Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for August, 2007
Apple iPhone Discount: Final Price = $274 includes Free Shipping
Aug 20th
Ah, so you’re one of those (in the majority?) 10 million expected to buy the iPhone by 2008 according to Apple/AT&T Wireless sales forecasts — but are still trolling in hopes of finding some way to get a discount off the iPhone.
RELAX, there’s finally a way to get $125 off (or more) the price of the Apple iPhone. . . and it includes free shipping! Read the rest of this entry »
Secret of a Cell Phone Power User & Increasing Productivity
Aug 20th
If you’re a student, businessperson, soccer mom or just a plain ol’ joe, this is one of the MOST PRODUCTIVE tips I have for anyone with a cell phone and a life.
Even if you’re not a fan of David Allen’s GTD, you probably use to-do lists for some part of your life or need reminders for various things from appointments to train schedules to pick-up schedules for the kids etc.
Now, you can supercharge your cell phone to remind you and give you the information you need at your fingertips, when you need it. . .this is clearly one of the best personal productivity tips I personally use with my cell phone.
How to Create A Custom Wallpaper for Your Cellphone
Aug 20th
Customizing your cellphone is tons of fun since you are making it your own.
Everyone knows about cool ringtones you can create for your phone. They even have “outrings” meaning, the caller can hear a customized “ring” if you want.
Another easy and cool way to customize your cell phone is to create a photo wallpaper for the background of your cell phone screen. The only problem is resizing the photos, and getting them to your phone.
A new service I came across will do this for free, and supports all the major phones (they know the best photo sizes to resize any photo). Read the rest of this entry »
7 Reviews of the Samsung Blackjack 3G Smartphone
Aug 18th
If you have been reading any of the articles published on essistme.com, you’ll know that the Samsung Blackjack is my current cell phone of choice. It just does all that I need it to do and so much more.
But I can tell you that you’re not alone if you still haven’t listened to what I’ve been preaching! Read the rest of this entry »
How to Convert Any Song Into a Custom Ringtone for Blackberry Cell Phones
Aug 16th
If you have any of the newer Blackberries, you can now easily create custom ringtones to set your phone apart from the crowd.
There’s a new easy service for the Blackberry Pearl, Blackberry 8800 series, Blackberry 8700 series, Blackberry 7100 series, and Blackberry 7130 series phones that converts ANY mp3 music or audio file into a ringtone.
How to Unlock Your Apple iPhone to use in Europe, Asia and beyond
Aug 15th
Technically, a gsm phone that uses a sim card should be able to be used on any cell phone carrier with similar networks. One of the biggest downsides of cell phones these days are that although you usually can get discounted / subsidized handsets, in return, the phones are basically “locked” to a specific carrier, limiting use on their network.
But at $599, the Apple iPhone isn’t considered a discounted or subsidized handset by the carrier. You’re basically paying full price for the smartphone — yet it’s still locked to AT&T Wireless! This fact really should be added to the list of drawbacks of the iPhone.
You paid full price, you should be able to have full use of it – so now there are ways to unlock the phone . . .
Presenting: The Answer to Life, the Universe & Everything
Aug 14th
It took me almost 4 decades to finally figure out the answer to life, the universe and everything.
Of course in the end, all you had to do is Google it! Now you can share in the joy of knowing the answer. . .
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!