Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Blackberry
(iphone + App Store) – iPhone + Blackberry = Blackberry App World
Jan 26th
It looks like Blackberry has wised up and launched a new web portal to give Blackberry owners something iPhone users have been bragging about for the last couple of years — an app store where you can download custom apps for your phone.
Blackberry App World is a slick new platform for crackberry addicts to get more digital content and applications for their smartphones so they can use them for more than just email.
The App Store is new, so there aren’t as many apps available as there are for the Apple iPhone but still, you’ll find over 1,000 games to choose from in the Blackberry AppStore.
There is a Free Blackberry App category which list apps such as Facebook, Pandora, Dictionary, and some other useful apps most BB users will want to download immediately.
Do you have a Blackberry? What applications have you downloaded recently from the Blackberry App Store? Please leave a comment below and let us know which apps you have downloaded.
How To Send Free Text Messages From Your Apple iPhone (or any other cell phone)
Apr 5th
The original iPhone cellular plan from AT&T included 200 free SMS Text Messages per month…
But AT&T and Apple got wise as they started to sell millions of new iPhones and no longer include free text messaging in the data plan.
Now, you have to pay $5 or more to add on buckets of text messages or else you’re stuck paying $0.15 per text message a la carte.
And especially if you have a teen daughter that did nothing but send 10,000+ text messages in a single month at school, home, and everywhere else, you’ll be stuck with a massive cell phone bill (imagine getting a cell phone bill from Verizon Wireless for $4,756.25 in a single month?) you need to know about this free service.
Here’s a great tip for how to send free text message from the iPhone WITHOUT any additional text message plan.
Of course this also works on any other web-enabled smart phone like Windows Mobile devices… Read the rest of this entry »
Using Your Blackberry for More Than e-Mail
Sep 22nd
Blackberry = email. Period. Right?
With the introduction of the Blackberry Curve and other models, RIM has tried to break out of that “email” shell and bring web browsing and other smart phone features into the minds of the customer.
But the problem so far has been that there just aren’t many useful 3rd party applications to help Blackberry addicts use it for anything other than that good ol’ email application. . . here’s another attempt to help the Blackberry user to try something new. . . Read the rest of this entry »
Samsung Blackjack Tip: How to check your DATA USAGE on AT&T Wireless
Aug 26th
If you’re smart, you’re already signed up for the MediaMax 200 or Unlimited data plans for your Samsung Blackjack which is just $20 more per month — they give you unlimited data, email, web usage on your Samsung Blackjack.
However, not everyone needs unlimited data, and if you’re on one of the limited data packages, you probably want know on any given day if you’re close to your limit or if you’re already over your monthly data usage quota. . . Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
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.
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!