T-Mobile Wireless plans offer some of the lowest per minute cell phone rates in the industry. However T- Mobile has some problems with static on calls and has a higher turnover rate (38%) than most other similar cell phone companies. T-Mobile has plans that cater to casual users, frequent users and families. They are currently offering free accessories and free shipping in an effort to demonstrate that this company is worthy of consideration as a potential provider of your cell phone service.

Cell phone plans from T-Mobile start as low as $30.00 for a basic plan that includes 300 peak minutes and unlimited off peak or nighttime minutes. However the charge for minutes exceeding the plan limit is $.40 per minute. This can really add up quickly. T-Mobile offers a Get More 300 Plan which offers 3000 total peak and off peak minutes with an over limit charge of 35 cents a minute. Long distance calls are 20 cents a minute. You need to make sure you know your coverage area because roaming calls are 49 cents a minute.

Family Time Plan from T-mobile includes two lines with the opportunity to add additional lines for 10 a month each. For under $100.00 a month family members can share 800 peak minutes and unlimited off peak minutes. Extra minutes will cost you 35 cents per minute and roaming is 49 cents per minute.

The Get More Plus Plan for about $100.00 includes 1000 peak minutes and unlimited non-peak minutes. Roaming and long distance charges are the same as in other T-Mobile plans. For an additional $5.00 a month T-Mobile¡¯s Get More Plus Plan gives you an additional 50 minutes for a total of 1050 peak minutes. Over limit charges, roaming and long distance are similar to the Get More Plus Plan.

Consumer Reports, in a recent study of cell phone carriers based on input from 30,000 participants, placed T-Mobile in the mid to top range of overall user satisfaction. However some consumers reported problems with service, dropped calls, busy circuits, and stati

c on the line. On the plus side, T-Mobile ranked near the top of cell phone carriers for economical calling plans.

When comparing T-Mobile¡¯s Family Plan at $70.00 a month to Nextel¡¯s Get Connected More 600 plan at $56.00 a month, T-Mobile proves to actually be cheaper. Nextel¡¯s fee only has one line, T-Mobile¡¯s Family Plan has two. Additional lines from Nextel turn out to be $10.00 more than those from T-Mobile. Also a family of four averages 1800 minutes of cell phone usage a month. T-Mobile offers 200 more peak minutes per month. These factors make T-Mobile about $65.00 a month cheaper than the Nextel Plan. It turns out that T-Mobile¡¯s plan is even a little less expensive than the Cingular Family Talk plan at $50.00, due to the difference in additional lines and the number of peak minutes offered by each.

Recently T-Mobile has added the revolutionary ¡°T-Mobile Pocket PC¡± phone to its line of cell phones. This phone boasts excellent PC capabilities, including Microsoft Mobile 2003 OS, full color touch screen, email, Pocket Word, Excel, PIM, an Intel processor, 32 MB RAM, and international phone for use in over 130 countries, and more features are available. T-Mobile also provides phones made by Nokia, Samsung, and Motorola. These phones are available in the standard pocket style phones, as well as flip phones. You can get a wide variety of features including camera phones, 25 ring tones, and MIDI and MP3 formats built in, to name just a few. So when shopping for a cell phone carrier, you owe it to yourself to at least consider T-Mobile as your carrier.

Martin Smith is a successful freelance writer providing advice on purchasing a variety of Cell phone plans and more! His numerous articles are a resource of interesting and relevant information. http://www.mobile-n-cell-phone.com

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Steve Robson

Time is money. And when you constantly have to divide your time between your mouse and your keyboard, your workflow rate really slows down.

That’s particularly true when you’re working on a laptop, where the pointing device is even slower.

The answer - short of growing another arm - is to learn a few “handy” keyboard shortcuts. Here are 10 of the best:

1. Make a quick exit:

ALT - F4 will terminate any program immediately.

2. Flick - don’t click:

ALT - TAB to flick through open programs.

3. Make a quick selection:

CTRL - SHIFT and move cursor with left / right / up / down arrows to quickly select areas of text.

4. Cut, copy and paste to the chase:

CTRL - X / C / V to cut, copy and paste selected text.

5. Undo what you’ve done:

CTRL - Z will undo anything. (And to redo: CTRL - Y although this varies between programs.)

6. Page - don’t scroll:

In MSIE use Page Up & Page Down to save time fiddling with the scroll bar.

7. E for explorer:

WINDOWS KEY - E to open windows explorer. Use up and down arrows to quickly navigate through folders.

