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- Find Instruction Manuals for Computers, Phones, and Other Gear at SafeManuals
- Can't find the instruction manual for your BlackBerry? Your old HP LaserJet? Adobe Photoshop? Head to SafeManuals, an online repository of instructions and user guides for a whopping 900,000 products. (Okay, the actual count is 883,542, but still.) You can browse the guide database or search for...
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Business Hacks Poll: Will You Buy the New iPhone?
- Unless you were on Mars yesterday, you no doubt heard that Apple unveiled the iPhone 3G. The big news: 3G connectivity, GPS-powered mapping, Exchange support, and an App Store. All that and lower prices: $199 for the 8GB model, $299 for 16GB. Not too shabby -- but is it enough to...
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- The Coming Smart Phone Shift
- I'm attending the Nantucket Conference, where the East Coast entrepreneurial community gathers to talk about the state of the business. It's all off the record though I can negotiate to post specific comments with the speakers. Perhaps because of that, the conference has a kind of intimacy that's unusual...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Add iPhone-Style Web Browsing to Your Windows Mobile Smartphone
- Windows Mobile smartphone users, suffer iPhone envy no more: Makayama's TouchBrowser brings finger-operated Web browsing to your device. As you can see in the above video, TouchBrowser effectively duplicates the iPhone browsing experience on Windows Mobile handsets (touchscreen models only, natch). Well, partially: You don't get multi-touch...
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Add Web Links to Your Treo/Centro Applications Screen
- SharkLinks for the Palm OS lets you add Web favorites directly to your smartphone's application screen. Normally, to visit a bookmarked site, you have to find and run the browser, tap the favorites icon, and sift through your selections until you find the desired favorite. SharkLinks turns any...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Get Subway and Bus Directions on Your Phone with HopStop
- You already know you can get driving directions via Google SMS, but what if you're on foot in a big city and want to get around via public transportation? Enter HopStop, a free service that lets you access subway and bus directions using only your cell...
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Pay Your Taxes via Text Message
- Not looking forward to the Ides of April? A new startup called Sexat ("Taxes" backwards, get it?) has worked out a deal to let you SMS your 1099s and W2s directly to the IRS—no H&R Block schmoe needed. All you have to do is follow the simple guidelines on the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Block Unwanted Calls with Call Firewall (Windows Mobile)
- Feel like you're drowning in a deluge of phone calls? If you're a Windows Mobile smartphone user, you can block unwanted calls with Call Firewall. Compatible with Windows Mobile 5 and 6, this utility lets you configure your phone to handle calls in several different ways. For...
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Sync Your Windows Mobile Smartphone and Your Mac with Free SyncMate Software
- As a general rule, Windows Mobile devices and Macs don't mix. Eltima Software bridges the gap with SyncMate, a free tool that syncs your Mac's calendar, address book, documents, and more with your Windows Mobile PDA or smartphone. You read right: SyncMate is...
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Business Hacks Poll: What Kind of Smartphone Do You Use?
- When you hit the road, what kind of smartphone rides shotgun? Are you packing a BlackBerry? Rocking an iPhone? Talking on a Treo? (Okay, enough with the weak alliteration.) Satisfy our insatiable curiosity and vote in our latest poll. Then answer the big question: Do you like your...
- Blog posts 2008-02-26
- Add Voice Dialing to Your Treo or Centro with VoiceDialIt
- Much as I love my Palm Centro smartphone (and before that, my Treo 650), it's almost criminal that it doesn't support voice dialing. Thankfully, there are several third-party utilities that add that coveted capability. From now until December 31, you can get VoiceDialIt for $15.95, a savings of 9 bucks...
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Send Your Questions to Business Hacks!
- You've got questions -- we've got an inbox! Wondering how to choose a smartphone? Where to look for cheap airfares? How to stay productive during these cold winter months? Maybe you've got an office-tech dilemma you're unable to solve. Send us your questions, and you might just see the answer...
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Create and Edit Documents on Your Smartphone with Documents To Go 3.0
- It kind of boggles my mind that the Windows Mobile operating system -- which can be found on popular smartphones like the Motorola Q and Samsung BlackJack -- doesn't let you create or edit Office documents. You can view them, but that's it. DataViz's Documents To Go 3.0 for Windows...
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Transitions at Microsoft Offer a Glimpse of the Future
- Next year, Bill Gates is planning to reduce his role at Microsoft in order to step up his efforts to give away $33 billion through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The New York Times today runs an interview with the Microsoft chairman as well as commentary about the upcoming...
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Nokia Edging in on the iPhone?
- Cell-phone maker Nokia announced more distribution options today for its enterprise-grade smartphone. Through a deal with Brightpoint and Ingram Micro, IT departments will be able to buy fleets of the Eseries smartphones. In addition to the standard wireless carrier retail venues, individual users can now purchase these devices from Dell.com...
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Record Your Phone Calls
- You probably didn't know this, but many smartphones can record voice conversations. This kind of capability can come in handy for reporters conducting interviews, managers who want to keep records of calls with suppliers, and so on. (Note: State laws vary with regard to the legality of recording phone calls, but...
- Blog posts 2007-06-21
- Video: A Legitimate iPhone Competitor?
- Last week, Taiwan-based High Tech Computer HTC, the world's largest smart phone manufacturer, released a new touchscreen smart phone under its own brand to the UK market. And HTC plans to make it available in the U.S. later this year. The device is creatively dubbed the HTC Touch, and seems...
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Business Hacks Poll: Will You Buy a Palm Pre?
- By now you've probably heard the news: Palm has finally taken the wraps off its new smartphone, the Pre. Gotta say, I'd pretty much written Palm off (and this from a guy who wrote numerous books about the company's devices), but the Pre looks mighty impressive. Except...
- Blog posts 2009-01-09
- Motorola Sucks Itself Into the Financial Crisis
- Motorola reported an operating loss of 397 million dollars, or $0.18 a share, for the third-quarter ended September 30, as revenues fell 15 percent to 7.48 billion dollars. The mobile phone maker, still stumbling from its failure to design smartphones to compete against the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Blackberry...
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
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