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Sync a Windows Mobile Device with Your Mac
If you're a Mac user who's been eyeballing a PDA or smartphone, you probably think your options don't include Windows Mobile devices (which can't sync with Macs). Think again: The Missing Sync enables any Windows Mobile handheld to sync with your contacts, calendar, notes, memos, documents, and even your photos...
Tags: Travel Tips, Software, Gizmos and Gadgets, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile device, Rick Broida, video, Windows Mobile Device, Operating systems, Handhelds, Corporate communications
Blog posts 2007-08-02
Should You Wear Headphones at Work?
Working in an office with other folks around can be an annoying experience. If you've truly got work to do, the less distractions the better, right? So is there anything wrong with aiming to cut off ambient sounds and unwanted interruptions by hanging a "do not disturb" sign around your...
Tags: David Goldenberg, headphone, Time-Savers, Gizmos and Gadgets, Business
Blog posts 2007-08-01
Copy Videos to Your BlackBerry with AVS Video to BlackBerry
Newer BlackBerry models like the 8830 include media software that can play videos -- but where will the videos come from? With AVS Video to BlackBerry, you can convert just about any video file on your PC, as well as DVDs, for viewing on your device.All you do is select your...
Tags: AVS Video, AVS, Software, Gizmos and Gadgets, Rick Broida, RIM BlackBerry, video, Corporate communications, Handhelds
Blog posts 2007-08-01
FolderMirror Syncs Your Phone with Outlook Folders
Public folders, a feature of Microsoft Exchange Server, allow organizations to share contacts, group calendars, and other data. Chapura's FolderMirror allows smartphones (all models, including Palm, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, even the iPhone) to wirelessly sync with those folders, an option that's not available via traditional wireless-sync solutions. The software works a little...
Tags: FolderMirror, Microsoft Outlook, mobile, phone, Rick Broida, Groupware, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Chapura Inc., Travel Tips, Software, Gizmos and Gadgets
Blog posts 2007-08-01
Run Windows Mobile Apps from a Command Line
The guys at jkOnTheRun made an interesting discovery: the Windows Mobile OS includes a Run box similar to the one found in Windows proper. To access it (on just about any touchscreen-driven Windows Mobile device), press and hold the center button on the D-pad, then tap the clock icon in...
Tags: Rick Broida, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Handhelds, Time-Savers, Gizmos and Gadgets
Blog posts 2007-07-27
New Version of Palm Desktop Adds Vista Support
From the Better-Late-Than-Never Dept., Palm has finally unveiled a Vista-compatible version of Palm Desktop -- good news for countless owners of Palm PDAs and Treo smartphones. The new version supports synchronization with Outlook 2007 and allows users to install applications and files (which, incredibly, required a third-party workaround up until...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Handhelds, Software, Gizmos and Gadgets, Palm Inc., Palm Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, desktop, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2007-07-27
Tether Your iPhone to Your Notebook
Tethering is the process of connecting your cell phone -- usually via cable or Bluetooth -- to your notebook so that it the phone can serve as a wireless modem. Lots of phones can do this (I've had great success with my Verizon LG enV), but the iPhone isn't one...
Tags: Travel Tips, Apple iPhone, notebook, phone, Rick Broida, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, Gizmos and Gadgets
Blog posts 2007-07-25
Get Money for Your Old Gadgets
If you often upgrade your electronic devices but never get it together to do anything with your outdated gear, there's a new website called Second Rotation that will give you a little bit of cash for them. For eBay and Craigslist pros, it's not particularly useful, but for those of...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Time-Savers, Web Tools, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-07-25
Trade Your Old Cell Phone for Cold, Hard Cash
If you liked yesterday's post about trading old gadgets for cash, you'll be glad to know there's another place where you can "shop" your aged electronics: CellForCash. As you might guess from the name, this one's all about cell phones. Just choose your make and model and you'll instantly get...
Tags: cold calling, cell phone, Rick Broida, phone, Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, Telecom & Utilities
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Put Swiss Army Knives To Shame
As I've mentioned before, Kevin Kelly's site Cool Tools is a pretty great place to find neat gear and gadgets. The most recent gizmos featured on the site, though, are worth a second look. They're gorgeous mini tools made by Peter Atwood that look like they'd be perfect for having...
