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BlackBerry Bold 9700

October 2nd, 2010

The Blackberry Bold 9700 is a slim touchscreen mobile with a large QWERTY keyboard.

Product Description
The Blackberry Bold 9700 has a nice weighty feel to it with all the usual aesthetics plus functionality. It integrates 10 email accounts into a single access spot together with calendar and contacts. Multitasking feature is available so that one can switch from editing a document to sending emails or browsing without losing any data. It can also function as a lightweight ebook reader for reading documents. Featured applications include Evernote, Webex and Bloomberg. The media player can be used to store your playlists, videos which can then be heard in a clear audio and the video can be watched in high definition resolution. The built-in GPS helps you to navigate your way and offers turn-by-turn directions. The trackball can be used to zoom, pan and search for your locations. Location based tools such as dispatch and employee & resource tracking are provided for running a business smoothly. Setting up email and changing internet options is very easy. Social networking, browser, media player, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS connectivity are all present.

Technical specifications
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 has an onboard memory of 256 GB with a 2 GB media card. It has Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G connectivity. The camera is of 3.2 MP. The height is 4.29” the width is 2.36 “and the depth is 0.56.” It weighs about 122 g. The display is of high resolution with light sensitive screen. The font size can be selected individually. It has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery of 1500 mAHR. The talk time is up to 6 hours and the standby time is up to 21 days for GSM and up to 17 days for UMTS. Both MIDI and polyphonic ringtones are offered in this phone. An optical trackpad is provided for navigation. It has full QWERTY keyboard with backlighting.

The Good
Wherever there is a 3G connectivity you can chat, email, or download with great power with the BlackBerry Bold 9700. Just like a tablet computer, this phone can use Wi-Fi networks to check email or shop online or make calls. One can easily switch from wireless home networks to carrier network seamlessly. Pictures can be taken and easily sent by email, photo MMS or even by BlackBerry Messenger.

The Bad
The QWERTY of the Blackberry Bold 9700 is slightly cramped and not very easy to use.

The Bottom Line
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 caters both to its traditional fans as well as the latest smartphone market with its contemporary desig combined with the popular business look.

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Introducing The Glympse Cell Phone Locator

August 30th, 2010

If you are like the millions of Americans who have cell phones with GPS chips installed in them, you might be interested in learning about the a very cool service from a company called Glympse.  This company provides a cell phone locator service unlike any other.

With many of the free cell phone locator services on the market, you need to download and install special software onto your phone in order for it to work.  Even then, the service may only work with a handful of phones. Even some services that you must pay for require you to download and install software onto your phone.  With the Glympse cell phone locator service, all you have to do is go to the Glympse website from either your mobile browser on your phone or a computer and send a either an e-mail or a text message to anyone that you would like to be able to track your phone.

Unlike many cell phone locator services glimpse only allows that individual to track you for a predetermined length of time.  You can choose to duration from 15 minutes up to about an hour and 1/2. The provides a great advantage for business use.  Imagine that you are meeting with a group of clients for a business meeting at 1:00 PM.  Before you leave your office to meet them at theirs, you can log onto a computer and send them a message from Glympse that will allow them to log onto a computer and track your progress.

If you are running a little bit late, they don’t need to call you and ask you where you are.  They can simply look at a computer, see your location, and calculate your estimated time of arrival.  When the predetermined length of time has expired, they will no longer be able to track you.  This is perfect because you don’t necessarily want to give the ability to track your location to people all the time but it may be convenient if they can track you for specific occasions.

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Cell Phone Lookup

August 3rd, 2010

You may have wondered why someone would want the option for a cell phone lookup in order to find a name and an address or other information for the owner of the phone. It may seem like a strange thing to do, but many searches of this kind are done each day by people who may be looking for friends, relatives, co-workers or schoolmates. The search itself is quite easy to do, but what may make or break it is which cell phone lookup service you choose to use. Though, finding a good reverse cell phone lookup company is also not difficult.

If you have already attempted a reverse cell phone lookup in the past, then you most likely tried first to do a free search with the number. Many people try this option first. However, finding free results that are thorough and accurate is a very rare thing. It can happen, sure, but the odds are that you won’t find the right information, and if you do it will be very scant information. Learn from the experience of others, and move beyond the simple free search.

Wireless phone numbers and the information associated with them are controlled by the big wireless companies themselves, such as Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile. They didn’t always give out this information to just anyone. But, these companies have for several years now offered information for a price. Online information retrieval sites or information brokers can obtain the information from the wireless carriers, and the wireless companies offer up that information for a small fee to help cover costs and come out with a small profit.

The amount that is charged is quite small in comparison to the vast level of information you can get on a person if you just have their mobile phone number.  The top sites also let you take a look around for free before you must pay the fee for the final results. And a 60-day money-back guarantee is also attached to results from most companies.

Many of these online directories now also have more extensive information, such as civil and criminal background check information. With all of this information available to everyone, it may be time to start thinking carefully about who you are giving your mobile phone number to in the future, and keep it private if you can.

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