Posted by CH2inCA on 12/13/10 12:06pm
Msg #364864

New to Me Technology

For as long as we've had cell phones; I seem to end up with the hand me downs. My kids usually get the newest and greatest when their contracts renew. So my daughter just got what she considers better than the iphone.
Consequently, yea!! I now have an iphone.

Any apps you up to date, mobile notaries find useful to our particular work?

I know I'm about three years behind the times, but I'm kind of excited about making good use of it.

Before this I used my Blackberry (also a hand me down) to tether, email, map, ...stuff like that but I'd like to have apps for maybe the financial end of this, like quickbooks app maybe?

TIA!!

Reply by HisHughness on 12/13/10 12:35pm
Msg #364865

Good luck.

I went into technology shock about 10 years ago.

I don't have a DVD player.

My VCR player, in fact, is still flashing "12, "12, "12" because the technology paralysis from which I suffer prevents me from attempting to set it to the correct time.

Like you, my daughter has upgraded, and has an iPhone available for me. I prefer my Boost Mobile flipphone. I know how to answer a call on it. I know how to make a call on it. I can determine who has called me and/or left messages. I do not know how to text on it. I do not know how to retrieve my emails on it. I don't propose to learn.

I have, however, made one major technological advance. I can now use both a stick shift and those new automatic transmissions.

Reply by FlaNotary2 on 12/13/10 12:41pm
Msg #364867

Let me guess...

Do you also save every 30-year-old piece of electronic equipment you have purchased because you "might need it someday"?

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 12/13/10 2:39pm
Msg #364890

so not cool...why r u attacking robert? n/m

Reply by CH2inCA on 12/13/10 3:24pm
Msg #364895

;0)
I know exactly how you feel. I'm trying desperately to keep up. Yesterday I invited my granddaughter to watch a movie with me. (Her movie). After it wouldn't play on my DVD player she, THE FOUR YEAR OLD, informed me that the disk was blue ray, wanted to know if I had a different machine "...like maybe a laptop or something."

geez.

I'm going to work with this for a bit. Because the kids think I'm ready to get one of those advertised phones with the large number pad Jitterbug or something like that.

;0)

Reply by James Dawson on 12/13/10 5:22pm
Msg #364904

Don't worry HisHughness, I have VHS tapes (hundreds) not to mention 78 and 45 Vinyl records (hundreds). I also have some vinyl LP's also..over a thousands. Glad my JBL (English) beltdrive turntable still functions otherwise I'd have to listen to my IPad!

Reply by PAW on 12/13/10 6:04pm
Msg #364909

What should I do with all my ...

... BetaMax tapes? In storage with my Pong game and Altair and TRS-80.

Reply by Stephanie_CA on 12/13/10 6:12pm
Msg #364911

Re: What should I do..Pong :) n/m

Reply by James Dawson on 12/13/10 6:26pm
Msg #364916

Re: What should I do with all my ...

forget about that,...what about all that important data on the floppies?

Reply by John/CT on 12/13/10 6:58pm
Msg #364922

5 1/2" floppies BTW & 8-track tapes ... n/m

Reply by James Dawson on 12/13/10 7:17pm
Msg #364925

Re: 5 1/2" floppies BTW & 8-track tapes ...

Not fair! Now you've done it....I miss my Green 68 chevy pickup with 8 track ( I still got those too )

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 12/13/10 7:21pm
Msg #364926

'65 GTO with an 8-track...lotsa cruisin'...:) n/m

Reply by MikeC/NY on 12/13/10 9:13pm
Msg #364930

Re: What should I do with all my ...

Sell them on eBay - there's a good market for antiques...

Reply by Dave_CA on 12/13/10 1:35pm
Msg #364872

I've had an iphone for a couple of years.
What I like best is using their app "MobileMe" this pushes all my calendar appointments to my phone so I can see if I'm available when someone calls for a signing and I'm away from my PC.
It also syncs my contacts and email.

Reply by rengel/CA on 12/13/10 4:10pm
Msg #364899

I have been fighting with my Droid phone since June. I would L O V E to go back to a crackberry.

Not sure if it's the phone or me but we are having irreconcileable differences - I would never intentionally harm the phone, but I am hoping that it will throw itself off the roof of the house, or under the tires of my car, or.....
I would so love to use the insurance $ to buy another crackberry.

My .02

Reply by MW/VA on 12/13/10 8:53pm
Msg #364927

I think I would agree with you. IMO Blackberry is still the way to go in this biz. I have the BB Storm, 2 years old now, and Vz is trying to get me to take a new phone so they can get me under contract--not going to happen. :-) I've also heard of lot of people having major probs with the newest I-phone 4.

Reply by MikeC/NY on 12/13/10 9:25pm
Msg #364931

I also have the BB Storm, and my only problem with it is that my fingers are too fat for the on-screen keyboard. Texting/email can be an adventure at times (and some of my clients insist on texting - you do what you gotta do...).

I'm planning to switch to either a Droid or an iPhone (Verizon will have the iPhones at some point next year).

Reply by MW/VA on 12/14/10 5:42pm
Msg #365024

New on the horizon are little portable keyboards for smart phones. I also have issues with "fat fingers" when texting, but I stayed away from a BB when only those itty, bitty keyboards were available. It amazes me that so many people can use them. I couldn't image being in the car at night trying to dial a phone no. on one of those. LOL