Tags: David Goldenberg, Gizmos and Gadgets, PRODUCTIVITY
Blog posts 2007-07-26
Give Your Treo a Battery Boost
You know what they say: You can never be too rich or too thin or have too much cell-phone battery life. Well, it's something like that. Anyway, mobile-gear maker Seidio just introduced a long-haul Treo battery that promises up to 25 percent more power -- without adding an extra hump...
Tags: battery, Palm Treo, Rick Broida, Engineering, Cellular phones, Gizmos and Gadgets
Blog posts 2007-07-24
Track and Manage Projects on Your Phone with TrailGuide
Calling all Basecamp users: TrailGuide lets you view and edit projects via your Windows Mobile smartphone. The software supports messages, to-do lists, milestones, and files, and lets you hop between multiple projects. You can post new items and comments and check out recent project activity via the What's Fresh view....
Tags: TrailGuide, Rick Broida, phone, Travel Tips, Software, Gizmos and Gadgets, Handhelds, Operating systems
Blog posts 2007-07-23
View Formatted Newspapers on Your Smartphone with PressDisplay
News junkies, rejoice! PressDisplay, a Web service that specializes in browser-formatted newspapers, now offers mobile reading on BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phones. I tested it on a Samsung BlackJack.You can choose from over 500 newspapers from around the world (the New York Times and Wall Street Journal not among them,...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, Advertising & Promotion, Web browsers, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Smartphone, Rick Broida, PressDisplay
Blog posts 2007-07-20
Get Cheap Cables at Monoprice
When you buy a new computer or TV from a big box store, they usually aren't making that much money off of that actual product. Where they do cash in, however, is by convincing you to buy tons of peripherals at incredibly high markups. (And don't even get me started...
Tags: David Goldenberg, Gizmos and Gadgets, Computers
Blog posts 2007-07-18
How To Get Out of Your Cell Phone Contract for Free
If you're a Sprint customer, but you want to switch providers to, say, AT&T iPhone or T-Mobile (HotSpot@Home), you may be able to get out of paying an early termination fee. That's because Sprint's raising the rate for roaming; if you pay for roaming in your plan, you can cite...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, cell phone, David Goldenberg, phone
Blog posts 2007-07-17
Turn Your iPhone into a Portable Hard Drive with iPhoneDrive
Any smartphone worth its salt should double as mobile storage, able to ferry files between PCs or house on-the-fly backups. Alas, the iPhone lacks that simple capability -- or did, until the release of iPhoneDrive. This $9.95 utility enables you to drag and drop files between your precious and your...
Tags: Software, Gizmos and Gadgets, hard drive, Apple iPhone, Rick Broida, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Desktops, Handhelds, iPhoneDrive
Blog posts 2007-07-12
Lower Your Cell Phone Bill (and Get Better Reception)
Last week, the New York Times Tech guru David Pogue explained the genius behind T-Mobile's new HotSpot@Home plan, in which, for $10 extra a month, you can make phone calls over a Wi-Fi network for free, without using any of your minutes.The marketing phrase HotSpot@Home is technically correct, as T-Mobile...
Tags: Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Travel Tips, Gizmos and Gadgets, T-Mobile, phone, HotSpot@Home, HotSpot, David Goldenberg, cell phone
Blog posts 2007-07-10
Another Place to get Great Gear
Among the several different places I like to go to drool over the latest and cheapest gear on the market, Newegg.com is one of my favorites. They've got a huge selection to choose from, their prices regularly beat those from Amazon, and shipping costs are often free. Need a docking...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, David Goldenberg
Blog posts 2007-07-06
Meebo Enables iPhone IM
The iPhone famously lacks an instant-messaging client. A fast-working developer churned out iPhoneChat, but it works only with AIM accounts and has limited features. Now comes word that Meebo, the universal IM service that runs inside a Web browser, will indeed work on the iPhone. Although you could always log into...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Web Tools, Apple iPhone, IM, Meebo, Rick Broida, Instant messaging
Blog posts 2007-07-05
25 New Apps for Your iPhone
So you took the plunge this weekend and snapped up an iPhone. You lucky BizHacker! Now it's time to see what she can do. Web-2.0 blog Rev2.org has assembled the top 25 Web apps for the iPhone. Not all of them will improve your productivity, but the list definitely includes...
Tags: Gizmos and Gadgets, Time-Savers, Travel Tips, Web Tools, Gas.App, Rick Broida, PRODUCTIVITY, Channel management, Now IT, Apple iPhone
Blog posts 2007-07-03
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