Strategy: Wifi, Bluetooth and Skype SMS
10 Keywords: Podcasts, Video, Vodcasts, Audio, Wireless, Wifi, Bluetooth, Skype, Texting, SMS
"The essential things, like printers and scanners, are permanently connected with wires. However, if I want to connect something that isn't absolutely essential, I sometimes feel inclined not to bother. I would very much like to investigate Bluetooth technology (or equivalents). For those non-essential things that are a pain to connect, such as an MP3 player, speakers or a Hi-Fi, Bluetooth capabilities would definitely come in handy. This would not only enable me to listen to music more – something which I very much enjoy doing and which helps me relax – it would also enable me to back up my files more regularly with a Bluetooth MP3 player.
Furthermore, I keep lecture recordings on my laptop, and if I were able to connect my laptop to speakers or to a Hi-Fi more easily, I would be able to play back mixed quality lecture recordings with much greater clarity than on simple laptop speakers.
I would also like to have a Bluetooth mobile phone, so that I can contact people more easily by text. At the moment, texting via a mobile phone keypad is tricky. If I could do so remotely, via a computer keyboard, that would be a great help. Now I'm using Skype for texting. It's not free, but it costs about half the amount of your mobile. Like the other service, texts will appear listed under your mobile number."
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Skype windows with links to contacts for texting.
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"At the moment, when connecting my computer to external storage devices (MP3 players), speakers, Hi-Fis, scanners and printers, I have to use wires. I find this annoying, as I cannot do this myself. Also, wires tend to get in the way plus I need an accessible mobile phone, preferably one with large keys, or at least medium-sized and well-raised keys."
- NickTip
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