ on how to shut off the PHONE features, but not the PDA functionality so you can use the phone on the plane… Read the rest of this entry »
Get My “Brain Dump” on USAToday.com
Mar 29th
Today is the dawn of a new era. I officially started my new blog on USAToday.com, the “Marketing Online Brain Dump” blog.
You can find it here: http://tinyurl.com/24bjam
Like this one, it will definitely evolve over time. Right now, I’m thinking of focusing the content of the “Brain Dump” blog to my professional work’s issues of online marketing.
There’s so much that small businesses can learn about utilizing the web to further their profits. And this is one platform that will hopefully help me disperse some of the marketing nuggets I know and use, learn about and new stuff that’s discovered.
Happy Birthday to me! The birth of the Brain Dump blog on USAToday.com
How to “Bookmark This Site” or “Make It Your Homepage”
Mar 29th
How many times have you seen “Bookmark this site!” or “Make us your homepage!” on a website you’ve visited. That’s our dream here too. But we realize that you may not be super confident on how to do that. How about this? Instructions in plain English? You can thank me be trying the tutorial below with this site, http://www.essistme.com/
Read on to learn how to bookmark a site or make it your homepage with Internet Explorer… Read the rest of this entry »
Why You Shouldn’t Switch To VoIP.
Mar 29th
VoIP for SMBs: Cost Saver or Money Maker?
I run a business with ten people. Should I switch to VoIP to save money? NO.
Switch to VoIP because you will dramatically improve your professional image, close more sales and provide better customer service… Read the rest of this entry »
Samsung has released system software update for Blackjack i607 on AT&T Wireless / Cingular
Mar 28th
If you have the Samsung Blackjack, you may want to book mark this page with a system software update from Samsung.
Among other things, it re-brands the phone for AT&T Wireless and gets rid of the Cingular swoooosh start-up.
#1 WARNING: this update will COMPLETELY PURGE ALL DATA FROM YOUR PHONE! So don’t do it unless you’ve synced your data and have original application installation files.
#2 WARNING: You need an functioning ActiveSync link to your PC, so if you’ve never done it, this is the time to set it up before starting, otherwise, you may end up with a wiped phone for no reason.
If you’ve got the 10 minutes required for the upgrade and want more details here they are… Read the rest of this entry »
I love tech, gadgets and the web. Hope you pick-up a useful tip or two here today that helps you use technology to your advantage! Better yet, why not share your own expertise in a comment on a post today to help the other readers that land here for answers!