I was talking to another BlackBerry Storm user in the airport and he was telling me that the Storm annoyed him for a couple minor reasons. The first issue he stated was how the keyboard would only let you type one number before switching back to the alphabetical keyboard. Having a Storm and having faced this problem before, I quickly explained that he could use the number lock feature. The process could not be easier or more obvious. Press and hold the number key and they keyboard will switch to numeric with a padlock showing ‘number lock’ is enabled. [click to continue…]
It is common place for smartphone users to pull the battery out of their phone to perform a hard reset when the phone becomes unresponsive. I have practiced this on Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Symbian, iPhone, and Android over the last 10 years. Regardless of the promise to manage memory most smartphones need a hard reboot on a regular basis to keep them functional, especially after loading new applications. Â [click to continue…]
There are days I feel like a professional traveler, but the reality is I only do it as a needed aspect of my job. I am always looking for new gadgets that make my life easier. Every universal or all-in-one gadget comes with a downside and in recent times, that has been battery life. With my iPhone, it was great because it was an all in one media player, mobile phone, GPS device and more, but the downside was landing with a virtually dead battery after a short business flight.
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