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The Personal Soundtrack: The MP3 Player Provides Constant Music

Saturday, July 10th, 2010 | Technology and Gadgets | No Comments

Of all of the inventions of the last few years, one of the favorites is the portable MP3 player. It is a small device that holds large amounts of music, making it the best way that we have to provide a private soundtrack. One of the most common brands is the iPod. Kids can be rough on their iPod, though, and break the screen. When this happens, you need a professional who can perform ipod screen repair. This repair person can also usually provide iphone screen repair. At the moment, the MP3 player is the standard of music portability.

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Does Buying A Netbook Make Sense?

Friday, July 9th, 2010 | Technology and Gadgets | No Comments

A netbook is a remarkably compact laptop computer. Netbooks have proven to be lightweight and inexpensive as well as suited for standard document work and web browsing. These little computers are marketed as “companion devices” to larger desktop machines since they are not expected to replace your home computer as much as augment it. Another great model to consider is Sony BDP-CX960 Blu-ray MegaChanger.

The basic reasons to like netbooks are their mobility and their extremely low price. Many netbooks merely have a 10” screen, with a number of screens as small as 5”, with a predictably small housing. The bigger netbooks merely weigh around two to three pounds, which means they are suitable for backpacks or tote bags.

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Does a Blackberry 8800 use Microsoft Outlook to incorporate contacts into the phone book?

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | Technology and Gadgets | 2 Comments

Can I synch it with MS Outlook to get all my contacts from there into it’s phonebook? I know it comes with blackberry software, but before I buy one I would like to find out. Thanks!

Yes you can synch the 8800 with Outlook. You will need to install the Desktop Manager software that comes with the BB and use that to synch.

What happens when you wipe out a blackberry curve?

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | Technology and Gadgets | 3 Comments

I have a Verizon Blackberry Curve 8330 and I am planning to sell it on ebay, and I want to wipe out the blackberry before I sell it. I was wondering what exactly happens when I perform a "wipe" on the handheld? Is there anything else I’m supposed do after I perform a "wipe"?

When you do a "wipe", you are basically restoring the Blackberry to its initial conditions it was when it came in the box.

You will be deleting all the information from it doing a clean sweep of all data.

The Blackberry will be back to "factory" settings which mean that the new owner will be asked to go through the device setup just like you did (if you did).

That’s all you need to do to be sure that the Blackberry is clean.

Blackberry users. Can I have messages from a sender automatically move to a different folder?

Friday, July 24th, 2009 | Technology and Gadgets | 2 Comments

I use rules in Outlook to move messages directly to a Sub Folder based on the user email address. It does not do this on my blackberry. How do I get messages from one person to automatically bypass the message inbox and go to a subfolder?

When I enable the redirect, it only copies the message to that folder but it still sits in my messages.
Sorry, I didn’t mean this to be a YES/NO answer. Details are appreciated.

If you’re on a work BES system (work issued BlackBerry most likely with a BlackBerry server) then the BlackBerry follows the Exchange servers rules (aka if outlook redirects your email to a folder, then so does BlackBerry). However, there is an email option that you tell your BlackBerry not to show messages in other folders other than Inbox. If you are looking at your messages inbox, click the menu button, go to Options, one of them should say "hide filed messages", say yes. You can tell when something has been filed because it has multiple envelopes as an icon instead of one single envelope.

Now, if you bought your BlackBerry on your own and don’t have a BES system, then a "BIS" email system (personal that comes with a BlackBerry if an individual purchases it from the carrier) it doesn’t support folders or filing of any sort.

Hope that helps.