BlackBerry Kewl

This is a generic Blog for the virtual internet worker. (present and/or future) My goal here is to share with you the reader trends, benefits and tools that revolve around the virtual world of work...Enjoy. Work can be something you do not somewhere you go...Be sure to Bookmark this blog (weblog) to your favourites and visit often.....Smiles :o) Gary

Monday, July 31, 2006

BlackBerry 7130e

Hi team

I found a very kewl review of the BlackBerry 7130e on the Laptop Magazine website.

It was written by Tim Kridel and posted on March 20th 2006.

BlackBerry remains the brand tobeat for wireless e-mail, but one of RIM's weaknesses in the past year has been the lack of a model running EV-DO. That's finally changed with the 7130e from Verizon Wireless. For RIM, it doesn't come a moment too soon; with the EV-DO-powered Treo 700w on the market and Motorola Q waiting in the wings, the competition keeps getting tougher.

Click here to read the review

Smiles :o)

Gary

News Me, WOW!

Hay team

Sorry for missing my posts of late. (been busy) Sorry.

However I found this great article from the Dallas Morning News

about how news will be delivered in future.


... It will be delivered to your computer, or PDA, or cellphone. ... "Whether people are using a desktop, a laptop, a telephone, a BlackBerry or whatever tomorrow ...

Read the entire Dallas Morning News article

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

It's Worth the Time!

Hay Team

If you havn't heard of Rich Schefren than you have just not been on the net lately.

I like his style. His byline on his blog is "More Money, More Business, More Time Off."

Now that sounds like a good thing right? Well when I asked some friends the other night if they had watched his video. They replied we don't have the time to spend watching a 90 minute video.

Well may I suggest that Rich's principals are textbook and they draw on the power of todays technology to produce the desired result.

Or in other words this is a GOOD THING and WORTH THE TIME!

So I am giving you a link to Richs' Blog so that you will have all of his little gems all in one place.

If you want to sign up for his training program that is entirely up to you. You would be in some very highly estemed internet guru company like Jim Edwards, IF you could get in that is.

Rich has been giving out lots of free nuggets in his Manifesto, the Missing Chapter, his 90 minute video and his 60 minute conference call recording.

The best part is that it is ALL available from his blog AND you can join his list of subscribers from the blog as well. Oh yes also read the many comments to Richs' posts by his readers, they are also WORTH THE TIME!

Click here to go to Rich Schefren's Blog

If you like it or not I would love to get your thoughts. You can post your comments here.

Smiles :o)

Gary


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Monday, July 24, 2006

Assisted Living goes High Tech

Hay Team


I just watched the MSNBC Nightly News for Monday the 24th of July 2006, I thought this segment was interesting and that you might like to watch it.

Assisted living goes high tech
July 24: NBC's Jennifer London takes a look at the latest in assisted living -- gadgets that allow boomers to keep an eye on their parents even though they're miles, and in some cases, time zones away.

Also the site asked me to complete a survey on the quality and speed of their videos. They also asked how important it was to be able to blog their videos.

As I hadn't tried this before and since they asked...Here goes

Click Here to watch the Assisted Living segment

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Friday, July 21, 2006

An Ego Thing?

Hay gang


Have you ever wondered what the stats on guy-gal usage is with these wonderful dare I say toys?

Well Victoria Ahearn of the Canadian Press published this interesting article today,

When it comes to high-tech gadgets, there's a definite gender gap.

A report last month from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission suggested three per cent of Canadians used the BlackBerry e-mail device in 2005 — and 75 per cent of them were males.

Click here to read Heather's entire article

Thanks Heather

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Monday, July 17, 2006

The Faster I Go....The Behinder I Get...

Hay Gang

The feeling of being overwhelmed and behind in our to do list is all too common these days.

What to do?

I found this interesting article  by Cindy Krischer Goodman  that says it all.

You arrive at work and your voice mail light already is on, dozens of e-mails are waiting to be read, co-workers are dropping by to chat and you're still trying to return a call left over from yesterday.


That overwhelmed, overcommitted sentiment has created a booming time-management industry catering to millions of Americans who want to regain a sense of control in their lives.

Click here to read the entire time-management article.

Thanks Cindy for helping us get it together.

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

The Pike Story

Hay Gang

Change your Attitude and you change Everything.

Attitude is extremely important as Harold Taylor relates in his Pike story.

Some people think that their lives are completely controlled by external events. Those people will likely gain little, if anything, from attending time management seminars or reading books on the subject. Not because their lives are controlled by others, but because they think they are. Attitude is an important consideration when attempting to improve a person's time management skills.

Clic here to read the entire Pike Story article

Thanks Harold.

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Check out the Verizon Wireless Motorola Q Smartphone

Hi gang


Here is an ABC12 article on the new Motorola Q Smartphone.

