http://mytreo.net/ Latest Treo accessories and software reviews from mytreo.net en-us alli@mytreo.net 2008-05-07T23:59:59+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/05/should-you-replace-your-voicemail-with-youmail.html Using alternate voicemail with Sprint can be painful. Sprint customer service very begrudgingly changed my "no answer, forward" number to YouMail so that I could try it out. (N.B. for Sprint customers: The customer service representative (CSR) who I spoke to assured me that customers can now set the "no answer, forward" number themselves. Unfortunately, the code she gave me to use didn't work. So be firm with Sprint CSR if you want to take advantage of services like YouMail.) YouMail has some innovative and fun features. The basic premise behind YouMail is that everyone should be greeted personally, and traditional voicemail doesn't do that. So while you can have a standard outgoing message to everyone, you can also have dozens of personal outgoing messages played to individual callers that you can change whenever you want. YouMail matches your caller's caller ID with your address book to give each caller a totally unique voicemail experience. 1457@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-05-07T23:59:59+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/05/dotmobi.html Wouldn't it be nice if domain naming followed a standard protocol? Vance Hedderel, Director of PR and Communications at dotMobi certainly thinks so. In this CTIA interview, Vance tells us the point behind standardization, and who is behind the movement. With the plethora of devices available with internet access, it becomes more and more important for internet content providers to be aware of the needs of the consumer. It is even more important for those commercial content providers. Listen to Vince explain his thoughts about the benefits of this intelligent naming convention. 1453@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-05-07T20:37:30+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/05/do-you-need-protection.html Much has been discussed in the forums about screen protectors. We almost universally agree that they are a necessity, but which is the best? That decision is about to become just a little harder. Listen to Kirk Feller, and watch him demonstrate BodyGuardz, a seemingly indestructible shield for your screen or your entire device. 1459@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-05-04T19:34:06+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/05/dial2do.html After speaking to Ivan McDonald about Dial2Do at CTIA, I was really anxious to try their service. I logged on as soon as I returned home. After about 10 days I received my invitation to join the closed beta. Looking forward to comparing Dial2Do with Jott, I started adding contacts. Any time I can import contacts, I'm happy, and being able to import my entire address book and then check off the ones I actually wanted to use in Dial2Do made me very happy! 1451@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-05-01T16:55:34+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/flirting-via-text-message.html Have you ever met someone great, gotten their phone number, but it never seemed to turn into a date? Recently, Nick Savoy, President of Love Systems, Inc., wrote an article and recorded a podcast for mytreo.net to introduce what he calls “dating science.” He explored techniques taught by his twenty instructors at one of the most successful social coaching companies in the world. Nick’s instructors and methodology were recently featured on Dr. Phil, Keys to the VIP, Fox News and a host of other top shows. Thanks to popular culture, women are bombarded with strategies for attracting men. Widely read magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Allure, Vanity Fair and Glamour are arsenals of ideas. As a result, women are generally comfortable talking freely among themselves about attraction. Men, however, have few good sources for information, and are discouraged from discussing the subject matter, which for them can be considered taboo. 1454@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-28T16:50:36+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/email-from-seven.html For an introduction to SEVEN, refer to our article, "True Push e-mail for Free? Yes!" When Scott Boehmer caught up with me at CTIA, I forgave him immediately for running a little late. How can you hold a grudge against someone whose main cell phone is a Centro?! Scott is the Director of Marketing and Sales for SEVEN, and he’s not just the Director, he’s an end user with all the interest and concerns as the rest of us. As a matter of fact, when I asked about my biggest complaint with SEVEN’s email client for Palm OS, he was right there with me. Unfortunately, he also confided that the development team doesn’t necessarily listen to him either, but they’re working on better support for a true IMAP experience. 1452@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-28T16:50:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/scandals-windows-mobile-7-leaked-palm-zeppelin-exposed.html J. Edward Rutkowski (msmobiles.com), Jerry (MobilityToday.com), Mickey Papillon (Cell Phone Junkie podcast), Alli Flowers (mytreo.net) and Tadd Rosenfeld (CentroSite.com) talk about the recent scandal when a Microsoft MVP reportedly released inside information about Windows Mobile 7 and was fired by Microsoft, and Palm's upcoming device code named "Zeppelin." iTunes users click here to subscribe to this podcast! 