So, I’ve been doing a fair amount of SKYPE-ing lately with some friends. I finally synced my bluetooth headset to my mac for this purpose as well (the ever so lovely Jawbone), but I’ve had a few issues with Skype insisting it knows what volume level THE SOUND OF MY VOICE should be. My friends on PC’s were like “oh, just go under tools, this menu thing, this, and un-check auto adjust volume.” No such luck for me on my Mac, even after I updated what version I had. A google seearch later and I found THIS FIX. It’s been MUCH better since then. Enjoy!!
If there is one piece of technology that has historically brought girls to use it, it is the phone. There are 5,000 trinkets that girls LOVE to put all over their phones while they talk to their BFF’s and get their OMG’s on… but I love my phone(s) for other reasons.
BEHOLD. My love affair with Nokia.
Ever since I left the 2nd one out in the rain over night in three pieces and it still worked, I’ve been in love. AND, ever since my eBrick (4th one in), I’ve been obsessed with syncing my phone to my Mac. I’ve also turned into a cell phone purist after my eBrick gave me control on almost every feature. (Seriously, if you put a phone into silent mode or turn it off, does it have to make a noise??) However, not ALL Nokia phones are supported. When it came time to get a new phone, I was faced with crippled Nokia models I really didn’t want from any of the US carriers OR figuring out how to make the UK version of the e70 work (it speaks to me in a British voice and it’s amazing).
A friend of mine (!ROB! again), helped me find this blog post by Geoff Stearns. This post went well beyond saving my day. At first it didn’t work, but then I saw the comment about needing a new sim card and I sadly had to turn in my 7 year old VoiceStream card, but then it worked like magic and rainbows.
If you have a Mac and don’t sync your phone, YOU SHOULD! You should also look at ways to unlock your phone and take advantage of all the features. Besides keeping my contacts aligned, I also transmit a lot of the pictures I take on my phone to my computer for FREE via bluetooth (I hear so many times how people won’t take pictures because they have to pay/don’t understand how to get them off their phone). With this phone I can also do Wifi browsing (with a mini mouse too!), keep track of my diet, have it speak the name of the person calling, do a little GPS, etc etc. IMHO, way more bang for the buck than the new iPhone coming out.
