Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Archive for October, 2007
Email Tip: Sending Email On Your Laptop When You’re Not Home
Oct 21st
IF YOU TRAVEL OR USE YOUR LAPTOP AWAY FROM HOME, THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TECH TIPS YOU CAN READ TODAY.
Laptops are not just for business people anymore. Students just finished the back-to-school wave of purchases for tons of laptops while campuses are now being wired for wireless access in the libraries, classrooms, etc.
And with the fact that the laptop is becoming everyone’s “main” computer, email is managed from that machine as well. When you set-up an email address the free accounts that come with your Internet service provider, there can be a downside to using these accounts when you connect from remote location that’s not serviced by your ISP — any WiFi hotspot, friend’s house, vacation, hotels, etc. This is the same situation when trying to use your personal email account on a smartphone, PDA phone like a Treo, Blackberry, or Blackjack.
Depending on your Outlook, Apple email or Eurdora email settings, you may find yourself STUCK with mail in your outbox unable to be sent. That’s because you need to be connected to your ISP’s network in order to send through their “email gateway”. (Incoming emails aren’t problem – you can download and read your inbox from anywhere in the world with all regular email accounts out there) Using web-based email accounts to send emails when you’re away from home could be a solution, but it’s also a hassle to go back and forth, and have emails in different accounts all the time.
Here’s a great tidy solution to the problem of being able to use your laptop anywhere you want, the way you want. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Give Me Your $0.02!
Oct 18th
Everyone has something to say.
I know you do!
And especially after reading a couple of blog posts here at essistme.com, I’m sure you have some questions, or suggestions that I can take advantage of to make this a better vehicle for me and you both.
Please take the time to leave a comment positive or negative below – as long as it’s constructive. Without your visit and readership, this is meaningless. C’mon, give me your $0.02 today!
Apple Drawback #20: No GPS
Oct 18th
There’s tons of reasons to put down the Apple iPhone, but some are legit.
Here’s a head-to-head “classic Apple” style commercial video of the iPhone against the Nokia N95 talking about the GPS-enabled phone features.
Get a Wize Opinion Before You Buy
Oct 17th
These days, the web is full of great ideas that harness the power of the internet and aggregation.
Shopping is one of the tasks where the power has shifted to the consumer with shopping comparison sites and others like Wize.com which features real-life customer reviews. This size gives a consolidated score to each product in it’s database so that you have a quick understanding of a product’s worth and merits.
Cell Phone Model
Oct 15th
I love my Samsung cell phone. The i607 is everything I need right now, although there’s rumours of a Samsung Blackjack 2 coming out, the i617 with a 2 megapixel camera and perhaps wifi connectivity.
In the meantime, there’s another phone to drool over from Samsung, who’s been seriously integrating elegant design into all of their consumer products successfully. Samsung is positioning this phone as a sexy cell phone that models would want to carry. Read the rest of this entry »
No More Late Fees — not just at Blockbuster anymore.
Oct 13th
If you have kids in the house, you’re probably a frequent patron of your local library. And you no doubtedly have paid your share of overdue fines.
If you could just find a way to track the dozens of books that are checked out, those that are coming due, and even renew them without going back to the library, you’d probably be able to fill up a nice size piggy bank with all that extra change (or dollar bills!).
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!