The Q promises to be the PDA phone you never thought could exist, thin, light and ... This is something RIM has included on their Blackberry devices for years. ...

Click here to read the Motorola Q Smartphone article.

Be sure to watch the video.

Thanks 
Kirk Yuhnke for the great info.

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Friday, July 14, 2006

It's all about the kewl (cool) factor

Hay Gang

Well what's kewl the Blackberry or the new Sidekick III?

Check out this article by Jennifer Jefferson.


It's all about the cool factor.

The Sidekick III, a combination cell phone-pager-PDA device by T-Mobile, was released in stores this week, and young people in Tallahassee have been snatching it up at the same frenzied pace as the Motorola Razr.


Read the entire Sidekick article here


Smiles :o)

Gary

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Is Blackberry the better option?

Hay team


I just came accross this great fresh article about what is happening with other smart phone makers.

Although RIM (Research In Motion) and NTP have kissed and made up over the patent infringement lawsuit that threatened to bring wireless email to a grinding halt on RIM’s entire BlackBerry network in the United States last year, organizations continue to purchase alternative smartphones from other vendors such as Palm, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, and UTStarcom.

Read it all here.

Thanks Tech & Trends for keeping us up to date on the smart phone industry.

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Anywhere Office Radio Show

Hi Team


Phil & Jason Montaro launched the Anywhere Office Radio Show on Wednesday July 12th.

This is an awsome resource of tips, tricks and Wi-fi information.

Click here to acess the Anywhere Office Radio Show Archives now.

You can listen or download the show (about 55 minutes) in Window's Media, Real Player or MP3 format

Turn up your speakers and enjoy the show.

Smiles :o)

Gary


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Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Do you need a wi-fi hotspot?


Greetings


Here is a neat tool from the folks at  YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com.


Thousands of public-access points called "hot spots" are springing up worldwide. Today, hotspots can be found in airports, public parks, college campuses, coffee shops, bookstores, airports and hotels—as well as in diverse locations such as truck stops, RV parks and malls.

Read more click here

They also have lots of links to other super resources.

Enjoy!

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Virtual Teams Webcast

Hello everyone

Here is a great video by Phil Montero of YouCanWorkFromAnywhere.com

Find out more about our philosophy and methodologies to develop effective virtual teams and improve distributed workforces. View the following online presentation that Phil delivered as part of iCohere's virtual conference - "Virtual Teams & Collaboration 2005: Tools & Best Practices for Effective Virtual Work". Find out more about our ICC approach focusing on your needs and presenting strategies to improve your information, communication and collaboration.

Click here to get the video

Enjoy!

Smiles :o)

Gary




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Saturday, July 08, 2006

All Things BlackBerry

Hay Team

You may have already found this site. However, if for any reason you havn't stumbled across it as yet or you found it and lost it again, here it is.

BlackBerry.com

Be sure that you go there. It is like a tresure chest just overflowing with goodies to make our little buddy "The BlackBerry" the star of the team .

Enjoy

Smiles :o)

Gary

Friday, July 07, 2006

Amtrak Wireless Service

Amtrak going Wireless

Check it out.

Click here to read the entire Amtrak training program article.

Credit to ATW media group.

Smiles :o)

Gary

RIM's focus on growth

Research In Motion—free from the clutches of the NTP lawsuit—can now focus on growing its business, and it has its eye on the potentially lucrative small- and midsize-business market. Yet its hosted wireless e-mail service could be a tough sell: Businesses already have options, and some IT directors are concerned that they may lack control over the service.

read the entire article by Elena Malykhina of InformationWeek.

click here

Smiles :o)

Gary

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Thursday, July 06, 2006

BlackBerry Blog

Here is a link to BlackBerry Blog.

Just more great info for your BlackBerry PDA

Smiles :o)

Gary

BlackBerry 7100 is Love at First Sight

Mr Bill MacMillan of the Halifax Harold likes the BlackBerry 7100


The big names in wireless devices, such as Motorola, RIM, Nokia, Palm, and UTStarcom have been trying for years to combine the best of both worlds; the phone and the PDA, to create the perfect all-in-one device or ‘smart phone.’

Read the entire article here.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/514140.html

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

How do you leave the office?

Research In Motion - News Item

"The BlackBerry has become one of the hottest technology devices for everyone from brokers to politicians to attorneys."- L.A. Lorek, San Antonio Express

Research In Motion - News

Launch

Good Morning

The calendar says it is July 5 th 2006 and this is the first (except the welcome) post to our new Blackberry PDA World Blog. (Official Launch)

This is very exiciting and I am looking forward to sharing with all of you from my 20 plus years in the finance and community economic development business as well as as many outside resources as I can fit in day to day.

Talk again soon

Gary