8. Rapidly rename:

F2 - rename a file or folder in Windows Explorer

9. Find it fast:

CTRL - F to find text on a page (And CTRL - H replace it).

10. Fly through forms:

Use TAB to move forward through forms and SHIFT-TAB to move backwards

After a little practice, your fingers will be flying across the keyboard like a shortcut pro.

And you’ll save a huge amount of time too.

Steve Robson is a successful technical author and contributor to http://HowToBuyALaptop.com - For more computer tips and advice, visit the following web page: http://howtobuyalaptop.com/laptop-computer-tips.htm

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By Jim Shutes
Lapeer Tech Group

It seems that the longer you own your computer, the slower it gets! A lot of people will keep their computer until it gets so slow that they feel they need a newer, faster model. Some feel like the reason it is getting slower is because it is getting older, when that is just not the case. Your computer should run just as fast as the day you brought it home – if you follow these 10 Easy Steps to Speed Up Your Computer.

1. Empty the Temp directory regularly. After a short while, the temp directory fills up with hundreds of temp files that always get scanned over when Windows starts up and when programs launch. This slows everything down immensely.

Rule of thumb for Temp Files: If you don’t have any programs open (and nothing minimized in the bar below), then you shouldn’t have ANY temp files in your temp directory. If you do, delete them.

To delete Temp files, make sure NO programs are open, and…

a. In Windows 95, 98 or Me, go to C:WindowsTemp and delete everything inside the Temp folder.

b. In Windows 2000 or XP, it is a little trickier. First, make sure that you can see hidden folders. Double-click My Computer. Click on the Tools pull-down menu, and then on Folder Options. Click on the View tab. Scroll down and click on Show Hidden Files and Folders. Click Ok. Now you can go to the C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp folder. Delete everything here.

2. Empty the Temporary Internet Files regularly. To empty Temporary Internet Files, go to your Control Panel and double-click the Internet Options icon. Choose to Delete Cookies, and to Delete Files. This will clear all of your Temporary Internet Files.

3. Check your hard disks for problems.

a. For Windows 95, 98, or Me, double-click My Computer. Right-click the C-drive and click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose to check the computer for problems. If you choose to do a Thorough Scan, this will do the hardware check for physical disk damage or sector damage. Choose to fix any errors it finds.

b. For Windows 2000 and XP, double-click My Computer. Right-click the C-drive and click Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose to check the computer for problems. Click on Check Now. You will then have two check boxes. The top option is for the file check, and the second option is for the hardware (physical disk) check. Check either one, or both. At least check the top one. Hit ok, and reboot. This may take some time, but let it run.

4. An even more thorough disk check, would be to use a 3rd party utility. One of my favorites is TuneUp Utilities 2004. It does cost $39.99, but they do offer a FREE download trial of 15 days. This program does a really good job of fixing software and physical hard drive problems. It also tunes up your system for increased speed, and streamlines your operating system for peak performance. Download it HERE… http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp

5. Or, you can do a few of the performance tweaks yourself, if you have Windows XP. By default, EVERYTHING is turned on in Windows XP. It isn’t very streamlined for performance, but rather for appearance. You can turn off a few of the unnecessary features, and Windows will still work just fine, and maybe a little faster.

To do this, right-click on My Computer and click on Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Under the Performance section, click on the Settings button. On the Visual Effects tab, you will see a list of check boxes. By default, these are all on. You really don’t need any of them for Windows to run. Go through the check boxes one by one, and determine which ones you can and can’t live without.

6. Turn off Active Desktop. Active Desktop turns your desktop into a web page, and allows you to have things like a real-time calendar, and up-to-the-minute weather or stocks. These are nice, but really slow down your computer. And even if you don’t use Active Desktop for anything, just having it active can cause a performance decrease. Turn it off.

a. In Windows 95, 98 and Me, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Active Desktop. Inside that option, uncheck Active Desktop. If there is no check next to it, then it isn’t on. Don’t choose it. Instead, just click the desktop again to get out of the menu.

b. In Windows 2000, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Active Desktop. Inside that option, uncheck Show Web Content. Again, if there is no check next to it, then it is not on. Do not check it.

c. In Windows XP, right-click on the desktop and in the pop-up menu, choose Properties. On the Desktop tab, choose Customize Desktop. Now, on the Web tab, make sure that there are no websites chosen here. If there aren’t any, then Active Desktop is not on. Cancel and go back to the desktop.

7. Install and run a good AntiVirus program to keep out viruses that can take over your system. One of my favorites is AVG. It is not only a really good AntiVirus program, but it is also FREE! If you don’t have any AntiVirus software on your computer, get AVG AntiVirus NOW by downloading HERE… http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp

8. Get rid of Spyware. A lot of computer users have Spyware and don’t even know they have it, much less how to get rid of it. If your computer has been taking you to websites that you don’t want to go to, or if you get pop-ups when you aren’t even on the Internet, or if your computer has been running extremely slowly lately, for no reason, you probably have Spyware.

On all of the computers that I setup, I install two different AntiSpyware programs: AdAware SE and SpyBot. These two programs are highly recommended by TechTV (G4) and other computer authorities (including my own research on Spyware) and work very well together. They compliment each other and catch Spyware that the other misses, but together, do a very good job.

Get SpyBot HERE… http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp. Download all updates and run the Immunize option a couple of times.

AdAware SE does a good job when you keep up on the updates and manually scan your system with AdAware. Get it HERE… http://www.lapeertechgroup.com/downloads.asp

In some cases, when the Spyware has become too entwined into your system, even a computer repair technician can’t get rid of the Spyware. At this point, it is better to just backup only what you need and have the operating system reinstalled. Believe me, when your computer gets to this point, you don’t want to just put a “band-aid” on it. Just start from scratch with a clean system. It’s the best way to go.

9. Streamline MSCONFIG. One thing that really causes a HUGE performance decrease is to have unnecessary programs running in the background. Some of these programs can be seen in your System Tray (located next to the clock). These are tiny programs that are robbing you of memory and processing power. Some of them you need, while most you don’t. Some of the programs you DON’T need are printer icons, CD burning icons, shortcuts to programs (such as video settings), AOL, any Instant Messaging Programs, etc. Just because these programs aren’t always running, doesn’t mean that you still can’t print, burn CDs or Instant Message. They can all be run from a shortcut.

You can use a utility, called MSCONFIG, to turn OFF unnecessary Start Up items.

a. In Windows 98, Me, and XP, click on StartRun and type msconfig. Click on the Startup tab. This is a list of everything that is running in the background, some of which show up in the System Tray. Now, be careful, some of these you do need. Some items to keep are Ctfmon.exe (XP), Scan Registry (Win98, Me), Task Monitor (Win98, Me), System Tray (Win98, Me), LoadPowerProfile (Win98, Me), Rundll.32, any AntiVirus programs (such as McAfee, Norton, or AVG). Others, you can uncheck, such as NeroCheck, ypager, qttask, AOL, and any other Instant Messaging programs, or printing programs. Remember, if something doesn’t work, because you turned it off, it can always be turned back on. You just have to reboot every time you make a change here. But, as you uncheck the unnecessary programs that run in the background, you will see that Windows loads much faster, that there are less icons in the System Tray, and that your system is much more “snappy” and quick to respond.

b. In Windows 2000, MSCONFIG wasn’t supplied. You actually have to download and run an MSCONFIG utility. Download the MSCONFIG utility HERE… http://www.perfectdrivers.com/howto/msconfig.html.

After you reboot, you will have a window that says that the configuration utility was edited. Just check not to show that in the future, a check box at the bottom. This just means that there was a change made to the MSCONFIG.

10. Defragment your hard drives. NOTE: to efficiently defragment a hard drive, it likes to have 25% free space. It can still do the defragmentation with only 15% free space, but it takes quite a bit longer. If you can, delete any unnecessary files before deframenting your drives.

a. To defragment your hard drives (in any Windows operating system), double-click on My Computer. Right-click on the c-drive and click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose the bottom button, to Defragment Now…

Good luck. I hope this article has helped you.

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The great benefits of cell phones

You definitely want to keep in touch with cellular communications. With today’s rapidly advanced technological advances the need for cellular communication has advanced. Big cell phone companies want to make it affordable for you to be on their wireless network. They are offering incentives like free long distance, free evening and weekends, along with nationwide service. Just imagine how convenient that must be.

Most cellular phones have great built in features like built in calculators. Some products are also Internet access ready, where you have the pleasure of surfing the web. A definite advantage is the safety factor. You will have the ability to make a necessary phone call if you need to. Staying in touch and calling to home, makes everything even more fun. Many consumers need to make a long distance phone call from the airport, with a digital phone it makes things much easier.
When seeking the perfect digital phone, do look at reliability, conveni

ence and durability. For the consumer who is seeking no hassles a good way to go, is prepaid cell phones. You never have to worry about a contract to sign and often this is a pay as you go feature. This way you have the ability to control your airtime and not be surprised with a massive bill at the end of the month.

Cell phone plans have been created in order to cater to different people’s needs. Some are for business, some for family members, while others are for personal touch. A great benefit of a cell phone plan is that you know what you are getting with it. Nice features like caller ID, voice mail and text messaging are all good things to consider. Digital communication is here to stay. So why not find the product that you will enjoy for years to come.

Alan zunec is a writer for http://www.free-prepaid-cellular-phone.com , a informative guide for cell phone users.

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Ken Hill

1. Use your autoresponders to conduct simple polls.

Your polls can give you valuable information that you can use to make your ezine, site or product better. They can also help you to make decisions concerning making changes to your product, site, or ezine.

You can also make your ezine more interactive by running a poll in each issue and then publishing the results in the following issue.

Using polls in this way will help you to increase your readership as your readers will be interested in seeing the results of the polls you’ve run.

2. Use your autoresponder to deliver an email course that shares with your visitors the benefits of owning your product.

To create your course, you could use your articles as the main content of your course or you could use them as a guide to making your course.

You could also use questions you get from your visitors and customers to write a course that your visitors would be interested in and that increases your sales.

3. Make a multipart report available by autoresponder that delivers extracts of your informational product.

Your multipart report will lead to more sales of your product as it allows your visitors to try out your product before they buy it.

To make up your multipart report you could use excerpts from a single chapter of your informational product or you could string together excerpts from several different chapters to create your report.

4. Use your autoresponders to deliver training courses.

For instance, you could offer your new affiliates a generic email training course that shows them how to make money promoting affiliate programs.

Your course would not only encourage more people to join your affiliate program but would also increase your profit by elevating the number of your affiliates that effectively promote your products to their visitors or subscribers.

5. Use your autoresponders to publish an ezine.

Autoresponders with a broadcast feature will handle your subscribe and unsubscribe requests, and provide you with an easy way to send out your issues to people that join your list.

Concentrate on making your ezine a valuable source of information for your subscribers. Also add your personality to your ezine by writing articles, adding an editors section, or by giving your views on subjects of interest to your readers.

6. Use your autoresponders to deliver a “rate card” for advertising on your website, or for purchasing advertising in your ezine.

7. Use your autoresponders to deliver sample issues of your ezine.

Providing a sample issue is a simple and effective way to increase your subscriptions by showing your visitors what your ezine is all about.

Your sample issues can also increase the sign ups you get from ezine directories that allow you to submit a sample issue for their visitors to receive by autoresponder.

8. Use autoresponders to create a list that announces when you’ve written a new article or articles for publication.

Your list will increase the number of ezine publishers and webmasters that publish your articles, and can also help you to increase sign ups to your affiliate program if you let your affiliates use your articles as a promotional tool.

9. Use your autoresponders to announce when your directory is updated.

For instance you could create a list that announces when your article directory is updated with new articles.

You could list the titles of the articles submitted to your site along with the URL where they can be viewed.

Creating a list like this will build up repeat traffic to your site giving you an excellent way to achieve more sales of your products.

10. Use your autoresponders to send out an “evergreen” newsletter.

“Evergreen” newsletters have all their issues already completed. Each new subscriber gets the same first issue, second issue, third issue, etc.,

Publishing an “evergreen” newsletter is a good choice for people that don’t have the time to publish an ezine on a regular basis, but that would still like to reap some of the benefits of publishing an ezine.

Publishing your “evergreen” newsletter can be as simple as sending out a valuable tip every week that targets your niche audience such as an informative weekly writing tip if you sold a product aimed at writers.

Keep in mind that your “evergreen” newsletter should not be on a topic where the information you provide your readers could become outdated. Choose a subject where the information you provide your subscribers will continue to be relevant for a long period of time.

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A simple search on google for ‘tech blog’ nets literally millions of results. Blogging has become big business and what better place to discuss technology than on the internet. Techblology is the science of blogging for technology. A tech blog is designed to provide information on the latest technology, computers, gadgets, games, ipods, cellphones, software, tech news, electronics, and anything else under the tech umbrella. Unlike other scientists, it doesn’t take years of education to become a techblologist. Don’t expect to take any college courses on techblology anytime soon, but it’s only a matter of time before Webster catches on and adds it to the list of other -ologies.

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