Archive for January, 2006
Today’s links for 1-12-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 1-12-06
- Hamachi:
organize two or more computers with an Internet connection into their own virtual network for direct secure communication; free VPN; secure peer to peer Keywords: networking, software, vpn - The Printable CEO - David Seah:
Keywords: gtd, productivity, tools
Popularity: 4% [?]
Laptop and mobile phone insurance
After buying my new smartphone, the SideKick, I asked T-Mobile about the phone insurance I saw on the web site. I rarely opt for insurance on these types of devices, but the whole swiveling screen on the SideKick has me a tad bit worried though I haven’t read of any failures. Long story short, T-Mobile tells me that for a device with a $300 retails price, the monthly cost of insurance is $5.99 with a $110 deductible. Are you kidding me? The SideKick only cost me $199 and they want me to pay $72 a year with a $110 deductible. This sounds like a ripoff of major proportions. After a bit of Googling (is this capitalized?) I found a company called Safeware Insurance that specializes in insuring laptops, PDAs, mobile phones and the like. For the same $300 phone, they charge $36 per year with no deductible. Big difference from what T-Mobile was offering. I’ll be contacting these guys shortly.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Smartphone search completed with SideKick II
Continuing from my last post on buying a new smartphone, I settled on the SideKick II from Danger through T-Mobile. There were numerous reasons for this decision. I’ll outline them below, but after a few days of using the SideKick, I can honestly tell you it just blows the BlackBerry away in terms of both productivity and overall communication use. Mark Cuban probably sums it up best with this quote:
To all you corporo types out there that like the Blackberry, you have no idea what productivity is like ‘till you play with one of these bad-boys.
Basically, if you haven’t tried the SideKick as a replacement for the BlackBerry, you really are missing a lot. The best analogy I can provide is that Danger, the company that makes the SideKick, is the Apple of smart phones. The SideKick is really that intuitive and easy to use, especially for email and web browsing.
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Today’s links for 1-10-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 1-10-2006
- SEOmoz | Beginner’s Guide to SEO:
good overview of search engine optimization Keywords: howto, seo - Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Entrepreneurial Employees:
Keywords: entrepreneurship, hiring
Popularity: 6% [?]
Mobile viruses
Business Week has an interesting article on mobile viruses. This is something I’ve been increasingly concerned about as most users now understand the risk of viruses on their computer, but not so much on their mobile devices. Mobile viruses are a whole new concerns for so many more consumers as many don’t even realize the capabilities of their phones and the aspects that can be compromised.
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The year of RSS?
I read an interesting article (via NewsGator blog) from USA Today Technology writer Kevin Maney on his 2006 predictions. The relevant one to EvolvePoint is that 2006 will be the year of RSS.
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Search for a new smart phone
Every once in a while I like to make technology device or gadget diversion on this blog as I know many readers face many of the same issues as I do. Today highlights my new smart phone plight. As I wrote almost a year ago, my primary mobile phone has been a BlackBerry 7100t through T-Mobile. Initially, I thought this phone was the perfect marriage of size and functionality. Read the rest of this entry »
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Today’s Del.icio.us links for 1-2-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 1-2-2006
- immedi.at:
RSS to IM Keywords: im, rss - FeedPing.com - Free RSS Pinging to All Major Directories:
Keywords: ping, rss
Popularity: 5% [?]
