Posts Tagged ‘blackberry’

Don’t Buy a Gadget, Change a Habit (or Putting the “P” in PDA Productivity)

A few months ago as I was travelling through LaGuardia airport, I caught site of a fellow traveller with his two hands clicking away on his Blackberry. What looked a bit different was the fact that both his hands were above his head, clicking away on the keyboard as he stared upwards at the device. What was… Continue reading

April 2 2009 | By Francis | Tagged: blackberry, gadget, habit, iphone, Productivity | 12 comments»

Blackberry Slavery

A participant in one of my time management workshops recently shared that her corporate culture has evolved to the point where a manager who owns a Blackberry is expected to respond to email within the hour. In a few of those instances in which she took too long to respond, the results was an email to her boss's boss with a complaint. This made me wonder... What happens when an employee receives… Continue reading

March 10 2009 | By Francis | Tagged: blackberry, connectivity, iphone, pda, Productivity, time-management | 8 comments»

Free Wireless Internet On Your Laptop – Through Your Cell Phone!

This is a neat little hack that I discovered last week when looking for a new cell phone plan. I had just gotten a BlackBerry Pearl, and the plan from T-Mobile came with unlimited data transfer for wireless internet on their EDGE network. (By the way this also works with other blackberry's on other networks, and possibly other smartphones.) I immediately installed mobile versions of GMail (never even… Continue reading

June 4 2007 | By Brian | Tagged: blackberry, internet, wireless | 53 comments»

The Crackberry: A Corporate Noose or Time Leveraging Tool

For better or for worse the Crackberry is here to stay. Once only reserved for techies, the Crackberry is now a mainstay in the corporate environment, allowing professionals to quickly access information and communicate with others on the go. They’ve become extremely popular among sales people, techies, lawyers, accountants and political assistants. Some CEOs use them but the people who are the most productive don’t seem… Continue reading

March 1 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: blackberry, email, Productivity | 4 comments»