Personal Technology Tips in Plain English
Windows Mobile
How To Jump To Another Email Account On Your Samsung Blackjack Cell Phone
Apr 11th
One of the better features of the Samsung Blackjack i607 is that since it uses Windows Mobile, you have the ability to set-up multiple POP3 email accounts so that you can read & respond to emails using each respective email account — I have a personal email account, gmail email account, a business email account, the synchronized Outlook account from my desktop, and the SMS/MMS messaging account that I manage on my AT&T Blackjack PDA phone right now.
Instead of “backing out” of an email account to get back to the total list of email/messaging accounts and then selecting the next email account you want to manage and drilling down again to get to that email list, there’s an easier shortcut that bypasses all that clicking. Read the rest of this entry »
Enabling COOKIES for web browsing on the Samsung Blackjack i607 on Cingular or AT&T Wireless
Apr 2nd
The web browser is neat on the Samsung Blackjack. And sometimes (a lot) you’d rather surf sites that require cookies, but many smartphone browsers don’t let you do that…luckily you have IE on the phone. Here’s how to enable cookies for internet browsing according to Samsung… Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
Convert & Watch Video On Your Samsung Blackjack (Windows Mobile Phone)
Mar 21st
Although watching streaming video over the cellular network is neat, the major problem is that you need a really good 3G signal to get crisp, non-jerky video. What’s the solution?
Well, I’ve now figured out that one way is to load up my Samsung Blackjack (on Cingular / AT&T Wireless) with various video that I’ve downloaded to watch on the go. The question was how do I convert video on the PC to the file format that can be watched on the Blackjack cell phone’s Windows Media Player?
Enter our one of our favorite file converstion websites: Zamzar.com. You’ll see that they’ve added support for .3GP file format conversions.
Just select the file, indicate you want to convert TO .3GP FORMAT, and off you go! All you have to do is move it to your microSD Card and play on demand! Your friends and co-workers will be amazed at your super-cellphone-powers!
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