"I want to throw away my Treo," were the laments of a recent customer expressed to me. She had owned her PDA/Smartphone for over a year and was driven crazy by the constant sleep mode and need to hit the center navigation key to turn off the key guard.
Before you pitch your high dollar device into the garbage out of frustration, know this: If there is anything you don't like about your Treo, there is a way to change it. If there is something that you wish your device would do, there is almost guaranteed a software download that will make your device function per your desire.
Taking off the key-guard for example is a simple setting in the preferences. On your device, from the home screen, go to the preferences menu. Under the General tab, there is a Keyguard option where you can alter how and when that keyguard is activated.
If you need help or want additional education on using your device, Top Priority Wireless, LLC is available to visit your location or schedule a mini-PDA class to train users on the uses of your investment.
"I want to throw away my Treo!"
New Year's Resolutions - Help is a "phone" (call) away
Every year millions of people make their resolutions to change their lives. Each year millions fail. There are tools to help that many people are not even aware of or had not yet considered.
Take for instance the resolution to become organized, spend more time with the family or kids, or any other time management related focus. While not a unique desire, the ways in which people have been trying to manage their life are not time effective. I still see people carrying around big day-planners filled with sticky notes and other unanswered mail or "to-do" items.
The answer may be as simple as going electronic. More and more soccer moms are adapting the technology that was once targeted almost exclusively to the business executive. Look at the new Palm Centro for example and tell me that I am wrong.
What many people may not realize is that not only can a device such as the Palm Treo or Blackberry phone help you stay organized, they are also able to help you with other goals like losing weight.
LOSING WEIGHT? How can a phone help someone with their love-handles? Well I am glad you asked!
There are plenty of down-loadable programs for these wonderful devices that are tailored to everyday life needs and wants. For example Treo offers one called "Diet and Exercise Assistant" which allows the user to input daily activity and exercise and has a phone food guide with a daily tracker.
Users of the Treo devices can choose from a wide variety of Health and Wellness, prescription, diabetes tracker etc as well as programs designed for your professional life.
Check out www.palm.com for more details.
Links to all the major carriers are available from Top Priority Wireless's website as well. Just go to: www.topprioritywireless.com
Isn't Voicemail Annoying?
Great ideas for Sprint, Nextel, T-mobile, AT&T, US Cellular, Alltel and Verizon text messaging customers.
I have been in the wireless industry long enough to see the trends come and go. As text messaging gets more popular, out goes the desire to actually listen and respond to voice mail.
Why is that? Well for one thing, voice mails are lengthy and can ramble. I should know as I have left some incredibly long voicemails in my day. Additionally, there isn't a great way to capture just the information you need without having to listen to the entire message again.
I personally dread having to listen to my voicemails and purposely do that at the end of my day when I can sit and capture all the information on paper or in a calendar item on my computer while listening to the message.
What would be better for users of the "new wireless genre" is to be able to easily skim through messages, get the information you need, skip voicemails that are not pertinent and streamline daily life.
One way I have found is to use one of the many voicemail to text or email services available. I have found one that I recommend called CallWave which is pretty affordable as an option. You can try it out for a month for free to see if it works for you.
In a nutsell, the service provides a transcribe of the voice call into a log on your computer that you can skim through, choose the voicemails to listen to from either your phone or computer (via email). A "gist" text message is also sent to the user's cell phone summarizing what the gist of the message is about.
In summary what you can do with a service like Callwave:
- Read it. With our Vtxt Gist feature, you can read summarized text transcriptions of your messages.
- Hear it. Listen to messages on your mobile phone, in your email or in your message portal.
- Organize it. Search, save, sort and delete voicemail in your message portal.
- Screen it. Screen calls on your mobile phone or PC just like an answering machine.
If you want to check it out you can click this link:
