Slide Phones, Flip Phones And More - What Is Right For You?
A short while ago I was splitting cellphones into 3 main categories - flip phones, slide phones and the standard phones. With the release of the iPhone and all the copies it has spawned I now include touchscreen handsets as a fourth classification.
If you’re trying to decide on a cellphone then it might be worth considering the benefits (and drawbacks) of each of these models because some people are quite surprised by how much they grow to favor one particular style over the other.
Flip Phones
Flip phones, also known as clam sheel phones, are those that “flip” open and closed. They are essentially a phone that folds in half around a hinge.
There are two big benefits to flip-style cell phones. Firstly when they are closed both the screen and the buttons are safely protected inside so not only will you avoid scratching the screen but you also won’t accidentally call anyone!
The second benefit is that flip phones are typically very small when they are closed up so fit neatly into a pocket or bag but when opened up they can offer a very decent-sized screen and butons to allow for ease of use.
On the downside, it generally requires two hands to open or close the case (and hence answer the phone) which some people find inconvenient.
Slide Phones
If you like the idea of a small phone with the buttons ptotected so you don’t accidentally ring anyone but you don’t want to use both hands to answer a call then a slide phone may be the answer.
Here, the handset is still in two pieces but rather than them opening on a hige, they slide apart. Typically the top part houses the screen and the bottom houses the keys and so what this means is that when the phone is lid closed the keys are protected but the screen may still get scratched.
For me, the slide phone is my favorite model because I like the combination of small size and ease of use.
Standard Cell Phones
The old classic “brick” or “chocolate bar” style of mobile phone protects neither the screen nor the buttons. You can of course still manually “lock” the keypad so you don’t accidentally make a phone call but a surprising number of people either forget to use it or find it very annoying.
These phones are also often the most bulky phones but some people prefer the larger footprint as they can be easier to find in handbag for example.
Touchscreen Phones
Lastly we have the touchscreen phones like the Palm Treo and the Apple iPhone. These tends to be the largest phones of all - bigger even than the standard cell phone design because of the touch screen that needs to be a decent size to be of use and because of all the technology typically built into these handsets.
They are, in short, usually the most technically advanced phones going but also tend to suffer from a poor battery life for that very reason.
If you want the latest features but don’t mind the drawbacks of a chunky phone with less than great battery life, the touch screen phones may be perfect for you.
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Now you can win one by taking part in a new competition that is running for the next few days over at the Extra Income Blog - it’s super-simple to enter and you can get multiple entries by doing a few basic things. Click the link above to find out more…
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Blogging Tips And SEO Advice
RishabhSood.net launched on 26th of July this year as a place for it’s host of the same name to provide advice on subjects relating to blogging and SEO tactics.
Before we go any further therefore it’s important to take a look at whether Rishabh actually has any idea what he’s doing when it comes to traffic generation using the very techniques he teaches at his blog. And luckily he provides the perfect tool to do this. One feature Rishabh provides is a Pagerank Checker which will bring back a variety of details about any site inclduing the pagerank, incoming links and Alexa ranking.
Typing his own blog in, here is what we come across:
150+ links and an Alexa ranking of 154,000? Not bad at all for a blog just a few months old run by a 15 year old!
Infact, I was so impressed I decided to dig a little deeper so I ventured over to Alexa to get a more detailed view of Rishabh’s traffic to date.
What I found was that not only is his Alexa ranking so impressive, but at present it is even better. Alexa report that his ranking for the week of this review is an astonishing 60,000 which surely nobody can deny helps to prove Rishabh does indeed know exactly what he is talking about. Interestingly the Alexa graph itself shows this has even been as low as 50,000 in recent weeks. Impressive.
OK, so Rishabh knows what he is talking about, but what about his blog? Does it actually offer any value?
Well the first thing one notices is the theme used which, whilst I have to admit isn’t to my own taste, is certainly unique and helps to “brand” the blog well with it’s eye-catching choice of colors. The addition of the free tools at the top of the page also make them clear and easily accessed.
We mentioned the Pagerank Checker tool earlier but there is also another free tool worth mentioning here - a do-follow blog tool. This tool lists an impressive number of blogs that use do-follow links in their comments field meaning that each one is a potential source of Google juice and therefore higher pagerank and Google rankings.
Rishabh’s blog is worth a visit for that tool alone but he has also managed to put out some useful content too. Articles which particularly caught my eye were:
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How To Check For No-Follow And Do-Follow Blogs
Whilst RishabhSood.net is still in it’s infancy the evidence suggests that not only does it’s author know what he is talking about but that this will grow into a popular blog well worth an RSS subscription. Why not take a look today.
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Over time personal computers tend to slow down - particularly so with those running on Windows. I have heard stories of computers getting so slow that the owner just eventually gave up and bought a new computer instead.
But there are things you can do to speed up your computer.
There are a number of reasons why computers start to run slowly. Some of the most common are viruses and spyware working in the background of your computer, files scattered around your computer hard drive so your machine has to work harder to link them all together, and errors which gently build up on your hard drive.
There is a huge market of companies who make considerable profits sorting these issues out each year but instead I want to tell you about 3 free options that will help you do all of the above. I have been personally testing them for some time now and am really liking what I see so now I want to take a moment to show what I hope will be a few really helpful tips.
Antivirus
Personally I use Norton antivirus and swear by it but Norton *will* cost you some money. I pay for a multi-user license so I can have it installed on my 3 computers and have protection no matter which one I’m on.
However many people swear by AVG which is free. Personally I would only trust a tiny handful of brands as being truly useful. Plenty of people have old versions of antivirus or some other free application but its vital your antivirus is updated constantly. With new viruses being created daily, an antivirus program that doesn’t update online each time you log onto the Internet is probably failing to recognise some viruses and this can be dangerous.
Defragmenting
We download programs, delete files, uninstall software and so on. Over time this turns into a jumble of files and empty spaces on our hard drive and defragmenting hopes ot get rid of this fragmentation. This should therefore seepd up your computer.
Windows itself comes with a defragmentation application so you actually probably already have one right now. The problem is how slow it is. I have over 200,000 files on my main PC and a full defrag takes pretty much a whole night on my PC. That’s too slow for my liking.
However I recently discovered a really nifty tool called Smart Defrag that works cleverly when you’re not using your computer. So if you nip off to the loo, or watch TV, or even to check something in a book, the defrag software realises and jumps into action. As soon as you start using your computer again it goes into sleep mode.
In this way every time your computer is idle it defragments itself a little more, and as soon as you start using it, it goes into sleep mode. So you get the benefits of constant defragmenting (which means you don’t have to remember to do it!) but your PC doesn’t slow down while it’s working. What a great idea!
Registry Problems
There are loads of paid applications when it comes to sorting out registry problems but I have found a free one that works great. Called Advanced WindowsCare V2 this application will look at everything that goes on “under the hood” with your computer and then bring up a list of suggestions about what needs speeding up, improving or fixing. You select what you’d like it to do and it goes for it. I noticed a significant increase in speed personally when I used it and would strongly recommend it to you.
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