1448@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-22T23:00:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/bling-bling-for-your-ring-ring.html To bling or not to bling. That is the question. Of course, there is such a wide range of cell phone accessory bling available now, you can go from tacky to tasteful by merely changing cases. The CTIA 2008 cellular phone conference was proof that accessory manufacturers have suddenly realized there are at least as many women as men with mobile phones. And by some stroke of luck, they realized that women are far more likely to buy and own multiple cases for those phones than men. They are, after all, accessories – and accessorizing is something at which we women have excelled for generations. I have captured two shining examples in video that take you from the refined to the "so over the top I am at a loss for words." 1446@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-18T15:00:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/smartphone-chit-chat.html J. Edward Rutkowski (msmobiles.com), Mickey Papillon (Cell Phone Junkie), Alli Flowers (mytreo.net) and Tadd Rosenfeld (Centro Site) talk about the latest news in the smartphone world. iTunes users click here to subscribe to this podcast! 1445@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-14T03:47:17+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/redfly-review.html Back when we first started hearing about the Foleo, and the term "mobile companion" was new, I didn't get it. So when Celio contacted us about the RedFly, I was curious. I wanted to see a mobile companion first-hand - so I could figure out what the point was. When I received the package with the RedFly, I opened it with less than enthusiasm. I pulled the device out, and I still didn't get it. Now I must admit, at this point a part of me didn't want to get it because the RedFly doesn't work with Palm OS devices, but I dug in regardless. And the funny thing is, after about 15 minutes I suffered from that "oh my God" moment, because in that moment, I got it. 1440@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-10T20:00:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/04/favorite-smartphone-technologies-at-ctia.html Last week more than a thousand exhibiting companies and 40 thousand professionals converged in Las Vegas at the largest mobile phone conference in America. Many announcements were made and products revealed, including a new version of Windows Mobile, exciting new devices, and fabulous creations by incredible software and accessory companies. Naturally mytreo.net was well represented at the event! Hear directly from Alli Flowers.... iTunes users click here to subscribe to this podcast! 1443@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-04-07T05:29:03+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/03/review-of-splashmoney-for-windows-mobile.html Special thanks to Laura Rooke for contributing this review! SplashMoney for the Windows Mobile platform was released in January 2008. If you are looking for a simple but very effective way to manage your finances, then this product may be for you. It includes a desktop application as well as the Windows Mobile application. Transactions can be entered on either desktop or device and then all changes can be synced between the two. 1436@http://mytreo.net/ Treo software reviews 2008-03-28T14:26:36+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/03/why-i-love-genius.html In this look at Hobbyistsoftware's program Genius, mytreo.net forum member Perry Gonzalez tells us why he loves the application, and gives us some insight into its many uses. There is nothing better than always being right. RIGHT? Especially in a group of people who are discussing…whatever. So recently a group of us were figh- I mean "debating" over who played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy. We actually couldn’t come up with any names. It was more like, "Remember the guy from my three sons?" "Wasn’t he in The Three Stooges?" "I think he played the Cowardly Lion." 1432@http://mytreo.net/ Treo software reviews 2008-03-27T07:00:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/03/free-email-and-sms-dictation-with-jott.html As I'm driving to school, I suddenly remember something I needed to tell my mother. But at this hour, she's not likely to have her phone on. If I wait until I get to school, I'll have forgotten what I wanted to tell her, and I really can't email while driving. So I Jott her. Speed dialing is a snap when driving, so I just speed dial Jott, and dictate a quick email. It's off my mind, and waiting on her computer when she logs in to read her email with her morning coffee. The quality of the voice recognition is truly remarkable, but the even more astounding part, is that Jott is absolutely free! 1431@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-03-23T23:59:00+00:00 http://mytreo.net/archives/2008/03/palms-upcoming-gpswifi-device-predictions-for-windows-mobile.html J. Edward Rutkowski (msmobiles.com), Mickey Papillon (Cell Phone Junkie), David Ciccone (Mobility Today) and Tadd Rosenfeld (mytreo.net) talk about Palm's shocking earnings announcement, Palm's "high end" Windows Mobile device due out this summer, and a variety of topics (and predictions!) interesting to Windows Mobile users. iTunes users click here to subscribe to this podcast! 1430@http://mytreo.net/ Editorials 2008-03-23T13:50:09+00:00