Personal Tech

Requiem for the Blackberry

Last week’s Blackberry outage has caused lots of withdrawal pains. The blogs and message boards are filled with comments defending and vilifying Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberry’s creator. Network interruptions are inevitable as we have seen with Sony, Google, Microsoft and Netflix. Someday we may have uninterruptible networks, but the departure or threatened departure from Blackberry seems to be more about the availability of multimedia, cooler mobile devices than a network disruption. You just might want to look for a viable Blackberry hosting solution.

For years Blackberry has been the choice in mobile devices for corporations. You can argue that this is because they are more secure because of how RIM handles encryption or the limitation of online features. Certainly iPhone and Android users can be more social online because their devices support many more apps. They can access Facebook, Tweet, Farmville and Angry Birds from anywhere that they have a signal. The available apps make it easy to stay connected. But with the convenience of being online all the time, some sacrifices are made in being secure. If you want a real scare, google “mobile device hacking” and read some of the recent hacking successes and access your vulnerability.… Continue reading

Manage Files And Documents On Your Android Phone

Your phone can be a work station on the go thanks to a variety of professional grade mobile apps from the android market. Documents can be created, viewed and edited right from your phone. Managing your documents has never been easier and engaging than using the apps which are easy to get and handle. Plus there is a Hosted Exchange provider that takes you and your phone seriously.

File Management

Files can be moved on to, off and around your android phone. The first step is to connect your device to a PC via USB cable and mount it as a drive. Next, go to the android notification area and select ‘USB connected’ then tap mount. Go through your SD card to explore, create folders and drag files around. You can even transfer items to and from your PC and the phone. With this method you can have most of your important files on to your phone and that way you can have them with you every where you go.

A tool to help you explore your files and folders is needed and you can get it for free from the android market. This tool is called ASTRO file manager… Continue reading